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69th Venice International Film Festival

Italian film festival in 2012


Italian film festival in 2012

FieldValue
name69th Venice International Film Festival
imageVeniceFilmFestival69poster.jpg
captionFestival poster
openingThe Reluctant Fundamentalist
closingThe Man Who Laughs
locationVenice, Italy
founded1932
awardsGolden Lion:
Pietà
hostKasia Smutniak
date29 August – 8 September 2012
websiteWebsite
chronologyVenice Film Festival
preceded_by68th
followed_by70th

Pietà

The 69th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 29 August to 8 September 2012, at Venice Lido in Italy.

American filmmaker Michael Mann was the jury president for the main competition. Polish actress Kasia Smutniak was the Host of the opening and closing ceremonies. The Golden Lion was awarded to Pietà by Kim Ki-duk.

The festival opened with The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mira Nair, and closed with The Man Who Laughs by Jean-Pierre Ameris.

Juries

Main competition (''Venezia 69'')

  • Michael Mann, American filmmaker - Jury President
  • Marina Abramović, Serbian performance artist
  • Laetitia Casta, French actress
  • Peter Ho-sun Chan, Hong Kong filmmaker
  • Ari Folman, Israeli filmmaker
  • Matteo Garrone, Italian filmmaker
  • Ursula Meier, French-Swiss filmmaker
  • Samantha Morton, English actress and director
  • Pablo Trapero, Argentine director

''[[Orizzonti]]''

  • Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor - Jury President
  • Sandra den Hamer, Dutch director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam
  • Runa Islam, Bangladeshi-born British visual artist and filmmaker
  • Jason Kliot, American independent producer
  • Nadine Labaki, Lebanese actress and filmmaker
  • Milcho Manchevski, Macedonian filmmaker
  • Amir Naderi, Iranian film filmmaker and photographer

Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)

  • Shekhar Kapur, Indian film director, actor and producer - Jury President
  • Michel Demopoulos, Greek film critic
  • Isabella Ferrari, Italian actress
  • Matt Reeves, American filmmaker and producer
  • Bob Sinclar, French record producer, DJ, and Yellow Productions owner

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
At Any PriceRamin BahraniUnited States
BetrayalИзменаKirill SerebrennikovRussia
Dormant BeautyBella addormentataMarco BellocchioItaly, France
The Fifth SeasonLa cinquième saisonPeter Brosens, Jessica WoodworthBelgium, Netherlands, France
Fill the Voidלמלא את החללRama BurshteinIsrael
It Was the SonÈ stato il figlioDaniele CiprìItaly
Lines of WellingtonLinhas de WellingtonValeria SarmientoPortugal, France
The MasterPaul Thomas AndersonUnited States
Beyond Outrageアウトレイジ ビヨンドTakeshi KitanoJapan
Paradise: FaithParadies: GlaubeUlrich SeidlAustria, France, Germany
PassionBrian De PalmaFrance, Germany
*Pietà*피에타Kim Ki-dukSouth Korea
Something in the AirAprès maiOlivier AssayasFrance
A Special DayUn giorno specialeFrancesca ComenciniItaly
Spring BreakersHarmony KorineUnited States
SuperstarXavier GiannoliFrance, Belgium
Thy WombSinapupunanBrillante MendozaPhilippines
To the WonderTerrence MalickUnited States

Out of Competition

The following films were selected for the out of competition section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryFictionNon-fictionSpecial Screenings
Bait 3DKimble RendallAustralia, Singapore
The Company You KeepRobert RedfordUnited States
DisconnectHenry-Alex Rubin
**Du hast es versprochenAlex SchmidtGermany
Gebo and the ShadowO Gebo e a SombraManoel de OliveiraPortugal, France
The IcemanAriel VromenUnited States
Looking for HortenseCherchez HortensePascal BonitzerFrance
Love Is All You NeedDen Skaldede FrisørSusanne BierDenmark, Sweden
The Man Who Laughs (closing film)L’homme qui ritJean-Pierre AmerisFrance, Czech Republic
Penance (episodes 1-5)贖罪Kiyoshi KurosawaJapan
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (opening film)Mira NairIndia, Pakistan, United States
Tai Chi 0太極:從零開始Stephen FungChina
Bad 25Spike LeeUnited States
Enzo Avitabile Music LifeJonathan DemmeItaly, United States
Lullaby to My FatherAmos GitaiIsrael, France, Switzerland
Peter Brook: The TightropeSimon BrookUnited Kingdom, France, Italy
Anton’s Right HereAnton tut ryadomLyubov ArkusRussia
ClarisseLiliana CavaniItaly
Come voglio che sia il mio futuroMaurizio Zaccaro
The Human CargoLa nave dolceDaniele VicariItaly, Albania
ImpenetrableEl impenetrableDaniele Incalcaterra, Fausta QuattriniArgentina, France
It Was Better TomorrowYa man aachHinde BoujemaaTunisia
Medici con l'AfricaCarlo MazzacuratiItaly
Sfiorando Il MuroSilvia Giralucci, Luca Ricciardi
Witness: LibyaAbdallah OmeishUnited States

''[[Orizzonti]]''

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn CompetitionShort Films Competition
Araf - Somewhere in BetweenArafYeşim UstaoğluTurkey
Balancing ActGli equilibristiIvano De MatteoItaly, France
Boxing DayBernard RoseUnited Kingdom, United States
The Cutoff ManMenatek Ha-MaimIdan HubelIsrael
Fly with the Crane告訴他們,我乘白鶴去了Li RuijunChina
A HijackingKapringenTobias LindholmDenmark
The IntervalL'intervalloLeonardo Di CostanzoItaly, Switzerland, Germany
LionsLeonesJazmin LopezArgentina, France, Netherlands
Low TideRoberto MinerviniUnited States, Italy, Belgium
Me TooJa tozhe hochuAleksei BalabanovRussia
The Paternal HouseKhanéh PedariKianoosh AyariIran
Pretty ButterfliesBellas mariposasSalvatore MereuItaly
Tango libreFrédéric FonteyneBelgium, France, Luxembourg
*Three Sisters*三姊妹Wang BingChina, France, Hong Kong
WadjdaوجدةHaifaa al-MansourSaudi Arabia, Germany
Winter of Discontentالشتا إللى فاتIbrahim El BatoutEgypt
YemaDjamila SahraouiAlgeria, France
The Millennial RaptureSennen no yurakuKoji WakamatsuJapan
CargoCarlo SironiItaly
Diamond SutraJingang JingTsai Ming-liangTaiwan
The FluteBansulliMin BhamNepal
Frank-Étienne vers la béatitudeConstance MeyerFrance
I’m the OnePaola MorabitoAustralia
InvitationCho-DeMin-Young YooSouth Korea
Living Still LifeBertrand MandicoFrance, Belgium, Germany
Luisa no está en casaCelia Rico ClavellinoSpain
Out Of FrameTitloi telousYorgos ZoisGreece
Las manos limpiasCarlos ArmellaMexico
MarlaNick KingAustralia
Miracle BoyJake MahaffyUnited States
ResistanceResistenteRenate Costa Perdomo, Salla SorriDenmark, Paraguay, Finland
La salaAlessio GiannoneItaly
The TunerO AfinadorFernando Camargo, Matheus PariziBrazil

Venice Classics

The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryRestored FilmsDocumentaries about Cinema
The 10th Victim (1965)La decima vittimaElio PetriItaly
American Dreams (1984)James BenningUnited States
Carmen Comes Home (1951)カルメン故郷に帰るKinoshita KeisukeJapan
Chimes at Midnight (1965)Campanadas a medianocheOrson WellesSpain
Fanny and Alexander (1982)Fanny och AlexanderIngmar BergmanSweden
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)Howard HawksUnited States
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Heaven’s Gate (1980)Michael Cimino
Miracle (1982)HimalaIshmael BernalPhilippines
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospettoElio PetriItaly
The Mattei Affair (1972)Il caso MatteiFrancesco Rosi
Pigsty (1969)PorcilePier Paolo Pasolini
Red Shirts (1952)Camicie rosseGoffredo Alessandrini, Francesco Rosi
Stromboli (1950)Stromboli, terra di DioRoberto Rossellini
Sunset Boulevard (1950)Billy WilderUnited States
Tell Me Lies (1968)Peter BrookUnited Kingdom
To Be Twenty in the Aures (1972)Avoir 20 ans dans les AurèsRené VautierFrance
Las versiones de campanadas a medianoche de Orson WellesLuciano BerriatúaSpain
Monicelli: La versione di MarioMario Canale, Felice Farina, Mario Gianni, Wilma Labate, Annarosa MorriItaly
Gli anni delle immagini perduteAdolfo Conti
DreamersConteurs d'imagesNoelle DeschampsFrance
Dai nostri inviati alla Mostra di VeneziaGiuseppe Giannotti, Enrico Salvatori, Davide SavelliItaly
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly FictionSophie HuberUnited States, Switzerland
Miradas múltiples (La máquina loca)Emilio MailléMexico, France, Spain
La guerra dei vulcaniFrancesco PatiernoItaly
Valentino's GhostMichael SinghUnited States, India
Sedia Elettrica: il making of del film Io e TeMonica StrambiniItaly

«80!»

The following rare films from the Biennale's Historical Archives were screened for this retrospective section:

English TitleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Ahora te vamos a llamar hermano (1971)Raoul RuizChile
A Bagful of Fleas (1963)Pytel blechVera ChytilováCzechoslovakia
The Brigand (1961)Il briganteRenato CastellaniItaly
God Needs Man (1950)Dieu a besoin des hommesJean DelannoyFrance
Free at Last (1968)Gregory Shuker, James Desmond, Nicholas ProferesUnited States
Genghis Khan (1950)Manuel Conde, Salvador LouPhilippines
The Last Night (1936)Poslednjaja noc’Julij Jakovlevic RajzmanSoviet Union
Mud-Covered City (1963)Zablácené MestoVáclav TáborskýCzechoslovakia
Pagine chiuse (1968)Gianni Da CampoItaly
Stress Is Three (1968)Stress-es tres-tresCarlos SauraSpain

Special Screenings

The following films of the Official Selection were presented as Special Screenings:

Original TitleDirector(s)Production country
Carmel (2009)Amos GitaiIsrael, France, Italy
Convitto FalconePasquale ScimecaItaly
Hommage to Simone MassiSimone Massi

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following films were selected for the Critics' Week:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn competitionOut of Competition
*Eat Sleep Die**Äta sova dö*Gabriela PichlerSweden
The Ideal CityLa città idealeLuigi Lo CascioItaly
MoldKüfAli AydınTurkey, Germany
A Month in ThailandO luna in ThailandiaPaul NegoescuRomania
She Doesn't Want to Sleep AloneNo quiero dormir solaNatalia BeristainMexico
Welcome HomeWelcome HomeTom HeeneBelgium
LotusXiao heLiu ShuChina
Water (Opening film)Nir Sa'ar, Maya Sarfaty, Mohammad Fuad, Yona Rozenkier, Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Bargouthi, Pini Tavger, Tal HaringIsrael, Palestine, France
Kiss of the Damned (closing film)Xan CassavetesUnited States

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the Venice Days section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn competitionSpecial EventsVenice NightsMiu Miu Women's TalesSpecial Projects (Cinema Corsaro)Lux Prize
BlondieJesper GanslandtSweden
*Crawl*Hervé LasgouttesFrance
EpilogueHayuta ve BerlAmir ManorIsrael
Il GemelloVincenzo MarraItaly
InheritanceHéritageHiam AbbassFrance, Israel, Turkey
Keep SmilingGaigimetRusudan ChkoniaFrance, Georgia, Luxembourg
Kinshasa KidsMarc-Henri WajnbergBelgium, France
PinocchioEnzo D'AlòItaly, France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Queen of MontreuilSólveig AnspachFrance
SteelAcciaioStefano MordiniItaly
Stories We TellSarah PolleyCanada
The Weight무게Jeon Kyu-hwanSouth Korea
TerramattaCostanza QuatriglioItaly
Non mi avete convintoFilippo Vendemmiati
Bob Wilson's Life and Death of Marina AbramovićGiada Colagrande
L'uomo che amava il cinemaMarco Segato
6 sull'autobusSimone Dante Antonelli, Giacomo Bisordi, Rita de Donato, Irene di Lelio, Antonio Ligas, Emiliano Russo
Le cose belleAgostino Ferrente, Giovanni PipernoItaly
Francesco De Gregori. Finestre rotteStefano Pistolini
The Golden TempleEnrico MasiItaly, United Kingdom
My Friend JohnnyAlessandra CardoneItaly
Nozze d'AgostoAndrea Parena
Il risveglio del fiume segretoAlessandro Scillitani
TralalaMasbedo
It’s Getting LateMassy TadjedinItaly, United States
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)Maya DerenUnited States
MutaLucrecia MartelItaly, Argentina, Paraguay
The Powder RoomZoe CassavetesItaly, United Kingdom
The Woman DressGiada ColagrandeItaly, United States
Gli intrepidiGiovanni CioniItaly
Iolanda tra bimba e corsaraTonino De Bernardi
GamesAlessio Di ZioUnited States
Fame in California
Tacoma
Vers Madrid: The Burning BrightSylvain GeorgeSpain, France
Le tigri di Mompracem (TV Mini-Series 1974)Ugo GregorettiItaly
Carmela, Saved by the BuccaneersCarmela, salvata dai filibustieriGiovanni Maderna, Mauro Santini
Materiali preparatori inediti per il film: "Altrove"Corso Salani
Egh c'è e non c'è - Carta bianca a Enrico GhezziEnrico Ghezzi
Just the WindCsak a szélBenedek FliegaufHungary
Shun Li and the PoetIo sono LiAndrea SegreItaly
TabuMiguel GomesPortugal, Germany, Brazil, France

Official Awards

In Competition (''Venezia 69'')

  • Golden Lion: Pietà by Kim Ki-duk
  • Silver Lion for Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson for The Master
  • Special Jury Prize: Paradise: Faith by Ulrich Seidl
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix for The Master
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Hadas Yaron for Fill the Void
  • Marcello Mastroianni Award: Fabrizio Falco for Dormant Beauty and It Was the Son
  • Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: Olivier Assayas for Something in the Air
  • Golden Osella for Best Cinematography: Daniele Ciprì for It Was the Son

[[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]]

  • Francesco Rosi

Horizons (''Orizzonti'')

  • Best Film: Three Sisters by Wang Bing
  • Special Jury Prize: Tango libre by Frédéric Fonteyne
  • Horizons YouTube Award for Best Short Film: Invitation by Min-Young Yoo
  • European Film Awards (short film): Out Of Frame by Yorgos Zois

"Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for a Debut Film

  • Mold by Ali Aydın

Independent Sections Awards

Venice International Film Critics' Week

  • "RaroVideo" Audience Award: Eat Sleep Die by Gabriela Pichler
  • Arca CinemaGiovani Award for Best Italian film: The Ideal City by Luigi Lo Cascio

Venice Days (''[[Giornate degli Autori|Giornati degli Autori]]'')

  • Label Europa Cinemas Award: Crawl by Hervé Lasgouttes
  • Lina Mangiacapre Award: Queen of Montreuil by Sólveig Anspach
  • Premio Cinematografico “Civitas Vitae prossima” Award: Terramatta by Costanza Quatriglio

Independent Awards

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

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Awards]]

  • Best Film (Main competition): The Master by Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Best Film (Horizons): The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo

[[Queer Lion]]

  • The Weight by Jeon Kyu-hwan

[[SIGNIS|SIGNIS Award]]

  • To the Wonder by Terrence Malick
    • Special mention: Fill the Void by Rama Burshtein

Special Awards

  • Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award: Michael Cimino
  • Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Spike Lee
  • L’Oréal Paris per il Cinema Award: Giulia Bevilacqua

Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award

  • Best Film: The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo
  • Best Documentary: The Human Cargo by Daniele Vicari
  • Best Actor: Valerio Mastandrea for Balancing Act
  • Pasinetti Speciale: Clarisse by Liliana Cavani

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award

  • Pieta by Kim Ki-duk

Cinema for UNICEF mention

  • It Was the Son by Daniele Ciprì

Brian Award

  • Dormant Beauty by Marco Bellocchio

Arca CinemaGiovani Award - Venezia 69

  • The Fifth Season by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth

Biografilm Lancia Award

  • The Human Cargo by Daniele Vicari
  • Bad25 by Spike Lee

Bisato d'Oro Award

  • Best Film: Bellas Mariposas by Salvatore Mereu
  • Best Director: Jazmín López for Lions
  • Best Actress: Nora Aunor for Thy Womb

CICT - UNESCO "Enrico Fulchignoni" Award

  • The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo

CICAE - Cinema d’Arte e d’Essai Award

  • Wadjda by Haifaa Al Mansour

CinemAvvenire Award

  • Best film - Venezia 69: Paradies: Glaube by Ulrich Seidl
  • Best film - Il cerchio non è rotondo: Wadjda by Haifaa al-Mansour

FEDIC Award

  • The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo
    • Special mention: Bellas Mariposas by Salvatore Mereu

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

  • Something in the Air by Olivier Assayas

Future Film Festival Digital Award

  • Bad25 by Spike Lee
    • Special mention: Spring Breakers by Harmony Korine

P. Nazareno Taddei Award

  • Pieta by Kim Ki-duk
    • Special mention: Thy Womb by Brillante Mendoza

Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award

  • The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo

Open Award

  • The Company You Keep by Robert Redford

La Navicella – Venezia Cinema Award

  • Thy Womb by Brillante Mendoza

AIF - FORFILMFEST Award

  • The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo

Golden Mouse

  • Pieta by Kim Ki-duk
  • Silver Mouse: Anton's Right Here by Lyubov Arkus

UK - Italy Creative Industries Award – Best Innovative Budget Award

  • The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo

Gillo Pontecorvo - Arcobaleno Latino Award

  • Laura Delli Colli

Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Award

  • Low Tide by Roberto Minervini

Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue

  • Wadjda by Haifaa Al Mansour

Giovani Giurati del Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award

  • The Company You Keep by Robert Redford
    • Special mention: Toni Servillo for It Was the Son

Green Drop Award

  • The Fifth Season by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth

Controversy over Golden Lion

The jury led by filmmaker Michael Mann originally was to award the top Golden Lion prize to Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, along with the Silver Lion Best Director award and the Best Actor award. However, because of festival's new rule prohibiting pairing the Golden Lion with any other prizes, the jury was asked "to re-deliberate to remove" one of the awards for The Master, and the Golden Lion was awarded to Kim Ki-duk's Pietà instead. In the official reception which was held after the festival was over, many juries, such as Samantha Morton and Peter Chan met Jo, saying that "Jo's acting was touching that changed my life. I shed tears of Jo's play."

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