64th Venice International Film Festival
The 64th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, from 29 August to 8 September 2007. The opening film of the festival was Joe Wright's Atonement and the closing film was Alexi Tan's Blood Brothers. Italian actress Ambra Angiolini was the Host of the Festival. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement was presented to American director Tim Burton. Once again all the films running the contest were shown for the first time as world premieres in keeping with the festival tradition since the Second World War. Juries The international juries of the 64th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows: Main Competition (Venezia 64) Zhang Yimou, Chinese filmmaker, producer and actor - Jury President Catherine Breillat, French filmmaker, novelist and professor of auteur cinema Jane Campion, New Zealand filmmaker and producer Emanuele Crialese, Italian filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican filmmaker and producer Ferzan Özpetek, Turkish-Italian filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, Dutch filmmaker and producer Horizons (Orizzonti) Gregg Araki, American filmmaker - Jury President Frederick Wiseman, American filmmaker and theatre director Hala Alabdalla Yakoub, Syrian director and producer Giorgia Fiorio, Italian photographer Ulrich Gregor, German critic Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film) Bill Mechanic, American film