Saturday, September 6, 2014

71st 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. 

COMPETITION 
THE CUT, FATIH AKIN, Germany
A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE, ROY ANDERSSON, Sweden Golden Lion
99 HOMES, RAMIN BAHRANI, USA
TALES, RAKHSHAN BANIETEMAD,  Iran Best Screenplay
LA RANÇON DE LA GLOIRE, XAVIER BEAUVOIS,  France
HUNGRY HEARTS, SAVERIO COSTANZO, Italy Best Actress & Actor
LE DERNIER COUP DE MARTEAU, ALIX DELAPORTE, France
PASOLINI, ABEL FERRARA, France Italy
MANGLEHORN, DAVID GORDON GREEN, USA
BIRDMAN, ALEJANDRO G IÑÁRRITU, USA
3 COEURS, BENOÎT JACQUOT, France
THE POSTMAN’S WHITE NIGHTS, ANDREI KONCHALOVSKY,  Russia Best Director
IL GIOVANE FAVOLOSO, MARIO MARTONE, Italy
SIVAS, KAAN MÜJDECI, Turkey Special Jury Prize
ANIME NERE, FRANCESCO MUNZI, Italy
GOOD KILL, ANDREW NICCOL, USA
LOIN DES HOMMES, DAVID OELHOFFEN,  France
THE LOOK OF SILENCE, JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER, Indonesia Grand Jury Prize
FIRES ON THE PLAIN, SHINYA TSUKAMOTO, Japan
RED AMNESIA, WANG XIAOSHUAI, China

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

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