1996 Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film Winner

Michael Collins
Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan’s historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.
1996 Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film Nominees

Basquiat
Julian Schnabel

Box of Moonlight
Tom DiCillo

Brigands-Chapter VII
Otar Iosseliani

Buddha Bless America
Nien-Jen Wu

Carla’s Song
Ken Loach

Deep Crimson
Arturo Ripstein

For Ever Mozart
Jean-Luc Godard

Hommes, femmes, mode d’emploi
Claude Lelouch

Ilona llega con la lluvia
Sergio Cabrera

Party
Manoel de Oliveira

Ponette
Jacques Doillon

Sacred Silence
Antonio Capuano

The Funeral
Abel Ferrara

The Ogre
Volker Schlöndorff
