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The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 28 August to 7 September 2013, at Venice Lido in Italy. Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci was the jury president for the main competition. He was previously the president of the jury at the 40th edition in 1983. Italian actress Eva Riccobono hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. The Golden Lion was awarded to Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi, marking the first documentary film to ever win it. American filmmaker William Friedkin received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival. The festival opened with Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón, and closed with Amazonia by Thierry Ragobert.