1001 Films: September 2016

Saturday, September 10, 2016

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 Bad Batch, Ana Lily Amirpour (U.S.) Jury Prize
Une Vie, Stéphane Brizé (France/Belgium)
La La Land, Damien Chazelle (U.S.) Best Actress
The Light Between Oceans, Derek Cianfrance (U.S)
El Ciudadano Ilustre, Mariano Cohn, Gaston Duprat (Argentina/Spain) Best Actor
Spira Mirabilis, Massimo D’Anolfi, Martina Parenti (Italy/Switzerland)
The Woman Who Left, Lav Diaz (Philippines) Golden Lion
La Region Salvaje, Amat Escalante (Mexico) Best Director
Nocturnal Animals, Tom Ford (U.S.) Grand Jury Prize
Piuma, Roan Johnson (Italy)
Paradise, Andrei Konchalovsky (Russia/Germany) Best Director
Brimstone, Martin Koolhaven (Netherlands/Germany)
On the Milky Road, Emir Kusturica (Serbia/U.K./U.S.)
Jackie, Pablo Larrain (U.S./Chile) Best Script
Voyage of Time, Terrence Malick (U.S./Germany)
El Cristo Ciego, Christopher Murray (Chile/France)
Frantz, François Ozon (France)
Questi Giorni, Giuseppe Piccioni (Italy)
Arrival, Denis Villeneuve (U.S.)
Les Beaux Jours D’Aranjuez - 3D, Wim Wenders (France/Germany)

OUT OF COMPETITION

Our War, Bruno Chiaravalloti, Claudio Jampaglia, Benedetta Argentieri (Italy)
I Called Him Morgan, Kasper Collin (Sweden, U.S.)
One More Time With Feeling - 3D, Andrew Dominik (U.K.)
The Bleeder, Philippe Falardeau (U.S./Canada)
The Magnificent Seven, Antoine Fuqua (U.S.)
Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson (U.S./Australia)
The Journey, Nick Hamm (U.K.)
À Jamais, Benoit Jacquot (France)
The Age Of Shadows, Jee-woon Kim (Korea)
Gantz:O, Yasushi Kawamura (Japan)
Austerlitz, Sergei Loznitsa (Germany)
Assalto Al Cielo, Francesco Munzi (Italy)
Monte, Amir Naderi (Italy/U.S.)
Tommaso, Kim Rossi Stuart (Italy)
Safari, Ulrich Seidl (Austria)
Planetarium, Rebecca Zlotowski (France)Dark Night, Tim Sutton (U.S.)

HORIZONS
Tarde para la ira, Raul Arevalo (Spain)
King of the Belgians, Peter Brosens, Jessica Woolworth (Belgium, Netherlands, Bulgaria)
Through the Wall, Rama Burshtein (Israel)
Liberami, Federica Di Giacomo (Italy, France) Best Film
Big Big World, Reha Erdem (Turkey)
Gukuroku, Ishikawa Kei (Japan)
Maudit Poutine, Karl Lemieux, (Canada)
Sao Jorge, Marco Martins (Portugal, France)
Dawson City:Frozen Time, Bill Morrison (U.S)
Reparer les vivants, Katell Quillevere (France, Belgium)
White Sun, Deepak Rauniyar (Nepal, U.S)
Malaria, Parviz Shahbazi (Iran)
Kekszakallu, Gaston Solnicky (Argentina)
Home, Fien Troch (Belgium) Best Director
Die Einsiedler, Fien Troch (Germany, Austria)
Il più grande sogno, (Italy)
Boys in the Trees, Nicholas Verso (Australia)
Bitter Money, Wang Bing (China)

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