Thursday, December 19

1997 Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film Winner and Nominees

1997 Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film Winner

Fireworks Takeshi Kitano

Fireworks

Takeshi Kitano

Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.

1997 Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film Nominees

Blinded Daniel Calparsoro
Blinded
Daniel Calparsoro
Chinese Box Wayne Wang
Chinese Box
Wayne Wang
Dry Cleaning Anne Fontaine
Dry Cleaning
Anne Fontaine
Hardboiled Egg Paolo Virzì
Hardboiled Egg
Paolo Virzì
Keep Cool Yimou Zhang
Keep Cool
Yimou Zhang
Love Stories Jerzy Stuhr
Love Stories
Jerzy Stuhr
Niagara, Niagara Bob Gosse
Niagara, Niagara
Bob Gosse
One Night Stand Mike Figgis
One Night Stand
Mike Figgis
Ossos Pedro Costa
Ossos
Pedro Costa
Round the Moons Between Earth and Sea Giuseppe M. Gaudino
Round the Moons Between Earth and Sea
Giuseppe M. Gaudino
Seventh Heaven Benoît Jacquot
Seventh Heaven
Benoît Jacquot
The Informant Jim McBride
The Informant
Jim McBride
The Oyster and the Wind Walter Lima Jr.
The Oyster and the Wind
Walter Lima Jr.
The Thief Pavel Chukhray
The Thief
Pavel Chukhray
The Vesuvians Pappi Corsicato
The Vesuvians
Pappi Corsicato
The Winter Guest Alan Rickman
The Winter Guest
Alan Rickman
Wild Games Benoît Lamy
Wild Games
Benoît Lamy