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64th Venice International Film Festival

2007 Italian film festival edition


2007 Italian film festival edition

FieldValue
name64th Venice International Film Festival
imageVeniceFilmFestival64poster.jpg
image_size249px
captionFestival poster
opening*Atonement*
closing*Blood Brothers*
locationVenice, Italy
founded1932
awardsGolden Lion:
*Lust, Caution*
hostAmbra Angiolini
date29 August – 8 September 2007
website[Website](http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/)
chronologyVenice Film Festival
preceded_by[63rd](63rd-venice-international-film-festival)
followed_by[65th](65th-venice-international-film-festival)

Lust, Caution

The 64th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 29 August to 8 September 2007, at Venice Lido in Italy.

Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actress Ambra Angiolini was the Host of the opening and closing ceremonies. The Golden Lion was awarded to Lust, Caution by Ang Lee, marking his second win after Brokeback Mountain (2005).

American filmmaker Tim Burton received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.

Once again all the films running the contest were shown for the first time as world premieres in keeping with the festival tradition since the Second World War.

The festival opened with Atonement by Joe Wright, and the closed with Blood Brothers by Alexi Tan.

Juries

Main Competition (''Venezia 64'')

  • Zhang Yimou, Chinese filmmaker, producer and actor - Jury President
  • Catherine Breillat, French filmmaker, novelist and professor of auteur cinema
  • Jane Campion, New Zealand filmmaker and producer
  • Emanuele Crialese, Italian filmmaker
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican filmmaker and producer
  • Ferzan Özpetek, Turkish-Italian filmmaker
  • Paul Verhoeven, Dutch filmmaker and producer

Horizons (''Orizzonti'')

  • Gregg Araki, American filmmaker - Jury President
  • Giorgia Fiorio, Italian photographer
  • Ulrich Gregor, German critic
  • Frederick Wiseman, American filmmaker and theatre director
  • Hala Alabdalla Yakoub, Syrian director and producer

''Opera Prima'' ("Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for a Debut Film)

  • Bill Mechanic, American film producer - Jury President
  • Randa Chahal, Lebanese filmmaker and producer
  • Rupert Everett, English actor and writer
  • Liu Jie, Chinese director
  • Valeria Solarino, Italian actress

Short Films Competition (''Corto Cortissimo'')

  • , French director- Jury President
  • Yasmine Kassari, Moroccan director
  • Roberto Perpignani, Italian film editor

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*[12](12-2007-film)*Nikita MihalkovRussia
*The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford*Andrew DominikUnited States
*Atonement* (opening film)Joe WrightUnited Kingdom
*Chaos, This Is*هي فوضىYoussef ChahineEgypt
*The Darjeeling Limited*Wes AndersonUnited States
*Fallen Heroes**Nessuna qualità agli eroi*Paolo FranchiItaly, Switzerland, France
*Help Me Eros*幫幫我,愛神Lee Kang-shengTaiwan
*I'm Not There*Todd HaynesUnited States
*In the City of Sylvia**En la ciudad de Sylvia*José Luis GuerínSpain
*In the Valley of Elah*Paul HaggisUnited States
*It's a Free World...*Ken LoachUnited Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland
***Lust, Caution*****色,戒****Ang Lee****United States, China, Taiwan**
*Mad Detective*神探Johnnie To, Wai Ka-FaiHong Kong
*Michael Clayton*Tony GilroyUnited States
*Nightwatching*Peter GreenawayUnited Kingdom, Poland, Canada, Netherlands
*Redacted*Brian De PalmaUnited States
*The Romance of Astrea and Celadon**Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon*Éric RohmerFrance, Italy, Spain
*The Secret of the Grain**La graine et le mulet*Abdellatif KechicheFrance
*Sleuth*Kenneth BranaghUnited Kingdom, United States
*Sukiyaki Western Django*スキヤキ・ウエスタン ジャンゴTakashi MiikeJapan
*The Sun Also Rises*太阳照常升起Jiang WenChina
*The Sweet and the Bitter**Il dolce e l'amaro*Andrea PorporatiItaly
*The Trial Begins**L'ora di punta*Vincenzo Marra

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryVenezia MaestriVenezia Notte (Midnight)
*Beyond the Years*천년학Im Kwon TaekSouth Korea
*Blood Brothers* (closing film)天堂口Alexi TanChina, Taiwan,Hong Kong
*Cassandra's Dream*Woody AllenUnited Kingdom, United States
*Christopher Columbus – The Enigma**Cristovão Colombo – O enigma*Manoel de OliveiraPortugal, France
*Cleopatra**Cleópatra*Júlio BressaneBrazil
*Disengagement**Désengagement*Amos GitaiGermany, Italy, Israel, France
*A Fistfull of Dollars* (1964)*Per un pugno di dollari*Sergio LeoneItaly, Spain, Germany
*A Girl Cut in Two**La Fille coupée en deux*Claude ChabrolFrance
*Glory to the Filmmaker!*監督·ばんざい!Takeshi KitanoJapan
*REC*Paco Plaza, Jaume BalagueróSpain
*Far North*Asif KapadiaUnited Kingdom, France
*Blade Runner: The Final Cut*Ridley ScottUnited States
*The Hunting Party*Richard ShepardUnited States, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
*The Nanny Diaries*Shari Springer Berman, Robert PulciniUnited States
*Nocturna*Adrià Garcìa, Víctor MaldonadoSpain, France

Special Events and Homages

Occasion / DirectorEnglish TitleOriginal titleProduction country
Special Event: Wes Anderson*Hotel Chevalier* (short)United States
75th Anniversary Golden Lion: Bernardo Bertolucci*La via del petrolio* (1967)Italy
*The Spider's Stratagem* (1970)*Strategia del ragno*
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Tim Burton*The Nightmare Before Christmas*United States
Special Events of the 75th Anniversary: Alexander Kluge*Mein Jahrhundert, mein Tier!*Germany
*Das Phänomen der Oper*
*Facts and Fakes**Im Sturm der Zeit*
*Die poetische Kraft der Theorie*
*Der Zauber der verdunkelten Seele*
Venezia Giubileo (1932–2007): Homage to Carlo Lizzani*Hotel Meina*Italy
Venezia Giubileo (1932–2007): Mario Camerini*What Scoundrels Men Are!* (1932)*Gli uomini che mascalzoni...*

''[[Orizzonti]]''

The following films were selected to the Orizzonti main competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryFictionDocumentariesHorizons Events
***Autumn Ball******Sügisball*****Veiko Õunpuu****Estonia**
*Cochochi*Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia GuzmánMexico, United Kingdom, Canada
*Death in the Land of Encantos**Kagadanan sa banwaan ning mga engkanto*Lav DiazPhilippines
*Exodus*Penny WoolcockUnited Kingdom
*Misbegotten**Mal Nascida*João CanijoPortugal
*Medea Miracle**Médée Miracle*Tonino De BernardiItaly, France
*The Obscure**小说*Lü YueChina
*Crossing the Line**Il passaggio della linea*Pietro MarcelloItaly
*Sad Vacation*サッド ヴァケイションShinji AoyamaJapan
*Searchers 2.0*Alex CoxUnited States
*The Silence Before Bach**Die stille vor Bach*Pere PortabellaSpain
*The Story of Richard O**L'Histoire de Richard O.*Damien OdoulFrance
*With a Girl of Black Soil**Geomen tangyi sonyeo oi*Soo-il JeonSouth Korea, France
*Anabazys*Joel Pizzini, Paloma RochaBrazil
*The Beloved**L'Aimèe*Arnaud DesplechinFrance
*Drifter**Andarilho*Cao GuimarãesBrazil
*Dust**Staub*Hartmut BitomskyGermany
*Lou Reed's Berlin*Julian SchnabelUnited Kingdom, United States
*Man from Plains*Jonathan DemmeUnited States
*Mothers**Madri*Barbara CupistiItaly
*Umbrella*Du HaibinChina
***Useless*****无用****Jia Zhangke****China**
*Callas assoluta*Philippe KohlyFrance, Greece
*Carlo Goldoni Venezian*Leonardo Autera, Alberto CaldanaItaly
*Dall’altra parte della luna*Dario Baldi, Davide Marengo
*Empire II*Amos PoeUnited States

Short Films Competition (''Corto Cortissimo'')

The following films in 35mm, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the short film competition (Corto Cortissimo):

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn competition
*Lightborne**Alumbramiento*Eduardo Chapero-JacksonSpain
***Dog Altogether*****Paddy Considine****United Kingdom**
*Fritt Fall*Caroline CowanSweden
*Friends Forever*Marçal ForésUnited Kingdom
*Dans la peau*Zoltán HorváthSwitzerland, France
*Fish**Mul-Go-Gi*Juhn Jai-hongSouth Korea, United States
*What Do I Know**Sta ja znam*Sejla Kameric, Timur MakarevicBosnia, Slovenia
*Crossbow*David MichôdAustralia
*With a Little Patience**Türelem*László NemesHungary
*Adil e Yusuf*Claudio NoceItaly
*Dragonflies**Wazki*Justyna NowakPoland
*Tony Zoreil*Valentin PotierFrance
*Stone People**ru*Leonid RybakovRussia
*Blind Man's Eye*Matthew Talbot-KellyIreland
*Skyggen af Tvivl*Esben TønnesenDenmark
*Coffee and Allah*Sima UraleNew Zealand
*Cargo*Leo WoodheadCzech Republic, New Zealand
*Guodao*国道Zhang YueChina

Retrospective - Secret History of Italian Cinema 4

Special mono-graphic sessions dedicated to the secret story of Italian cinema. This is the fourth part of the retrospective, initiated at the 61st edition of the festival; the patron of this edition, focused on Italian Spaghetti Western, was the director Quentin Tarantino.

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryRetrospective events
*The Seven from Texas* (1964)*Antes llega la muerte*Joaquín Luis Romero MarchentSpain, Italy
*[$100,000 for Ringo](100-000-dollari-per-ringo)* (1965)*100.000 dollari per Ringo*Alberto De MartinoItaly, Spain
*The Return of Ringo* (1965)*Il ritorno di Ringo*Duccio Tessari
*Savage Gringo* (1966)*Ringo del Nebraska*Antonio Román, Mario BavaSpain, Italy
*Blood for a Silver Dollar* (1965)*Un dollaro bucato*Giorgio FerroniItaly, France
*Django* (1966)Sergio CorbucciItaly, Spain
*The Ugly Ones* (1966)*El precio de un hombre*Eugenio MartínSpain, Italy
*The Big Gundown* (1966)*La resa dei conti*Sergio SollimaItaly, Spain
*Navajo Joe* (1966)Sergio Corbucci
*Sugar Colt* (1966)Franco Giraldi
*The Hills Run Red* (1966)*Un fiume di dollari*Carlo Lizzani
*Yankee* (1967)Tinto Brass
*Ten Thousand Dollars for a Massacre* (1967)*10.000 dollari per un massacro*Romolo GuerrieriItaly
*The Dirty Outlaws* (1967)*El Desperado*Franco RossettiItaly, Spain
*Last of the Badmen* (1967)*Il tempo degli avvoltoi*Nando CiceroItaly
*Death at Owell Rock* (1967)*La morte non conta i dollari*Riccardo Freda
*Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot!* (1967)*Se sei vivo spara*Giulio QuestiItaly, Spain
*The Ruthless Four* (1969)*Ognuno per sé*Giorgio CapitaniItaly, West Germany
*Django, Prepare a Coffin* (1968)*Preparati la bara!*Ferdinando BaldiItaly
*Tepepa* (1968)Giulio PetroniItaly, Spain
*A Noose for Django* (1969)*Una lunga fila di croci*Sergio GarroneItaly
*The Reward's Yours... The Man's Mine* (1969)*La taglia è tua... l'uomo l'ammazzo io*Edoardo MulargiaItaly, Spain
*They Call Me Trinity* (1970)*Lo chiamavano Trinità*Enzo BarboniItaly
*Matalo!* (1970)Cesare CanevariItaly, Spain
*Compañeros* (1970)*Vamos a matar compañeros*Sergio CorbucciItaly, Spain, West Germany
*Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold* (1971)*La vendetta è un piatto che si serve freddo*Pasquale SquitieriItaly
*The Grand Duel* (1972)*Il grande duello*Giancarlo SantiItaly, West Germany, France
*The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe* (1973)*Il mio nome è Shangai Joe*Mario CaianoItaly
*A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die* (1972)*Una ragione per vivere e una per morire*Tonino ValeriiItaly, Spain, France, West Germany
*Four of the Apocalypse* (1975)*I quattro dell'apocalisse*Lucio FulciItaly
*Keoma* (1976)Enzo G. Castellari
*Una Questione poco privata – Conversazione con Giulio Questi* (2007)Gianfranco PannoneItaly
*The Fort of Death* (1969)*五人の賞金稼ぎ*Eiichi KudoJapan

New Versions Restored

As a pre-opening event of this future section, the restored Digital Cinema version of David Wark Griffith’s Intolerance (1916) was screened as a world premiere, in collaboration with the Le Giornate del Cinema Muto di Pordenone. "Venice Classics" which features restored classic films and documentaries on cinema, started as a new section in 2012, at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.

Independents Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for the 22nd Venice International Film Critics’ Week:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn competitionHomage to Ousmane SembeneSpecial Event
*24 Bars**24 measures*Jalil LespertFrance
*The Girl by the Lake**La ragazza del lago*Andrea MolaioliItaly
*Karoy*Zhanna IssabaevaKazakhstan
***The Most Distant Course*****最遙遠的距離****Lin Jing-jie****Taiwan**
*The Nines*John AugustUnited States
*Small Gods*Dimitri KarakatsanisBelgium
*Soaring**Otryv*Aleksandr MindadzeRussia
*Black Girl**La noire de...*Ousmane SembeneSenegal
*The Wagoner**Borom Sarret*
*Year of the Nail**Año Uña*Jonás CuarónUnited States

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 4th edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*Andalucia*Alain GomisFrance
*Bianciardi!*Massimo CoppolaItaly
*Born Without**Nacido sin*Eva NorvindMexico
*Cargo 200*Груз 200Aleksei BalabanovRussia
*Continental, a Film Without Guns**Continental, un film sans fusil*Stéphane LafleurCanada
*Don't Think About It**Non pensarci*Gianni ZanasiItaly
*Head Under Water**Freischwimmer*Andreas KleinertGermany
*Plum Rain**La pluie des prunes*Frédéric FisbachFrance
*Shall We Kiss?**Un baiser s'il vous plaît*Emmanuel Mouret
*The Speed of Life*Ed RadtkeUnited States
*Sympathy for the Lobster**Le ragioni dell'aragosta*Sabina GuzzantiItaly
***Tricks******Sztuczki*****Andrzej Jakimowski****Poland**
*Under the Bombs**Sous les bombes*Philippe AractingiFrance, Lebanon, United Kingdom
*Valzer*Salvatore MairaItaly
*Viaggio in corso nel cinema di Carlo Lizzani*Francesca Del Sette
*The Zone**La zona*Rodrigo PláSpain, Mexico

Official Awards

In Competition (''Venezia 64'')

  • Golden Lion: Lust, Caution by Ang Lee
  • Silver Lion for Best Director: Brian De Palma for Redacted
  • Special Jury Prize:
    • I'm Not There by Todd Haynes
    • The Secret of the Grain by Abdellatif Kechiche
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Brad Pitt for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There
  • Marcello Mastroianni Award: Hafsia Herzi for The Secret of the Grain
  • Golden Osella for Best Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto for Lust, Caution
  • Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: Paul Laverty for It's a Free World...
  • Special Lion: Nikita Mikhalkov

[[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]]

  • Tim Burton
  • Bernardo Bertolucci

Horizons (''[[Orizzonti]]'')

  • Best Film: Autumn Ball by Veiko Õunpuu
  • Best Documentary: Useless by Jia Zhangke
    • Special Mention: Death in the Land of Encantos by Lav Diaz

Short Film Competition (''Corto Cortissimo'')

  • Silver Lion for Best Short Film: Dog Altogether by Paddy Considine
  • UIP Award for the Best European Short Film: Lightborne by Eduardo Chapero-Jackson
    • Special Mention: Stone People by Leonid Rybakov

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

  • La Zona by Rodrigo Plá

Independent Sections Awards

Venice International Film Critics' Week

  • Critics' Week Award: The Most Distant Course by Lin Jing-jie
  • Isvema Award: The Girl by the Lake by Andrea Molaioli

Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori)

  • Label Europa Cinemas: Tricks by Andrzej Jakimowski
  • FEDIC Award: Don't Think About It by Gianni Zanasi
  • Brian Award: Sympathy for the Lobster by Sabina Guzzanti
  • Laterna Magica Prize: Tricks by Andrzej Jakimowski
  • CinemaAvvenire Award: The Zone by Rodrigo Plá
  • Award of the City of Rome: The Zone by Rodrigo Plá
  • EIUC Award (Venice Days): Under the Bombs by Philippe Aractingi

Independent Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Award]]s

  • Best Film (Main competition): The Secret of the Grain by Abdellatif Kechiche
  • Best Film (Horizons): Jimmy Carter Man from Plains by Jonathan Demme

[[SIGNIS|SIGNIS Award]]

  • In the Valley of Elah by Paul Haggis
    • Special Mention: The Secret of the Grain by Abdellatif Kechiche
    • Special Mention: It's a Free World... by Ken Loach

Francesco Pasinetti Awards

  • Best Film: Don't Think About It by Gianni Zanasi
    • Special Mention: Valzer by Salvatore Maira
  • Best Actor: Toni Servillo for The Girl by the Lake
  • Best Actress: Valeria Solarino for Valzer

C.I.C.A.E. Award

  • With the Girl of Black Soil by Soo-il Jeon

Prize of the Forum for Cinema and Literature

  • Atonement by Joe Wright

Little Golden Lion

  • The Darjeeling Limited by Wes Anderson

[[Queer Lion]]

  • The Speed of Life by Ed Radtke
    • Special Mention: Sleuth by Kenneth Branagh

Young Cinema Award

  • Best Film in Competition: The Secret of the Grain by Abdellatif Kechiche
  • Best Film in Parallel Sections: Under the Bombs by Philippe Aractingi
  • Best Italian Film: Don't Think About It by Gianni Zanasi

Open Prize

  • Nightwatching by Peter Greenaway

Doc/It Award

  • The Beloved by Arnaud Desplechin
    • Special Mention: Crossing the Line by Pietro Marcello

Lina Mangiacapre Award

  • With the Girl of Black Soil by Soo-il Jeon

Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award

  • A Girl Cut in Two by Claude Chabrol

Future Film Festival Digital Award

  • Redacted by Brian De Palma

Biografilm Award

  • Jimmy Carter Man from Plains by Jonathan Demme

'CinemAvvenire' Award

  • I'm Not There by Todd Haynes

EIUC Award

  • Main competition: It's a Free World... by Ken Loach
  • Horizons: Jimmy Carter Man from Plains by Jonathan Demme

Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

  • Nightwatching by Peter Greenaway

Notes

The prize awarded to Cate Blanchett was received by Heath Ledger on behalf of the actress, who could not be present.

References

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