70th Venice International Film Festival

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The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival took place in Venice, Italy from 28 August to 7 September 2013.[1] American film director William Friedkin was presented with a lifetime achievement award.[2] Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci was the president of the jury. He was previously the president of the jury at the 40th edition in 1983.[3][4] Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, was the opening film of the festival.[5] Italian actress Eva Riccobono hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.[6]

70th Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmGravity
Closing filmAmazonia
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: Sacro GRA
Hosted byEva Riccobono
Festival date28 August – 7 September 2013
Websitewww.labiennale.org/en/cinema/
Venice Film Festival chronology

The Golden Lion was awarded to the Italian documentary film Sacro GRA.[7] It was the first documentary film to win the award at the Venice Festival.[8][9]

Juries edit

The following people were selected for the main competition jury:[10]

Main competition (Venezia 70) edit

Horizons (Orizzonti) edit

Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film) edit

Official Sections edit

In Competition edit

The following films were selected for the main competition:[11][12]

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 GRAGianfranco 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 edit

The following films were selected for the out of competition section:[13]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
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
Non Fiction
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) edit

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[14]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Feature films
Eastern BoysRobin 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
Wolf Children [de]WolfskinderRick Ostermann [de]Germany
Short Films Competition
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
Highlighted titles indicate the Orizzonti Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film respectively.

Venice Classics edit

The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:[15]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Restored Films
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 furtoElio 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
Documentaries about cinema
Il Bacio di Tosca, Une restauration numériqueRichard SzotyoriSwitzerland
Bertolucci on BertolucciLuca Guadagnino, Walter FasanoItaly
Double Play: James Benning and Richard LinklaterGabe 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
Highlighted titles indicate the Venice Classics Awards for Best Restored Film and Best Documentary on Cinema respectively.

Biennale College - Cinema edit

The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films:[16]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Yuri EspositoAlessio Fava[17]Italy
MemphisTim SuttonUnited States
Mary Is Happy, Mary Is HappyNawapol ThamrongrattanaritThailand

Final Cut in Venice edit

The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa:[18]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Challatt TunesLe Challat de TunisKaouther Ben Hania[19]Tunisia
The CatEl OttIbrahim El-BatoutEgypt
With Almost NothingAvec presque rien...Nantenaina Lova[20]Madagascar
Territorial PissingsSibs Shongwe-La MerSouth Africa

Special Screenings edit

The following films were the Special Screenings of the Official Selection:[21]

  • Dietro le quinte di otto e 1/2 by Gideon Bachmann[22] (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 edit

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".[23][24][25]

Independent Sections edit

Venice International Film Critics' Week edit

The following films were selected for the Critics' Week:[26][27]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
In 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
Special Events - Out of competition
The Art of Happiness (opening film)L’arte della felicitàAlessandro RakItaly
Illiterate (closing film)Las analfabetasMoisés SepúlvedaChile

Venice Days edit

The following films were selected for the 10th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[28] Starting from this edition, Venice Days has created its own international award "for a film from the entire Official Selection".[29]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
In Competition
AlienationOtchuzhdenieMilko LazarovBulgaria
BethlehemYuval AdlerIsrael, Germany, Belgium
GerontophiliaBruce LaBruceCanada
The Good LifeLa belle vieJean DenizotFrance
Kill Your DarlingsJohn 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
Special Events
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
Miu Miu Women's Tales
Le Donne della VucciriaHiam AbbassItaly
The DoorAva DuVernayUnited States, Italy
Lux Prize
The Selfish GiantClio BarnardUnited Kingdom
HoneyMieleValeria GolinoItaly
The Broken Circle BreakdownFelix Van GroeningenBelgium
Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.

Official Awards edit

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 70th edition:[30]

In Competition (Venezia 70) edit

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement edit

Horizons (Orizzonti) edit

Venice Classics Awards edit

Luigi De Laurentis Venice Award For A Debut Film edit

Special Awards edit

  • 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 edit

The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:

Venice International Film Critics' Week edit

Venice Days (Giornati degli Autori) edit

  • Venice Days Award: Kill Your Darlings by John Krokidas[29]
  • 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 edit

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[33]

FIPRESCI Awards edit

Queer Lion edit

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

SIGNIS Award edit

Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award edit

Open Award edit

  • Serena Nono for directing Venezia salva

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award edit

Cinema for UNICEF mention edit

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Brian Award edit

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Arca CinemaGiovani Award - Venezia 70 edit

Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Award edit

CICT - UNESCO "Enrico Fulchignoni" Award edit

CICAE - Cinema d’Arte e d’Essai Award edit

  • Still Life by Uberto Pasolini

Fedeora Award for Best Euro-Mediterranean film edit

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award edit

Future Film Festival Digital Award edit

P. Nazareno Taddei Award edit

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award edit

  • L'intrepido by Gianni Amelio

Lina Mangiacapre Award edit

Golden Mouse edit

UK-ITALY Creative Industries Award – Best Innovative Budget edit

Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue edit

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Gillo Pontecorvo Award edit

Green Drop Award edit

  • Ana Arabia by Amos Gitai

Young Jury Members of the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival edit

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

"Civitas Vitae prossima" Award edit

  • Still Life by Uberto Pasolini

Soundtrack Stars Award edit

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

Ambiente WWF Award edit

  • Amazonia by Thierry Ragobert

Bianchi Award edit

  • Enzo d’Aló

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