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54th Venice International Film Festival
Italian film festival in 1997
Italian film festival in 1997
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 54th Venice International Film Festival |
| image | VeniceFilmFestiva54bposter.jpg |
| caption | Festival poster |
| location | Venice, Italy |
| founded | 1932 |
| awards | Golden Lion: *Hana-bi* |
| date | 27 August – 6 September 1997 |
| website | [Website](http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/) |
| chronology | Venice Film Festival |
| preceded_by | [53rd](53rd-venice-international-film-festival) |
| followed_by | [55th](55th-venice-international-film-festival) |
The 54th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 27 August to 6 September 1997.
New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion was the Jury President of the Main Competition. The opening film was Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry, while the closing film was a restored version of 1912 silent film Richard III, accompanied live by Vittorio Gassman serving as narrator and Ennio Morricone conducing the Arturo Toscanini Orchestra. Takeshi Kitano's Hana-bi was the Golden Lion winner.
Juries
The following people comprised the 1997 jury:
Main competition
- Jane Campion, New Zealand filmmaker and producer - Jury President
- Ronald Bass, American writer and producer
- Véra Belmont, French producer
- Peter Buchka, German critic
- Nana Jorjadze, Georgian filmmaker and actress
- Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabé filmmaker
- Charlotte Rampling, British actress
- Shinya Tsukamoto, Japanese filmmaker, producer and actor
- Francesco Rosi, Italian director
Short films competition
- Marco Bellocchio, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
- Olivier Assayas, French filmmaker and film critic
- Clare Peploe, British producer and screenwriter
Official sections
The following films were selected to be screened:
In competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Blinded* | *A ciegas* | Daniel Calparsoro | Spain |
| *Chinese Box* | Wayne Wang | United States | |
| *Dry Cleaning* | *Nettoyage à sec* | Anne Fontaine | France |
| ***Hana-bi*** | **Takeshi Kitano** | **Japan** | |
| *Hardboiled Egg* | *Ovosodo* | Paolo Virzì | Italy |
| *The Informant* | Jim McBride | United States, Ireland | |
| *Keep Cool* | 有話好好說 | Yimou Zhang | China |
| *Love Stories* | *Historie milosne* | Jerzy Stuhr | Poland |
| *Niagara, Niagara* | Bob Gosse | United States, Canada | |
| *One Night Stand* | Mike Figgis | United States | |
| *Ossos* | Pedro Costa | Portugal, France, Denmark | |
| *The Oyster and the Wind* | *A Ostra e o Vento* | Walter Lima Jr. | Brazil |
| *Round the Moons Between Earth and Sea* | *Giro di lune tra terra e mare* | Giuseppe M. Gaudino | Italy, Germany |
| *Seventh Heaven* | *Le Septième ciel* | Benoît Jacquot | France |
| *The Thief* | Вор | Pavel Chukhraj | Russia |
| * The Vesuvians* | *I vesuviani* | Pappi Corsicato, Antonio Capuano, | |
| Antonietta De Lillo, Stefano Incerti, | |||
| Mario Martone | Italy | ||
| *Wild Games* | *Combat de fauves* | Benoit Lamy | Belgium, Germany, France |
| *The Winter Guest* | Alan Rickman | United Kingdom |
Out of competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Deconstructing Harry* (opening film) | Woody Allen | United States | |
| *Danubio* | Ivo B. Micheli | Italy | |
| *Full Tilt Boogie* | Sarah Kelly | United States | |
| *The Kingdom II* | *Riget II* | Lars von Trier | Denmark |
| *Our God's Brother* | *Brat naszego Boga* | Krzysztof Zanussi | Poland, Italy, Germany |
| *Richard III* (closing film) | André Calmettes and James Keane | France, United States |
Midday (mezzogiorno)
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *[100% Arabica](100-arabica-film)* | Mahmoud Zemmouri | Algeria, France | |
| *Bent Familia* | Nouri Bouzid | Tunisia | |
| *Five Stormy Days* | *Cinque giorni di tempesta* | Francesco Calogero | Italy |
| *Go for Gold!* | Lucian Segura | Germany, Spain, France | |
| *In the Name of Innocence* | *Im Namen der Unschuld* | Andreas Kleinert | Germany |
| *Kokkuri-san* | こっくりさん | Takahisa Zeze | Japan |
| *The Locusts* | John Patrick Kelley | United States | |
| *The Second Civil War* | Joe Dante | United States | |
| *True Love and Chaos* | Stavros Kazantzidis | Australia |
Midnight (mezzanotte)
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Affliction* | Paul Schrader | United States | |
| *Air Force One* | Wolfgang Petersen | United States | |
| *The Bride's Journey* | *Il viaggio della sposa* | Sergio Rubini | Italy |
| *Deceiver* | Jonas and Joshua Pate | United States | |
| *Heroines * | *Héroïnes* | Gérard Krawczyk | France |
| *Marquise* | Véra Belmont | France | |
| *Mimic* | Guillermo del Toro | United States | |
| *The Tango Lesson* | *La lección de tango* | Sally Potter | Argentina, United Kingdom |
Venetian workshop
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | Non Fiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Alors, voila* | Michel Piccoli | France | ||
| *The Collector* | *Neitoperho* | Auli Mantila | Finland | |
| *Malemare* | Pasquale Mazzarro | Italy | ||
| *Miramar* | Júlio Bressane | Brazil | ||
| *The Night of the Painter* | *Der tag des malers* | Werner Nekes | Germany | |
| *The Sanguinaires* | *Les Sanguinaires* | Laurent Cantet | France | |
| *The Sticky Fingers of Time* | Hilary Brougher | United States | ||
| *Strawberry Fields* | Rea Tajiri | United States | ||
| *Subway Stories* | Bob Balaban, Patricia Benoit, Julie Dash, Jonathan Demme, Ted Demme, Abel Ferrara, Alison Maclean, Craig McKay, Lucas Platt, Seth Rosenfeld | United States | ||
| *Tamas and Juli* | *Tamás és Juli* | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary | |
| *Tatuaggi* | Laura Angiulli | Italy | ||
| *The Tree of Hanging Destinies* | *L'albero dei destini sospesi* | Rachid Benhadj | Italy | |
| *[4 Little Girls](4-little-girls)* | Spike Lee | United States | ||
| *As Time Goes By* | 去日苦多 | Ann Hui | Taiwan | |
| *HHH: Portrait de Hou Hsiao-hsien* | Olivier Assayas | France, Taiwan | ||
| *In memoriam Gyöngyössy Imre* | Katalyn Peteny, Barna Kabay | Hungary | ||
| *Kippur* | Amos Gitai | Israel | ||
| *Still Love You After All These* | 念你如昔 | Stanley Kwan | Taiwan, China | |
| *The Voice of Bergman* | *Bergmans rost* | Gunnar Bergdahl | Sweden | |
| *The Year After Dayton* | *Das Jahr nach Dayton* | Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Austria |
Special screenings
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | Tribute to Alida Valli | Tribute to Gerard Depardieu | Tribute to Marcello Mastroianni | Tribute to Roberto Rossellini |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *The Third Man* | Carol Reed | United Kingdom | |||||
| *Hurricane Rosy* | *Temporale Rosy* | Mario Monicelli | Italy, France | ||||
| *Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember* (long version) | *Mi ricordo, sì, io mi ricordo* | Anna Maria Tatò | Italy | ||||
| *Roberto Rossellini: il mestiere di uomo* | Beppe Cino | Italy | |||||
| *The Taking of Power by Louis XIV * | *La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV* | Roberto Rossellini | France |
Independent sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as in competition for this section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *The Fifth Season* | *Fasl-e panjom* | Rafi Pitts | Iran |
| *Gummo* | Harmony Korine | United States | |
| *Marie from the Bay of Angels* | *Marie Baie des Anges* | Manuel Pradal | France |
| *Masumiyet* | Zeki Demirkubuz | Turkey | |
| *Dance of the Wind* | *Swara Mandal* | Rajan Khosa | India |
| *To Die for Tano* | *Tano da morire* | Roberta Torre | Italy |
| *Unmade Beds* | Nicholas Barker | United Kingdom |
✅ Consistent with your earlier tables:
Official awards
Main competition
- Golden Lion: Hana-bi by Takeshi Kitano
- Grand Special Jury Prize: Ovosodo by Paolo Virzi
- Golden Osella:
- Best Original Screenplay: Nettoyage à sec for Gilles Taurand
- Best Cinematography: Ossos for Emmanuel Machuel
- Best Original Music: Chinese Box for Graeme Revell
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Wesley Snipes for One Night Stand
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Robin Tunney for Niagara, Niagara
''Luigi de Laurentis'' award for a debut film
- To Die for Tano by Roberta Torre
[[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]]
- Gérard Depardieu
- Stanley Kubrick
- Alida Valli
Independent awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal
- The Thief by Pavel Chukhraj
Prize of the International Youth Jury
- The Thief by Pavel Chukhraj
FIPRESCI Prize
- Love Stories by Jerzy Stuhr
- Twenty Four Seven by Shane Meadows
- Honorable Mention: Harmony Korine for Gummo
OCIC Award
- The Winter Guest by Alan Rickman
- Honorable Mention:
- Jerzy Stuhr by Love Stories
- Nouri Bouzid by Bent Familia
- Honorable Mention:
UNICEF Award
- The Thief by Pavel Chukhraj
UNESCO Award
- La strana storia di Banda Sonora by Francesca Archibugi)
Pasinetti Award
- Best Film: Giro di lune tra terra e mare
- Best Actor: Edoardo Gabbriellini for Ovosodo
- Best Actress: Emma Thompson for The Winter Guest
Pietro Bianco Award
- Bernardo Bertolucci
Isvema Award
- Giro di lune tra terra e mare by Giuseppe M. Gaudino
FEDIC Award
- To Die for Tano by Roberta Torre
- Honorable Mention: Amleto... frammenti by Bruno Bigoni
Little Golden Lion
- Ovosodo by Paolo Virzi
Anicaflash Prize
- Love Stories by Jerzy Stuhr
Elvira Notari Prize
- Bent Familia by Nouri Bouzid
Bastone Bianco Award
- Alors voilà by Michel Piccoli
Sergio Trasatti Award
- Love Stories by Jerzy Stuhr
- In memoriam Gyöngyössy Imre by Barna Kabay
CinemAvvenire Award
- The Winter Guest by Alan Rickman
Enzo Serafin Award
- Ovosodo by Italo Petriccione
Kodak Award
- To Die for Tano by Roberta Torre
References
References
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- (19 April 2010). "The 1990s".
- (19 July 1997). "Mostra di Venezia, via con Allen erotico". [[Corriere della Sera]].
- (19 April 2010). "Juries for the 1990s".
- (27 August 1997). "Il Programma". [[La Stampa]].
- "12th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it.
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