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Golden Lion

highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival
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Summary

Golden Lion is a film award[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,467 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Henri-Georges Clouzot[3], André Cayatte[4], Akira Kurosawa[5], René Clément[6], Renato Castellani[7], Carl Theodor Dreyer[8], Satyajit Ray[9], Hiroshi Inagaki[10], Roberto Rossellini[11], Mario Monicelli[12], Alain Resnais[13], Valerio Zurlini[14], Andrei Tarkovsky[15], Francesco Rosi[16]
  • Country: Italy[17]
  • Headquarters location: Venice[18]
  • Location: Venice[19]
  • Commons category: Golden Lion[20]
  • Language of work or name: Italian[21]
  • Inception: 1949[22]
  • Start time: 1949[23]
  • Official website: http://www.labiennale.org/[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Golden Lion[25]
  • Conferred by: Venice Film Festival[26]
  • Native label: Leone d’Oro[27]
  • Different from: Golden Lion[28]
  • Category for recipients of this award: Category:Golden Lion winners[29]

Why It Matters

Golden Lion has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did Golden Lion receive?

Honors received include Henri-Georges Clouzot[3], André Cayatte[4], Akira Kurosawa[5], and René Clément[6].

Related Entities

Ace in the Hole Agnès Varda Akira Kurosawa Alain Resnais Alexander Kluge Alexander Sokurov Alfonso Cuarón André Cayatte Andrei Tarkovsky Andrey Zvyagintsev Ang Lee Au revoir les enfants Before the Rain Belle de Jour Brokeback Mountain Carl Theodor Dreyer Chloé Zhao Clarence Brown Clint Eastwood Darren Aronofsky David Lynch Emir Kusturica Éric Rohmer Ermanno Olmi Forbidden Games Francesco Rosi Gianni Amelio Gillo Pontecorvo Guillermo del Toro Henri-Georges Clouzot

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  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Golden Lion
    Winner → Henri-Georges Clouzot, André Cayatte, Akira Kurosawa +60
    Language of work or name → Italian
    Inception → —
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