67th Venice International Film Festival
Italian title English title Director ( s ) Released
Le quattro verità Three Fables of Love Alessandro Blasetti 1962
Non ti pago ! N/A Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia 1942
I cuori infranti N/A Vittorio Caprioli 1963
Casotto Beach House Sergio Citti 1977
Io non spezzo ... rompo N/A Bruno Corbucci 1971
Il domestico N/A Luigi Filippo D'Amico 1974
Allegri masnadieri The Make Believe Pirates Marco Elter 1937
Tutta la città canta The Whole City Sings Riccardo Freda 1945
Lo scatenato Catch as Catch Can Franco Indovina 1967
Imputato alzatevi ! N/A Mario Mattoli 1939
È arrivato il cavaliere ! N/A Mario Monicelli , Steno 1950
Guardie e ladri Cops and Robbers Mario Monicelli , Steno 1951
Fracchia la belva umana N/A Neri Parenti 1981
L'onorata società N/A Riccardo Pazzaglia 1961
Lo scapolo The Bachelor Antonio Pietrangeli 1955
Il ragazzo di campagna N/A Castellano & Pipolo 1984
Il commissario Lo Gatto N/A Dino Risi 1987
Il giovedì The Thursday Dino Risi 1963
Le pillole di Ercole N/A Luciano Salce 1962
Botta e risposta I 'm in the Revue Mario Soldati 1950
Official selection -- Italian comedy retrospective
The following films were shown as part of a retrospective section on Italian comedy , titled The State of Things , spanning the years 1937 to 1988 . [ 24 ]
The 67th annual Venice International Film Festival held in Venice, Italy, took place from 1 to 11 September 2010. American film director and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino was the head of the Jury. The opening film of the festival was Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, and the closing film was Julie Taymor's The Tempest. John Woo was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement prior to the start of the Festival. The Golden Lion for the Best Film In Competition was awarded to Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola. The Silver Lion Award for Best Director was given to Álex de la Iglesia, for A Sad Trumpet Ballad. In a break with tradition of limiting a film to receiving no more than one major award, the Special Jury Prize and the Best Actor (the Volpi Cup) went to the same film, Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing. In the past, no one film had been given two major awards. Representing the jury, American director Quentin Tarantino appealed to Festival head Marco Müller to alter the rules. This rule change will be upheld for future editions of the Festival. Following the Festival, Italian film critic Paolo Mereghetti criticised the decisions the jury made in awarding prizes, and singled out Tarantino, accusing him of favoritism. He denied the charge.