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The inaugural Gucci Award was presented at the 63rd Venice Film Festival in 2006. 'The award is the result of collaboration between the Biennale, the Festival and the Gucci Group, and will be given to an artist from another sector of the arts who has made a name in cinema over the last 18 months. '
Source: Cinecitta Dossier website
Sighted: 11/09/2006
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Year: 2006
inaugural winner form y The Proposition ( dir. John Hillcoat ) Australia United Kingdom (UK) : Autonomous Jackie O Productions Pictures in Paradise Surefire Film Productions LLP , 2005 Z1216692 2005 single work film/TV thriller western crime (taught in 8 units)'Set in the 1880s, [The Proposition] opens in the middle of a frenzied gunfight between the police and a gang of outlaws. Charlie Burns ... and his brother Mikey are captured by Captain Stanley... Together with their psychopathic brother Arthur, ... they are wanted for a brutal crime. Stanley makes Charlie a seemingly impossible proposition in an attempt to bring an end to the cycle of bloody violence.'
Source: Nick Cave's website (http://www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com/)
Sighted: 20/09/2005