73rd Venice International Film Festival
2016 Italian film festival
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The 73rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September, 2016, at Venice Lido in Italy.[1]
Festival poster | |
| Opening film | La La Land |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Magnificent Seven |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: The Woman Who Left |
| Hosted by | Sonia Bergamasco |
| Artistic director | Alberto Barbera |
| Festival date | 31 August – 10 September, 2016 |
| Website | Website |
English filmmaker Sam Mendes was the jury president of the main competition.[2] Italian actress Sonia Bergamasco hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Woman Who Left by Lav Diaz.[3]
A new project named Venice Production Bridge was introduced in this edition of the festival. The new project was intended to attract industry professionals and focus on original projects for films, internet, series, virtual reality, and works in progress, in order to help their development and production. It is also meant to work in conjunction with the Venice Film Market which started in 2012. Such projects as Final Cut in Venice, meant to help finance original films from African countries, and the Venice Gap-Financing Market will come under its scope.[4]
The festival opened with La La Land by Damien Chazelle, and closed with The Magnificent Seven by Antoine Fuqua.[5]
Juries
Main competition (Venezia 73)
- Sam Mendes, British filmmaker and stage director - Jury President[6][7]
- Laurie Anderson, American artist, composer, musician and film director
- Gemma Arterton, English actress
- Giancarlo De Cataldo, Italian novelist and screenwriter
- Nina Hoss, German actress
- Chiara Mastroianni, French-Italian actress
- Joshua Oppenheimer, American filmmaker
- Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuelan film director, screenwriter and producer
- Zhao Wei, Chinese actress, singer and film director
Orizzonti
- Robert Guédiguian, French filmmaker, producer and actor - Jury President
- Jim Hoberman, American film critic and academic
- Nelly Karim, Egyptian actress, fashion model and ballerina
- Valentina Lodovini, Italian film and TV actress
- Moon So-ri, South Korean actress, film director and screenwriter
- José María "Chema" Prado, director of the Filmoteca Española
- Chaitanya Tamhane, Indian filmmaker
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film
- Kim Rossi Stuart, Italian actor and director - Jury President
- Rosa Bosch, Spanish-born film producer
- Brady Corbet, American actor and filmmaker
- Pilar López de Ayala, Spanish film actress
- Serge Toubiana, Tunisian-born journalist and film critic
Official Sections
In competition (Venezia 73)
The following films were selected for the main competition:[8][9][10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrival | Denis Villeneuve | United States | |
| The Bad Batch | Ana Lily Amirpour | ||
| The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez | Les Beaux Jours d'Aranjuez | Wim Wenders | France, Germany |
| The Blind Christ | El Cristo ciego | Christopher Murray | Chile |
| Brimstone | Martin Koolhoven | Netherlands, France, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom | |
| The Distinguished Citizen | El ciudadano ilustre | Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat | Argentina, Spain |
| Frantz | François Ozon | France, Germany | |
| Jackie | Pablo Larraín | United States, Chile, France, Italy | |
| La La Land | Damien Chazelle | United States | |
| The Light Between Oceans | Derek Cianfrance | United Kingdom, United States, India, Canada | |
| Nocturnal Animals | Tom Ford | United States | |
| On the Milky Road | Lungo la Via Lattea | Emir Kusturica | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mexico, Serbia, United Kingdom, United States |
| Paradise | Рай | Andrei Konchalovsky | Russia |
| Piuma | Roan Johnson | Italy | |
| These Days | Questi giorni | Giuseppe Piccioni | |
| Spira Mirabilis | Massimo D'Anolfi and Martina Parenti | ||
| The Untamed | La Region Salvaje | Amat Escalante | Mexico, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland |
| Voyage of Time | Terrence Malick | United States | |
| The Woman Who Left | Ang Babaeng Humayo | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
| A Woman's Life | Une Vie | Stéphane Brizé | France, Belgium |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition[11][9][10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Age of Shadows | 밀정 | Kim Jee-woon | South Korea |
| Chuck | The Bleeder | Philippe Falardeau | United States |
| Gantz: O | Yasushi Kawamura | Japan | |
| Hacksaw Ridge | Mel Gibson | United States, Australia | |
| The Journey | Nick Hamm | United Kingdom | |
| The Magnificent Seven | Antoine Fuqua | United States | |
| Monte | Amir Naderi | Italy, United States, France | |
| Never Ever | À jamais | Benoît Jacquot | France, Portugal |
| Planetarium | Rebecca Zlotowski | France, Belgium | |
| Tommaso | Kim Rossi Stuart | Italy | |
| The Young Pope (series) | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy, France, Spain, United Kingdom, United States | |
| Non Fiction | |||
| American Anarchist | Charlie Siskel | United States | |
| Assault to the Sky | Assalto al cielo | Francesco Munzi | Italy |
| Austerlitz | Sergei Loznitsa | Germany | |
| I Called Him Morgan | Kasper Collin | Sweden, United States | |
| One More Time With Feeling | Andrew Dominik | United Kingdom | |
| Our War | La nostra guerra | Bruno Chiaravalloti, Claudio Jampaglia and Benedetta Argentieri | Italy, United States |
| Safari | Ulrich Seidl | Austria, Denmark | |
Orizzonti
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[12]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Big Big World | Koca Dünya | Reha Erdem | Turkey |
| Bitter Money | 苦钱 | Wang Bing | Hong Kong |
| Bluebeard | Kékszakállú | Gastón Solnicki | Argentina |
| Boys in the Trees | Nicholas Verso | Australia | |
| Dark Night | Tim Sutton | United States | |
| Dawson City: Frozen Time | Bill Morrison | France, United States | |
| The Eremites | Die Einsiedler | Ronny Trocker | Austria, Germany |
| The Fury of a Patient Man | Tarde para la ira | Raúl Arévalo | Spain |
| The Greatest Dream | Il più grande sogno | Michele Vannucci | Italy |
| Gukoroku - Traces of Sin | Gukoroku | Kei Ishikawa | Japan |
| Heal the Living | Réparer les vivants | Katell Quillévéré | Belgium, France |
| Home | Fien Troch | Belgium | |
| King of the Belgians | Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth | Belgium, Bulgaria, Netherlands | |
| Libera Nos | Liberami | Federica Di Giacomo | Italy, France |
| Malaria | مالاریا | Parviz Shahbazi | Iran |
| Saint George | São Jorge | Marco Martins | France, Portugal |
| Shambles | Maudite poutine | Karl Lemieux | Canada |
| The Wedding Plan | לעבור את הקיר | Rama Burshtein | Israel |
| White Sun | सेतो सुर्य | Deepak Rauniyar | Nepal, Netherlands, Qatar, United States |
| Short films | |||
| 500,000 Years | 500,000 Pee | Chai Siris | Thailand |
| Amalimbo | Juan Pablo Libossart | Sweden, Estonia | |
| Ce qui nous éloigne | Wei Hu | France | |
| Colombi | Luca Ferri | Italy | |
| Dadyaa | Bibhusan Basnet and Pooja Gurung | Nepal, France | |
| First Night | Prima Noapte | Andrei Tanase | Romania, Germany |
| Good Luck, Orlo! | Srecno, Orlo! | Sara Kern | Slovenia, Croatia, Austria |
| Good News | Giovanni Fumu | South Korea, Italy | |
| Midwinter | Jake Mahaffy | United States, New Zealand | |
| Molly Bloom | Chiara Caselli | Italy | |
| On the Origin of Fear | Bayu Prihantoro Filemon | Indonesia | |
| Le reste est l’oeuvre de l’homme | Doria Achour | France, Tunisia | |
| Ruah | Flurin Giger | Switzerland | |
| Samedi Cinema | Mamadou Dia | Senegal | |
| Stanza 52 | Maurizio Braucci | Italy | |
| La voz perdida | Marcelo Martinessi | Paraguay, Venezuela, Cuba | |
Venice Classics
The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section:[13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restored classic films | |||
| 1848 (1948) | Dino Risi | Italy | |
| An American Werewolf In London (1981) | John Landis | United Kingdom | |
| L'Argent (aka Money) (1983) | L'argent | Robert Bresson | France, Switzerland |
| The Battle of Algiers (1966) | La battaglia di Algeri | Gillo Pontecorvo | Italy, Algeria |
| The Brat (1931) | John Ford | United States | |
| Break Up (1965) | L'uomo dei cinque palloni | Marco Ferreri | Italy, France |
| The City Stands Trial (1952) | Processo alla città | Luigi Zampa | Italy |
| Dark Eyes (1987) | Oci ciornie | Nikita Mikhalkov | Italy, Soviet Union |
| Dawn of the Dead (1978) | George A. Romero | United States, Italy | |
| Everybody Go Home (1960) | Tutti a casa | Luigi Comencini | Italy, France |
| The Great Sacrifice (1943) | Opfergang | Veit Harlan | Germany |
| Legend of the Mountain (1979) | 山中傳奇 | King Hu | Taiwan, Hong Kong |
| Manhattan (1979) | Woody Allen | United States | |
| Nights of Zayandeh Rood (1990) (Opening film) | شبهای زاینده رود | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Iran |
| The Ondekoza (1981) | ざ・鬼太鼓座 | Tai Kato | Japan |
| Pretty Poison (1968) | Noel Black | United States | |
| Scent of a Woman (1974) | Profumo di donna | Dino Risi | Italy |
| Seven Samurai (1954) | 七人の侍 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| Stalker (1979) | Сталкер | Andrei Tarkovsky | Soviet Union |
| The Thief of Paris (1967) | Le Voleur | Louis Malle | France, Italy |
| Twentieth Century (1934) | Howard Hawks | United States | |
| Documentaries on cinema | |||
| Acqua e zucchero. Carlo Di Palma, i colori della vita | Fariborz Kamkari | Italy | |
| Along for the Ride | Nick Ebeling | United States | |
| Bozzetto non troppo | Marco Bonfanti | Italy | |
| Cinema Futures | Michael Palm | Austria | |
| The Competition | Le Concours | Claire Simon | France |
| David Lynch: The Art Life | Jon Nguyen, Olivia Neergaard-Holm and Rick Barnes | United States, Denmark | |
| E venne l’uomo – Un dialogo con Ermanno Olmi | Alessandro Bignami | Italy | |
| Events in a Cloud Chamber | Ashim Ahluwalia | India | |
| Perché sono un genio! Lorenza Mazzetti | Stefano Della Casa and Francesco Frisari | Italy | |
| Viaggio nel cinema in 3D. Una storia Vintage | Jesus Garcès Lambert | ||
Biennale College - Cinema
The following films were selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section.[14]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ears | Orecchie | Alessandro Aronadio | Italy |
| Hotel Salvation | Mukti Bhawan | Shubhashish Bhutiani | India |
| La Soledad | Jorge Thielen Armand | Venezuela | |
| One Sister | Una Hermana | Sofia Brockenshire and Verena Kuri | Argentina |
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:[15]
| Original Title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|
| Félicité | Alain Gomis | France, Senegal, Belgium |
| Ghost Hunting | Raed Andoni | Palestine, France, Switzerland |
| Obscure | Soudade Kaadan | Syria, Lebanon |
| One of These Days | Nadim Tabet | Lebanon |
| Poisonous Roses | Fawzi Saleh | Egypt, France, Qatar |
| The Wound | John Trengove | South Africa, Germany, Netherlands, France |
Il Cinema nel Giardino
The following feature films were selected for the Il Cinema nel Giardino section:[16][17]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franca: Chaos and Creation | Francesco Carrozzini | Italy, United States | |
| In Dubious Battle | James Franco | United States | |
| Inseparables | Marcos Carnevale | Argentina | |
| My Art | Laurie Simmons | United States | |
| The Net | 그물 | Kim Ki-Duk | South Korea |
| Robinù | Michele Santoro | Italy | |
| The Secret Life of Pets | Chris Renaud and Yarrow Cheney | United States | |
| Summertime | L'estate addosso | Gabriele Muccino | Italy |
Special screenings
The following film was presented as a Special Screening of the Official Selection:[18]
- Spes contra Spem: Liberi Dentro (documentary) by Ambrogio Crespi
Independent Sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were selected for the International Critics' Week section:[19][20]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In competition | |||
| Days of France | Jours de France | Jérôme Reybaud | France |
| Drum | طبل | Keywan Karimi | France, Iran |
| The Last of Us | Akher Wahed Fina | Ala Eddine Slim | Lebanon, Qatar, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates |
| The Last Things | Le Ultime Cose | Irene Dionisio | France, Italy, Switzerland |
| The Nobodies | Los Nadie | Juan Sebastián Mesa | Colombia |
| Prank | Vincent Biron | Canada | |
| Singing in the Graveyards | Singing sa mga Dakong Libingan | Bradley Liew | Malaysia, Philippines |
| Special Events - Out of competition | |||
| Prevenge (Opening film) | Alice Lowe | United Kingdom | |
| Are We Not Cats (Closing film) | Xander Robin | United States | |
Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 13th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[21][22]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Guilty Men | Pariente | Ivan D. Gaona | Colombia |
| Heartstone | Hjartasteinn | Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Iceland |
| Hounds of Love | Ben Young | Australia | |
| Indivisible | Indivisibili | Edoardo De Angelis | Italy |
| Ordinary People | Pamilya Ordinaryo | Eduardo Roy Jr. | Philippines |
| Polina | Polina, danser sa vie | Angelin Preljocaj and Valérie Müller | France |
| Quit Staring at My Plate | Ne gledaj mi u pijat | Hana Jušić | Croatia, Denmark |
| The Road to Mandalay | 再見瓦城 | Midi Z | Taiwan, Myanmar, France, Germany |
| Sami Blood | Sameblod | Amanda Kernell | Sweden |
| The War Show | Andreas Dalsgaard and Obadiah Zytoon | Syria | |
| The War Within | Ombre dal fondo | Paola Piacenza | Italy |
| Worldly Girl | La ragazza del mondo | Marco Danieli | |
| Special Events | |||
| Always Shine | Sophia Takal | United States | |
| Coffee | Caffè | Cristiano Bortone | Belgium, China, Italy |
| Il profumo del tempo delle favole | Mauro Caputo | Italy | |
| Rocco | Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai | France | |
| L'uomo che non cambiò la storia | Enrico Caria | Italy | |
| Vangelo | Pippo Delbono | Italy, Belgium, Switzerland | |
| You Never Had It. An Evening with Bukowski | Matteo Borgardt | United States, Italy, Mexico | |
| Miu Miu Women's Tales | |||
| Seed | Naomi Kawase | Japan | |
| That One Day | Crystal Moselle | United States | |
| Lux Award | |||
| As I Open My Eyes | À peine j'ouvre les yeux | Leyla Bouzid | Tunisia, France, Belgium, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland |
| My Life as a Courgette | Ma vie de Courgette | Claude Barras | Switzerland, France |
| Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Germany, Austria, Monaco, Romania, France | |
Official Awards
In Competition (Venezia 73)
- Golden Lion: The Woman Who Left by Lav Diaz[23][24]
- Grand Jury Prize: Nocturnal Animals by Tom Ford
- Silver Lion for Best Director:
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Emma Stone for La La Land
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Oscar Martínez for The Distinguished Citizen
- Best Screenplay: Noah Oppenheim for Jackie
- Special Jury Prize: The Bad Batch by Ana Lily Amirpour
- Marcello Mastroianni Award: Paula Beer for Frantz
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Orizzonti
- Best Film: Libera Nos by Federica Di Giacomo
- Best Director: Home by Fien Troch
- Special Jury Prize: Big Big World by Reha Erdem
- Best Actress: Ruth Díaz for The Fury of a Patient Man
- Best Actor: Nuno Lopes for Saint George
- Best Screenplay: Bitter Money by Wang Bing
- Horizons Prize for Best Short: La Voz Perdida by Marcelo Martinessi
Venice Classics Awards
- Best Documentary on Cinema: The Graduation by Claire Simon
- Best Restored Film: Break Up by Marco Ferreri
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film (Lion of the Future)
- The Last of Us by Ala Eddine Slim
Special awards
- Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Amir Naderi
- Persol Tribute To Visionary Talent Award: Liev Schreiber
Independent Sections Awards
The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[25]
Venice International Critics' Week
- Audience Award - Circolo del Cinema di Verona: The Nobodies by Juan Sebastián Mesa
- SIAE Award: Paolo Sorrentino
- Mario Serandrei - Hotel Saturnia Award: The Last of Us by Ala Eddine Slim
Venice Days
- Venice Days Award: The War Show by Andreas Dalsgaard and Obaidah Zytoon[26]
- BNL Award: Pamilya ordinaryo by Eduardo Roy Jr.
- Brian Award: Worldly Girl by Marco Danieli
- Fedeora Awards:
- Best Film: The Road to Mandalay by Midi Z
- Best Young Director: Amanda Kernell for Sami Blood
- Best Actress: Ashleigh Cummings for Hounds Of Love
- Best European Film: Quit Staring at My Plate (Ne gledaj mi u pijat) by Hana Jušić
- Gianni Astrei Award: Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis
- Label Europa Cinema Award: Sami Blood by Amanda Kernell
- Lizzani Award: Worldly Girl by Marco Danieli
- Lina Mangiacapre Award: Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis
- MigrArti Award: No Borders by Haider Rashid
Independent Awards
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[25]
Open Award
- Open Prize: Vangelo by Pippo Delbono
Francesco Pasinetti – SNGCI Award
- Best Film: Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis
- Best Actor: Michele Riondino for Worldly Girl
- Best Actress: Sara Serraiocco for Worldly Girl
- Special mention: Angela and Marianna Fontana for their roles in Indivisible
Queer Lion
- Heartstone by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Arca CinemaGiovani Award
- Best Film (Main competition): Arrival by Denis Villeneuve
- Best Italian Film (Biennale College - Cinema): Ears by Alessandro Aronadio
- Civitas Vitae Award: Piuma by Roan Johnson
FEDIC Award
- Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis
- Special mentions:
- The Greatest Dream by Michele Vannucci
- Ears by Alessandro Aronadio
- Special mentions:
FIPRESCI Awards
- Best Film (Main competition): A Woman's Life by Stéphane Brizé[27]
- Best Film (Horizons): Kékszakállú by Gastón Solnicki
Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award
- James Franco (director) and Ambi Pictures (production) for In Dubious Battle
- Paolo Sorrentino and Jude Law for the series The Young Pope (Out of competition)
- Roan Johnson (director) and Lucky Red (distributor) for the film Piuma
- Special Award for the production: Andrea Iervolino for In Dubious Battle (Il Cinema nel Giardino)
Enrico Fulchignoni – CICT-UNESCO Award
- Hotel Salvation Shubhashish Bhutiani
Future Film Festival Digital Award
- Arrival by Denis Villeneuve
- Special mention: Voyage of Time: Life's Journey by Terrence Malick
Giovani Giurati del Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award
Green Drop Award
- Spira Mirabilis by Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti
- Voyage of Time: Life's Journey by Terrence Malick
Human Rights Nights Special Award
- Bitter Money by Wang Bing
- Special mention: Robinù by Michele Santoro
Interfilm Award
Lanterna Magica Award (CGS)
- Dark Night by Tim Sutton
Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award
Cinema for UNICEF mention
Golden Mouse
- Jackie by Pablo Larraín
- Silver Mouse: Austerlitz by Sergei Loznitsa
NuovoImaie Talent Award
- Best Young Actor: Daniele Parisi for his role in Ears
- Best Young Actress: Camilla Diana for Tommaso by Kim Rossi Stuart
Francesco Pasinetti Special Prize
- the cast of Piuma by Roan Johnson
Sfera 1932 Award
- Spira Mirabilis by Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti
SIGNIS Award
- Piuma by Roan Johnson
- Special mention: On the Milky Road by Emir Kusturica
C. Smithers Foundation – CICT-UNESCO Award
Soundtrack Stars Award
- Jovanotti for Summertime by Gabriele Muccino
Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award - Best Italian Film
- These Days by Giuseppe Piccioni
- The Greatest Dream by Michele Vannucci
Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award - Best Foreign Film
Padre Nazareno Taddei Award
- Paradise by Andrei Konchalovsky
Kinèo Awards
- Best Film: Perfect Strangers by Paolo Genovese[28]
- Best Director: Daniele Luchetti for Call Me Francis
- Best Debut Director: Them who? by Francesco Micciché and Fabio Bonifacci
- SNCCI Audience and Critics Award: Roberto Andò for Le confessioni
- Movie&Art TaorminaFilmFest Award: Marco Giallini
- RAI Com Award for Best Italian foreign release: They Call Me Jeeg by Gabriele Mainetti
- Best Movie Award: Gabriele Mainetti for They Call Me Jeeg
- Excellence Award: Patty Pravo
- International Movie Award: Sophie Turner
- Best Actor: Claudio Santamaria for They Call Me Jeeg
- Best Actress: Paola Cortellesi for The Last Will Be the Last
- Special Ferragamo Parfums Award for Best Actress: Anna Foglietta for Perfect Strangers
- Best Movie's poll for best film: The Last Will Be the Last by Massimiliano Bruno
- Best Supporting Actor: Alessandro Borghi for Suburra
- Best Supporting Actress: Matilde Gioli for Belli di papà and Un posto sicuro
- Excellence Award: Claudio Brachino
- Excellence Award We World: Carolina Crescentini
- Excellence Award: Laura Delli Colli
3rd Starlight Cinema Awards
- Career Award: Ottavia Piccolo[29]
- Career Award: Giancarlo De Cataldo
- International Award: Moon So-ri
- Best Directorial Debut: Gabriele Mainetti for They Call Me Jeeg
- Best Actor: Claudio Santamaria for They Call Me Jeeg
- Best Short: La (ri) partenza by Milena Mancini and Vinicio Marchioni
- Social Trend Topic Award: Tini: The Movie
