The winners of the 2011 Venice Film Festival have been selected by the jury, led this year by Darren Aronofsky, who won the Golden Lion in 2008 for
The Wrestler" and was twice nominated, in 2006 for
"The Fountain" and last year for
"Black Swan". Among this year's winners, Michael Fassbender was chosen as Best Actor, for his role as a sex addict in Steve McQueen's drama
"Shame". The Best Actress award went to Deannie Yip for
"A Simple Life". The Silver Lion for Best Director went to China's Shangjun Cai for
"People Mountain People Sea". And, the top honor, the Golden Lion, went to russian director Aleksander Sokurov for
"Faust", a work of cinema that Arronofsky himself said it was one of those films that "changes your life the moment you see them for the first time". Here is the full list of winner :
Golden Lion for best film : Faust by Aleksander Sokurov (Russia)
Silver Lion for best director: Shangjun Cai for People Mountain People Sea (China)
Special jury prize: Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese (Italy)
Best first feature: Là-Bas by Guido Lombardi (Italy)
Best actress: Deanie Yip for A Simple Life (Hong Kong)
Best actor: Michael Fassbender for Shame (Britain)
Emerging performer: Shota Sometani and Fumi Nikaido for Himizu (Japan)
Best screenplay: Alpis (Alps) by Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece)
Best cinematography: Robbie Ryan for Wuthering Heights, directed by Andrea Arnold (Britain)
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