VENICE - THE Venice film festival jury led by German director Wim Wenders bestowed the following awards on Saturday:

Silver Lion for best director: Paper Soldier, by Aleksei German Jr (Russia)

Special jury prize: Teza, by Haile Gerima (Ethiopia)

Coppa Volpi for best actor: Silvio Orlando, Il Papa di Giovanna (Italy)

Coppa Volpi for best actress: Dominique Blanc, L'Autre (France)

Marcello Mastroianni award for best young actor or actress: Jennifer Lawrence, The Burning Plain (US)

-- AFP