The Golden Lion

The Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival went to an Israeli film called "Lebenon". Sam Maoz's film is a soldier's eye view of the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebenon, in which he participated. Colin Firth took the Best Actor award for fashion designer Tom Ford's directorial debut, "A Single Man". Italian actress Ksenia Rappoport won the Best Actress award for "La Doppia Ora"