66th Venice International Film Festival
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The 66th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, was held from 2 to 12 September 2009, with Maria Grazia Cucinotta serving as the festival's hostess.[1][2] The opening film of the festival was Baarìa by Giuseppe Tornatore and the closing film was Chengdu, I Love You by Fruit Chan and Cui Jian. The international competition jury, chaired by Ang Lee, awarded the Golden Lion to Lebanon by Samuel Maoz.[3]
Juries
The international juries of the 66th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:[4][5][6]
Main competition (Venezia 66)[7]
- Ang Lee, Taiwanese director, screenwriter and producer (Jury President)
- Sergei Bodrov, Russian director, screenwriter and producer
- Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress, director and screenwriter
- Liliana Cavani, Italian director and screenwriter
- Joe Dante, American director, producer, editor and actor
- Anurag Kashyap, Indian director, writer, producer and actor
- Luciano Ligabue, Italian director, writer and singer-songwriter
Horizons (Orizzonti)[8]
- Pere Portabella, Spanish politician, director, and producer (President)
- Bady Minck, Luxembourger filmmaker and artist
- Gina Kim, South Korean filmmaker and academic
- Garin Nugroho, Indonesian director
- Gianfranco Rosi, Italian director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter
Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for a Debut Film)[9]
- Haile Gerima, Ethiopian filmmaker (President)
- Ramin Bahrani, American director and screenwriter
- Gianni Di Gregorio, Italian director, screenwriter and actor
- Antoine Fuqua, American director and producer
- Sam Taylor-Wood, English filmmaker and photographer
Corto-Cortissimo (Short Film Competition)[10]
- Stuart Gordon American filmmaker, theatre director, screenwriter and playwright (President)
- Steve Ricci, Italian cinematographer, screenwriter and editor
- Sitora Alieva, Russian artistic director of the International Film Festival Kinotav
Controcampo Italiano[11]
- Carlo Lizzani, Italian director, screenwriter and critic (President)
- Giulio Questi, Italian director and screenwriter
- Marina Sanna, Italian chief editor of cinema magazine
Official selection
In competition
The following films competed for the Golden Lion:[12]
- Highlighted title indicates Golden Lion for Best Short winner.
Out of competition
The following films were screened as Out of competition:[13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn's Finest | Antoine Fuqua | United States | |
| Chengdu, I Love You | Chengdu, wo ai ni | Fruit Chan & Cui Jian | China |
| Delhi-6 | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | India | |
| Dev.D | Anurag Kashyap | India | |
| Great Directors (documentary) | Angela Ismailos | United States | |
| Green Days | Ruzhaye Sabz | Hana Makhmalbaf | Iran |
| Gulaal ( गुलाल ) | Anurag Kashyap | India | |
| The Hole (3D) | Joe Dante | United States | |
| The Informant! | Steven Soderbergh | United States | |
| The Men Who Stare at Goats | Grant Heslov | United States | |
| Napoli, Napoli, Napoli (documentary) | Abel Ferrara | Italy | |
| N/A | L'oro di Cuba (documentary) | Giuliano Montaldo | Italy |
| Rambo (Director's Cut) | Sylvester Stallone | United States | |
| REC 2 | Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza | Spain | |
| The Red Shadows | Le ombre rosse | Francesco Maselli | Italy |
| Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy (documentary) | Prove per una tragedia siciliana | Roman Paska & John Turturro | Italy |
| Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story | Ehki ya shahrazade | Yousry Nasrallah | Egypt |
| South of the Border | Oliver Stone | United States | |
| Valhalla Rising | Nicolas Winding Refn | Denmark, United Kingdom | |
| Yona Yona Penguin | Yonayona pengin | Rintaro | Japan, France |
Short film competition
The following films were selected for the Short film competition (Corto Cortissimo) section:[14]
| In competition | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Felicità | Salome Aleksi | Georgia | |
| The Kinematograph | Kinematograf | Tomek Baginski | Poland |
| I Know There’s a Man | So Che C'è Un Uomo | Gianclaudio Cappai | Italy |
| This Is Earth, My Brother | To je zemljia, brat moj | Jan Cvitkovič | Slovenia, Italy |
| Still Birds | Alle Fugler | Sara Eliassen | Norway |
| Bliss | O Teu Sorriso | Pedro Freire | Brazil |
| The Game | Il Gioco | Adriano Giannini | Italy |
| Object #1 | Murad Ibragimbekov | Russia | |
| Girllikeme | Rowland Jobson | United Kingdom | |
| Firstborn | Eersgeborene | Etienne Kallos | South Africa, United States |
| Mom’S Vacation | Umma-E Huga | Kwang-Bok Kim | South Korea |
| Storage | David Lea | United Kingdom | |
| Of Clouds and Hands | Nuvole, Mani | Simone Massi | France |
| Sinner | Meni Philip | Israel | |
| Family Jewels | Martin Stitt | United States, United Kingdom | |
| For Two | Er Ren | Shijie Tan | Singapore |
| Bicycle | Jitensha | Dean Yamada | Japan, United States |
| Kingyo | Edmund Yeo | Japan, Malaysia | |
| Out of Competition | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line-up | Title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Opening film | Plastic Bag | Ramin Bahrani | United States |
| Closing Film | The It.Aliens | Clemens Klopfenstein, Lukas Klopfenstein | Italy, Switzerland |
| Special Events | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Recordare | Leonardo Carrano, Alessandro Pierattini | Italy | |
| The City in the Sky | La città nel cielo | Giacomo Cimini | United Kingdom, Italy |
| The Second Family | La seconda famiglia | Alberto Dall'Ara | Italy |
| Earth | Tzu Nyen Ho | Singapore | |
| Radio | Riccardo Pugliese | United States, Italy | |
| War | Uerra | Paolo Sassanelli | Italy |
| A la lune montante | Annarita Zambrano | France | |
- Highlighted title indicates Corto Cortissimo Lion winner.
Horizons
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[15]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1428 (documentary) | Haibin Du | China | |
| Adrift | Choi voi | Bui Thac Chuyen | Vietnam |
| Bets and Wedding Dresses | Tris di donne & abiti nuziali | Vincenzo Terracciano | Italy |
| Buried Secrets | Dowaha | Raja Amari | Tunisia |
| Clash | Engkwentro | Pepe Diokno | Philippines |
| The Color of Words (documentary) | Il colore delle parole | Marco Simon Puccioni | Italy |
| Cow | Dou niu | Guan Hu | China |
| Crush (5 segments) | Korotkoe zamykanie | Petr Buslov, Alexei German Jr., Boris Khlebnikov, Kirill Serebrennikov, Ivan Vrypayev | Russia |
| Francesca (Opening film) | Bobby Paunescu | Romania | |
| I Am Love | Io sono l'amore | Luca Guadagnino | Italy |
| I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You | Viajo porque preciso, volto porque te amo | Marcelo Gomes, Karim Aïnouz | Brazil |
| Judge | Touxi | Jie Liu | China |
| The Man’s Woman and Other Stories | Aadmi ki Aurat Aur Anya Kahaniya | Amit Dutta | India |
| The Movie Orgy - Ultimate Version | Joe Dante | United States | |
| Once upon a time Proletarian (documentary) | Women ceng jing de wuchanzhe | Xiaolu Guo | China |
| The One All Alone (documentary) | Frank Scheffer | Netherlands | |
| One-Zero | Wahed-Sefr | Kamla Abou Zekry | Egypt |
| Paraiso | Héctor Gálvez | Peru | |
| Pepperminta | Pipilotti Rist | Switzerland | |
| Repo Chick | Alex Cox | United States | |
| Sunstroke | Insolação | Felipe Hirsch, Daniela Thomas | Brazil |
| Tender Parasites | Zarte Parasiten | Christian Becker, Oliver Schwabe | Germany |
| Totò (documentary) | Peter Schreiner | Austria | |
| Villalobos (documentary) | Romuald Karmakar | Germany | |
| Woman on Fire Looks for Water | Woo Ming Jin | Malaysia, South Korea | |
| Horizons Events | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Armando Testa - Povero ma moderno (documentary) | Pappi Corsicato | Italy |
| The Marriage (documentary, short) | Peter Greenaway | Italy, Spain |
| Reading Book of Blockade (Citaem Blokadnuju Knigu) (documentary) | Alexander Sokurov | Russia |
| The Death of Pentheus (short) | Philip Haas | United States |
| La Bohème (short) | Werner Herzog | United Kingdom |
| Faces of Seoul (aka Seo-wool eui ul-gul) (documentary) | Gina Kim | United States, South Korea |
| Hugo en Afrique (documentary) | Stefano Knuchel | Switzerland |
| Via della croce (documentary) | Serena Nono | Italy |
| Mudanza (short) | Pere Portabella | Spain |
| Deserto rosa. Luigi Ghirri (documentary) | Elisabetta Sgarbi | Italy |
| La danse - Le ballet de l'Opéra de Paris (documentary) | Frederick Wiseman | United States |
| Cock-Crow (55 min) | David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi | Italy |
| Daimon (49 min) | David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi | Italy |
- Highlighted title indicates the Lion of the Future winner
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
As part of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2009, which was conferred to John Lasseter and the Directors of Disney-Pixar, the following American animation films were presented:[16]
- The Incredibles by Brad Bird
- Up by Pete Docter & Bob Peterson (screenplay)
- Toy Story 3-D by John Lasseter
- Toy Story 2 3-D by John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, Ash Brannon
- Finding Nemo by Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich
Cortocampo Italiano
The following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section:[17]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Type of film |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmonaut | Cosmonauta | Susanna Nicchiarelli | Coming-of-age |
| David's Birthday | Il Compleanno | Marco Filiberti | Drama |
| Giuseppe De Santis | Carlo Lizzani | Documentary, TV-movie | |
| Hollywood on the Tiber | Hollywood sul Tevere | Marco Spagnoli | Documentary |
| In the Eyes | Negli occhi | Francesco Del Grosso, Daniele Anzellotti | Documentary |
| The Little | Il Piccolo | Maurizio Zaccaro | Documentary |
| Poets (lit.) | Poeti | Toni D'Angelo | Documentary |
| Sputnik 5 | Susanna Nicchiarelli | Short animation | |
| Ten Winters | Dieci Inverni | Valerio Mieli | Romance |
These Phantoms 2
For this retrospective section on Italian cinema, 39 feature and 26 short films were screened, including documentaries. The films were mainly from the period 1946 - 1971, with a few only films going back to the 1930s and reaching up to 2009.[18]
This is a list of the fiction feature films screened:
Autonomous sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following films were selected for the 24th International Film Critics' Week:[19]
| In competition | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Cafe Noir | Ka-pe-neu-wa-reu | Jung Sung-il | South Korea |
| A Rational Solution | Det enda rationella | Jörgen Bergmark[20] | Sweden |
| Domain | Domaine | Patric Chiha[21] | France, Austria |
| Kakraki (en. Crawfishlike) | Ilya Demichev[22] | Russia | |
| Foxes (aka Little Foxes) | Lištičky | Mira Fornay[23] | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ireland |
| Tehroun | Téhéran | Nader T. Homayoun[24] | France, Iran |
| Special Events - Out of competition | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line-up | Title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Opening film | Metropia | Tarik Saleh | Sweden |
| Closing film | The Pothole (Chaleh) | Ali Karim | Iran |
| Other * | Videocracy | Erik Gandini | Sweden |
- * Special Event in collaboration with Venice Days
Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 6th edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:[25][26]
| In competition | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Ape | Apan | Jesper Ganslandt | Sweden |
| Barking Water | Sterlin Harjo | United States | |
| Cell 211 | Celda 211 | Daniel Monzón | Spain, France |
| The Last Days of Emma Blank | De laatste Dagen van Emma Blank | Alex van Warmerdam | Netherlands |
| Desert Flower | Sherry Hormann | UK, Germany, Austria, France | |
| What Do You Know About Me (documentary) | Di me cosa ne sai | Valerio Jalongo | Italy |
| France | Francia | Israel Adrián Caetano | Argentina |
| Fat People | Gordos | Daniel Sánchez Arévalo | Spain |
| Harragas | Merzak Allouache | Algeria, France | |
| Honeymoons | Goran Paskaljevic | Serbia, Albania | |
| I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive | Je suis heureux que ma mere soit vivante | Claude Miller, Nathan Miller | France |
| Hymn to Love | L’amore e basta | Stefano Consiglio | Italy |
| The Horde | La horde | Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher | France |
| Blood and Rain | La sangre y la lluvia | Jorge Navas | Colombia, Argentina |
| N/A | Mille giorni di Vito (short) | Elisabetta Pandimiglio | Italy |
| Poetry, You See Me (documentary) | Poesia che mi guardi | Marina Spada | Italy |
| Silent Voice | Qu’un seul tienne et les autres suivront | Léa Fehner | France |
| Out of competition | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Occasion | Title | Director(s) | Country |
| Films on Reality | Ragazze la vita trema (documentary) | Paola Sangiovanni | Italy |
| Special Event w/ Critics' Week | Videocracy | Erik Gandini | Sweden |
| Special Event 100 + 1 | The Swindlers (I magliari) (1959) | Francesco Rosi | Italy, France |
| Special Event 100 + 1 | Vittorio D. (documentary) | Mario Canale, Annarosa Morri | Italy |
| Tribute to Signe Baumane | Teat Beat of Sex (1 min. animation) | Signe Baumane | United States |
Awards
Official selection
The following Official Awards were conferred at the 66th edition of the festival:[3]
In competition (Venezia 66)
- Golden Lion: Lebanon by Samuel Maoz
- Silver Lion for Best Director: Shirin Neshat for Women Without Men
- Special Jury Prize: Soul Kitchen by Fatih Akın
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Colin Firth, for A Single Man
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Kseniya Rappoport, for The Double Hour
- Marcello Mastroianni Award, for the best emerging actor or actress: Jasmine Trinca for The Big Dream
- Osella for Outstanding Technical Contribution: Sylvie Olivé for Mr. Nobody
- Osella for Best Screenplay: Todd Solondz for Life During Wartime
Horizons awards (Premi Orizzonti)
- Best Film: Engkwentro by Pepe Diokno
- Best Documentary: 1428 by Haibin Du
- Special mention: The Man's Woman and Other Stories by Amit Dutta
Lion of the Future
- Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film: Engkwentro by Pepe Diokno (Horizons)
Short Film awards (Corto Cortissimo Lion)
- Best Short Film: Firstborn (Eersgeborene) by Etienne Kallos
- Venice Nomination to the European Film Awards 2009: Sinner by Meni Philip
- Special mention: Felicità by Salomé Aleksi
Controcampo Italiano
- Best feature Film: Cosmonaut by Susanna Nicchiarelli
- Special mention: In the Eyes (Negli occhi) by Francesco Del Grosso, Daniele Anzellotti
Special awards
- Special Lion for Overall Work: John Lasseter and the Directors of Disney-Pixar
- Jaeger-Le Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Sylvester Stallone
- Persol 3-D Award for Best Stereoscopic Film: The Hole by Joe Dante (Out of competition)
Autonomous sections
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[27]
Venice International Film Critics' Week
- "Region of Veneto for quality cinema" Award: Tehroun by Takmil Homayoun Nader
- Future Film Festival Digital Award: Metropia by Tarik Saleh & Special mention for Up by Pete Docter
Venice Days (Giornati degli Autori)
- Label Europa Cinemas Award: The Last Days of Emma Blank by Alex van Warmerdam
- FEDIC Award - Special mention: What Do You Know About Me by Valerio Jalongo
Other collateral awards
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[27]
- FIPRESCI Award (ex-aequo):[28]
- Best Film (Main competition): Lourdes by Jessica Hausner
- Best Film (Horizons): Adrift (Choi voi) by Bui Thac Chuyen
- SIGNIS Award: Lourdes by Jessica Hausner
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- Special mention: Lebanon by Samuel Maoz
- Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI):
- Best Director: Giuseppe Tornatore for Baarìa
- Best Film: The White Space (Lo spazio bianco) by Francesca Comencini
- Best Actor: Filippo Timi for The Double Hour
- Best Actress: Margherita Buy for The White Space
- Special award: Riccardo Scamarcio for The Big Dream
- Special award: Armando Testa – Povero ma moderno by Pappi Corsicato (Horizons)
- Leoncino d'oro Agiscuola Award: Capitalism: A Love Story by Michael Moore
- La Navicella – Venezia Cinema Award: Lourdes by Jessica Hausner
- C.I.C.T. UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award: The Traveller (Al-Musafir) by Ahmad Maher
- UNICEF Award: Women Without Men by Shirin Neshat[29]
- Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans by Werner Herzog
- Biografilm Lancia Award:
- Best fiction film: Mr. Nobody by Jaco Van Dormael
- Best documentary: In the Eyes (Negli occhi) by Francesco Del Grosso & Daniele Anzellotti (Cortocampo Italiano)
- Queer Lion for the best Movie with LGBT Themes & Queer Culture: A Single Man by Tom Ford
- Brian Prize by UAAR: Lourdes by Jessica Hausner
- Lanterna Magica Award (Cgs): Cosmonauta by Susanna Nicchiarelli (Cortocampo Italiano)
- FEDIC Award: The White Space (Lo spazio bianco) by Francesca Comencini
- Arca Cinemagiovani Awards:
- Best Film Venezia 66: Soul Kitchen by Fatih Akin
- Best Italian Film: The Double Hour (La doppia ora) by Giuseppe Capotondi
- Lina Mangiacapre Award: Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (Ehky ya Schahrazad) by Yousry Nasrallah (Out of competition)
- Air For Film Fest Award: The White Space (Lo spazio bianco) by Francesca Comencini
- Open Award 2009: Capitalism: A love story by Michael Moore
- Gianni Astrei Award: The White Space (Lo spazio bianco) by Francesca Comencini
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