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    Golden Lion

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Manon

      6.8 (1.4K)
      Henri-Georges Clouzot
    • [object Object]

      Woman of Dolwyn

      7.0 (339)
      Emlyn Williams
    • [object Object]

      The Fighting Pimpernel

      6.0 (662)
      Michael Powell
      Emeric Pressburger
    • [object Object]

      The Dynamite Brothers

      6.5 (64)
      Nino Pagot
    • [object Object]

      Meera

      7.4 (44)
      Ellis Dungan
      E.S. Tunda
    • [object Object]

      Geheimnisvolle Tiefe

      6.3 (50)
      Georg Wilhelm Pabst
    • [object Object]

      The Three Caballeros

      6.3 (17K)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

      Hardly a Criminal

      7.2 (314)
      Hugo Fregonese
    • [object Object]

      Black Shadows

      André Cauvin
    • [object Object]

      St. Matthew Passion

      8.8 (23)
      Ernst Marischka
    • [object Object]

      A Man and His Sin

      6.8 (72)
      Paul Gury
    • [object Object]

      The Mill on the Po

      7.0 (295)
      Alberto Lattuada
    • [object Object]

      The Sinners

      7.1 (158)
      Julien Duvivier
    • [object Object]

      Le sorcier du ciel

      7.8 (22)
      Marcel Blistène
    • [object Object]

      Girls Behind Bars

      5.7 (22)
      Alfred Braun
    • [object Object]

      No Alternative

      Joseph Lejtes
    • [object Object]

      The Forgotten Village

      6.7 (104)
      Herbert Kline
    • [object Object]

      Look for the Silver Lining

      6.2 (477)
      David Butler
    • [object Object]

      Patto col diavolo

      Luigi Chiarini
    • [object Object]

      Fiamma che non si spegne

      7.0 (69)
      Vittorio Cottafavi
    • [object Object]

      Sofka

      6.3 (50)
      Rados Novakovic
    • [object Object]

      Dom na pustkowiu

      5.5 (36)
      Jan Rybkowski
    • [object Object]

      The Blue Lagoon

      6.3 (697)
      Frank Launder
    • [object Object]

      The Fool and the Princess

      4.8 (28)
      William C. Hammond
    • [object Object]

      Scott of the Antarctic

      7.0 (2.7K)
      Charles Frend
    • [object Object]

      Aux yeux du souvenir

      6.0 (78)
      Jean Delannoy
    • [object Object]

      The Ballad of Berlin

      7.1 (262)
      Robert A. Stemmle
    • [object Object]

      Champion

      7.3 (5.1K)
      Mark Robson
    • [object Object]

      Heaven Over the Marshes

      6.9 (156)
      Augusto Genina
    • [object Object]

      Eva

      6.4 (467)
      Gustaf Molander
    • [object Object]

      Johnny Belinda

      7.7 (5.6K)
      Jean Negulesco
    • [object Object]

      The Big Day

      7.2 (9.4K)
      Jacques Tati
    • [object Object]

      Kind Hearts and Coronets

      8.0 (41K)
      Robert Hamer
    • [object Object]

      La malquerida

      7.3 (168)
      Emilio Fernández
    • [object Object]

      Portrait of Jennie

      7.6 (8.2K)
      William Dieterle
    • [object Object]

      The Quiet One

      6.5 (323)
      Sidney Meyers
    • [object Object]

      The Snake Pit

      7.6 (8.9K)
      Anatole Litvak

    International Award

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    Best Actor

    • Joseph Cotten
      Winner
      • Joseph Cotten
      • Portrait of Jennie

    Best Actress

    • Olivia de Havilland
      Winner
      • Olivia de Havilland
      • The Snake Pit

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La malquerida

      7.3 (168)
      Gabriel Figueroa

    Best Director

    • Augusto Genina
      Winner
      • Augusto Genina
      • Heaven Over the Marshes

    Best Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kind Hearts and Coronets

      8.0 (41K)
      William Kellner

    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Woman of Dolwyn

      7.0 (339)
      John Greenwood

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Big Day

      7.2 (9.4K)
      Jacques Tati
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Quiet One

      6.5 (323)
      Sidney Meyers
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Ballad of Berlin

      7.1 (262)
      Robert A. Stemmle
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Snake Pit

      7.6 (8.9K)
      Anatole Litvak

    Best Italian Film

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Heaven Over the Marshes

      6.9 (156)
      Augusto Genina

    OCIC Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Heaven Over the Marshes

      6.9 (156)
      Augusto Genina

    International Award - Documentary

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black Shadows

      André Cauvin

    International Award - Short Film

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    • Winner

      Tibet proibito

      Francesco Maselli

    Also known as

    • Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica
    • Manifestazione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica
    • Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica

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    Academy Awards, USABAFTA AwardsBerlin International Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalCritics Choice AwardsDirectors Guild of America, USAFilm Independent Spirit AwardsGolden Globes, USAGrammy AwardsMumbai Film FestivalPGA AwardsPrimetime Emmy AwardsScreen Actors Guild AwardsSundance Film FestivalSXSW Film FestivalToronto International Film FestivalTribeca Film FestivalVenice Film FestivalWriters Guild of America, USA

    Event date

    August 11, 1949 - September 1, 1949

    Event location

    Venice, Italy

    Event links

    • http://www.labiennale.org/
    • http://www.fipresci.org/
    • http://www.signis.net/
    • http://www.filmklubb.no/ficc/introdu.htm
    • http://www.cinegiornalisti.it/
    • http://www.cinegiornalisti.it/
    • http://www.queerlion.it/
    • http://www.eurofilmfest.org/ecff/projects/index.html
    • http://uaar.it/
    • http://uaar.it/
    • http://www.eiuc.org/
    • http://www.jameson.ie/cinema/short_film.asp

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