The Venezia 66 Jury, chaired by Ang Lee and comprised of Sandrine Bonnaire, Liliana Cavani, Joe Dante, Anurag Kashyap, Luciano Ligabue, Sergei Bodrov, awarded Todd Solondz the Osella for Best Screenplay for LIFE DURING WARTIME.

The award capped a highly succesful appearance at Venice for production company Werc Werk Works first film. LIFE DURING WARTIME has also screened at Telluride, and will play at Toronto, New York, and London during a highly anticiapted fall festival run.