Sentences with phrase «wins golden lion»

At the 57th Venice Art Biennale, Anne Imhof of the German Pavilion wins the Golden Lion for her haunting performative exhibition titled Faust!

Having won the Golden Lion at this year's Venice International Film Festival and a Special Filmmaking Achievement Award (but no mention in the ten best films list) from the National Board of Review, Sofia Coppola's Somewhere is one of the more highly anticipated independent releases of December, especially if you liked her previous films.

The film, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice festival earlier this year, is the second feature by cinematographer - turned - director Warwick Thornton.

The former won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, while the latter shocked mostly everyone in the industry by winning the Audience Award at TIFF.

A filmography filled with mermaids and other fantastical creatures can now add a new animal to its menagerie, as Guillermo del Toro has won the Golden Lion for «The Shape of Water.»

As this year's Oscar race kicks off, del Toro's movie is resonating — it won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

The film won the Golden Lion (the top prize) in Venice last year, but while early reviews have been very good, some critics have claimed it doesn't quite reach the heights of the first two films.

Guillermo Del Toro, fresh off winning the Golden Lion in Venice, is back home in Toronto where he resides, screening his masterful, surreal and dreamy «The Shape of Water» at the Elgin Theatre.

It's a good thing that «Sacro GRA» won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, yesterday (making it the first documentary to win the top prize in the 70 - year history of the festival).

«At Berkeley» In theory, the 70th Venice Film Festival was something of a banner one for documentaries: two in competition, one of which, «Sacro GRA,» won the Golden Lion, several others in sidebars or out of competition, and a number of films - about - filmmaking in the Classics strand, including «A Fuller Life,» «Bertolucci On Bertolucci» and «Double Life: James Benning and Richard Linklater» (the latter two we didn't make it to, but heard good things about, and hope to catch up with in the near future).

His astonishing 2003 drama «The Return» won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, was nominated for a Golden Globe...

«Cinephiles know it won the Golden Lion in Venice,» he said.

His other films include The State of Things (82), which won a Golden Lion; Wings of Desire (87), which won the Director's Prize at Cannes; Buena Vista Social Club (99), which was also nominated for an Oscar; and Don't Come Knocking (05).

Maoz, who won the Golden Lion in 2009 for his war film «Lebanon,» has received some negative reaction in Israel because «Foxtrot» is critical of the army, the country's most respected institution.

The film arrives already garlanded in praise from the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion, and earned Imelda Staunton the best actress award for her astonishing portrayal of Vera, the good - hearted housewife and mother who supplements her earnings as a domestic with a secret sideline in illegal abortions.

Andrey Zvyagintsev) Cast: Alexey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov Having won the Golden Lion at Venice with his 2003 debut «The Return,» and winning Best Actor at Cannes with follow - up «The Banishment,» it was a little puzzling that the director's third film, the excellent «Elena,» was relegated to Un Certain Regard in 2011.

Ever since 2008 when Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler won the Golden Lion, no other Golden Lion winner has scored an Oscar nomination for acting.

Ever since Sofia Coppola's Somewhere won the Golden Lion in 2010, no other English - language film had won this prize.

I was at TIFF in 2009 when word reached us that Samuel Maoz's «Lebanon,» a drama notable for unfolding entirely within the tight confines of an Israeli tank, had just won the Golden Lion in Venice.

The announcement Saturday that Guillermo del Toro's «The Shape of Water» had won the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, came as both heartening news and a reminder that, while one major film gathering is crazy enough, two unfolding simultaneously can be a recipe for pure madness.

Ever since 2005, when Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain won the Golden Lion, no other Golden Lion winner scored a Best Director nod or win.

He directed his first feature film in 2003 The Return which won him a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

However, that's an odd bauble for a major Oscar player to secure; the only two films in the festival's 73 - year history to win the Golden Lion and go on to a best picture nomination are Louis Malle's «Atlantic City» and Ang Lee's «Brokeback Mountain.»

1995 also saw Allen win a Golden Lion, as esteemed award for the festival.

Coppola would become the first American woman to win the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival.

Guillermo del Toro's Cold War romantic fairy tale won the Golden Lion for Best Film at this year's Venice Film Festival, so that's saying something.

Fox Searchlight Pictures has released the final trailer for Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water, which won the Golden Lion for best film at this year's Venice Film Festival.

Heath Ledger has starred in epics and thrillers and has his breakthrough role in Ang Lee's «Brokeback Mountain,» which just won the Golden Lion at Venice.

Maoz is a veteran of the festival, having won the Golden Lion for «Lebanon» in 2009.

The Dead Island trailer went on to win the Golden Lion at the Cannes festival and was featured by Adweek on its annual list of the world's best commercials.

Anne Imhof's performance piece at the German Pavilion won the Golden Lion award.

The first US artist to win the Golden Lion for painting at the Venice Biennale in 1963, Rauschenberg's quest for innovation was fired by his openness to the world, his enthusiasm for collaboration and his passion for travel.

I think it won the Golden Lion award of that year.

His Found Not Taken series won the Golden Lion at the 55th Venice Biennale.

Bruce Nauman's exhibition Topological Gardens, currently on view at the U.S. Pavilion in the Giardini at the 53rd Venice Biennale, has won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation.

Bruce Nauman (Season 1) has won the Golden Lion award for Best National Participation at the 2009 Venice Biennale.

The exhibition won the Golden Lion award for best national pavilion.

In 2003 he won the Golden Lion for Career Achievement at the Venice Biennale.

Some of his most recent works, the 2009 sound installation pieces, Days and Giorni, were featured at the Venice Biennale of that same year, representing the United States and winning the Golden Lion award.

Though not an official participating country — Mike Nelson represents the UK in the Biennale proper, eligible to win the Golden Lion for the best national exhibition — this is the fifth time Scotland has staged its own «collateral» show, an increasingly important platform for the nation's artists.

Ms. Imhof's show was favored to win the Golden Lion, and the wait to get in stretched for nearly an hour during last week's professional preview.

Look at the facts: In 2013, Maria Lassnig won the Golden Lion at Venice at age 93.

In 1990, she was the first woman to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale, where she won the Golden Lion for the best artist.

That same year, Serra won the Golden Lion for Contemporary Art at the 49th Venice Biennale.

The year began with a high - profile solo show at London's Whitechapel Gallery, followed by a controversial victory at the Venice Biennale, where he won the Golden Lion, the top prize.

Best Venice Biennale Pavilion for a Country You Probably Couldn't Pick Out on a Map: Angola's «Luanda, Encyclopedic City,» which won the Golden Lion for best national pavilion

Franz Erhard Walther won the Golden Lion for best artist in the biennale's central show, with Hassan Khan taking silver for his sound installation.

[24] Tino Sehgal won the Golden Lion for the best artist in the International Exhibition Il Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace) in Venice Biennale 2013 (Central Pavilion, Giardini)[25]

She broke new ground, winning the Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale (1999), for her video installation, Turbulent, and the Silver Lion at the International Venice Film Festival (2009) for directing her first feature film, Women Without Men.

She broke new ground winning the Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale (1999) for her video installation, Turbulent, and the Silver Lion at the International Venice Film Festival (2009) for directing Women Without Men.