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61st Venice International Film Festival

Italian film festival in 2004


Italian film festival in 2004

FieldValue
name61st Venice International Film Festival
imageVeniceFilmFestival61poster.jpg
captionFestival poster
openingThe Terminal
closingSteamboy
locationVenice, Italy
founded1932
awardsGolden Lion:
Vera Drake
date1–11 September 2004
websiteWebsite
chronologyVenice Film Festival
preceded_by60th
followed_by62nd

Vera Drake

The 61st annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 1 and 11 September 2004, at Venice Lido in Italy.

British filmmaker John Boorman was the jury president for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Vera Drake, directed by Mike Leigh.

On this edition, a new independent section, Venice Days (Giornate degli autori), was created "for free cinema, new talents and new stories". This section is organized by the ANAC (National Association of Cinematographic Authors) and the API (Independent Authors & Producers).

Also in this edition, The Secret History of Italian Cinema was launched, a new official retrospective section, with the aim of restoring and systematically rediscovering sides of the Italian cinema that have been "forgotten, invisible, unknown or misunderstood". The retrospective was planned for the following four editions (61st to 64th editions), later was extended with the These Phantoms: Italian Cinema Rediscovered (65th edition), and the Italian Comedy Retrospective (66th edition). The Fondazione Prada was the main sponsor/partner of this section.

The festival opened with The Terminal by Steven Spielberg, and closed with Steamboy by Katsuhiro Otomo.

Juries

Main Competition (''Venezia 61'')

  • John Boorman, British filmmaker - Jury President
  • Wolfgang Becker, German filmmaker
  • Mimmo Calopresti, Italian director
  • Hsu Feng, Taiwanese actress and producer
  • Scarlett Johansson, American actress
  • Spike Lee, American filmmaker, actor and producer
  • Dusan Makavejev, Serbian filmmaker
  • Helen Mirren, British actress
  • Pietro Scalia, Italian editor

''[[Orizzonti]]''

  • Nicolas Philibert, French director - Jury President
  • Brian Helgeland, American director
  • Fiorella Infascelli, Italian director

Venezia Cinema Digitale

  • Mike Figgis, British filmmaker and composer - Jury President
  • Shozo Ichiyama, Japanese film producer
  • Claire Simon, French filmmaker

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
3-Iron빈집Kim Ki-dukSouth Korea, Japan
5x2Cinq fois deuxFrançois OzonFrance
Another LifeOvunque seiMichele PlacidoItaly
BirthJonathan GlazerUnited States
Café Lumière珈琲時光Hou Hsiao-hsienJapan, Taiwan
DeliveryNicos PanayotopoulosGreece
Howl's Moving Castleハウルの動く城Hayao MiyazakiJapan
The IntruderL'intrusClaire DenisFrance
The Keys to the HouseLe chiavi di casaGianni AmelioItaly, France, Germany
Kings and QueenRois et reineArnaud DesplechinFrance
Land of PlentyWim WendersUnited States
Low Life하류인생Im Kwon-taekSouth Korea
One Long Winter Without FireTout un hiver sans feuGreg ZglinskiSwitzerland
PalindromesTodd SolondzUnited States
Promised Landהארץ המובטחתAmos GitaiIsrael, France
Remote AccessУдалённый доступSvetlana ProskurinaRussia
The Sea InsideMar adentroAlejandro AmenábarSpain, France, Italy
Stray DogsSag-haye velgardMarzieh MeshkiniIran, France, Afghanistan
Vanity FairMira NairUnited Kingdom, United States
*Vera Drake*Mike LeighUnited Kingdom
Working Slowly (Radio Alice)Lavorare con lentezzaGuido ChiesaItaly
The World世界Jia ZhangkeChina

:† indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrySpecial Event
The BridesmaidLa demoiselle d'honneurClaude ChabrolFrance, Italy, Germany
CollateralMichael MannUnited States
ErosMichelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh and Wong Kar-waiFrance, Hong Kong, Italy, United States
The Fifth EmpireO quinto imperioManoel de OliveiraPortugal, France
Finding NeverlandMarc ForsterUnited States
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and CiccioCome inguaiammo il cinema italianoDaniele Ciprì and Franco MarescoItaly
An Italian RomanceL'amore ritrovatoCarlo Mazzacurati
The Manchurian CandidateJonathan DemmeUnited States
The Merchant of VeniceMichael RadfordUnited Kingdom, Italy
The Remains of NothingIl resto di nienteAntonietta De LilloItaly
She Hate MeSpike LeeUnited States
Steamboy (closing film)スチームボーイKatsuhiro OtomoJapan
The Terminal (opening film)Steven SpielbergUnited States
Throw Down柔道龍虎榜Johnnie ToHong Kong
The TunerНастройщикKira MuratovaRussia, Ukraine
Shark TaleVictoria Jenson and Bibo BergeronUnited States

''[[Orizzonti]]''

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn CompetitionSpecial Events
The 3 Rooms of MelancholiaMelancholian 3 huonettaPirjo HonkasaloFinland, Sweden, Denmark
Agnes and His BrothersAgnes und seine BrüderOskar RoehlerGermany
Ambasadori, cautam patrieMircea DaneliucRomania
CriminalGregory JacobsUnited States
Gilles' WifeLa femme de GillesFrédéric FonteyneBelgium, France, Luxembourg
*The Grand Sons**Les petits fils*Ilan Duran CohenFrance
I Can See It in Your EyesTe lo leggo negli occhiValia SantellaItaly
IzoTakashi MiikeJapan
A Less Bad WorldUn mundo menos peorAlejandro AgrestiArgentina
A Love Song for Bobby LongShainee GabelUnited States
Mysterious SkinGregg ArakiUnited States, Netherlands
Rolling FamilyFamilia rodantePablo TraperoArgentina, Spain
SaimirFrancesco MunziItaly
The Sleeping ChildL'enfant endormiYasmine KassariMorocco, Belgium
StrykerNoam GonickCanada
They Came BackLes revenantsRobin CampilloFrance
Vento di terraVincenzo MarraItaly
VitalヴィタールShinya TsukamotoJapan
YesterdayDarrell RoodtSouth Africa
Zulu Love LetterLettre d'amour zoulouRamadan SulemanSouth Africa, France, Germany
L’ami y’a bonRachid BoucharebFrance, Algeria, Germany
Come Back, Africa (1959)Lionel RogosinUnited States
The Hamburg CellAntonia BirdUnited Kingdom
Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginning (6 episodes)Heimat 3 - Chronik einer ZeitenwendeEdgar ReitzGermany
Música cubanaGerman Kral
Tell Them Who You AreMark S. WexlerUnited States
Tide TableWilliam KentridgeSouth Africa

:† indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.

Short Films Competition (''Corto Cortissimo'')

The following films were selected for the Short Films Competition (Corto Cortissimo):

TitleDirector(sProduction countryIn competitionOut of CompetitionSpecial Events 1 - Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia: Scuola Nazionale di CinemaSpecial Events - Ipotesi Cinema: BolognaSpecial Events 2 - Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia: Scuola Nazionale di CinemaSpecial Events 3 - Corto d'autore: Italia
A occhi apertiLorenza IndovinaItaly
Agna niataEktoras LyghizosGreece
AïshaNewton I. AduakaNigeria, Senegal
The ArsonistMyles SorensenUnited States
The Carpenter and his Clumsy WifePeter FoottIreland
ChamacoTim ParsaMexico
CloseTom HopkinsIreland
La culpa del alpinistaDaniel Sánchez ArévaloSpain
DimAnn-Kristin WeckerGermany
Il dio della pioggiaAngelo Amoroso D'AragonaItaly
GoodbyeSteve HudsonGermany
HatárontúlÁrpád SchillingHungary
Last NightSean MewshawUnited States
MoustacheVicki SugarsAustralia
PassatempoFrancesco LagiItaly
A piscinaIana Joao VianaPortugal
Rain Is FallingHolger ErnstGermany, Morocco
ResurrectionMitchell LichtensteinUnited States
ShengriBertrand LeeSingapore
*Signe d'appartenance*Kamel CherifBelgium, Tunisia
Silent CompanionElham HosseinzadeIran
Sous le bleuDavid OelhoffenFrance
Srce je kos Mesa (aka The Heart Is a Piece of Meat)Jan CvitkovicSlovenia
StreetsJon HoweUnited Kingdom
TrofastTrond Fausa AurvaagNorway
White on BlueRamunas GreiciusLithuania
Coleridge's CouchAngeles WooUnited States
Il potere sottileDiego RonsisvalleItaly
Postazioni della memoriaErmanno Olmi and the students of Ipotesi CinemaItaly
I gabbiani - studio su "Il gabbiano" di Anton CecovFrancesca ArchibugiItaly
Too Short for SkyPappi CorsicatoItaly
Body & SoulTheo Eshetu
Corpo/ImmagineMarco Puccioni

Venetian Nights

The following films were screened for the Venetian Nights section (Venezia Mezzanotte):

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryTitanus's one hundredth year
The Art of LosingPerder es cuestión de métodoSergio CabreraColombia, Spain
Enduring LoveRoger MichellUnited Kingdom
Eyes of CrystalOcchi di cristalloEros PuglielliItaly
A Home at the End of the WorldMichael MayerUnited States
Howrah Bridge / The Youth of the LandYuvaMani RatnamIndia
Man on FireTony ScottUnited States
Puteri Gunung LedangSaw Teong HinMalaysia
Three... Extremes三更2 / 쓰리, 몬스터 / 美しい夜、残酷な朝Park Chan-Wook, Takashi Miike and Fruit ChanHong Kong, South Korea, Japan
To Sleep Next To HerVolevo solo dormirle addossoEugenio CappuccioItaly
The DemonIl demonio (1963)Brunello RondiItaly

: † indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.

Venice Digital Cinema

A section intended to provide an overview of the new expressive possibilities granted by digital technologies.

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrySpecial EventsDigital Africa
20 Fingers20 angoshtMania AkbariIran, United Kingdom
ImpermanenceGoutam GhoseIndia
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the FinishPeter GreenawayUnited Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Cuoco contadinoLuca GuadagninoItaly
HomecomingJon JostUnited States
Letters to AliClara LawAustralia
La vita è breve ma la giornata è lunghissimaLucio Pellegrini, Gianni ZanasiItaly
Pin BoyParapalosAna PoliakArgentina
Un silenzio particolareStefano RulliItaly
Marebito稀人Takashi ShimizuJapan
L'ora della lucertolaMimmo CaloprestiItaly
BellissimeGiovanna Gagliardo
Killer ShrimpsPiero GoliaSwitzerland
The TakeAvi LewisCanada
Final Fantasy VII: Advent ChildrenファイナルファンタジーVII アドベントチルドレン,Tetsuya NomuraJapan
EmbeddedTim RobbinsUnited States
Colpi di LuceMatteo Spinola, Stefano della Casa, Francesca CalvelliItaly
Yizo YizoAngus Gibson, Andrew Dosunmu, Teboho MahlatsiSouth Africa

: † indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.

Retrospective - The Secret History of Italian Cinema 1

A new retrospective section on Italian Cinema aiming to restore and systematically rediscover sides of the Italian cinema That Have Been "Forgotten, Invisible, Unknown Or Misunderstood". This first edition of the retrospective is titled Italian Kings of the B's.

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryItalian Kings of the B'sUnderground Italia - Shards of utopia
100 Horsemen (1961)I cento cavalieriVittorio CottafaviItaly, Spain, West Germany
The Beyond (1981)...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilàLucio FulciItaly
The Big Gundown (1966)La resa dei contiSergio SollimaItaly, Spain
Blindman (1972)Il pistolero ciecoFerdinando BaldiItaly, United States
The Boss (1973)Il BossFernando Di LeoItaly
A Bullet for the General (1967)Quien sabe?Damiano Damiani
Caliber 9 (1972)Milano calibro 9Fernando Di Leo
Cannibal Holocaust (1979)Ruggero Deodato
Castle of Blood (1964)Danza macabraAntonio MargheritiItaly, France
Coup D'État (1969)Colpo di statoLuciano SalceItaly
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)Non si sevizia un paperinoLucio Fulci
The Dynamite Brothers (1949)I fratelli DinamiteNino and Toni Pagot
The God Snake (1970)Il dio serpentePiero VivarelliItaly, Venezuela
Goliath and the Dragon (1960)La vendetta di ErcoleVittorio CottafaviItaly, France
Col cuore in gola (1967)Tinto Brass
The Inglorious Bastards (1977)Quel maledetto treno blindatoEnzo G. CastellariItaly
The Italian Connection (1972)La mala ordinaFernando Di LeoItaly, West Germany
Mister Scarface (1976)I padroni della citta
Naked Violence (1969)I ragazzi del massacroItaly
Orgasm (1969)OrgasmoUmberto LenziItaly, France
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1970)Lo strano vizio della Signora WardhSergio MartinoItaly, Spain, Austria
The Syndicate: A Death in the Family (1969)Colpo roventePiero ZuffiItaly
Tragic Ceremony (1972)Estratto dagli archivi segreti della polizia di una capitale europeaRiccardo FredaItaly, Spain
The Trojan Horse (1961)La guerra di TroiaGiorgio FerroniItaly, France, Yugoslavia
W la foca (1982)Nando CiceroItaly
La verifica incerta (1964)Gianfranco Baruchello, Alberto GrifiItaly
Transfert per kamera verso Virulentia (1975)Alberto Grifi
The Blind Fly (1966)A mosca ciecaRomano Scavolini
Portrait of Gianfranco BarucchelloRitratto di Gianfranco BarucchelloPaolo Brunatto
Portrait of Alberto GrifiRitratto di Alberto Grifi
Portrait of Romano ScovoliniRitratto di Romano Scovolini

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn CompetitionOut of Competition
From Land of SilenceSakenine Sarzamine SokootSaman SalurIran
The Great JourneyLe Grand VoyageIsmaël FerroukhiFrance
Les liensAymeric Mesa-JuanFrance
One or the OtherUna de dosAlejo Hernán TaubeArgentina
Otakus in Love恋の門Suzuki MatsuoJapan
To Take a WifeVe Lakachta Lecha IshaRonit Elkabetz, Shlomi ElkabetzIsrael, France
UninhibitedKuang FangLeste ChenTaiwan
P.S. (opening film)Dylan KiddUnited States
ButterflyHu dieYan Yan MakChina
The Love (Part One)El Amor (Primera Parte)Alejandro Fadel, Martin Mauregui, Santiago Mitre, Juan SchnitmanArgentina

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 1st edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
4Ilya KhrzhanovskyRussia, Netherlands
Caro VittorioMarco RisiItaly
Changing DestinyNemmeno il destinoDaniele Gaglianone
Darwin's NightmareHubert SauperAustria, Belgium, France, Germany
Dead Man's ShoesShane MeadowsUnited Kingdom
Il giorno del falcoRodolfo BisattiItaly
L'imperatore di RomaNico D'AlessandriaItaly
In Kurdistan e' difficileGiuliana GambaItaly
MorasseixDamien OdoulFrance
Murmuring CoastA costa dos murmúriosMargarida CardosoPortugal
Now and ThenL'oeil de l'autreJohn LvoffFrance
StringsAnders Rønnow KlarlundDenmark, Sweden, Norway, United Kingdom
SuburbsPredmestjeVinko MöderndorferSlovenia
Sweet JamConfituurLieven DebrauwerBelgium, Switzerland
Tartarughe sul dorsoStefano PasettoItaly

Official Awards

In Competition (''Venezia 61'')

  • Golden Lion: Vera Drake by Mike Leigh
  • Silver Lion for Best Director: 3-Iron by Kim Ki-duk
  • Grand Jury Prize: The Sea Inside by Alejandro Amenábar
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Javier Bardem for The Sea Inside
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake
  • Marcello Mastroianni Award: Tommaso Ramenghi and Marco Luisi for Working Slowly (Radio Alice)
  • Golden Osella: Studio Ghibli for Howl's Moving Castle

[[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement|Golden Lion for lifetime achievement]]

  • Manoel de Oliveira and Stanley Donen

''[[Orizzonti]]''

  • Best Film: The Grand Sons by Ilan Duran Cohen
    • Special mention: Vento di terra by Vincenzo Marra

Digital Cinema Award

  • 20 Fingers by Mania Akbari
    • Special Mention: La vita è breve ma la giornata è lunghissima by Gianni Zanasi and Lucio Pellegrini

Short Film Competition (''Corto Cortissimo'')

  • Citroen Short Super-Short Lion for Best Short Film: Signe d'appartenence by Kamel Cherif
    • Special mention: The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife by Peter Foot
  • UIP Prize for Best European Short Film: Goodbye by Steve Hudson

"''Luigi de Laurentiis''" Award For A Debut Film (Lion of the Future)

  • The Great Journey by Ismaël Ferroukhi and Humbert Balsan
    • Special Mention: Saimir by Francesco Munzi

Independents Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:

Venice International Film Critics' Week

  • Audience Award:To Take a Wife by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz

FIPRESCI Prize

  • Competition: 3-Iron by Kim Ki-duk
  • Parallel Sections: Vento di terra by Vincenzo Marra

SIGNS Award

  • One Long Winter Without Fire by Greg Zglinski
  • Honorable Mention: 3-Iron by Kim Ki-duk

C.I.C.A.E. Award

  • Gilles' Wife by Frédéric Fonteyne

UNICEF Award

  • House of Fools by Andrei Konchalovsky

UNESCO Award

  • Land of Plenty by Wim Wenders

Pasinetti Award

  • Best Film: The Keys to the House by Gianni Amelio
  • Best Actor: Kim Rossi Stuart for The Keys to the House
  • Best Actress: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi for 5x2

Isvema Award

  • To Take a Wife by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz

FEDIC Award

  • To Sleep Next To Her by Eugenio Cappuccio

Little Golden Lion

Venice Days - Label Europa Cinemas

  • Darwin's Nightmare by Hubert Sauper

Young Cinema Award

  • Best Italian Film: Nemmeno il destino by Daniele Gaglianone
  • Best Digital Film: Un silenzio particolare by Stefano Rulli
  • Best International Film: The Sea Inside by Alejandro Amenábar

"Lino Miccichè" First Feature Award

  • Nemmeno il destino by Daniele Gaglianone

Open Prize

  • Strays Dogs by Marzieh Makhmalbaf

Lina Mangiacapre Award

  • The 3 Rooms of Melancholia by Pirjo Honkasalo

Future Film Festival Digital Award

  • Collateral by Michael Mann

Laterna Magica Prize

  • Finding Neverland by Marc Forster

Sergio Trasatti Award

  • The Keys to the House by Gianni Amelio

CinemAvvenire Award

  • Best Film: The Keys to the House by Gianni Amelio
  • Best First Film: One Long Winter Without Fire by Greg Zglinski
  • Cinema for Peace Award: Promised Land by Amos Gitai

Award of the City of Rome

  • Best Film: A Less Bad World by Alejandro Agresti

International Peace Award

  • Best Film: Jeruzalemski sindrom by Jakov Sedlar

Human Rights Film Network Award

  • The 3 Rooms of Melancholia by Pirjo Honkasalo

EIUC Award

  • Yesterday by Darrell Roodt
    • Special Mention: The 3 Rooms of Melancholia by Pirjo Honkasalo

Special Director's Award

Special Pasinetti Award

  • Vento di terra by Vincenzo Marra (For an innovative film)

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