Who won what at the Venice film festival

Here is a list of the main winners and what they said on the night:

GOLDEN LION FOR BEST FILM

“Lust, Caution” by Taiwanese director Ang Lee:

“This honour, coming from you, is overwhelming to me. It is also overwhelming because this movie has taken me to some very difficult places. I have invited you to come along with me and at the end to stay down there with me ... You are the seven samurais, I needed your help.”

SILVER LION FOR BEST DIRECTOR

Brian De Palma (U.S.) for “Redacted”:

“It’s a very emotional film. And having worked with many Iraqi refugees ... their stories are as moving as the pictures you see at the end of the movie.”

“This war is not going to be over quickly and the more we can show what’s actually going on from the voices that come across the Internet, the better informed the American public will be. Hopefully if they someday see the pictures, they may be out on the streets like we were in the 1960s.”

SPECIAL JURY PRIZES

1. Tunisian-born director Abdellatif Kechiche for “La Graine et Le Mulet” (“The Secret of the Grain”):

“I want to say that the film’s actors, for whom this was the first time on the screen, and myself have been deeply touched by the warmth and the reception we had from the Venice public.”

2. U.S. director Todd Haynes for “I’m Not There”:

“This means so much to me coming from a jury of directors. Directors know how, to get a unique vision off the ground, it takes a combination of creative risk taking and financial and producing might, and we had both.”

“It was a battle to the death to get this film made.”

SPECIAL GOLDEN LION FOR BODY OF WORK

Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov:

“Grazie, Grazie. I want to thank the magnificent Russian artists that worked with me ... Italy has always been very generous to me and I’ll always be very grateful.”

BEST ACTOR

Brad Pitt (U.S.) for “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”:

(Message read on his behalf) “Upon receiving the news I was surprised and very grateful ... I wish I could be with you there tonight and thank you again.”

BEST ACTRESS

Australian-born Cate Blanchett for “I’m Not There”:

(Message read on her behalf) “I am sorry I can’t be standing up here, throwing my arms around Todd, weeping in public and behaving just like a woman.”

BEST SCREENPLAY

Paul Laverty (Britain), for Ken Loach’s “It’s a Free World...”:

“I write the script, Ken directs. It’s very hard to separate the collaboration. When it works well, it’s very hard to decipher ... He’s a very good friend. It’s very organic, there is a constant dialogue, a conversation.”

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