71st Venice International Film Festival

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The 71st annual Venice International Film Festival took place in Venice, Italy between 27 August to 6 September 2014.[1] The festival opened with Alejandro G. Iñárritu's film Birdman,[2][3] and closed with Ann Hui's drama film The Golden Era.[4] Italian actress Luisa Ranieri hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.[5] The Swedish film A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, directed by Roy Andersson, won the Golden Lion,[6] and Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence won the Grand Jury Prize.

71st Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Closing filmThe Golden Era
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Hosted byLuisa Ranieri
Festival date27 August – 6 September 2014
WebsiteWebsite
Venice Film Festival chronology

American filmmakers Thelma Schoonmaker and Frederick Wiseman were the recipients of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.[7] French composer Alexandre Desplat was the head of the jury for the main competition section.[8]

The festival poster paid tribute to François Truffaut, as it featured the character of Antoine Doinel portrayed by Jean-Pierre Léaud from Truffaut's 1959 drama film The 400 Blows.[9][10]

Juries edit

Main Competition (Venezia 71) 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:[14][15][16]

Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
99 HomesRamin BahraniUnited States
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (opening film)Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Black SoulsAnime nereFrancesco MunziItaly, France
The CutFatih AkinGermany, France, Italy, Canada, Poland, Turkey
Far from MenLoin des hommesDavid OelhoffenFrance
Fires on the Plain野火Shinya TsukamotoJapan
Good KillAndrew NiccolUnited States
Hungry HeartsSaverio CostanzoItaly
The Last Hammer BlowLe dernier coup de marteauAlix DelaporteFrance
LeopardiIl giovane favolosoMario MartoneItaly
The Look of SilenceSenyapJoshua OppenheimerDenmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, UK
ManglehornDavid Gordon GreenUnited States
PasoliniAbel FerraraFrance, Belgium, Italy
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on ExistenceEn duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaronRoy AnderssonSweden, Germany, Norway, France
The Postman's White NightsБелые ночи почтальона Алексея ТряпицынаAndrei KonchalovskyRussia
The Price of FameLa rançon de la gloireXavier BeauvoisFrance, Belgium, Switzerland
Red Amnesia闯入者Wang XiaoshuaiChina
SivasKaan MüjdeciTurkey
Talesقصه هاRakhshan Bani-E'temadIran
Three Hearts3 cœursBenoît JacquotFrance

Out of Competition edit

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[17][15]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Fiction Films
The BoxtrollsAnthony Stacchi, Graham AnnableUnited States
Burying the ExJoe Dante
Dearest親愛的Peter Ho-sun ChanHong Kong, China
The Golden Era (closing film)黃金時代Ann HuiChina, Hong Kong
The HumblingBarry LevinsonUnited States
Nymphomaniac Volume II (uncut version)Lars Von TrierDenmark, Germany, France, Belgium
The Old Man of BelemO velho do resteloManoel de OliveiraPortugal, France
Olive Kitteridge (episodes 1-4)Lisa CholodenkoUnited States
Perez.Edoardo De AngelisItaly
Revivre화장Im Kwon-taekSouth Korea
She's Funny That WayPeter BogdanovichUnited States
The Sound and the FuryJames Franco
TsiliAmos GitaiIsrael, Russia, Italy, France
Words with GodsGuillermo Arriaga, Emir Kusturica, Amos Gitai, Mira Nair, Warwick Thornton, Hector Babenco, Bahman Ghobadi, Hideo Nakata, Alex de la IglesiaMexico, United States
Non Fiction
The Devil's SoupLa zuppa del demonioDavide FerrarioItaly
In the BasementIm KellerUlrich SeidlAustria
Italy in a DayUn giorno da italianiGabriele SalvatoresItaly, United Kingdom
The State-Mafia PactLa trattativaSabina GuzzantiItaly

Horizons edit

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[18][8]

Highlighted titles indicate the Orizzonti Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film respectively.

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
In Competition
Belluscone: A Sicilian StoryBelluscone, una storia sicilianaFranco MarescoItaly
BypassDuane HopkinsUnited Kingdom
CourtChaitanya TamhaneIndia
CymbelineMichael AlmereydaUnited States
Goodnight MommyIch seh, Ich sehVeronika Franz, Severin FialaAustria
Heaven Knows WhatJosh Safdie, Ben SafdieUnited States, France
Hill of Freedom자유의 언덕Hong SangsooSouth Korea
Jackie & RyanAmi Canaan MannUnited States
Line of CreditKreditis LimitiSalome AlexiGeorgia, Germany, France
NabatElchin MusaogluAzerbaijan
Near Death ExperienceBenoit Delepine, Gustave KervernFrance
The PresidentپرزیدنتMohsen MakhmalbafGeorgia, France, United Kingdom, Germany
RealityRéalitéQuentin DupieuxFrance, Belgium
TheebذيبNaji Abu NowarJordan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, United Kingdom
These Are the RulesTakva Su PravilaOgnjen SvilicicCroatia, France, Serbia, Macedonia
La vita oscenaRenato De MariaItaly
Without PitySenza nessuna pietàMichele Alhaique
Short Films - Competition
3/105Avelina Prat, Diego OpazoSpain
ArtArtaAdrian SitaruRomania
The BabyBachehAli AsgariItaly, Iran
CamsCarl-Johan WestregårdSweden
Castillo y el ArmadoPedro HarresBrazil
Daily BreadPat-LehemIdan HubelIsrael
Era ApocryphaBrendan SweenyUnited States
Ferdinand KnappAndrea BaldiniFrance
Great Heat大暑Chen TaoChina
In OvertimeFi Al Waqt Al Dae'aRami YasinJordan, Palestine
MademoiselleGuillaume GouixFrance
MaryamSidi SalehIndonesia
Out of competition
L'attesa del maggioSimone MassiItaly
Lift You UpRamin BahraniUnited States
On the Bride's SideIo sto con la sposaAntonio Augugliaro, Gabriele Del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al NassiryItaly, Palestine

Venice Classics edit

The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:[19]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Restored Films
The Audience (aka Papal Audience)L'udienza (1971)Marco FerreriItaly
The Bride (1973)GelinÖmer Lütfi AkadTurkey
China is Near (1967)La Cina è vicinaMarco BellocchioItaly
Guys and Dolls (1955)Joseph L. MankiewiczUnited States
The Innocents (1961)Jack ClaytonUnited Kingdom
The Iron Mask (1929)Allan DwanUnited States
Love ExistsL'Amour existe (1960)Maurice PialatFrance
Macbeth (The Tragedy of Macbeth) (1971)Roman PolanskiUnited Kingdom, United States
The Man from Laramie (1955)Anthony MannUnited States
Mouchette (1967)Robert BressonFrance
No End (1985)Bez końcaKrzysztof KieślowskiPoland
Of Wayward Love (Sex Can Be Difficult) (1962)L'amore difficile (L'avventura di un soldato)Nino ManfrediItaly
One Way or AnotherTodo modo (1976)Elio Petri
Only She Knows (1960)彼女だけが知っているOsamu TakahashiJapan
A Special Day (1977)Una giornata particolareEttore ScolaItaly
Stolen Kisses (1968)Baisers volésFrançois TruffautFrance
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)Michael Powell, Emeric PressburgerUnited Kingdom
Umberto D. (1952)Vittorio De SicaItaly
Walking the Streets of Moscow (1963)Ya shagayu po MoskveGeorgiy DaneliyaSoviet Union
The Warrior (1916)Maciste alpinoLuigi Maggi, Luigi Romano BorgnettoItaly
Without Pity (1948)Senza pietàAlberto Lattuada
Documentaries about Cinema
Animata resistenzaFrancesco Montagner & Alberto GirottoItaly
Flowers of Taipei – Taiwan New CinemaGuangyin de gushi – Taiwan Xin DianyingChinlin HsiehTaiwan
Red Chairs - Parma and the CinemaPoltrone Rosse - Parma e il CinemaFrancesco BarilliItaly
AltmanRon MannCanada
Red Chairs, Parma and the CinemaPoltrone rosse, parma e il cinemaFrancesco BarilliItaly
Highlighted titles indicate the Best Restored Film and Best Documentary on Cinema official awards 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:[20]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
H.Rania Attieh and Daniel GarciaUnited States, Argentina
Blood CellsJoseph Bull and Luke SeomoreUnited Kingdom
Short SkinShort Skin - I dolori del giovane EdoDuccio Chiarini[21]Italy, Iran, United Kingdom

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:[22]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
The CouncilAl majlisYahya Alabdallah[23]Jordan, United Arab Emirates
I Have a PictureMohamed Zedan[24]Egypt
A Maid For EachMakhdouminMaher Abi Samra[25]Lebanon, France
Possessed by DjinnDalia Al Kury[26]Jordan, Germany
RollaballEddie EdwardsSouth Africa, Ghana
Tee Shirt ManTovoniaina RasoanaivoMadagascar

Special Screenings edit

The following films were the Special Screenings of the Official Selection:[27]

  • 9x10 novanta, by various Italian directors. A film composed of footages from the Luce Archives, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Luce Institute. It was presented in collaboration with Venice Days (see also section below).[28]
  • Taipei Factory II by Hou Chi-Jan, Cho Li, and Hsieh Chun-Yi (Chinese Taipei)[29]

Independent Sections edit

International Critics’ Week edit

The following films were selected for the 29th Venice International Film Critics' Week:[30][31]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
In competition
40-LoveTerre battueStéphane DemoustierFrance
The Coffin in the Mountain殡棺Xin YukunChina
The Council of BirdsZerrumpelt HerzTimm KrögerGermany
Dancing with MariaIvan GergoletItaly, Argentina, Slovenia
Flapping in the Middle of NowhereĐập cánh giữa không trungNguyễn Hoàng ĐiệpVietnam, France, Norway, Germany
No One's ChildНичије детеVuk RšumovićSerbia
Villa ToumaSuha ArrafIsrael, Germany[32][33][34]
Out of competition
Melbourne (Opening Film)Nima JavidiIran
The Market (Closing Film)Arance e MartelloDiego BianchiItaly

Venice Days edit

The following films were selected for the 11th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[35]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
In Competition
Before I DisappearShawn ChristensenUnited States
Between 10 and 12Tussen 10 en 12Peter HoogendoornNetherlands
El CincoEl 5 de TalleresAdrián BiniezArgentina, Uruguay
The DinnerI nostri ragazziIvano De MatteoItaly
The Farewell PartyMita TovaTal Granit, Sharon MaymonIsrael, Germany
The GoobGuy MyhillUnited Kingdom
Labour of LoveAsha jaoar majheAditya Vikram SenguptaIndia
MessiÁlex de la IglesiaSpain
MétamorphosesChristophe HonoréFrance
One on One일대일Kim Ki-dukSouth Korea
PatriaFelice FarinaItaly
Return to IthacaRetour à IthaqueLaurent CantetFrance
The Smell of UsLarry ClarkFrance
Summer NightsLes nuits d'étéMario Fanfani
They Have EscapedHe ovat paenneetJP ValkepääFinland, Netherlands
Special events
9x10 novantaMarco Bonfanti, Sara Fgaier, Claudio Giovannesi, Alina Marazzi, Pietro Marcello, Giovanni Piperno, Costanza Quatriglio, Paola Randi, Alice Rohrwacher, Roland SejkoItaly
Five StarKeith MillerUnited States
The LackMasbedoItaly
The Show MAS Go OnRä di Martino
Miu Miu Women's Tales
SomebodyNanimonoMiranda JulyItaly, United States
Spark and LightSo Yong Kim
Premio Lux
Class EnemyRazredni sovražnikRok BičekSlovenia
IdaPaweł PawlikowskiPoland, Denmark
GirlhoodBande de fillesCéline SciammaFrance
Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.

Official Awards edit

In Competition (Venezia 71) edit

The following official awards were presented at the 71st edition:[36][37]

Horizons (Orizzonti) edit

Lion of the Future edit

Venice Classics edit

  • Best Restored Film: A Special Day by Ettore Scola
  • Best Documentary on Cinema: Animata Resistenza by Francesco Montagner and Alberto Girotto

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement edit

Independent Sections Awards edit

29th Venice International Critics' Week edit

Sources:[38][39][40]

Giornate degli Autori edit

Source:[41]

Independent Awards edit

Queer Lion edit

  • Summer Nights by Mario Fanfani

Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award edit

Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award edit

L’Oréal Paris per il Cinema Award edit

  • Valentina Corti

Gillo Pontecorvo Arcobaleno Latino Award edit

  • The Show MAS Go On by Rä di Martino

Cinecibo Award edit

  • The Dinner by Ivano De Matteo

Pasinetti Special Award edit

  • The Dinner by Ivano De Matteo

Open Award edit

  • Rä di Martino for The Show MAS Go On

FIPRESCI Awards edit

SIGNIS Award edit

Francesco Pasinetti - SNGCI Award edit

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award edit

Cinema for UNICEF mention edit

Arca CinemaGiovani Award edit

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

Fedeora Award for Best Euro-Mediterranean film edit

FEDIC Award edit

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award edit

  • Luigi Musini (producer) for Black Souls

Future Film Festival Digital Award edit

  • Birdman by Alejandro González Iñárritu
    • Special mention: Italy in a day by Gabriele Salvatores

P. Nazareno Taddei Award edit

  • Birdman by Alejandro González Iñárritu

Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award edit

Golden Mouse edit

The Most Innovative Budget edit

  • Italy in a Day by Gabriele Salvatores

Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue edit

  • Far from Men by David Oelhoffen

Young Jury Members of the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival edit

Green Drop Award edit

Soundtrack Stars Award edit

  • Critic's Choice Award: Alexandre Desplat
  • Best Soundtrack Award: Birdman by Alejandro González Iñárritu

Schermi di Qualità Award – Carlo Mazzacurati edit

  • Black Souls by Francesco Munzi

Human Rights Nights Award edit

  • On the Bride's Side by Antonio Augugliaro, Gabriele Del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry
  • The Look of Silence by Joshua Oppenheimer

Piccioni Award edit

AssoMusica “Ho visto una Canzone” Award edit

  • song Just One Day, from the film Italy in a day

"Sorriso diverso Venezia 2014" Award edit

  • On the Bride's Side by Antonio Augugliaro, Gabriele Del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry

1st Akai International Film Festival edit

Source:[48]

  • Best Revelation: Xin Yukun for The Coffin in the Mountain
  • Best Direction: Francesco Munzi for Black Souls
  • Best Actress: Iaia Forte for Leopardi, The Show MAS Go On & La vita oscena
  • Best Actor: Jacopo Olmo Antinori for The Dinner

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