Saturday, September 7, 2013

70th Venice Film Festival


















The third of the top three festivals (after Cannes & Berlin) is also the oldest festival in the world. It has serious competition from the fourth, Toronto, which right behind it in ranking and timing. However, it does not have to fear anything after all these years besides having one of the most beautiful settings. This year's jury included Bernardo Bertolucci (President), Andrea Arnold, Renato Berta, Carrie Fisher, Martina Gedeck, Pablo Larraín, Virginie Ledoyen, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Jiang Wen.

COMPETITION
Ana Arabia, Amos Gitai (Isr-Fra)
Child of God, James Franco (US)
Joe, David Gordon Green (US) Marcello Mastroianni Award
Kaze Tachinu, Hayao Miyazaki (Jpn)
L’intrepido, Gianni Amelio (Italy)
La Jalousie, Philippe Garrel (Fra)
Miss Violence, Alexandros Avranas (Greece) Silver Lion (Best Director & Actor)
Night Moves, Kelly Reichardt (US)
Parkland, Peter Landesman (US)
Philomena, Stephen Frears (UK) Best Screenplay
The Police Officer’s Wife, Philip Groning (Ger) Special Jury Prize
The Rooftops, Merzak Allouache (Alg-Fra)
Sacro Gra, Gianfranco Rosi (It) Golden Lion
Stray Dogs, Ming-liang Tsai (Chi-Fra) Grand Jury Prize
Tom a la Ferme, Xavier Dolan (Can-Fra)
Tracks, John Curran (UK-Aus)
Under the Skin, Jonathan Glazer
The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld, Errol Morris (US)
Via Castellana Bandiera, Emma Dante (It-Switz-Fra) Volpi Cup (Best Actress)
The Zero Theorem, Terry Gilliam (UK-US)

OUT OF COMPETITION
Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Shinji Aramaki (Jpn)
Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón (US)
Mobius, Ki-duk Kim (S Kor)
Locke, Steven Knight (UK)
Unforgiven, Sang-il Lee (Jan)
Wolf Creek 2, Greg McLean (Aus)
Home From Home – Chronicle of a Vision, Edgar Reitz (Ger)
Gondola, Paul Rudish, Aaron Springer, Clay Morrow (US)
The Canyons, Paul Schrader (US)
Che strano chiamarsi Federico Scola racconta Fellini, Ettore Scola
Walesa. Man of Hope, Andrzej Wajda and Ewa Brodzka (Pol)

OUT OF COMPETITION: DOCUMENTARIES
Summer 82 When Zappa Came to Sicily, Salvo Cuccia (It-US)
Pine Ridge, Anna Eborn (Den)
The Armstrong Lie, Alex Gibney (US)
Redemption, Miguel Gomes (Port-Fra-Ger-It)
Ukraina is not  Brothel, Kitty Green (Aus)
Con il fiato sospeso, Costanza Quatriglio (It)
Amazonia, Thierry Ragobert (Fra-Bra)
La voce di Berlinguer, Mario Sesti, Teho Teardo (It)
‘Til Madness Do Us Apart, Bing Wang (HK-Chi-Fra-Jpn)
At Berkeley, Frederick Wiseman (US)


ORIZZONTI
Je m’appelle Hmmm…, Agnès B. (Fra)
Little Brother, Serik Aprymov (Kaz)
Il terzo tempo, Enrico Maria Artale (It)
Eastern Boys, Robin Campillo (Fra) Best Film
Palo Alto, Gia Coppola (US)
Ruin, Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Micheal Cody (Aus) Special Jury Prize
Fish & Cat, Shahram Mokri (Iran)
We are the Best!, Lukas Moodysson (Swe-Den)
Wolfschildren, Rick Ostermann (Ger)
La vida después, David Pablos (Mex)
Algunas Chicas, Santiago Palavecino (Arg)
Medeas, Andrea Pallaoro (US-It)
Still Life, Uberto Pasolini (UK) Best Director
Piccola Patria, Piccola Patria (It)
La prima neve, Andrea Serge (It)
Why Don’t You Play in Hell?, Sono Sion (Jpn)
The Sacrament, Ti West (US)

For more info: http://www.labiennale.org/

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