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68th Venice International Film Festival

Italian film festival in 2011


Italian film festival in 2011

FieldValue
name68th Venice International Film Festival
imageVeniceFilmFestival68poster.jpg
captionFestival poster
opening*The Ides of March*
closing*Damsels in Distress*
locationVenice, Italy
founded1932
awardsGolden Lion:
*Faust*
hostVittoria Puccini
date31 August – 10 September 2011
website[Website](http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/)
chronologyVenice Film Festival
preceded_by[67th](67th-venice-international-film-festival)
followed_by[69th](69th-venice-international-film-festival)

Faust

The 68th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August and 10 September 2011, at Venice Lido in Italy.

American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actress Vittoria Puccini was the Host of the opening and closing ceremonies. The Golden Lion was awarded to Faust by Alexander Sokurov.

Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.

The festival opened with The Ides of March by George Clooney, and closed with Damsels in Distress by Whit Stillman.

Juries

Main competition (''Venezia 68'')

  • Darren Aronofsky, American filmmaker - Jury President
  • Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Finnish visual artist and filmmaker
  • David Byrne, British-American musician
  • Todd Haynes, American filmmaker
  • Mario Martone, Italian filmmaker
  • Alba Rohrwacher, Italian actress
  • André Téchiné, French filmmaker

''[[Orizzonti]]''

  • Jia Zhangke, Chinese filmmaker - Jury President
  • Stuart Comer, British Curator of Film at Tate Modern
  • Odile Decq, French architect
  • Marianne Khoury, Egyptian director
  • Jacopo Quadri, Italian film editor

Controcampo Italiano

  • Stefano Incerti, Italian author - Jury President
  • Aureliano Amadei, Italian actor
  • Cristiana Capotondi, Italian actress

Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)

  • Carlo Mazzacurati, Italian director - Jury President
  • Aleksei Fedorchenko, Russian director
  • Fred Roos, American producer
  • Charles Tesson, French Artistic Director of the International Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival
  • Serra Yilmaz, Turkish actress

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*[4:44 Last Day on Earth](4-44-last-day-on-earth)*Abel FerraraUnited States, Switzerland, France
*Alps*ΆλπειςYorgos LanthimosGreece
*A Burning Hot Summer (That Summer)**Un été brûlant*Philippe GarrelFrance
*Carnage*Roman PolanskiFrance, Germany, Spain, Poland
*Chicken with Plums**Poulet aux prunes*Marjane Satrapi, Vincent ParonnaudFrance, Belgium, Germany
*A Dangerous Method*David CronenbergCanada, Germany, United Kingdom
*Dark Horse*Todd SolondzUnited States
*The Exchange*ההתחלפותEran KolirinIsrael, Germany
***Faust*****Фауст****Alexander Sokurov****Russia**
*Himizu*ヒミズSion SonoJapan
*The Ides of March* (opening film)George ClooneyUnited States
*Killer Joe*William Friedkin
*The Last Man on Earth**L'Ultimo Terrestre*GipiItaly
*Life Without Principle*奪命金Johnnie ToHong Kong
*People Mountain People Sea*人山人海Cai ShangjunChina
*Seediq Bale*賽德克·巴萊Wei Te-shengTaiwan
*Shame*Steve McQueenUnited Kingdom
*A Simple Life*桃姐Ann HuiHong Kong
*Terraferma*Emanuele CrialeseItaly
*Texas Killing Fields*Ami Canaan MannUnited States
*Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*Tomas AlfredsonUnited Kingdom, France
*When the Night**Quando la notte*Cristina ComenciniItaly
*Wuthering Heights*Andrea ArnoldUnited Kingdom

Out of Competition

The following films were shown out of competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryShort filmsSpecial Events
*Almayer's Folly**La Folie Almayer*Chantal AkermanFrance, Belgium
*Alois Nebel*Tomáš LuňákCzech Republic, Germany
*The Cardboard Village**Il Villaggio di Cartone*Ermanno OlmiItaly
*Contagion*Steven SoderberghUnited States
*Damsels in Distress* (closing film)Whit Stillman
*The Disintegration**La Désintégration*Philippe FauconFrance, Belgium
*Eva*Kike MailloSpain, France
*The Field of Enchantment**La clé des champs*Claude Nuridsany, Marie PérennouFrance
*Long Live the Antipodes!**Vivan las Antipodas!*Viktor KossakovskyGermany, Argentina, Netherlands, Chile, Russia
*The Moth Diaries*Mary HarronCanada, Ireland
*Scossa*Francesco Maselli, Carlo Lizzani, Ugo Gregoretti, Nino RussoItaly
*The Sorcerer and the White Snake*白蛇傳說之法海Ching Siu-tungChina, Hong Kong
*Summer Games**Giochi d'estate*Rolando CollaSwitzerland, Italy
*Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician*تحرير 2011 : الطيب والشرس والسياسيTamer Ezzat, Ahmad Abdalla, Ayten Amin, Amr SalamaEgypt
*Tormented*ラビット・ホラー3DTakashi ShimizuJapan
*W.E.*MadonnaUnited Kingdom
*Wilde Salomé*Al PacinoUnited States
*The End*Collectif AbounaddaraSyria
*Vanguard*
*Evolution (Megaplex)*Marco BrambillaUnited States
*Marco Bellocchio, Venezia 2011*Pietro MarcelloItaly
*La meditazione di Hayez*Mario Martone
*Joule*David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi
*Spell. The Hypnotist Dog*
*Spell. Suite*
*Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel*Lisa Immordino VreelandUnited States
*Don't Expect too Much*Susan Ray
*Duvidha*Mani KaulIndia
*In the Name of the Father**Nel nome del padre*Marco BellocchioItaly
*India: Matri Bhumi*Roberto Rossellini
*Mildred Pierce*Todd HaynesUnited States
*Questa storia qua*Alessandro Paris, Sibylle RighettiItaly
*We Can't Go Home Again* (1973)Nicholas RayUnited States

''[[Orizzonti]]''

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryMain CompetitionShort Films CompetitionSpecial Events
*Alms of the Blind Horse**Anhe Ghore Da Daan*Gurvinder SinghIndia
*The Bird**L'Oiseau*Yves CaumonFrance
*Cut*Amir NaderiJapan
*The Flock of the Lord**Die Herde des Herrn*Romuald KarmakarGermany
*Hail*Amiel Courtin-WilsonAustralia
*Hollywood Talkies*Óscar Pérez, Mia de RibotSpain
*Hop-o'-My-Thumb**Le petit poucet*Marina de VanFrance
*The Invader**L'envahisseur*Nicolas ProvostBelgium
***Kotoko*****Shinya Tsukamoto****Japan**
*Love Flesh**Amore Carne*Pippo DelbonoItaly, Switzerland
*Lung Neaw Visits His Neighbours*Rirkrit TiravanijaThailand, Mexico
*Nocturnos*Edgardo CozarinskyArgentina
*The Orator**O le tulafale*Tusi TamaseseNew Zealand, Samoa
*P-047**Tae peang phu deaw*Kongdej JaturanrasmeeThailand
*Photographic Memory*Ross McElweeUnited States, France
*Sal*James FrancoUnited States
*Shock Head Soul*Simon PummelNetherlands, United Kingdom
*Stateless Things**Jool-tak-dong-si*Kim Kyung-mookSouth Korea
*Summer**Verano*José Luis Torres LeivaChile
*Swan**Cisne*Teresa VillaverdePortugal
*Swirl**Girimunho*Helvécio Marins, Jr., Clarissa CampolinaBrazil, Spain, Germany
*The Sword Identity**Wokou de zongji*Xu HaofengChina
*Two Years at Sea*Ben RiversUnited Kingdom
*Whores' Glory*Michael GlawoggerAustria, Germany
*Would You Have Sex with an Arab?*Yolande ZaubermanFrance
*663114*Isamu HirabayashiJapan
*Accidentes gloriosos*Mauro Andrizzi, Marcus LindeenSweden, Denmark, Argentina
*All the Lines Flow Out*Charles Lim Yi YongSingapore
*Black Mirror at the National Gallery*Mark LewisCanada
*Conference: Notes on Film 05*Norbert PfaffenbichlerAustria
*Dialogical Abrasion**Dialogischer Abrieb*Yves NetzhammerSwitzerland
*The Golden Bird**Sonchidi*Amit DuttaIndia
*Hypercrisis*Josef DabernigAustria
*In attesa dell'avvento*Felice D'Agostino, Arturo LavoratoItaly
*From Tokyo**Iz Tokio*Aleksej German, Jr.Russia
*Late and Deep*Devin HoranNorway
*Louyre – This Our Still Life*Andrew KöttingUnited Kingdom
*Meteor*Christoph Girardet, Matthias MüllerGermany
*Miss Candace Hilligoss' Flickering Halo*Fabio Scacchioloi, Vincenzo CoreItaly
*Modern N° 2*Mirai MizueJapan
*Movements of an Impossible Time**Movimenti di un tempo impossible*FlatformItaly
*Moving Stories*Nicolas ProvostBelgium
*Notes sur nos voyages en Russie 1989–1990*Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci-LucchiItaly
*Palaces of Pity**Palácios de pena*Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel SchmidtPortugal
*Parabeton – Pier Luigi Nervi und Römischer Beton*Heinz EmigholzGermany
*Passing Through the Night*Wattanapume LaisuwanchaiThailand
*Piattaforma Luna*Yuri AncaraniItaly
*River Rites*Ben RussellUnited States
*Snow Canon*Mati DiopFrance
*Start*Mattias GustafssonSweden
*The Sun's Incubator**Hadinat al shams*Ammar Al-BeikSyria
*The Tracks of My Tears 2*Axel PetersénSweden
*The Annunciation**Marian Ilmestys*Eija-Liisa AhtilaFinland
*Birmingham Ornament**Birmingemskiy ornament*Andrey Silvestrov, Yuri LeidermanRussia
*Century of Birthing**Siglo ng pagluluwal*Lav DiazPhilippines
*Monkey Sandwich*Wim VandekeybusBelgium, France
*The Silence of Pelesjan**Il silenzio di Pelesjan*Pietro MarcelloItaly

Controcampo Italiano

The following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section:

In competition

English TitleOriginal titleDirector(s)FictionFeature documentariesShort filmsOut of Competition
*Easy!**Scialla!*Francesco Bruni
*Maternity Blues*Fabrizio Cattani
*Qualche nuvola*Saverio Di Biagio
*The Arrival of Wang**L'arrivo di Wang*Manetti Bros.
*Things from Another World**Cose dell'altro mondo*Francesco Patierno
*Horses**Cavalli*Michele Rho
*Tutta colpa della musica*Ricky Tognazzi
*Black Block*Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt
*Piazza Garibaldi*Davide Ferrario
*Pugni chiusi*Fiorella Infascelli
*Out of Tehran*Monica Maggioni
*Pasta nera*Alessandro Piva
*Quiproquo*Elisabetta Sgarbi
*Il maestro*Maria Grazia Cucinotta
*A chjàna*Jonas Carpignano
*Alice*Roberto De Paolis
*The Cricket*Stefano Lorenzi
*Eco da luogo colpito*Carlo Michele Scririnzi
*Prove per un naufragio della parola*Elisabetta Sgarbi
*My Name is Sid*Giovanni Virgilio
*Io Sono. Storie di Schiavitù*Barbara Cupisti
*Caldo grigio, caldo nero*Marco Dentici
*Rudolf Jacobs, l'uomo che nacque morendo*Luigi M. Faccini
*Andata e ritorno*Donatella Finocchiaro
D*ai nostri inviati – La RAI racconta la Mostra del cinema 1968 – 1979*Giuseppe Gianotti, Enrico Salvatori, Davide Savelli
*Pivano Blues. Sulla strada di Nanda*Teresa Marchesi
*Schuberth – L'atelier della dolce vita*Antonello Sarno
*Hollywood Invasion*Marco Spagnoli
*Un foglio bianco*Maurizio Zaccaro

Italian avant-garde retrospective

The following films were shown as part of a retrospective section on Italian avant-garde films, titled Orizzonti 1961-1978, spanning the years 1961 to 1978.

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Events of the Retrospective
*Anna* (1975)Alberto Grifi
*Il potere* (1972)Augusto Tretti
*On the Point of Death* (1971)*In punto di morete*Mario Garriba
*I parenti tutti* (1967)Fabio Garriba
*Voce del verbo morire*Mario Garriba
*Sul davanti fioriva una magnolia* (1968)Paolo Breccia
*La quieta febbre* (1964)Romano Scavolini
*Diario beat* (1967)
*Attacco* (1970)
*LSD* (1970)
*Reflex* (1964)Mario Schifano
*Ferreri* (1967)
*Souvenir* (1967)
*Film* (1967)
*Fotografo* (1967)
*Vietnam* (1967)
*Vieni dolce morte (dell'ego)* (1969)Paolo Brunatto
*Bis* (1966)
*Hermitage* (1967)Carmelo Bene
*Il canto d'amore di Alfred Prufrock* (1967)Nico D'Alessandria
*Il respiro* (1964)Alex Rupp
*The City* (1961)
*Zoommm, Track!* (1968)Mario Carbone
*Kappa* (1965-1966)Nato Frascà
*Soglie* (1978)
*Il vetturale del San Gottardo* (1941)Hans Hinrich and Ivo Illuminati
*L'Accademia Musicale Chigiana* (1950)Franco Zeffirelli

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following films were screened for this section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn competitionOut of CompetitionSpecial Event in collaboration with Venice Days
*In The Open**El Campo*Hernán BelónArgentina
*Land of Oblivion**La Terre outragée*Michale BoganimFrance, Germany, Poland, Ukraine
*Là-bas: A Criminal Education**Là-bas: Educazione criminale*Guido LombardiItaly
*Louise Wimmer*Cyril MennegunFrance
*Machete Language**El Lenguaje de los Machetes*Kyzza TerrazasMexico
**Jessica KrummacherGermany
*Wetlands**Marécages*Guy ÉdoinCanada
*Mission Of Peace**Missione di pace*Francesco LagiItaly
*Stockholm East**Stockholm Östra*Simon Kaijser da SilvaSweden
*You Are Here**Voi Siete Qui*Francesco MateraItaly

Venice Days

The following films were screened as part of the Venice Days section The three nominees for the European Parliament's 2011 Lux Prize received screenings as part of this section.

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn competitionSpecial EventsOpen SpaceLux Prize
*All Our Desires**Toutes nos envies*Philippe LioretFrance
*Another Silence*Santiago AmigorenaFrance, Canada, Brazil, Argentina
*Beyond the Glass* (short)*Di là del vetro*Andrea di BariItaly
*Café de Flore*Jean-Marc ValléeCanada, France
*Found Memories**Histórias que Só Existem Quando Lembradas*Júlia MuratBrazil, France
*Guilty**Présumé coupable*Vincent GarenqFrance
*Habibi**Habibi Rasak Kharban*Susan YoussefPalestine, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands
*Last Winter**Hiver dernier*John ShankBelgium, France
*Love and Bruises*Lou YeFrance
*My Name Is Ki**Ki*Leszek DawidPoland
*Rust**Ruggine*Daniele GaglianoneItaly
*Shun Li and the Poet**Io sono Li*Andrea SegreItaly, France
*Twilight Portrait**Portret v sumerkakh*Angelina NikonovaRussia
*Crazy Horse*Frederick WisemanFrance, United States
*Cuba in the Age of Obama**Cuba Nell'Epoca di Obama*Gianni MinàItaly
*The Kaiser of California**Der Kaiser von Kalifornien*Luis TrenkerGermany
*Testimony**Edut*Shlomi ElkabetzIsrael
*La Penna di Hemingway*Renzo CarboneraItaly
*Hit the Road, Nonna*Duccio Chiarini
*The Forgotten World Cup**Mundial olvidado*Lorenzo Garzella, Filippo MacelloniItaly, Argentina
*Radici*Carlo LuglioItaly
*More as an artist**Più come un artista*Elisabetta Pandimiglio
*Dietro il buio*Giorgio Pressburger
*Valdagno, Arizona*PyoorItaly, United States
*Attenberg*Athina Rachel TsangariGreece
*The Snows of Kilimanjaro*Robert GuédiguianFrance
*Play*Ruben ÖstlundSweden

Official Awards

In Competition (''Venezia 68'')

  • Golden Lion: Faust by Alexander Sokurov
  • Silver Lion for Best Director: Cai Shangjun for People Mountain People Sea
  • Special Jury Prize: Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Michael Fassbender for Shame
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Deanie Ip for A Simple Life
  • Marcello Mastroianni Award: Shota Sometani and Fumi Nikaido for Himizu
  • Golden Osella for Best Cinematography: Robbie Ryan for Wuthering Heights
  • Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou for Alps

''[[Orizzonti]]''

  • Horizons Award: Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto
  • Special Horizons jury prize: Whores' Glory by Michael Glawogger
  • Horizons Award for medium-length film: Accidentes Gloriosos by Mauro Andrizzi and Marcus Lindeen
  • Horizons Award for short film: In attesa dell'avvento by Felice D'Agostino and Arturo Lavorato
    • Special mentions:
      • O Le Tulafale by Tusi Tamasese
      • All The Lines Flow Out by Charles LIM Yi Yong

Controcampo Italiano

  • Best Feature film: Scialla! by Francesco Bruni
  • Best Short film: A Chjàna by Jonas Carpignano
  • Best Documentary: Pugni chiusi by Fiorella Infascelli
    • Special Mentions:
    • Black Block by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt
    • Franco Di Giacomo (cinematography) for Pugni chiusi

"Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film

  • Là-bas: A Criminal Education by Guido Lombardi

[[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]]

  • Marco Bellocchio

[[Glory to the Filmmaker Award|Glory to the Filmmaker]]

  • Al Pacino

Special Awards

  • Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Al Pacino
  • Persol 3D Award for the Most Creative Stereoscopic Film: Zapruder Filmmakers Group (David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi & Monaldo Moretti)
  • L'Oréal Paris Award for Cinema: Nicole Grimaudo

Independent Sections Awards

Venice International Film Critics' Week

  • Critics' Week Audience Award: Là-bas by Guido Lombardi

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

  • Label Europa Cinemas Award: Guilty by Vincent Garenq
  • Lina Mangiacapre Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre
  • Laterna Magica Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre
  • FEDIC Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre

Independent Awards

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Award]]

  • Best Film (Main competition): Shame by Steve McQueen
  • Best Film (Horizons): Two Years at Sea by Ben Rivers

[[Queer Lion]]

  • Wilde Salomé by Al Pacino

[[SIGNIS|SIGNIS Award]]

  • Faust by Alexander Sokurov
    • Special mention: A Simple Life by Ann Hui

Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI)

  • Best Film: Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese
  • Best Debut (or Special mention): The Last Man on Earth by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti

Cicae Prize

  • The Orator by Tusi Tamasese

Leoncino d'oro Agiscuola Award

  • Carnage by Roman Polanski

Cinema for UNICEF Award

  • Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese

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

  • Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician by Tamer Ezzat, Ahmad Abdalla, Ayten Amin, Amr Salama

Nazareno Taddei Award

  • A Simple Life by Ann Hui

CinemAvvenire Award – Best Film

  • Shame by Steve McQueen

Best Film – Il cerchio non è rotondo Award

  • The Orator by Tusi Tamasese

Equal Opportunity Award

  • A Simple Life by Ann Hui

Future Film Festival Digital Award

  • Faust by Alexander Sokurov
    • Special mention: Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto

Gianni Astrei Award

  • A Simple Life by Ann Hui

Brian Award

  • The Ides of March by George Clooney

Lina Mangiacapre Award – Special mention

  • Maternity Blues by Fabrizio Cattani

AIF Forfilmfest Award

  • Easy! (Scialla!) by Francesco Bruni

Biografilm Lancia Award

  • Black Block by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt

Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

  • The Last Man on Earth by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti
    • Special mention: Pasta nera by Alessandro Piva (Controcampo Italiano)

Golden Mouse

  • Killer Joe by William Friedkin

Premio Open

  • Marco Müller

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