The Golden Lion is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee, as the successor to the earlier Gran Premio Internaziona
A Golden Lion trophy
Roberto Rossellini and Mario Monicelli winning the Golden Lion in 1959 for General Della Rovere and The Great War, respectively
Akira Kurosawa won for Rashomon (1950)
Carl Theodor Dreyer won for Ordet (1955)
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Venice. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the "Big Five" International film festivals
Golden Lion
…The Golden Lion (Italian: Leone d'oro) is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee, as the successor to the earlier Gran Premio Internazionale di Venezia (Grand International…
Venice Cinema Palace on Lido island in 2018
The Doge's Palace in Piazza San Marco hosted the 1947 festival.
The Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro and Pier Paolo Pasolini together in Venice at the premiere of the movie The Gospel According to St. Matthew in 1964
Todd Phillips with the Golden Lion won by his film Joker at the 2019 edition