The 69th annual Venice International Film Festival, organized by Venice Biennale, took place at Venice Lido from 29 August to 8 September 2012. The festival opened with the Indian director Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and closed with the Out of Competition film The Man Who Laughs, directed by Jean-Pierre Ameris. Terrence Malick's film To the Wonder was met with both boos and cheers from critics at its premiere. The Golden Lion for Best Film was won by Pietà, directed by South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk. Paul Thomas Anderson for The Master won the Silver Lion for Best Director. Additionally, American actors Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman shared the prize for Best Actor for that film. Israeli actress Hadas Yaron for her performance in Fill the Void was selected as the Best Actress in the festival. Jury The international juries of the 69th Venice International Film Festival included: Main competition (Venezia 69) Michael Mann, American director (Jury President) Marina Abramović, Serbian performance artist Laetitia Casta, French actress Peter Ho-sun Chan, Hong Kong director Ari Folman, Israeli director Matteo Garrone, Italian director Ursula Meier, French-Swiss director Samantha Morton, English actress and director Pablo Trapero, Argentine director Horizons (Orizzonti) Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor (President) Sandra den Hamer, Dutch director of the Rotterdam Festival Runa Islam, Bangladeshi-born British visual artist and filmmaker Jason Kliot, American independent film producer Nadine Labaki, Lebanese actress and director Milcho Manchevski, Macedonian film director Amir Naderi, Iranian film director, screenwriter and photographer Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film) Shekhar Kapur, Indian film director, actor and producer (President) Michel Demopoulos, Greek film critic Isabella Ferrari, Italian television, theatre and cinema actress Matt Reeves, American screenwriter, director and producer Bob Sinclar, French record producer, DJ, and Yellow Productions owner Official selection In Competition The following eighteen films were selected for the main competition: Out of Competition The following films were selected for the out of competition section: Horizons The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section: Highlighted title indicates the Orizzonti Award for Best Feature Film winner. Venice Classics The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section: «80!» The following rare films from the Biennale's Historical Archives were screened for this retrospective section: Special Screenings The following films of the Official Selection were presented as Special Screenings: Autonomous sections Venice International Film Critics' Week The following films