Golden Osella

Major award at the Venice Film Festival

Award

Golden Osella

Osella d'oro (Italian)

Golden Osella presented to Silent Souls in 2010

Country| Italy
Presented by| Venice Film Festival
First award| 1987
Most recent winner| It Was the Son and Something in the Air (2012)
Website| labiennale.org/en/cinema

The Golden Osella (Italian: Osella d'oro) is one of the oldest and most distinguished awards presented at the Venice Film Festival.[1] Named after the historic osella—a commemorative medal given by the Doges of Venice to notable members of the Venetian Republic—the Golden Osella honors exceptional achievements in cinema, covering a spectrum of creative and technical contributions.

It was introduced in 1987 by the festival's organizing committee and was awarded irregularly until 2012. Daniele Ciprì and Olivier Assayas are the most recent winners for their respective works in It Was the Son and Something in the Air.

## History

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The Golden Osella was first established in 1987 as part of the 44th Venice International Film Festival and was awarded for over two decades, making it one of the festival's most distinctive prizes. Since its inception, it has recognized excellence across a range of cinematic fields, including direction, screenplay, cinematography, production design, costume design, music score, and editing. It is inspired by the osella tradition dating back to the 15th century in the Venetian Republic, where the Doge would distribute these silver medallions to members of the Maggior Consiglio or other distinguished citizens. Each medallion bore unique engravings, often featuring the Doge's likeness or scenes from Venetian life, symbolizing the recipient's esteemed place in the city.[2]

Over the decades, the official festival jury has selected Golden Osella recipients based on films in the main competition. The first winners were Luciano Ricceri, Nana Cecchi, Sten Holmberg, David Mamet, and Richard Robbins for their work in The Gold Rimmed Glasses, Hip Hip Hurrah!, House of Games, and Maurice, respectively. From 1999 to 2003, no Golden Osella was presented, although screenplay awards were given to One Hundred Steps (2000) and Y tu mamá también (2001), with technical awards going to Far from Heaven (2002) and Good Morning, Night (2003). It was reintroduced in 2004 with a Special Golden Osella presented to Studio Ghibli for Howl's Moving Castle, marking the only occasion that the award was given to a production studio. The Golden Osella was last given out in 2012. Starting from the following year, a screenplay award is presented in a traditional format as a metal lion, distinct from the osella.[3]

As of 2012, Sooni Taraporevala, Cuca Canals, Paz Alicia Garciadiego, and Anne Fontaine are the only female screenwriters to have won the award for their respective works on Mississippi Masala, The Tit and the Moon, Dry Cleaning, and Deep Crimson. Additionally, Nana Cecchi, Dominique Auvray, Mónica Chirinos, Marisa Pecanins, and Sylvie Olivé have been honored for their outstanding technical contributions, specifically in The Gold Rimmed Glasses, No Fear, No Die, Deep Crimson and Mr. Nobody. Deep Crimson holds the distinction of being the only film to receive three awards, while The Gold Rimmed Glasses is the only other multiple winner, having claimed two awards.

Three Colours: Blue and Lust, Caution are the only films that have also won the festival's top prize, the Golden Lion.

## Winners

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Year  | English title | Original title | Recipient(s) | Ref.

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1980s
1987 | The Gold Rimmed Glasses | Gli occhiali d'oro | Luciano Ricceri §  | [4]
Nana Cecchi ∞
Hip Hip Hurrah! | Sten Holmberg ‡  | [5]
House of Games | David Mamet ✧  | [6]
Maurice | Richard Robbins ※  | [7]
1988 | The Black Monk | Чёрный монах | Vadim Yusov ‡  | [8]
Burning Secret | Bernd Lepel §  | [9]
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings | Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes | Pablo Milanés, Gianni Nocenzi, José María Vitier ※  | [10]
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios | Pedro Almodóvar ✧  | [11]
1989 | Australia | Giorgos Arvanitis ‡  | [12]
I Want to Go Home | Jules Feiffer ✧  | [13]
1990s
1990 | Boys on the Outside | Ragazzi fuori | Mauro Marchetti ‡  | [14]
No Fear, No Die | S'en fout la mort | Dominique Auvray ⁂  | [15]
The Only Witness | Edinstvenijat svidetel | Valeri Milovansky ※  | [16]
1991 | Germany Year 90 Nine Zero | Allemagne année 90 neuf zéro | Jean-Luc Godard ※  | [17]
Mississippi Masala | Sooni Taraporevala ✧  | [18]
Scream of Stone | Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein | Werner Herzog | [19]
1993 | 1, 2, 3, Sun | Un, deux, trois, soleil | Khaled ※  | [20]
Three Colours: Blue | Trois couleurs: Bleu | Sławomir Idziak ‡  | [21]
1994 | Ashes of Time | 東邪西毒 | Christopher Doyle ‡  | [22]
Lamerica | Gianni Amelio ✶  | [23]
The Tit and the Moon | La Teta y la luna | Bigas Luna and Cuca Canals ✧  | [24]
1995 | Det Means Girl | Det Yani Dokhtar | Abolfazl Jalili | [25]
In the Bleak Midwinter | Kenneth Branagh ✶  | [26]
Maborosi | 幻の光 | Masao Nakabori ‡  | [27]
1996 | Deep Crimson | Profundo Carmesí | Mónica Chirinos and Marisa Pecanins §  | [28]
Paz Alicia Garciadiego ✧
David Mansfield ※
1997 | Chinese Box | Graeme Revell ※  | [29]
Dry Cleaning | Nettoyage à sec | Anne Fontaine and Gilles Taurand ✧  | [30]
Ossos | Emmanuel Machuel ‡  | [31]
1998 | Autumn Tale | Conte d'automne | Éric Rohmer ✧  | [32]
Clouds | La nube | Gerardo Gandini ※  | [33]
Shooting the Moon | L'albero delle pere | Luca Bigazzi ‡  | [34]
2000s
2004 | Howl's Moving Castle | ハウルの動く城 | Studio Ghibli | [35]
2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck | George Clooney and Grant Heslov ✧  | [36]
Regular Lovers | Les Amants réguliers | William Lubtchansky ‡  | [37]
2006 | Children of Men | Emmanuel Lubezki ‡  | [38]
The Queen | Peter Morgan ✧  | [39]
2007 | It's a Free World... | Paul Laverty ✧  | [40]
Lust, Caution | 色，戒 | Rodrigo Prieto ‡  | [41]
2008 | Paper Soldier | Бумажный солдат | Maksim Drozdov and Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev ‡  | [42]
Teza | Haile Gerima ✧  | [43]
2009 | Life During Wartime | Todd Solondz ✧  | [44]
Mr. Nobody | Sylvie Olivé §  | [45]
2010s
2010 | The Last Circus | Balada triste de trompeta | Álex de la Iglesia ✧  | [46]
Silent Souls | Овсянки | Mikhail Krichman ‡  | [47]
2011 | Alps | Άλπεις | Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou ✧  | [48]
Wuthering Heights | Robbie Ryan ‡  | [49]
2012 | It Was the Son | È stato il figlio | Daniele Ciprì ‡  | [50]
Something in the Air | Après mai | Olivier Assayas ✧  | [51]

Notes
✶ indicates work in direction
✧ indicates work in screenplay
‡ indicates work in cinematography
§ indicates work in production design
∞ indicates work in costume design
※ indicates work in music score
⁂  indicates work in editing

## References

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1. ^ Aricò, Giacomo (9 December 2020). "Kenneth Branagh, dal teatro di Shakespeare al grande cinema". Cameralook (in Italian). Retrieved 30 October 2024.
2. ^ Agostini, Tiziana (6 March 2010). "La storia di Venezia nell'iconografia delle sue preziose Oselle". Athesis (in Italian). Retrieved 30 October 2024.
3. ^ "Festival di Venezia, soppresso l'Osella". Cinematografo (in Italian). 4 February 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
4. ^ "Gli occhiali d'oro". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
5. ^ "Hip, Hip, Hurra!". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
6. ^ "House of Games". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
7. ^ "Maurice". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
8. ^ "Černyj monach". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
9. ^ "Burning Secret". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
10. ^ "Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
11. ^ "Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
12. ^ "Australia". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
13. ^ "I Want to Go Home". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
14. ^ "Ragazzi fuori". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
15. ^ "S'en fout la mort". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
16. ^ "Edinstvenijat svidetel". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
17. ^ "Allemagne neuf zéro". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
18. ^ "Mississippi Masala". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
19. ^ "Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
20. ^ "Un, deux, trois, soleil". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
21. ^ "Trois couleurs: Bleu". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
22. ^ "Dung che sai duk". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
23. ^ "Lamerica". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
24. ^ "La teta y la luna". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
25. ^ "Det, yani dokhtar". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
26. ^ "In the Bleak Midwinter". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
27. ^ "Maboroshi no hikari". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
28. ^ "Profundo carmesi". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
29. ^ "Chinese Box". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
30. ^ "Nettoyage à sec". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
31. ^ "Ossos". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
32. ^ "Conte d'automne". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
33. ^ "La nube". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
34. ^ "L'albero delle pere". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
35. ^ "Hauru no ugoku shiro". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
36. ^ "Good Night, and Good Luck". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
37. ^ "Les Amants réguliers". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
38. ^ "Children of Men". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
39. ^ "The Queen". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
40. ^ "It's a Free World..." Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
41. ^ "Se, jie". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
42. ^ "Bumazhnyy soldat". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
43. ^ "Teza". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
44. ^ "Life During Wartime". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
45. ^ "Mr. Nobody". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
46. ^ "Balada triste de trompeta". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
47. ^ "Ovsyanki". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
48. ^ "Alpeis". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
49. ^ "Wuthering Heights". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
50. ^ "È stato il figlio". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
51. ^ "Après mai". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 28 May 2024.

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Golden Osella winning films

* The Gold Rimmed Glasses (1987)
* Hip Hip Hurrah! (1987)
* House of Games (1987)
* Maurice (1987)
* The Black Monk (1988)
* Burning Secret (1988)
* Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
* Australia (1989)
* I Want to Go Home (1989)
* Boys on the Outside (1990)
* No Fear, No Die (1990)
* The Only Witness (1990)
* Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1991)
* Mississippi Masala (1991)
* Scream of Stone (1991)
* 1, 2, 3, Sun (1993)
* Three Colours: Blue (1993)
* Ashes of Time (1994)
* Lamerica (1994)
* The Tit and the Moon (1994)
* In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
* Maborosi (1995)
* Deep Crimson (1996)
* Chinese Box (1997)
* Dry Cleaning (1997)
* Ossos (1997)
* Autumn Tale (1998)
* Shooting the Moon (1998)
* Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
* Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
* Regular Lovers (2005)
* Children of Men (2006)
* The Queen (2006)
* It's a Free World... (2007)
* Lust, Caution (2007)
* Paper Soldier (2008)
* Teza (2008)
* Life During Wartime (2009)
* Mr. Nobody (2009)
* The Last Circus (2010)
* Silent Souls (2010)
* Alps (2011)
* Wuthering Heights (2011)
* It Was the Son (2012)
* Something in the Air (2012)

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