57th Venice International Film Festival
Italian film festival in 2000
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The 57th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 30 August to 9 September 2000.[1]
Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Space Cowboys |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Vengo |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: The Circle |
| Hosted by | Chiara Caselli |
| Artistic director | Alberto Barbera |
| Festival date | 30 August – 9 September 2000 |
| Website | Website |
Czech filmmaker Miloš Forman was the Jury President of the main competition.
The Golden Lion was awarded to the Iranian film The Circle, directed by Jafar Panahi.[2] American filmmaker and actor Clint Eastwood was the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
Jury
The following people comprised the 2000 jury:[3][4]
Main Competition
- Miloš Forman, Czech filmmaker - Jury President
- Tahar Ben Jelloun, Moroccan writer
- Giuseppe Bertolucci, Italian director
- Claude Chabrol, French filmmaker
- Andreas Kilb, Italian film critic
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
- Samira Makhmalbaf, Iranian filmmaker
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Feature
- Atom Egoyan, Armenian-Canadian director - Jury President
- Mimmo Calopresti, Italian director
- Bill Krohn, American critic
- Chiara Mastroianni, French actress
- Peter Mullan, Scottish actor and director
Short Films Competition
- Georges Bollon, French founder of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
- Giuseppe Piccioni, Italian director
- Nina Proll, Austrian actress
Official Sections
In Competition
Out of Competition
The following films were screened out of competition:[5]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brother | ブラザー | Takeshi Kitano | Japan, France, United States, United Kingdom |
| Calle 54 | Fernando Trueba | Spain | |
| My Voyage to Italy | Il mio viaggio in Italia | Martin Scorsese | Italy, United States |
| Nightcap | Merci pour le Chocolat | Claude Chabrol | France |
| Small Time Crooks | Woody Allen | United States | |
| Space Cowboys | Clint Eastwood | United States | |
| Vengo | Tony Gatlif | France, Spain, Germany, Japan | |
Cinema del Presente
An official selection of films that stand out for their "attempt at innovation, originality or innovative film style".[6]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adanggaman | Roger Gnoan M'Bala | Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Switzerland, Italy, France | |
| Animali che attraversano la strada | Isabella Sandri | Italy | |
| Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Bruce Ricker | United States | |
| Everybody's Famous! | Iedereen Beroemd! | Dominique Deruddere | Belgium |
| Last Resort | Paweł Pawlikowski | United Kingdom | |
| Memento | Christopher Nolan | United States | |
| Moscow | Moskva | Alexander Zeldovich | Russia |
| My Generation | Barbara Kopple | United States | |
| Little Otik | Otesánek | Jan Svankmajer | Czech Republic, United Kingdom |
| Placido Rizzotto | Pasquale Scimeca | Italy | |
| Pollock | Ed Harris | United States | |
| Possible Worlds | Robert Lepage | Canada | |
| Roman Summer | Estate romana | Matteo Garrone | Italy |
| Samia | Philippe Faucon | France | |
| Suspicious River | Lynne Stopkewich | Canada | |
| The Prime Gig | Gregory Mosher | United States | |
| The State I Am In | Die Innere Sicherheit | Christian Petzold | Germany |
| The Town Is Quiet | La ville est tranquille | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Thomas in Love | Thomas est amoureux | Pierre-Paul Renders | Belgium, France |
| Together | Tillsammans | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden, Denmark, Italy |
| Waiting for the Messiah | Esperando al Mesías | Daniel Burman | Argentina |
Dreams and Visions
The following films were selected for the section "Dreams and Visions" ('Sogni e Visioni'):[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnt Money | Plata quemada | Marcelo Piñeyro | Argentina |
| The Cell | Tarsem Singh | United States | |
| The Princess and the Warrior | Der Krieger und die Kaiserin | Tom Tykwer | Germany |
| Sade | Benoît Jacquot | France | |
| Sud Side Stori | Roberta Torre | Italy | |
| Time and Tide | Shun Liu Ni Liu | Tsui Hark | Hong Kong |
| U-571 | Jonathan Mostow | United States, France | |
| What Lies Beneath | Robert Zemeckis | United States | |
New Territories
The following films were selected for the section "New Territories" ('Nuovi Territori'):[8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branca de Neve | João César Monteiro | Portugal | |
| Endgame | Conor McPherson | United Kingdom | |
| Tales of an Island | Dastan Hay-e Jazireh | Dariush Mehrjui, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Shahabodin Farokh Yar | Iran |
| Fare la vita | Tonino De Bernardi | Italy | |
| Happy Days | Patricia Rozema | Ireland | |
| Invocación | Héctor Faver | Spain | |
| MacBeth sangrador | Leonardo Henríquez | Venezuela | |
| Mones com la Becky | Joaquím Jordá, Núria Villazán | Spain | |
| O Rap do Pequeno Príncipe Contra as Almas Sebosas | Paulo Caldas, Marcelo Luna | Brasil | |
| Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story | Shelly Dunn Fremont, Vincent Fremont | United States | |
| The Young and the Dead | Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | United States | |
| Une Vie de Chiens | Michko Netchak | France | |
| Non-fiction | |||
| Currency and Blonde | Rokuro Mochizuki | Japan | |
| Die Wahlkämpferin | Helmut Grasser | Austria | |
| Oshima'99 | Naoe Gozu | Japan | |
Independent Sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[9]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merry Christmas | Felicidades | Lucho Bender | Argentina |
| Poetical Refugee | La Faute à Voltaire | Abdellatif Kechiche | France |
| Pictures Deep in One's Eyes | Lontano in fondo agli occhi | Giuseppe Rocca | Italy |
| Nights | Noites | Cláudia Tomaz | Portugal |
| The Day I Became a Woman | Roozi ke zan shodam | Marzieh Meshkini | Iran |
| Scoutman | Pain | Masato Ishioka | Japan |
| You Can Count on Me | Kenneth Lonergan | United States | |
Official Awards
Main Competition
- Golden Lion: The Circle by Jafar Panahi
- Grand Special Jury Prize: Before Night Falls by Julian Schnabel
- Silver Lion: Uttara by Buddhadev Dasgupta
- Golden Osella for Outstanding Technical Contribution (screenplay): Claudio Fava, Marco Tullio Giordana and Monica Zapelli for One Hundred Steps
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Javier Bardem for Before Night Falls
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Rose Byrne for The Goddess of 1967
- Special Mention Best Short Film: Faouzi Bensaïdi for The Rain Line
- Special Mention Best Short Film: Sandro Aguilar for Sem Movimento
- Marcello Mastroianni Award: Megan Burns for Liam
Luigi De Laurentis Award for Debut Feature
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Independent Awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal
FIPRESCI Prize
- Best First Feature: Thomas in Love by Pierre-Paul Renders
- Best Feature: The Circle by Jafar Panahi
OCIC Award
- Liam by Stephen Frears
- Honorable Mention: Before Night Falls by Julian Schnabel
- Honorable Mention: The Circle by Jafar Panahi
Netpac Award
- Platform by Jia Zhangke
- Special Mention: Seom by Ki-duk Kim
Don Quixote Award
- Protagonisti, i diritti del '900 by Daniele Segre
UNICEF Award
UNESCO Award
Pasinetti Award
- Best Film: I cento passi by Marco Tullio Giordana
- Best Actor: Antonio Albanese and Fabrizio Bentivoglio for Holy Tongue
- Best Actress: Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee, Fatemeh Naghavi, Nargess Mamizadeh, Maryiam Palvin Almani, Mojgan Faramarzi, Elham Saboktakin, Monir Arab, Maedeh Tahmasebi, Maryam Shayegan, Khadijeh Moradi, Negar Ghadyani and Solmaz Panahi for The Circle
Pietro Bianchi Award
Isvema Award
FEDIC Award
Little Golden Lion
Cult Network Italia Prize
- Noites by Cláudia Tomaz
FilmCritica "Bastone Bianco" Award
Future Film Festival Digital Award
- Time and Tide by Tsui Hark
- Special Mention: Denti by Gabriele Salvatores
Laterna Magica Prize
Sergio Trasatti Award
CinemAvvenire Award
- Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature: Freedom by Šarūnas Bartas
- Best Film: I cento passi by Marco Tullio Giordana
- Best First Film: Roozi ke zan shodam by Marzieh Meshkini
- Cinema for Peace Award: Poetical Refugee by Abdellatif Kechiche