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65th Venice International Film Festival
The 65th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, was opened on 27 August 2008 by "Burn After Reading", and closed on 6 September 2008.
International competition jury, led by Wim Wenders, awarded Leone d'Oro to "The Wrestler", directed by Darren Aronofsky.
77-year-old Italian film director Ermanno Olmi received a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
About the 65th edition of festival.
The festival opened on August 27, 2008, with
the longest film at this festival (or maybe any) goes to Philippine director Lav Diaz's "Melancholia", with a running time of some seven-and-a-half hours, and which is included in the Orizzonti (Horizons) section.
A highlight of this year's Italian retrospective is a restored version of Federico Fellini's 1952 comedy "The White Sheik" with forty minutes of newly discovered footage.
Juries.
The international juries of the 65th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows: