70th Venice International Film Festival
Italian film festival in 2013
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The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 28 August to 7 September 2013, at Venice Lido in Italy.[1]
Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Gravity |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Amazonia |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Sacro GRA |
| Hosted by | Eva Riccobono |
| Artistic director | Alberto Barbera |
| Festival date | 28 August – 7 September 2013 |
| Website | www |
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.[2][3] Italian actress Eva Riccobono hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.[4]
The Golden Lion was awarded to Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi, marking the first documentary film to ever win it.[5][6][7]
American filmmaker William Friedkin received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.[8]
The festival opened with Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón,[9] and closed with Amazonia by Thierry Ragobert.
Juries
Main competition (Venezia 70)
- Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian filmmaker - Jury President[10]
- 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:[11][12]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ana Arabia | Amos Gitai | Israel, France | |
| Child of God | James Franco | United States | |
| L'intrepido | Gianni Amelio | Italy | |
| Jealousy | La Jalousie | Philippe Garrel | France |
| Joe | David Gordon Green | United States | |
| Miss Violence | Alexandros Avranas | Greece | |
| Night Moves | Kelly Reichardt | United States | |
| Parkland | Peter Landesman | ||
| Philomena | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom | |
| The Police Officer's Wife | Die Frau des Polizisten | Philip Gröning | Germany |
| The Rooftops | لسطوح | Merzak Allouache | Algeria, France |
| Sacro GRA | Gianfranco Rosi | Italy | |
| Stray Dogs | 郊遊 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan, France |
| A Street in Palermo | Via Castellana Bandiera | Emma Dante | Italy, Switzerland, France |
| Tom at the Farm | Tom à la ferme | Xavier Dolan | Canada, France |
| Tracks | John Curran | United Kingdom, Australia | |
| Under the Skin | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom, United States | |
| The Unknown Known | Errol Morris | United States | |
| The Wind Rises | 風立ちぬ | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
| The Zero Theorem | Terry Gilliam | United Kingdom, United States | |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected for the out of competition section:[13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazonia (closing film) | Thierry Ragobert | France, Brazil | |
| The Canyons | Paul Schrader | United States | |
| Con il fiato sospeso | Costanza Quatriglio | Italy | |
| Disney Mickey Mouse - O' Sole Minnie (season 1, episode 12) | Paul Rudish, Aaron Springer, Clay Morrow | United States | |
| Gravity (opening film) | Alfonso Cuarón | United States | |
| Home from Home | Die andere Heimat — Chronik einer Sehnsucht | Edgar Reitz | Germany |
| Locke | Steven Knight | United Kingdom | |
| Moebius | 뫼비우스 | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| A Promise | Une promesse | Patrice Leconte | France |
| Redemption | Miguel Gomes | Portugal, France, Germany, Italy | |
| Harlock: Space Pirate | 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック | Aramaki Shinji | Japan |
| Unforgiven | 許されざる者 | Lee Sang-Il | Japan |
| Walesa: Man of Hope | Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei | Andrzej Wajda | Poland |
| Wolf Creek 2 | Greg McLean | Australia | |
| Non Fiction | |||
| The Armstrong Lie | Alex Gibney | United States | |
| At Berkeley | Frederick Wiseman | ||
| How Strange to Be Named Federico | Che strano chiamarsi Federico - Scola racconta Fellini | Ettore Scola | Italy |
| Pine Ridge | Anna Eborn | Denmark | |
| Summer 82 When Zappa Came to Sicily | Salvo Cuccia | Italy, United States | |
| 'Til Madness Do Us Part | 瘋愛 | Wang Bing | Hong Kong, France |
| Ukraine Is Not a Brothel | Ukraina ne Bordel | Kitty Green | Australia |
| The Voice of Berliguer | La voce di Berlinguer | Mario Sesti, Teho Teardo | Italy |
Horizons (Orizzonti)
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feature films | |||
| Eastern Boys | Robin Campillo | France | |
| First Snowfall | La prima neve | Andrea Segre | Italy |
| Fish & Cat | Mahi Va Gorbeh | Shahram Mokri | Iran |
| The Life After | La vida después | David Pablos | Mexico |
| Little Brother | Bauyr | Serik Aprymov | Kazakhstan |
| Medeas | Andrea Pallaoro | United States, Italy | |
| My Name Is Hmmm... | Je m'appelle Hmmm... | Agnès B. | France |
| Palo Alto | Gia Coppola | United States | |
| Ruin | Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Michael Cody | Australia | |
| The Sacrament | Ti West | United States | |
| Small Homeland | Piccola patria | Alessandro Rossetto | Italy |
| Some Girls | Algunas chicas | Santiago Palavecino | Argentina |
| Still Life | Uberto Pasolini | United Kingdom, Italy | |
| The Third Half | Il terzo tempo | Enrico Maria Artale | Italy |
| We Are the Best! | Vi Är Bäst! | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden, Denmark |
| Why Don't You Play in Hell? | Jigoku de naze warui | Sion Sono | Japan |
| Wolf Children | Wolfskinder | Rick Ostermann | Germany |
| Short Films Competition | |||
| Aningaaq | Jonas Cuarón | United States | |
| The Audition | Michael Haussman | Italy | |
| Ballkoni | Lendita Zeqiraj | Kosovo | |
| Blanco | Ignacio Gatica | Argentina | |
| Cold Snap | Leo Woodhead | New Zealand | |
| Death For a Unicorn | Riccardo Bernasconi, Francesca Reverdito | Switzerland | |
| La gallina | Manel Raga | Spain | |
| Houses With Small Windows | Bülent Öztürk | Belgium | |
| Kush | Shubhashish Bhutiani | India | |
| Minesh | Shalin Sirkar | South Africa, Germany, Denmark | |
| Un pensiero Kalašnikov | Giorgio Bosisio | Italy, United Kingdom | |
| Quello Che Resta | Valeria Allievi | Italy | |
| Sishui (Stagnant Water) | Xiaowei Wang | China | |
| Toutes les belles choses | Cécile Bicler | France | |
Venice Classics
The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:[15]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restored Films | |||
| Le 15/8 (1973) | Chantal Akerman, Samy Szlingerbaum | Belgium | |
| The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) | Don Weis | United States | |
| Il Bacio di Tosca (aka Tosca's Kiss) (1984) | Daniel Schmid | Switzerland | |
| La Bête humaine (aka The Human Beast) (1938) | Jean Renoir | France | |
| Bread and Chocolate (1974) | Pane e cioccolata | Franco Brusati | Italy |
| A Bullet For The General (1966) | Quién Sabe? | Damiano Damiani | |
| Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996) | 甜蜜蜜 | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Hong Kong |
| Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) | Сјећаш ли се Доли Бел? | Emir Kusturica | Yugoslavia |
| Equinox Flower (1958) | 彼岸花 | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan |
| Hands Over the City (1963) | Le mani sulla città | Francesco Rosi | Italy, France |
| Hotel Monterey (1972) | Chantal Akerman | Belgium, United States | |
| In the Heat of the Sun (1993) | 陽光燦爛的日子 | Jiang Wen | China, Hong Kong |
| Kapurush (1965) | কাপুরুষ | Satyajit Ray | India |
| Let's Get Lost (1988) | Bruce Weber | United States | |
| Little Fugitive (1953) | Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, Ray Ashley | ||
| Mahapurush (1965) | Satyajit Ray | India | |
| Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) | 戦場のメリークリスマス | Nagisa Ôshima | United Kingdom, Japan |
| The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack | United States | |
| My Darling Clementine (1946) | John Ford | ||
| My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1984) | Мой друг Иван Лапшин | Aleksey German Sr. | Soviet Union |
| Mysterious Object at Noon (2000) | ดอกฟ้าในมือมาร | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
| Nidhanaya (1970) | Lester James Peries | Sri Lanka | |
| Paisan (1946) | Paisà | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
| Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973) | La proprietà non è più un furto | Elio Petri | Italy |
| Providence (1977) | Alain Resnais | France, Switzerland, United Kingdom | |
| Sandra (1965) | Vaghe stelle dell'orsa... | Luchino Visconti | Italy |
| The Shape of Night (1964) | 夜の片鱗 | Noboru Nakamura | Japan |
| Sorcerer (1977) | William Friedkin | United States | |
| White Rock (1977) | Tony Maylam | United Kingdom | |
| Documentaries about cinema | |||
| Il Bacio di Tosca, Une restauration numérique | Richard Szotyori | Switzerland | |
| Bertolucci on Bertolucci | Luca Guadagnino, Walter Fasano | Italy | |
| Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater | Gabe Klinger | United States, Portugal, France | |
| A Fuller Life | Samantha Fuller | United States | |
| Istintobrass | Massimiliano Zanin | Italy | |
| Lino Micciché, Mio padre. Una visione del mondo | Francesco Micciché | ||
| Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Bruce Weber | United States | |
| Non Eravamo Solo... Ladri Di Biciclette. Il Neorealismo | Gianni Bozzacchi | Italy | |
| Trespassing Bergman | Jane Magnusson, Hynek Pallas | Sweden, 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:[16]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuri Esposito | Alessio Fava[17] | Italy | |
| Memphis | Tim Sutton | United States | |
| Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy | Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | Thailand | |
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:[18]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Challatt Tunes | Le Challat de Tunis | Kaouther Ben Hania[19] | Tunisia |
| The Cat | El Ott | Ibrahim El-Batout | Egypt |
| With Almost Nothing | Avec presque rien... | Nantenaina Lova[20] | Madagascar |
| Territorial Pissings | Sibs Shongwe-La Mer | South Africa | |
Special Screenings
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
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
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following films were selected for the Critics' Week:[26][27]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In competition | |||
| Salvation Army | L’armée du salut | Abdellah Taïa | France, Morocco |
| The Reunion | Återträffen | Anna Odell | Sweden |
| The Quispe Girls | Las niñas Quispe | Sebastián Sepúlveda | Chile, France, Argentina |
| Class Enemy | Razredni Sovražnik | Rok Biček | Slovenia |
| White Shadow | Noaz Deshe | Italy, Germany, Tanzania | |
| Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot | Zoran, il mio nipote scemo | Matteo Oleotto | Italy, Slovenia |
| Trap Street | Shuiyin jie | Vivian Qu | China |
| Special Events - Out of competition | |||
| The Art of Happiness (opening film) | L’arte della felicità | Alessandro Rak | Italy |
| Illiterate (closing film) | Las analfabetas | Moisés Sepúlveda | Chile |
Venice Days
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 title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Alienation | Otchuzhdenie | Milko Lazarov | Bulgaria |
| Bethlehem | Yuval Adler | Israel, Germany, Belgium | |
| Gerontophilia | Bruce LaBruce | Canada | |
| The Good Life | La belle vie | Jean Denizot | France |
| Kill Your Darlings | John Krokidas | United States | |
| May in the Summer | Cherien Dabis | Jordan, Qatar, United States | |
| My Class | La mia classe | Daniele Gaglianone | Italy |
| Nobody's Home | Köksüz | Deniz Akçay | Turkey |
| The Reconstruction | La reconstrucción | Juan Taratuto | Argentina |
| Rigor Mortis | Geung si | Juno Mak | Hong Kong |
| Siddharth | Richie Mehta | Canada, India | |
| Traitors | Sean Gullette | Morocco, United States | |
| Special Events | |||
| Julia | J. Jackie Baier | Germany, Lithuania | |
| Lenny Cooke | Benny and Josh Safdie | United States | |
| Lino Miccichè, mio padre - Una visione del mondo | Francesco Miccichè | Italy | |
| The Referee | L'arbitro | Paolo Zucca | Italy, Argentina |
| Secchi | Edo Natoli | Italy | |
| Three Many Weddings | 3 bodas de más | Javier Ruiz Caldera | Spain |
| Venezia Salva | Serena Nono | Italy | |
| Miu Miu Women's Tales | |||
| Le Donne della Vucciria | Hiam Abbass | Italy | |
| The Door | Ava DuVernay | United States, Italy | |
| Lux Prize | |||
| The Selfish Giant | Clio Barnard | United Kingdom | |
| Honey | Miele | Valeria Golino | Italy |
| The Broken Circle Breakdown | Felix Van Groeningen | Belgium | |
- Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.
Official Awards
In Competition (Venezia 70)
- Golden Lion: Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi[30]
- 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
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 (Giornati degli Autori)
- 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
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[33]
FIPRESCI Awards
- Best Film (Main competition): Tom at the Farm by Xavier Dolan[34][35]
- Best Film (Critics' Week): The Reunion by Anna Odell
Queer Lion
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
Cinema for UNICEF mention
- Philomena by Stephen Frears
Brian Award
- Philomena by Stephen Frears
Arca CinemaGiovani Award - Venezia 70
Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Award
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
Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award
Future Film Festival Digital Award
- Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón[36]
- 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
