2002 Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film Winner

The Magdalene Sisters
Peter Mullan
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
2002 Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film Nominees

A Scandalous Journey
Michele Placido

Almost Peaceful
Michel Deville

Bear’s Kiss
Sergei Bodrov

Dirty Pretty Things
Stephen Frears

Dolls
Takeshi Kitano

Far from Heaven
Todd Haynes

Frida
Julie Taymor

Führer Ex
Winfried Bonengel

House of Fools
Andrey Konchalovskiy

Julie Walking Home
Agnieszka Holland

Man on the Train
Patrice Leconte

Maximum Velocity (V-Max)
Daniele Vicari

My Voice My Voice
Flora Gomes

Naked
Doris Dörrie

Nearest to Heaven
Tonie Marshall

Oasis
Chang-dong Lee

Road to Perdition
Sam Mendes

The Best of Times
Tso-chi Chang

The Power of the Past
Piergiorgio Gay
