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FACTBOX - Winners at the 2010 Venice film festival
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U.S. director and jury's president Quentin Tarantino gestures during the closing ceremony of the 67th Venice Film Festival September 11, 2010.
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REUTERS - The 2010 Venice film festival ended on Saturday with the awards ceremony.
Following is a list of the main prize winners decided by a jury led by U.S. director Quentin Tarantino. (In brackets is the main production country behind each movie)
BEST FILM GOLDEN LION
- "Somewhere" directed by Sofia Coppola (United States)
SPECIAL LION (CAREER AWARD)
- Monte Hellman for "Road to Nowhere" (United States)
BEST DIRECTOR SILVER LION
- Alex de la Iglesia for "Balada Triste de Trompeta" (Spain)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
- "Essential Killing" directed by Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland)
BEST FIRST FEATURE
- "Cogunluk" by Seren Yuce (Turkey)
BEST ACTRESS
- Ariane Labed in "Attenberg" (Greece)
BEST ACTOR
- Vincent Gallo in "Essential Killing" (Poland)
EMERGING PERFORMER
- Mila Kunis in "Black Swan" (United States)
BEST SCREENPLAY
- "Balada Triste de Trompeta" (The Last Circus), written and directed by Alex de la Iglesia (Spain)
(Editing by Michael Roddy)
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