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58th Venice International Film Festival
Italian film festival in 2001
Italian film festival in 2001
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 58th Venice International Film Festival |
| image | VeniceFilmFestival58poster.jpg |
| caption | Festival poster |
| opening | Dust |
| location | Venice, Italy |
| founded | 1932 |
| awards | Golden Lion: Monsoon Wedding |
| date | 29 August – 8 September 2001 |
| website | Website |
| chronology | Venice Film Festival |
| preceded_by | 57th |
| followed_by | 59th |
The 58th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 29 August to 8 September 2001.
The opening night film was Dust by Milcho Manchevski. Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti was the Jury President of the main competition. Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding was the Golden Lion winner.
Jury
The following people comprised the 2001 jury:
Main Competition
- Nanni Moretti, Italian director and actor - Jury President
- Jeanne Balibar, French actress and singer
- Amitav Ghosh, Indian author
- Taylor Hackford, American director
- Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress
- Jerzy Skolimowski, Polish director and actor
- Vibeke Windeløv, Danish producer
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Feature
- Francesco Casetti, Italian film theorist
- Cédric Kahn, French director
- Jafar Panahi, Iranian director
- Jean-Loup Passek, French film critic
- Ruth Vitale, American producer
Cinema of the Present (Cinema del presente)
- Michel Ciment, French film critic
- Piera Detassis, Italian film critic
- Shigehiko Hasumi, Japanese film critic
- Emanuel Levy, American film critic
- Gavin Smith, American film studio executive
Short Films Competition
- Francesca Comencini, Italian director
- Jacques Kermabon, French film critic
- Mario Micaelo, Portuguese founder of the Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival
Official Section
The following films were selected to be screened:
In Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Address Unknown | 수취인불명 | Ki-duk Kim | South Korea |
| The Afternoon of a Torturer | După-amiaza unui torționar | Lucian Pintilie | Romania |
| Behind the Sun | Abril Despedaçado | Walter Salles | Brazil, France, Switzerland |
| Bully | Larry Clark | United States | |
| Dog Days | Hundstage | Ulrich Seidl | Austria |
| Eden | Amos Gitai | Italy, Israel, France | |
| Hollywood Hong Kong | 香港有個荷里活 | Fruit Chan | Hong Kong |
| How Harry Became a Tree | Goran Paskaljević | Italy, France, United Kingdom, Ireland | |
| Light of My Eyes | Luce dei miei occhi | Giuseppe Piccioni | Italy |
| Far | Loin | André Téchiné | France |
| *Monsoon Wedding* | Mira Nair | India, United States, Italy, Germany, France, United Kingdom | |
| The Navigators | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, Germany, Spain | |
| The Others | Los otros | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain, United States |
| Red Moon | Luna rossa | Antonio Capuano | Italy |
| Secret Ballot | رأی مخفی | Babak Payami | Iran, Italy, Canada, Switzerland |
| The Triumph of Love | Clare Peploe | Italy, United Kingdom, Germany | |
| Waking Life | Richard Linklater | United States | |
| Who Are You? | Quem És Tu? | João Botelho | Portugal |
| Wild Innocence | Sauvage innocence | Philippe Garrel | France |
| Y tu mamá también | Alfonso Cuarón | Mexico |
Out of Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atraksion | Raoul Servais | Belgium | |
| That Love (closing film) | Cet amour-là | Josée Dayan | France |
| Dust (opening film) | Milcho Manchevski | Macedonia, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany | |
| The Lady and the Duke | L’Anglaise et le Duc | Eric Rohmer | France |
| Pistol Opera | ピストルオペラ | Seijun Suzuki | Japan |
| Porto of My Childhood | Porto da Minha Infancia | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal, France |
| Silence, We're Rolling | Silence... on tourne | Youssef Chahine | France, Egypt |
| Tuesday | Geoff Dunbar | United Kingdom |
Cinema of the Present (Cinema del presente)
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| L'amore imperfetto | Giovanni Maderna | Italy, Spain | |
| Deep Breath | Le souffle | Damien Odoul | France |
| La Fiebre del Loco | Andrés Wood | Chile | |
| Fifi Martingale | Jacques Rozier | France | |
| Flower Island | 꽃섬 | Song Il-gon | South Korea |
| Harmful Insect | 害虫 | Akihiko Shiota | Japan |
| A Hell of a Day | Reines d'un jour | Marion Vernoux | France |
| Invincible | Werner Herzog | Germany, United Kingdom | |
| Larger Than Life | Tuhog | Jeffrey Jeturian | Philippines |
| Me Without You | Sandra Goldbacher | United Kingdom | |
| One Man Up | L'uomo in più | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy |
| Probably Love | L'amore probabilmente | Giuseppe Bertolucci | Italy |
| Quitting | 昨天 | Zhang Yang | China |
| Saturday | Sabado | Juan Villegas | Argentina |
| Sisters | Сёстры | Sergei Bodrov Jr. | Russia |
| Sons and Daughters | Figli/Hijos | Marco Bechis | Argentina, Italy |
| Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Jill Sprecher | United States | |
| Time Out | L'Emploi du temps | Laurent Cantet | Japan |
| Tirana Year Zero | Tirana, année zéro | Fatmir Koçi | Albania, France, Belgium |
| Water and Salt | Água e Sal | Teresa Villaverde | Portugal, Italy |
Independent Sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
- Gege (Brother) by Yan Yan Mak (Hong Kong)
- Rain by Katherine Lindberg (United States)
- Rasganço by Raquel Freire (Portugal, France)
- An Adolescent (Shōjo) by Eiji Okuda (Japan)
- Sailing Home (Tornando a casa) by Vincenzo Marra (Italy)
- A Moment of Happiness (Un moment de bonheur) by Antoine Santana (France)
- Smokers Only (Vagón fumador) by Verónica Chen (Argentina)
Official Awards
Main Competition
- Golden Lion: Monsoon Wedding by Mira Nair
- Grand Special Jury Prize: Dog Days by Ulrich Seidl
- Silver Lion: Secret Ballot by Babak Payami
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Luigi Lo Cascio for Light of My Eyes
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Sandra Ceccarelli for Light of My Eyes
- Marcello Mastroianni Award: Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna for Y tu mamá también
''Luigi De Laurentis'' Award for Debut Feature
- Bread and Milk for Jan Cvitkovic and Danijel Hocevar
Independent Awards
Cinema of the Present - Lion of the Year
- Seafood by Zhu Wen
- Special Jury Award: Le Souffle by Damien Odoul
FIPRESCI Prize
- Competition: Wild Innocence by Philippe Garrel
- Parallel Sections: Le Souffle by Damien Odoul
OCIC Award
- Secret Ballot by Babak Payami
Netpac Award
- Secret Ballot by Babak Payami
- Quitting by Yang Zhang
Don Quixote Award
- L'emploi du temps by Laurent Cantet
UNICEF Award
- Secret Ballot by Babak Payami
UNESCO Award
- Porto of My Childhood by Manoel de Oliveira
Pasinetti Award
- Best Film: Secret Ballot by Babak Payami
- Best Actor: Luigi Lo Cascio for Light of My Eyes
- Best Actress: Sandra Ceccarelli for Light of My Eyes
Italian Cinema Clubs Awards
- Sailing Home for Vincenzo Marra
Pietro Bianchi Award
- Alberto Sordi
Isvema Award
- Sailing Home by Vincenzo Marra
FEDIC Award
- Sailing Home by Vincenzo Marra
Wella Prize
- Red Moon by Licia Maglietta
Elvira Notari Prize
- Fish and Elephant by Yu Li
Cult Network Italia Prize
- Sailing Home by Vincenzo Marra
FilmCritica "Bastone Bianco" Award
- Dias de Nietzsche em Turim by Júlio Bressane
Future Film Festival Digital Award
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence by Steven Spielberg
Laterna Magica Prize
- Monsoon Wedding by Mira Nair
Sergio Trasatti Award
- Light of My Eyes by Giuseppe Piccioni
CinemAvvenire Award
- Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature: Sailing Home by Vincenzo Marra
- Best Film: Waking Life by Richard Linklater
- Best First Film: Ggot seom by Il-gon Song
Children and Cinema Award
- The Navigators by Ken Loach
Rota Soundtrack Award
- George Fenton for The Navigators
Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award
- Quem És Tu? by João Botelho
- Special Director's Award: Babak Payami
- Best Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón for Y tu mamá también
References
References
- "GOLDEN LIONS – VENICE - 2001".
- (19 April 2010). "The 2000s".
- "Juries for the 2000s".
- "58. Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica".
- (27 July 2001). "Tutti i film di Venezia 2001". MAM-e.
- "16th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it.
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