69th Venice International Film Festival
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.