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70th Venice International Film Festival

Italian film festival in 2013


Italian film festival in 2013

FieldValue
name70th Venice International Film Festival
imageVeniceFilmFestival70poster.jpg
captionFestival poster
openingGravity
closingAmazonia
locationVenice, Italy
founded1932
awardsGolden Lion:
Sacro GRA
hostEva Riccobono
date28 August – 7 September 2013
website
chronologyVenice Film Festival
preceded_by69th
followed_by71st

Sacro GRA

The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 28 August to 7 September 2013, at Venice Lido in Italy.

Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci was the jury president for the main competition. He was previously the president of the jury at the 40th edition in 1983. Italian actress Eva Riccobono hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.

The Golden Lion was awarded to Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi, marking the first documentary film to ever win it.

American filmmaker William Friedkin received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.

The festival opened with Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón, and closed with Amazonia by Thierry Ragobert.

Juries

Main competition (''Venezia 70'')

  • Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
  • Andrea Arnold, English filmmaker
  • Renato Berta, Swiss-France director of photography
  • Carrie Fisher, American actress, screenwriter and novelist
  • Martina Gedeck, German actress
  • Jiang Wen, Chinese actor and director
  • Pablo Larraín, Chilean filmmaker
  • Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer

''[[Orizzonti]]''

  • Paul Schrader, American screenwriter, film director and critic - Jury President
  • Catherine Corsini, French filmmaker, screenwriter and actress
  • Leonardo Di Costanzo, Italian director, screenwriter and cinematographer
  • Golshifteh Farahani, Iranian actress, musician and singer
  • Frédéric Fonteyne, Belgian film director
  • Kseniya Rappoport, Russian actress
  • Amr Waked, Egyptian actor

Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)

  • Haifaa Al Mansour, Saudi Arabian filmmaker - Jury President
  • Amat Escalante, Mexican filmmaker, producer
  • Alexej German Jr., Russian filmmaker
  • Geoffrey Gilmore, director of Tribeca Film Festival
  • Ariane Labed, Greek-French actress
  • Maria Sole Tognazzi, Italian film director

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Ana ArabiaAmos GitaiIsrael, France
Child of GodJames FrancoUnited States
L'intrepidoGianni AmelioItaly
JealousyLa JalousiePhilippe GarrelFrance
JoeDavid Gordon GreenUnited States
Miss ViolenceAlexandros AvranasGreece
Night MovesKelly ReichardtUnited States
ParklandPeter Landesman
PhilomenaStephen FrearsUnited Kingdom
The Police Officer's WifeDie Frau des PolizistenPhilip GröningGermany
The RooftopsلسطوحMerzak AllouacheAlgeria, France
*Sacro GRA*Gianfranco RosiItaly
Stray Dogs郊遊Tsai Ming-liangTaiwan, France
A Street in PalermoVia Castellana BandieraEmma DanteItaly, Switzerland, France
Tom at the FarmTom à la fermeXavier DolanCanada, France
TracksJohn CurranUnited Kingdom, Australia
Under the SkinJonathan GlazerUnited Kingdom, United States
The Unknown KnownErrol MorrisUnited States
The Wind Rises風立ちぬHayao MiyazakiJapan
The Zero TheoremTerry GilliamUnited Kingdom, United States

Out of Competition

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryNon Fiction
Amazonia (closing film)Thierry RagobertFrance, Brazil
The CanyonsPaul SchraderUnited States
Con il fiato sospesoCostanza QuatriglioItaly
Disney Mickey Mouse - O' Sole Minnie (season 1, episode 12)Paul Rudish, Aaron Springer, Clay MorrowUnited States
Gravity (opening film)Alfonso CuarónUnited States
Home from HomeDie andere Heimat — Chronik einer SehnsuchtEdgar ReitzGermany
LockeSteven KnightUnited Kingdom
Moebius뫼비우스Kim Ki-dukSouth Korea
A PromiseUne promessePatrice LeconteFrance
RedemptionMiguel GomesPortugal, France, Germany, Italy
Harlock: Space Pirate宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロックAramaki ShinjiJapan
Unforgiven許されざる者Lee Sang-IlJapan
Walesa: Man of HopeWałęsa. Człowiek z nadzieiAndrzej WajdaPoland
Wolf Creek 2Greg McLeanAustralia
The Armstrong LieAlex GibneyUnited States
At BerkeleyFrederick Wiseman
How Strange to Be Named FedericoChe strano chiamarsi Federico - Scola racconta FelliniEttore ScolaItaly
Pine RidgeAnna EbornDenmark
Summer 82 When Zappa Came to SicilySalvo CucciaItaly, United States
'Til Madness Do Us Part瘋愛Wang BingHong Kong, France
Ukraine Is Not a BrothelUkraina ne BordelKitty GreenAustralia
The Voice of BerliguerLa voce di BerlinguerMario Sesti, Teho TeardoItaly

Horizons ''(Orizzonti)''

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryFeature filmsShort Films Competition
*Eastern Boys*Robin CampilloFrance
First SnowfallLa prima neveAndrea SegreItaly
Fish & CatMahi Va GorbehShahram MokriIran
The Life AfterLa vida despuésDavid PablosMexico
Little BrotherBauyrSerik AprymovKazakhstan
MedeasAndrea PallaoroUnited States, Italy
My Name Is Hmmm...Je m'appelle Hmmm...Agnès B.France
Palo AltoGia CoppolaUnited States
RuinAmiel Courtin-Wilson, Michael CodyAustralia
The SacramentTi WestUnited States
Small HomelandPiccola patriaAlessandro RossettoItaly
Some GirlsAlgunas chicasSantiago PalavecinoArgentina
Still LifeUberto PasoliniUnited Kingdom, Italy
The Third HalfIl terzo tempoEnrico Maria ArtaleItaly
We Are the Best!Vi Är Bäst!Lukas MoodyssonSweden, Denmark
Why Don't You Play in Hell?Jigoku de naze waruiSion SonoJapan
**WolfskinderGermany
AningaaqJonas CuarónUnited States
The AuditionMichael HaussmanItaly
BallkoniLendita ZeqirajKosovo
BlancoIgnacio GaticaArgentina
Cold SnapLeo WoodheadNew Zealand
Death For a UnicornRiccardo Bernasconi, Francesca ReverditoSwitzerland
La gallinaManel RagaSpain
Houses With Small WindowsBülent ÖztürkBelgium
KushShubhashish BhutianiIndia
MineshShalin SirkarSouth Africa, Germany, Denmark
Un pensiero KalašnikovGiorgio BosisioItaly, United Kingdom
Quello Che RestaValeria AllieviItaly
Sishui (Stagnant Water)Xiaowei WangChina
Toutes les belles chosesCécile BiclerFrance

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
Le 15/8 (1973)Chantal Akerman, Samy SzlingerbaumBelgium
The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954)Don WeisUnited States
Il Bacio di Tosca (aka Tosca's Kiss) (1984)Daniel SchmidSwitzerland
La Bête humaine (aka The Human Beast) (1938)Jean RenoirFrance
Bread and Chocolate (1974)Pane e cioccolataFranco BrusatiItaly
A Bullet For The General (1966)Quién Sabe?Damiano Damiani
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)甜蜜蜜Peter Ho-Sun ChanHong Kong
Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981)Сјећаш ли се Доли Бел?Emir KusturicaYugoslavia
Equinox Flower (1958)彼岸花Yasujirō OzuJapan
Hands Over the City (1963)Le mani sulla cittàFrancesco RosiItaly, France
Hotel Monterey (1972)Chantal AkermanBelgium, United States
In the Heat of the Sun (1993)陽光燦爛的日子Jiang WenChina, Hong Kong
Kapurush (1965)কাপুরুষSatyajit RayIndia
Let's Get Lost (1988)Bruce WeberUnited States
Little Fugitive (1953)Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, Ray Ashley
Mahapurush (1965)Satyajit RayIndia
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)戦場のメリークリスマスNagisa ÔshimaUnited Kingdom, Japan
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)Irving Pichel, Ernest B. SchoedsackUnited States
My Darling Clementine (1946)John Ford
My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1984)Мой друг Иван ЛапшинAleksey German Sr.Soviet Union
Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)ดอกฟ้าในมือมารApichatpong WeerasethakulThailand
Nidhanaya (1970)Lester James PeriesSri Lanka
Paisan (1946)PaisàRoberto RosselliniItaly
Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973)*La proprietà non è più un furto*Elio PetriItaly
Providence (1977)Alain ResnaisFrance, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Sandra (1965)Vaghe stelle dell'orsa...Luchino ViscontiItaly
The Shape of Night (1964)夜の片鱗Noboru NakamuraJapan
Sorcerer (1977)William FriedkinUnited States
White Rock (1977)Tony MaylamUnited Kingdom
Il Bacio di Tosca, Une restauration numériqueRichard SzotyoriSwitzerland
Bertolucci on BertolucciLuca Guadagnino, Walter FasanoItaly
*Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater*Gabe KlingerUnited States, Portugal, France
A Fuller LifeSamantha FullerUnited States
IstintobrassMassimiliano ZaninItaly
Lino Micciché, Mio padre. Una visione del mondoFrancesco Micciché
Nice Girls Don't Stay for BreakfastBruce WeberUnited States
Non Eravamo Solo... Ladri Di Biciclette. Il NeorealismoGianni BozzacchiItaly
Trespassing BergmanJane Magnusson, Hynek PallasSweden, France

Biennale College - Cinema

The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Yuri EspositoAlessio FavaItaly
MemphisTim SuttonUnited States
Mary Is Happy, Mary Is HappyNawapol ThamrongrattanaritThailand

Final Cut in Venice

The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Challatt TunesLe Challat de TunisKaouther Ben HaniaTunisia
The CatEl OttIbrahim El-BatoutEgypt
With Almost NothingAvec presque rien...Nantenaina LovaMadagascar
Territorial PissingsSibs Shongwe-La MerSouth Africa

Special Screenings

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

  • Dietro le quinte di otto e 1/2 by Gideon Bachmann (Italy)
  • Dai Nostri Inviati – La RAI racconta la mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 by Enrico Salvatori, Giuseppe Giannotti, Davide Savelli (Italy)

''Venice 70 - Future Reloaded''

Under the project title Venice 70 - Future Reloaded, 70 top film directors were each invited to make a 60-90 second short film, as "both a collective tribute to the Festival (the first festival in the world to reach the milestone of 70 editions) and a reflection on the future of cinema".

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following films were selected for the Critics' Week:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn competitionSpecial Events - Out of competition
Salvation ArmyL’armée du salutAbdellah TaïaFrance, Morocco
The ReunionÅterträffenAnna OdellSweden
The Quispe GirlsLas niñas QuispeSebastián SepúlvedaChile, France, Argentina
Class EnemyRazredni SovražnikRok BičekSlovenia
White ShadowNoaz DesheItaly, Germany, Tanzania
Zoran, My Nephew the IdiotZoran, il mio nipote scemoMatteo OleottoItaly, Slovenia
Trap StreetShuiyin jieVivian QuChina
The Art of Happiness (opening film)L’arte della felicitàAlessandro RakItaly
Illiterate (closing film)Las analfabetasMoisés SepúlvedaChile

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 10th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section: Starting from this edition, Venice Days has created its own international award "for a film from the entire Official Selection".

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn CompetitionSpecial EventsMiu Miu Women's TalesLux Prize
AlienationOtchuzhdenieMilko LazarovBulgaria
BethlehemYuval AdlerIsrael, Germany, Belgium
GerontophiliaBruce LaBruceCanada
The Good LifeLa belle vieJean DenizotFrance
*Kill Your Darlings*John KrokidasUnited States
May in the SummerCherien DabisJordan, Qatar, United States
My ClassLa mia classeDaniele GaglianoneItaly
Nobody's HomeKöksüzDeniz AkçayTurkey
The ReconstructionLa reconstrucciónJuan TaratutoArgentina
Rigor MortisGeung siJuno MakHong Kong
SiddharthRichie MehtaCanada, India
TraitorsSean GulletteMorocco, United States
JuliaJ. Jackie BaierGermany, Lithuania
Lenny CookeBenny and Josh SafdieUnited States
Lino Miccichè, mio padre - Una visione del mondoFrancesco MiccichèItaly
The RefereeL'arbitroPaolo ZuccaItaly, Argentina
SecchiEdo NatoliItaly
Three Many Weddings3 bodas de másJavier Ruiz CalderaSpain
Venezia SalvaSerena NonoItaly
Le Donne della VucciriaHiam AbbassItaly
The DoorAva DuVernayUnited States, Italy
The Selfish GiantClio BarnardUnited Kingdom
HoneyMieleValeria GolinoItaly
The Broken Circle BreakdownFelix Van GroeningenBelgium

:Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.

Official Awards

In Competition (''Venezia 70'')

  • Golden Lion: Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi
  • Silver Lion for Best Director: Alexandros Avranas for Miss Violence
  • Grand Jury Prize: Stray Dogs by Tsai Ming-liang
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Themis Panou for Miss Violence
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Elena Cotta for A Street in Palermo
  • Marcello Mastroianni Award: Tye Sheridan for Joe
  • Best Screenplay: Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope for Philomena
  • Special Jury Prize: The Police Officer's Wife by Philip Gröning

[[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]]

  • William Friedkin

''[[Orizzonti]]''

  • Best Film: Eastern Boys by Robin Campillo
  • Best Director: Uberto Pasolini for Still Life
  • Special Jury Prize: Ruin by Amiel Courtin-Wilson & Michael Cody
  • Special Award for Innovative Content: Shahram Mokri for Fish & Cat
  • Horizons Award for Best Short Film: Kush by Shubhashish Bhutiani

Venice Classics Awards

  • Best Restored Film: Property Is No Longer a Theft by Elio Petri
  • Best Documentary on Cinema: Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater by Gabe Klinger

''Luigi De Laurentiis'' Venice Award For A Debut Film

  • White Shadow by Noaz Deshe

Special Awards

  • Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award: Andrzej Wajda
  • Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Ettore Scola
  • L’Oréal Paris per il Cinema Award: Eugenia Costantini

Independent Sections Awards

Venice International Film Critics' Week

  • Arca CinemaGiovani Award – Best Italian film: The Art of Happiness by Alessandro Rak

  • FEDIC Award: Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot by Matteo Oleotto

    • Special mention: The Art of Happiness by Alessandro Rak
  • Fedeora Awards

    • Best Film: Class Enemy by Rok Bicek
    • Award for Best Cinematography: Inti Briones for The Quispe Girls by Sebastián Sepúlveda
      • Special mention: Giuseppe Battiston for his role in Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot
      • Special mention: Anna Odell for complete author’s work in the film The Reunion
  • "RaroVideo" Audience Award: Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot by Matteo Oleotto

  • Schermi di Qualità Award: Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot by Matteo Oleotto

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

  • Venice Days Award: Kill Your Darlings by John Krokidas
  • Label Europa Cinemas Award: The Good Life by Jean Denizot
    • Special mention: Alienation by Milko Lazarov
  • Lina Mangiacapre Award – Special mention: Traitors by Sean Gullette
  • Fedeora Awards:
    • Best Film: Bethlehem by Yuval Adler
    • Best director of a debut film: Milko Lazarov for Alienation
      • Special mention: The Good Life by Jean Denizo

Independent Awards

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

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Awards]]

  • Best Film (Main competition): Tom at the Farm by Xavier Dolan
  • Best Film (Critics' Week): The Reunion by Anna Odell

[[Queer Lion]]

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

[[SIGNIS|SIGNIS Award]]

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears
    • Special mention: Ana Arabia by Amos Gitai

Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award

  • Best Film: Still Life by Uberto Pasolini
  • Best Actors: Elena Cotta, Alba Rohrwacher, Antonio Albanese
    • Special mention: Maria Rosaria Omaggio in Walesa. Man of Hope
    • Special mention: The Third Half by Enrico Maria Artale

Open Award

  • Serena Nono for directing Venezia salva

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award

  • Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi

Cinema for UNICEF mention

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Brian Award

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Arca CinemaGiovani Award - Venezia 70

  • Miss Violence by Alexandros Avranas

Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Award

  • Joe by David Gordon Green

CICT - UNESCO "Enrico Fulchignoni" Award

  • At Berkeley by Frederick Wiseman

CICAE - Cinema d’Arte e d’Essai Award

  • Still Life by Uberto Pasolini

Fedeora Award for Best Euro-Mediterranean film

  • Miss Violence by Alexandros Avranas

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

  • L'intrepido by Gianni Amelio

Future Film Festival Digital Award

  • Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón
    • Special mention: The Zero Theorem by Terry Gilliam

P. Nazareno Taddei Award

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award

  • L'intrepido by Gianni Amelio

Lina Mangiacapre Award

  • Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante
    • Special mention: Femen’s activists of Ukraine Is Not a Brothel by Kitty Green

Golden Mouse

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

    • Special mention: Stray Dogs by Tsai Ming-liang
  • Silvier Mouse: At Berkeley by Frederick Wiseman

  • Special mention: Home from Home by Edgar Reitz

UK-ITALY Creative Industries Award – Best Innovative Budget

  • The Third Half by Enrico Maria Artale
  • Medeas by Andrea Pallaoro
  • Kush by Shubhashish Bhutiani

Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Gillo Pontecorvo Award

  • Con il fiato sospeso by Costanza Quatriglio

Green Drop Award

  • Ana Arabia by Amos Gitai

Young Jury Members of the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears
    • Special mention for a debut film: Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante

"Civitas Vitae prossima" Award

  • Still Life by Uberto Pasolini

Soundtrack Stars Award

  • Best Soundtrack Award: Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante
    • Special mention for Best Contemporary Actor: Ryuchi Sakamoto (Venezia 70 Jury member)

Ambiente WWF Award

  • Amazonia by Thierry Ragobert

Bianchi Award

  • Enzo d’Aló

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