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70th Venice International Film Festival
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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]
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.
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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
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Official Sections
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In Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:[11][12]
Out of Competition
The following films were selected for the out of competition section:[13]
Horizons (Orizzonti)
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[14]
Venice Classics
The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:[15]
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]
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]
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)
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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
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Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following films were selected for the Critics' Week:[26][27]
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]
- Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.
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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
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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
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Independent Awards
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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
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