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65th Venice International Film Festival

2008 film festival in Italy

65th Venice International Film Festival

2008 film festival in Italy

FieldValue
name65th Venice International Film Festival
imageVeniceFilmFestival65poster.jpg
image_size250px
captionFestival poster
opening*Burn After Reading*
locationVenice, Italy
founded1932
awardsGolden Lion:
*The Wrestler*
hostKseniya Rappoport
date27 August – 6 September 2008
website[Website](http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/)
chronologyVenice Film Festival
preceded_by[64th](64th-venice-international-film-festival)
followed_by[66th](66th-venice-international-film-festival)

The Wrestler

The 65th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 27 August 2008 to 6 September 2008, at Venice Lido in Italy. The festival was dedicated to the late Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine.

German filmmaker Wim Wenders was the jury president for the main competition. Russian actress Kseniya Rappoport was the Host of the opening and closing ceremonies. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Wrestler by Darren Aronofsky.

Italian filmmaker Ermanno Olmi received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.

A restored version of Federico Fellini's 1952 comedy The White Sheik, with forty minutes of newly discovered footage. The record for the longest film at the festival was broken by Lav Diaz's Melancholia, with a running time of approximately seven and a half hours, which was included in the Orizzonti competition section.

The festival opened with Burn After Reading by Joel and Ethan Coen.

65th Venice International Film Festival

Juries

Main Competition (''Venezia 65'')

  • Wim Wenders, German filmmaker, playwright, author and photographer - Jury President
  • Yuri Arabov, Russian screenwriter, writer, poet and educator
  • Valeria Golino, Italian actress and director
  • Douglas Gordon, Scottish artist
  • John Landis, American filmmaker, actor and producer
  • Lucrecia Martel, Argentine filmmaker, and producer
  • Johnnie To, Hong Kong director and producer

''[[Orizzonti]]''

  • Chantal Akerman, Belgian filmmaker, artist and professor of film - Jury President
  • Nicole Brenez, French historian, theoretician and professor of cinema
  • Barbara Cupisti, Italian documentary director and actress
  • José Luis Guerín, Spanish filmmaker and educator
  • Veiko Õunpuu, Estonian filmmaker

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

  • Abdellatif Kechiche, Tunisian-French actor, and filmmaker - Jury President
  • Alice Braga, Brazilian actress
  • Gregory Jacobs, American director, producer and screenwriter
  • Donald Ranvaud, British producer and film journalist
  • Heidrun Schleef, Italian screenwriter and producer

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*Achilles and the Tortoise*アキレスと亀Takeshi KitanoJapan
*Birdwatchers**La terra degli uomini rossi*Marco BechisItaly
*The Burning Plain*Guillermo ArriagaUnited States
*Gabbla*Tariq TeguiaAlgeria, France
*Giovanna's Father**Il papà di Giovanna*Pupi AvatiItaly
*The Hurt Locker*Kathryn BigelowUnited States
*Inju: The Beast in the Shadow**Inju, la bête dans l'ombre*Barbet SchroederFrance
*Jerichow*Christian PetzoldGermany
*Milk**Süt*Semih KaplanogluTurkey, France, Germany
*The Other One**L’Autre*Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre TrividicFrance
*Paper Soldier*Бумажный солдатAleksei GermanRussia
*A Perfect Day**Un giorno perfetto*Ferzan ÖzpetekItaly
*Plastic City*荡寇Yu Lik-waiBrazil, China, China(Hong Kong), Japan
*Ponyo*崖の上のポニョHayao MiyazakiJapan
*Rachel Getting Married*Jonathan DemmeUnited States
*The Seed of Discord**Il seme della discordia*Pappi CorsicatoItaly
*The Sky Crawlers*スカイ·クロラMamoru OshiiJapan
*Teza*ጤዛHaile GerimaEthiopia, Germany, France
*This Night**Nuit de Chien*Werner SchroeterFrance, Germany, Portugal
*Vegas: Based on a True Story*Amir NaderiUnited States
***The Wrestler*****Darren Aronofsky****United States, France**

Out of Competition

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryFeature filmsShort filmsSpecial EventEvents
*[35 Shots of Rum](35-shots-of-rum)**35 Rhums*Claire DenisFrance, Germany
*The Beaches of Agnès**Les Plages d'Agnes*Agnès VardaFrance
*Burn After Reading* (opening film)Joel and Ethan CoenUnited States
*Embodiment of Evil**Encarnação do Demônio*Jose Mojica MarinsBrazil
*Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit*ギララの逆襲/洞爺湖サミット危機一発Minoru KawasakiJapan
*Puccini and the Girl**Puccini e la fanciulla*Paolo BenvenutiItaly
*Queens of Langkasuka*ปืนใหญ่จอมสลัดNonzee NimibutrThailand
*Shirin*شیرینAbbas KiarostamiIran
*Vinyan*Fabrice Du WelzFrance, United Kingdom, Belgium
*Do Visível ao Invisível*Manoel de OliveiraBrazil, Portugal
*Cry Me a River*河上的爱情Jia ZhangkeChina, Spain, France
*Vicino al Colosseo c’è Monti*Mario MonicelliItaly
*Yuppi du*Adriano CelentanoItaly
*Bajo el signo de las sombras* (1984)Ferrán AlberichSpain
*Bicycle Thieves* (1948)*Ladri di biciclette*Vittorio De SicaItaly
*Cairo Station* (1958)باب الحديدYoussef ChahineEgypt, France
*Life in Shadows* (1947)*Vida en Sombras*Lorenzo Llbobet GraciaSpain
*Orfeus 9* (1975)*Orfeo 9*Tito Schipa Jr.Italy
*La rabbia di Pasolini* (2008)Pier Paolo Pasolini, Giuseppe BertolucciItaly
*Takadanobaba Duel* (1937)*Kettô Takadanobaba*Masahiro Makino, Hiroshi InagakiJapan
*Tutto è musica* (1963)Domenico ModugnoItaly
*Nel blu dipinto di blu - Volare* (1959)Piero Tellini

''[[Orizzonti]]''

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn CompetitionDocumentariesHorizons Events
*The First Day of Winter**Il primo giorno d’inverno*Mirko LocatelliItaly
*Goodbye Solo*Ramin BahraniUnited States
*The Herb of the Rat**A Erva do Rato*Julio BressaneBrazil
*I'm Gonna Explode**Voy a explotar*Gerardo NaranjoMexico
*Jay*Francis Xavier PasionPhilippines
*Un lac*Philippe GrandrieuxFrance
***Melancholia*****Lav Diaz****Philippines**
*Pa-ra-da*Marco PontecorvoItaly, France, Romania
*Parc*Arnaud des PallièresFrance
*Perfect Life**完美生活*Emily TangChina, China(Hong Kong)
*Khastegi*خستگیBahman MotamedianIran
*Wild Field*Дикое полеMikheil KalatozishviliRussia
*Zero Bridge*Tariq TapaIndia, United States
***Below Sea Level*****Gianfranco Rosi****Italy, United States**
*L'Exil et le royaume*Andreο Schtakleff, Jonathan Le FournFrance
*Los Herederos*Eugenio PolgovskyMexico
*In Paraguay*Ross McElweeUnited States
*Puisque nous sommes nés*Jean-Pierre Duret, Andréa SantanaFrance, Brazil
*Women*Huang WenhaiChina, Switzerland
*Z32*Avi MograbiIsrael, France
*Antonioni su Antonioni*Carlo Di CarloItaly
*La fabbrica dei tedeschi*Mimmo Calopresti
*Soltanto un nome nei titoli di testa*Daniele Di Biasio
*ThyssenKrupp Blues*Pietro Balla, Monica Repetto
*Valentino: The Last Emperor*Matt TyrnauerUnited States
*Venezia '68*Antonello Sarno, Steve Della CasaItaly
*Verso Est*Laura AngiulliItaly, Bosnia

Short Film Competition (''Corto Cortissimo'')

The following films were selected for the Short film competition (Corto Cortissimo) section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn competitionOut of competition
*1937*Giacomo Gatti, Francesco CarrozziniUnited States, Italy, France
*The Altruists**De onbaatzuchtigen*Koen DejaegherBelgium
*Ashes Engagement**Noces de cendre*Pierre Eden SimonBelgium
*The Butcher’s Shop*Philip HaasUnited States
*Corpus/Corpus*Christophe LoizillonFrance
*The Dinner**Vacsora*Karchi PerlmannHungary
*Every Breath You Take**Vdih* (working title)Igor SterkSlovenia
*I Don't Dream in German**Ich träume nicht auf Deutsch*Ivana LalovicSwitzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina
*I’m in Away from Here*Catriona MacInnesUnited Kingdom
***Land and Bread******Tierra y Pan*****Carlos Armella****Mexico**
*Lies**Lögner*Jonas OdellSweden
*Mine*我的Liu HuiChina
*Sand**Zand*Joost Van GinkelNetherlands
*The Second Coming**Teine tulemine*Tanel ToomEstonia
*The Stars Don't Twinkle in Outer Space*Peter ThwaitesUnited Kingdom
*Ten**Dix*BifFrance, United Kingdom
*We Who Stayed Behind**Vi der blev tilbage*Martin de ThurahDenmark
*When I’m 20**Khi toi 20*Dang Di PhanVietnam
*Eve* (Opening film)Natalie PortmanUnited States
*Jarred* (Closing film)Martin Gaiss
*Alba*Giorgia FarinaItaly
*Il colore della Bassa*Giuseppe Morandi
*Un canto lontano*Alberto Momo
*Managua Boxing*Frediana Fornari

These Phantoms: Italian Cinema Rediscovered (1946-1975)

Retrospective screenings and restorations. Special mono-graphic sessions dedicated to the "secret story of Italian cinema". This is the fifth part of the retrospective, initiated at the 61st edition of the festival.

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)FictionDocumentaries and shorts
*Agostino* (1962)Mauro Bolognini
*Arcana* (1972)Giulio Questi
*La bella di Lodi* (1963)Mario Missiroli
*City of Pain* (1949)*La città dolente*Mario Bonnard
*The City Stands Trial* (1952)*Processo alla città*Luigi Zampa
*Difficult Years* (1948)*Anni difficili*Luigi Zampa
*The Doll That Took the Town* (1956)*La donna del giorno*Francesco Maselli
*The Earth Cries Out* (1949)*Il grido della terra*Duilio Coletti
*Fire!* (1968)*Fuoco!*Gian Vittorio Baldi
*Flashback* (1969)Raffaele Andreassi
*A Girl... and a Million* (1962)*La cuccagna*Luciano Salce
*Leoni al sole* (1961)Vittorio Caprioli
*Letter at Dawn* (1948)*Una lettera all’alba*Giorgio Bianchi
*The Lizards* (1963)*I basilischi*Lina Wertmüller
*A New World* (1964)*Un monde nouveau*Vittorio De Sica
*Oh, Grandmother's Dead* (1969)*Toh è Morta la Nonna*Mario Monicelli
*Opiate '67* (1963)*I Mostri*Dino Risi
*Our Lady of the Turks* (1968)*Nostra Signora dei Turchi*Carmelo Bene
*Paris, My Love* (1962)*Parigi o cara*Vittorio Caprioli
*Pelle Viva*Giuseppe Fina
*Revenge* (1946)*Un uomo ritorna*Max Neufeld
*The Sky Is Red* (1950)*Il cielo è rosso*Claudio Gora
*Smog* (1963)Franco Rossi
*Violent Life* (1962)*Una vita violenta*Paolo Heusch, Brunello Rondi
*The White Sheik* (1952)*Lo Sceicco Bianco*Federico Fellini
*E il Casanova di Fellini?* (1975)Gianfranco Angelucci, Liliana Betti
*Italia proibita* (1963)Enzo Biagi
*La Forza e la Ragione* (1971)Roberto Rossellini
*Mysteries of Rome* (1963)*I misteri di Roma*(collective film)
*Provini per "Il padre selvaggio"* (1962)Pier Paolo Pasolini
*Spot Banca di Roma* (1992)Federico Fellini

Independent sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following films were selected for the 23rd International Film Critics' Week:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn competitionOut of competition
*The Apprentice**L'apprenti*Samuel CollardeyFrance
*Cucumber**Huanggua* / *Qing gua*Zhou YaowuChina
*Kabuli Kid*Barmak AkramFrance, Afghanistan
***Mid-August Lunch******Pranzo di ferragosto*****Gianni Di Gregorio****Italy**
*Nightguards**Čuvari noći*Namik KabilBosnia and Herzegovina
*Sell Out!*Yeo JoonhanMalaysia
*Two Lines**Iki Çizgi*Selim EvciTurkey
*Cold Lunch* (Opening film)*Lønsj*Eva SørhaugNorway
*Pinuccio Lovero - Sogno di una morte di mezza estate* (opening film)Pippo MezzapesaItaly

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 5th edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn competitionPortraits (documentaries)Villa degli Autori – Open Space
*One Day in a Life**Un altro pianeta*Stefano TummoliniItaly
*Broken Lines*Sallie AprahamianUnited Kingdom
***Machan*****Uberto Pasolini****Sri Lanka, Italy, Germany**
*The Visitor**Muukalainen*Jukka-Pekka ValkeapääFinland
*Nowhere Man**(N)iemand*Patrice ToyeBelgium
*Hooked**Pescuit sportiv*Adrian SitaruRomania
*Landscape No. 2**Pokrajina št. 2*Vinko MöderndorferSlovenia
*Scratch**Rysa*Michał RosaPoland
*A Week Alone**Una semana solos*Celina MurgaArgentina
*Stella*Sylvie VerheydeFrance
*The Country Teacher**Venkovský učitel*Bohdan SlámaCzech Republic
*Che saccio*Camille d'ArcimolesItaly
*Il passato è il mio bastone*Flavia Mastrella, Antonio Rezza
*Adius Piero Ciampi e altre storie*Ezio AlovisiItaly
*Emilia Galotti: dal Settecento ad oggi*Alessandro Berdini
*Lo stato d’eccezione*Germano Maccioni
*Un paese diverso*Silvio Soldini, Giorgio Garini

Official Awards

In Competition (''Venezia 65'')

  • Golden Lion: The Wrestler by Darren Aronofsky
  • Silver Lion for Best Director: Aleksei Alekseivich German for Paper Soldier
  • Special Jury Prize: Teza by Haile Gerima
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Silvio Orlando for Giovanna's Father
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Dominique Blanc for The Other One
  • Marcello Mastroianni Award: Jennifer Lawrence for Burning Plain
  • Golden Osella for Best Cinematography: Alisher Khamidhodjaev and Maxim Drozdov for Paper Soldier
  • Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: Haile Gerima for Teza
  • Special Lion: Werner Schroeter

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

  • Best Film: Melancholia by Lav Diaz
  • Best Documentary: Below Sea Level by Gianfranco Rosi
    • Special Mention: Un Lac by Philippe Grandrieux & Women by Huang Wenhai

Short Film Competition (''Corto Cortissimo'')

  • Lion for Best Short Film: Tierra y Pan by Carlos Armella
    • Special Mention: Vacsora by Karchi Perlmann
  • U.I.P. Award for Best European Short: De onbaatzuchtigen by Koen Dejaegher

Luigi De Laurentis Award For a Debut Film

  • Mid-August Lunch by Gianni Di Gregorio

Independent Sections Awards

Venice International Film Critics' Week

  • Best Film: The Apprentice by Samuel Collardey
  • Isvema Award for a debut or second feature film: Mid-August Lunch by Gianni Di Gregorio
  • Doc/it Award – Special mention: The Apprentice by Samuel Collardey
  • "Altre Visioni" Award: Sell Out! by Yeo Joon Han
  • EIUC Human Rights Film Award: Kabuli Kid by Akram Barmak

Venice Days (''[[Giornate degli Autori|Giornate Degli Autori]]'')

  • Label Europa Cinemas Award: Machan by Uberto Pasolini
  • Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Awards: Stella by Sylvie Verheyde
  • FEDIC Award: Machan by Uberto Pasolini
  • Lina Mangiacapre Award: Stella by Sylvie Verheyde

Independent Awards

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

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Award]]

  • Best Film (Main competition): Gabbla by Tariq Teguia
  • Best Film (Out of competition): Goodbye Solo by Ramin Bahrani

[[SIGNIS|SIGNIS Award]]

  • The Hurt Locker by Kathryn Bigelow
    • Special mention: Vegas: Based on a True Story by Amir Naderi & Teza by Haile Gerima

Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI)

  • Best Film: Mid-August Lunch by Gianni Di Gregorio
    • Special Mention: Pa-ra-da by Marco Pontecorvo (Out of competition)
  • Best Actor: Silvio Orlando for Giovanna's Father
  • Best Actress: Isabella Ferrari for Un giorno perfetto

Doc/it Award – Sicilia Film Commission

  • Below Sea Level by Gianfranco Rosi

Leoncino d'oro Agiscuola Award

  • Giovanna's Father by Pupi Avati

[[Queer Lion]]

  • One Day in a Life by Stefano Tummolini

UNICEF Award

  • Teza by Haile Gerima

Art Cinema Award

  • Dikoe Pole (Wild Field) by Mikheil Kalatozishvili

La Navicella – Venezia Cinema Award

  • The Hurt Locker by Kathryn Bigelow

C.I.C.T. UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award

  • BirdWatchers by Marco Bechis

Biografilm Lancia Award

  • Best Fiction Film: Rachel Getting Married by Jonathan Demme
  • Best Documentary: Below Sea Level by Gianfranco Rosi

Nazareno Taddei Award

  • Giovanna's Father by Pupi Avati

Don Gnocchi Award

  • Pa-ra-da by Marco Pontecorvo
    • Special mention: Ezio Greggio for Giovanna's Father

Future Film Festival Digital Award

  • The Sky Crawlers by Mamoru Oshii
    • Special mention: Ponyo by Hayao Miyazaki

Brian Award

  • Khastegi by Bahman Motamedian

Lanterna Magica Award (Cgs)

  • Pa-ra-da by Marco Pontecorvo

CinemAvvenire, Best Film in Competition

  • Vegas: Based on a True Story by Amir Naderi
    • "The circle is not round. Cinema for peace and the richness of diversity" Award: Teza by Haile Gerima

Bastone Bianco Award (Filmcritica)

  • Achilles and the Tortoise by Takeshi Kitano

Human Rights Film Network Award

  • The Hurt Locker by Kahryn Bigelow

Arca Cinemagiovani Award

  • Best Film: The Hurt Locker by Kathryn Bigelow
  • Best Italian Film: Mid-August Lunch by Gianni Di Gregorio

Air For Film Fest Award

  • Pa-ra-da by Marco Pontecorvo

"Poveri ma belli" Award

  • Puccini e la fanciulla by Paolo Benvenuti

Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

  • Ponyo by Hayao Miyazaki

Open Award 2008

  • The Butcher's Shop by Philip Haas

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