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70th Venice International Film Festival

70th Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmGravity
Closing filmAmazonia
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: Sacro GRA
Hosted byEva Riccobono
Festival date28 August – 7 September 2013
Websitewww.labiennale.org/en/cinema/

The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival took place in Venice, Italy from 28 August to 7 September 2013.[1] American film director William Friedkin was presented with a lifetime achievement award.[2] Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci was the president of the jury. He was previously the president of the jury at the 40th edition in 1983.[3][4] Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, was the opening film of the festival.[5] Italian actress Eva Riccobono hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.[6]

The Golden Lion was awarded to the Italian documentary film Sacro GRA.[7] It was the first documentary film to win the award at the Venice Festival.[8][9]

  1. ^ "70th Venice International Film Festival Line-up". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013.
  2. ^ "William Friedkin to receive Venice honour". BBC News. 2 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Bernardo Bertolucci President of the international Jury of the Venezia 70 Competition". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Bernardo Bertolucci To Head 70th Venice Film Festival Jury". Indiewire. 9 May 2013.
  5. ^ "George Clooney and Sandra Bullock to open Venice film festival". BBC News. 3 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Eva Riccobono In Armani Privé – 70th Venice International Film Festival Photocall". redcarpet-fashionawards.com. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Vince l'Italia: Leone d'oro a "Sacro GRA"". La Repubblica. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  8. ^ Franck Nouchi (8 September 2013). "Pour la première fois, le Lion d'or à Venise récompense un documentaire". Le Monde. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Italian documentary Sacro GRA wins Golden Lion". BBC News. 8 September 2013.

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