Venice 59 / Awards (The article continues below - Commercial information) 4 articles available in total starting from 20/08/2002. Last article published on 01/09/2002. The roar of the Plastic LionTicket paying members of the public at the Venice Film Festival have finally been given a voice. For a long time, a group of Venetian film fans felt that ordinary ticket-paying members of the... 01/09/2002 | Venice 59 | AwardsAngelopoulos receives BressonBefore a Vip audience that included Moritz de Hadeln and Franco Bernabè, veteran Greek film director, Theo Angeloupolos, was presented with the 3rd Bresson Award. This important prize is awarded... 31/08/2002 | Venice 59 | AwardsRisi awarded by GassmanAlessandro Gassman and Monica Bellucci will present veteran Italian film director, Dino Risi with this year’s Lifetime Achievement Golden Lion on 1 September at 18.15. This is an important date in... 30/08/2002 | Venice 59 | AwardsSophia Loren to get Piero Bianchi AwardItaly’s film journalists guild has decided to present national treasure, Sophia Loren, with the Piero Bianchi Award. Created in memory of one of the “founding fathers” of Italian film journalism,... 20/08/2002 | Venice 59 | Awards