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59th Venice International Film Festival
Italian film festival in 2002
Italian film festival in 2002
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 59th Venice International Film Festival |
| image | 59th Venice International Film Festival logo.png |
| image_size | 150px |
| caption | Festival poster |
| location | Venice, Italy |
| founded | 1932 |
| awards | Golden Lion: |
| The Magdalene Sisters | |
| date | 29 August–8 September 2002 |
| website | Website |
| chronology | Venice Film Festival |
| preceded_by | 58th |
| followed_by | 60th |
The Magdalene Sisters
The 59th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 8 September 2002, at Venice Lido in Italy.
Chinese actress Gong Li was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Magdalene Sisters by Peter Mullan.
Jury
The following people comprised the 2001 jury:
Main Competition
- Gong Li, Chinese actress - Jury President
- Jacques Audiard, French filmmaker
- , German film producer
- László Kovács, Hungarian cinematographer
- Francesca Neri, Italian actress
- Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkish filmmaker
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Feature
- Katinka Faragó, Swedish film producer - Jury President
- Reinhard Hauff, German filmmaker
- Derek Malcolm, English film critic
- Paolo Virzì, Italian filmmaker
- Eva Zaoralova, Czech film critic
Controcorrente
- Ghassan Abdul Khalek, Lebanese film critic - Jury President
- Catherine Breillat, French filmmaker
- Peggy Chiao, Taiwanese filmmaker
- Klaus Eder, German film critic
- Enrico Ghezzi, Italian film critic
Official Sections
In Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almost Peaceful | Un monde presque paisible | Michel Deville | France |
| Bear's Kiss | Sergei Bodrov | Germany, Sweden, Russia, Spain, France, Italy | |
| The Best of Times | 美麗時光 | Chang Tso-chi | Taiwan |
| Dirty Pretty Things | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom | |
| Dolls | ドールズ | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
| Far from Heaven | Todd Haynes | United States | |
| Frida | Julie Taymor | ||
| Führer Ex | Winfried Bonengel | Germany, Italy | |
| House of Fools | Дом дураков | Andrei Konchalovsky | Russia |
| A Journey Called Love | Un viaggio chiamato amore | Michele Placido | Italy |
| Julie Walking Home | Agnieszka Holland | Canada, Germany, Poland | |
| *The Magdalene Sisters* | Peter Mullan | United Kingdom, Ireland | |
| The Man on the Train | L'Homme du train | Patrice Leconte | France |
| Maximum Velocity (V-Max) | Velocità massima | Daniele Vicari | Italy |
| My Voice | Nha fala | Flora Gomes | Cape Verde, Portugal, France, Luxembourg |
| Naked | Nackt | Doris Dörrie | Germany |
| Nearest to Heaven | Au plus près du paradis | Tonie Marshall | France, Spain, Canada |
| Oasis | 오아시스 | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea |
| The Power of the Past | La forza del passato | Piergiorgio Gay | Italy |
| Road to Perdition | Sam Mendes | United States | |
| The Tracker | Rolf de Heer | Australia |
Out of Competition
The following films were screened out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Between Strangers | Edoardo Ponti | Canada, Italy | |
| Blood Work | Clint Eastwood | United States | |
| The Dancer Upstairs | Pasos de baile | John Malkovich | Spain, United States |
| K-19: The Widowmaker | Kathryn Bigelow | United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, United States | |
| The Magic Box | La boîte magique | Ridha Behi | France, Tunisia |
| My Name Is Tanino | Paolo Virzì | Italy, Canada | |
| Naqoyqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | United States | |
| Ripley's Game | Liliana Cavani | Italy, United Kingdom, United States | |
| Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | Mike Figgis, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jiří Menzel, István Szabó, Claire Denis, Volker Schlöndorff, Michael Radford and Jean-Luc Godard | United Kingdom, Germany, France | |
| Venetian Rascal Goes to America | Johan Padan a la descoverta de le Americhe | Giulio Cingoli | Italy, France |
Controcorrente
The following feature films were screened in the Controcorrente (, nonconformist) section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday Night | Vendredi soir | Claire Denis | France |
| Full Frontal | Steven Soderbergh | United States | |
| Ken Park | Larry Clark and Edward Lachman | United States | |
| Lilya 4-ever | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden | |
| Lilly's Story | Roviros Manthoulis | Greece | |
| The Missing Gun | Xun qiang | Lu Chuan | China |
| Music for Weddings and Funerals | Musikk for bryllup og begravelser | Unni Straume | Sweden |
| Nuomos sutartis | Kristijonas Vildziunas | Lithuania | |
| Poniente | Chus Gutiérrez | Spain | |
| Public Toilet | 人民公廁 | Fruit Chan | South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan |
| Shadow Kill | Nizhalkuthu | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | India |
| Rosa La China | Valeria Sarmiento | Cuba | |
| A Snake of June | 六月の蛇 | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan |
| Soul Mate | L'anima gemella | Sergio Rubini | Italy |
| Springtime in a Small Town | Xiao cheng zhi chun | Tian Zhuangzhuang | China |
| Untouched by the West | Un homme sans l'Occident | Raymond Depardon | France |
| The Virgin of Lust | La virgen de la lujuria | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
| Women's Prison | زندان زنان | Manijeh Hekmat | Iran |
New Territories
The following feature films were screened in the New Territories (Italian: Nuovi Territori) section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aiki | Daisuke Tengan | Japan | |
| Black Tape: A Tehran Diary | Fariborz Kamkari | Iran | |
| Blessed | Rachel Douglas | New Zealand | |
| Goldfish game | Jan Lauwers | Belgium | |
| The Judge | Sudijata | Zaneta Vangeli | Macedonia |
| K | Shoja Azari | Iran | |
| Kuang wu you yu | Lin Tay-jou | Taiwan | |
| Her | Lei | Tonino De Bernardi | Italy |
| London Orbital | Christopher Petit, Iain Sinclair | United Kingdom | |
| Luparella | Giuseppe Bertolucci | Italy | |
| Open My Heart | Aprimi il cuore | Giada Colagrande | Italy |
| The Red Flag Flies | Hongqi piao | Hongxiang Zhou | China |
| The River | Река | Aleksei Balabanov | Russia |
| Sky. Plane. Girl | Небо. Самолёт. Девушка | Vera Storozheva | Russia |
| Stones in the Sky | Rocha que Voa | Eryk Rocha | Brazil |
| Vecchie | Daniele Segre | Italy |
Independent Sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Friends | Due Amici | Spiro Scimone, Francesco Sframeli | Italy |
| The Exam | Emtehan | Nasser Refaie | Iran |
| The Kite | Zmej | Aleksej Muradov | Russia |
| Roger Dodger | Dylan Kidd | United States | |
| Somewhere Over the Dreamland | Meng huan bu luo | Cheng Wen-tang | Taiwan |
| Step by Step | Un honnête commerçant | Philippe Blasband | Belgium |
| Woman of Water | Mizu no onna | Hidenori Sugimori | Japan |
Official Awards
Main Competition
- Golden Lion: The Magdalene Sisters by Peter Mullan
- Grand Special Jury Prize: House of Fools by Andrei Konchalovsky
- Silver Lion for Best Direction: Oasis by Lee Chang-dong
- Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution: Edward Lachman for Far from Heaven (cinematography)
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Stefano Accorsi for A Journey Called Love
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Far from Heaven
- Marcello Mastroianni Award: Moon So-ri for Oasis
[[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]]
- Dino Risi
Short Films Competition (''Corto Cortissimo'')
- Silver Lion for Best Short Film: Clown by Irina Efteeva
- Special Mention Best Short Film: Per Carleson for Tempo
''Luigi De Laurentiis'' Award for Debut Feature
- Two Friends by Francesco Sframeli and Spiro Scimone
- Roger Dodger by Dylan Kidd
Independent Awards
San Marco Prize
- Tian Zhuangzhuang for Springtime in a Small Town
- Special Jury Award: Shinya Tsukamoto for A Snake of June
- Special Mention: Arturo Ripstein for The Virgin of Lust
- Special Mention: Fruit Chan for Public Toilet
Audience Award
- Best Film:The Man on the Train by Patrice Leconte
- Best Actor: Jean Rochefort for The Man on the Train
- Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Far from Heaven
Prix UIP Venice (European Short Film)
- Zsofia Péterffy for Kalózok szeretöje
FIPRESCI Prize
- Competition: Oasis by Lee Chang-dong
- Parallel Sections: Roger Dodger by Dylan Kidd
- Best Short Film: 11'09"01 September 11 by Ken Loach's section
SIGNIS Award
- Oasis by Lee Chang-dong
- Honorable Mention: Far from Heaven by Todd Haynes
- Honorable Mention: The Tracker by Rolf de Heer
Don Quixote Award
- Roger Dodger by Dylan Kidd
UNICEF Award
- House of Fools by Andrei Konchalovsky
UNESCO Award
- 11'09"01 September 11 by Samira Makhmalbaf, Claude Lelouch, Youssef Chahine, Danis Tanović, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Amos Gitaï, Mira Nair, Sean Penn and Shōhei Imamura
Pasinetti Award
- Best Film: Velocità massima by Daniele Vicari
- Special Mention: Velocità massima by Valerio Mastandrea
Pietro Bianchi Award
- Sophia Loren
Isvema Award
- Due amici by Francesco Sframeli and Spiro Scimone
FEDIC Award
- Velocità massima by Daniele Vicari
Little Golden Lion
- Behind the Sun by Walter Salles and Arthur Cohn
Wella Prize
- L'anima gemella by Violante Placido and Valentina Cervi
Future Film Festival Digital Award
- Blood Work by Clint Eastwood
- Special Mention: My Name Is Tanino by Paolo Virzì
Laterna Magica Prize
- Nha Fala by Flora Gomes
Sergio Trasatti Award
- Dirty Pretty Things by Stephen Frears
Rota Soundtrack Award
- Alberto Iglesias for The Dancer Upstairs
Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award
- Frida by Julie Taymor
Kinematrix Film Award
- Feature Films: Goldfish Game by Jan Lauwers
- Other Formats: A Snake of June by Shinya Tsukamoto
- Special Director's Award: Oasis by Lee Chang-dong
References
References
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- "59. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica - Venezia 59. Concorso". asac.labiennale.org.
- "59. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica - Fuori Concorso". asac.labiennale.org.
- (27 August 2002). "Festival di Venezia: Il Cartellone". [[La Stampa]].
- "17th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it.
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