62nd Venice International Film Festival

The 62nd annual Venice International Film Festival opened on 31 August 2005 with Tsui Hark's Seven Swords[1] and closed on 10 September 2005 with a screening of Peter Ho-sun Chan's musical Perhaps Love.[2] The lineups were announced by the festival director Marco Müller on 28 July 2005 in Rome. The digital films competed in all categories for the first time of the festival history.

62nd Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmSeven Swords by Tsui Hark
Closing filmPerhaps Love by Peter Chan
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: Brokeback Mountain
Hosted byInés Sastre
Festival date31 August – 10 September 2005
WebsiteWebsite

Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki[3] and Italian actress Stefania Sandrelli[4] were both awarded a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.[5][6] The Golden Lion was won by Brokeback Mountain.[7]

During this edition of the festival, an International Design Competition of the new Palazzo del Cinema took place. The winner of the competition was 5+1 & Rudy Ricciotti. The purpose of the new building is to house the main headquarters of the Film Festival, as well as congresses and cultural events.[8]

Juries

The international juries of the 62nd Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:[9][10]

Main Competition (Venezia 62)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

  • Chema Prado, Spanish film critic - Jury President
  • Giovanna Gagliardo, Italian filmmaker
  • Clemens Klopfenstein, Swiss film director

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

In a contest that examines all feature-length films that are first works present in the various sections of the Festival, this jury assigns the "Lion of the Future - Luigi De Laurentis award for best debut work" to one film, as well as a prize of Euro 100,000 put forward by Filmauro and of 20,000 metres of film stock offered by Kodak.

Official Sections

In competition

The competitive section of the official selection is an international competition of feature films in 35mm and digital HD format, running for the Golden Lion.[11]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Beast in the HeartLa bestia nel cuoreCristina ComenciniItaly
Brokeback MountainAng LeeUnited States, Canada
The Brothers GrimmTerry GilliamUnited States, United Kingdom, Czech Republic
The Constant GardenerFernando MeirellesUnited Kingdom, Germany, United States
The Days of AbandonmentI giorni dell'abbandonoRoberto FaenzaItaly
Everlasting Regret長恨歌Stanley KwanHong Kong, China
The FatalistO FatalistaJoão BotelhoPortugal, France
GabriellePatrice ChéreauFrance, Italy
Garpastum ГарпастумAleksey German JrRussia
Good Night, and Good LuckGeorge ClooneyUnited States
Heading SouthVers le sudLaurent CantetFrance, Canada
Lady Vengeance친절한 금자씨Park Chan-wookSouth Korea
Magic MirrorEspelho MagicoManoel de OliveiraPortugal
MaryAbel FerraraItaly, France, United States
Persona Non GrataKrzysztof ZanussiPoland, Italy, Russia, France
ProofJohn MaddenUnited States
Regular LoversLes amants réguliersPhilippe GarrelFrance
Romance and CigarettesJohn TurturroUnited States
The Second Wedding NightLa seconda notte di nozzePupi AvatiItaly
Takeshis'Takeshi KitanoJapan
Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition

Non-competitive section of highly spectacular films. Works by directors already established in past editions of the Festival, and films deemed appropriate for a midnight screening.[12]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
All the Invisible ChildrenMehdi Charef, Emir Kusturica, Spike Lee, Kátia Lund, Jordan Scott, Ridley Scott, Stefano Veneruso, John WooItaly
BackstageEmmanuelle BercotFrance
BubbleSteven SoderberghUnited States
CasanovaLasse Hallström
Cinderella ManRon Howard
Corpse BrideTim Burton, Mike JohnsonUnited Kingdom
The DescentNeil Marshall
EdmondStuart GordonUnited States
ElizabethtownCameron Crowe
The Exorcism of Emily RoseScott Derrickson
Final Fantasy VII: Advent ChildrenファイナルファンタジーVII アドベントチルドレンTetsuya NomuraJapan
The Fine Art of LoveJohn IrvinItaly, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
Four BrothersJohn SingletonUnited States
FragileFrágilesJaume BalagueróSpain
The Great Yokai War妖怪大戦争Takashi MiikeJapan
Initial D頭文字DAndrew Lau, Alan MakHong Kong
Le Parfum de la dame en noir Bruno Podalydes France
Perhaps Love (closing film)如果·愛Peter Ho-sun ChanChina, Hong Kong
Seven Swords (opening film)七劍Tsui Hark
Special Event: Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Hayao Miyazaki
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) 風の谷のナウシカ Hayao Miyazaki Japan
Porco Rosso (1992) 紅の豚
On Your Mark (1995) ジブリ実験劇場

Horizons

A section aiming to provide a picture of the new trends in cinema. Documentaries are now included in this section, in order to render the programme more legible and avoid any confusion between different rich and complex sections.[13]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Fiction films
Árido MovieLirio FerreiraBrazil
CarmenJean-Pierre LimosinFrance
Dam Street红颜Li YuChina, France
Drawing Restraint 9Matthew BarneyUnited States
Everything is IlluminatedLiev Schreiber
First on the MoonПервые на ЛунеAleksei FedorchenkoRussia
Musikanten Franco Battiato Italy
On the WayYoldaErden KiralTurkey, Bulgaria
Perpetual Motion無窮動Ning YingChina
TexasFausto ParavidinoItaly
The Wild Blue YonderWerner HerzogGermany, United Kingdom, France
Documentaries
The Dignity of the Nobodies La Dignidad de los Nadies Fernando E. Solanas Argentina
East of Paradise Lech Kowalski France
Into Great Silence Die Große Stille Philip Gröning Germany
Parallel Voices Вокальные параллели Rustam Khamdamov Kazakhstan
Veruschka: A Life for the Camera Veruschka – (m)ein inszenierter Körper Paul Morrissey, Bernd Böhm France
Workingman's Death Michael Glawogger Austria, Germany
Out of Competition
The Secret Life of Words Isabel Coixet Spain
Special event
Kill Gil Volume 1 Gil Rossellini Italy
Highlighted titles indicate the Horizons Awards for Best Film and Best Documentary respectively.

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

The following films in 35mm, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the short film competition (Corto Cortissimo):[14]

Title Director(s) Production country
In competition
113Jason BrandenbergSwitzerland
La AperturaDuska ZagoracUnited Kingdom, Argentina
Au Petit MatinXavier GensFrance
BalladaMarcell IványiHungary, Belgium
ButterfliesMax JacoLuxembourg
A case of youJack DaviesUnited Kingdom
Come on StrangeGabriela GruberGermany
ContracuerpoEduardo Chapero-JacksonSpain
Da ikhos dghech chveni dghe dghegrdzeli (alt. title: Let Our Days Be Long)Georgy ParadzanovRussia
FleshEdouard SalierFrance
Giorno 122Fulvio OttavianoItaly
The Glass BeadsAngeles WooUnited States
Happy BirthdayJun-won HongKorea
Layla AfelLeon PrudovskyIsrael
P.E.O.Z.Christo PetrouGreece
A rapariga da mão mortaAlberto Seixas SantosPortugal
Rien d'insolubleXavier SeronBelgium
Small Station (Xiaozhan)Lin Chien PingTaiwan
TrevirgolaottantasetteValerio MastandreaItaly
Tube PokerSimon LeveneUnited Kingdom
Out of competition
De Glauber para Jirges André Ristum Brasil
Special events: Crossings (Incroci)
La Trama di Amleto Salvatore Chiosi Italy
Compleanno Sandro Dionisio
Five Minutes, Mr Welles Vincent D'Onofrio United States
Naufragi di Don Chisciotte Dominick Tambasco Italy
Special events: Between Europe and Middle East
Quelques miettes pour les oiseaux Nassim Amaouche Belgium, France, Jordan
De quelle couleur sont les murs de votre maison? Timon Koulmasis France
Diaspora Ula Tabari France, Belgium, Palestine
Schools of cinema: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Scuola Nazionale di Cinema:
Un posto libero Eros Achiardi Italy
Nature - Machini Marco Danieli
Nature - Al buio Fabio Mollo
Nature - Consuelo Carlo Pisani
Schools of cinema: London Film School
Vado a messa Ginevra Elkann United Kingdom
Highlighted title indicates Lion for Best Short Film

Retrospective - The Secret History of Asian Cinema

This is a retrospective section on Chinese cinema (1934 to 1990)[15] and Japanese cinema (1926 to 1978).[16] The films are listed here in chronological order.

"The Secret History of Chinese Cinema"
English title Original title Year Director(s)
The Big Road大路1934Sun Yu
Plunder of Peach and Plum桃李劫1934Ying Yunwei
New Women新女性1935Cai Chusheng
Street Angel馬路天使1937Yuan Muzhi
Crossroads十字街頭1937Shen Xiling
Song at Midnight夜半歌聲1937Ma-Xu Weibang
Princess Iron Fan铁扇公主1941Wan Laiming, Wan Guchan
Spring in a Small Town李天濟1947Fei Mu
Crows and Sparrows烏鴉與麻雀1949Zheng Junli
The Adventures of Sanmao the Waif三毛流浪記1949Zhao Ming, Yan Gong
This Life of Mine我這一輩子1950Shi Hui
Two Stage Sisters舞臺姐妹1965Xie Jin
The Valiant Ones忠烈圖1975King Hu
One and Eight一個和八個1983Zhang Junzhao
Mama媽媽1990Zhang Yuan
"The Secret History of Japanese Cinema"
Chōkon 長恨 1926 Daisuke Itō
A Diary of Chuji's Travels 忠次旅日記 1927
Oatsurae Jirokichi Koshi 御誂治郎吉格子 1931
The Million Ryo Pot 丹下左膳余話 百萬両の壺 1935 Sadao Yamanaka
Priest of Darkness (aka) 河内山宗俊 / Kōchiyama Sōshun 1936
Humanity and Paper Balloons 人情紙風船 1937
Rivals (aka) エノケンの頑張り戦術 1939 Nobuo Nakagawa
The 47 Ronin 元禄 忠臣蔵 1941–1942 Kenji Mizoguchi
The Famous Sword Bijomaru 名刀美女丸 1945
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo 三十三間堂通し矢物語 1945 Mikio Naruse
Princess Yang Kwei Fei 楊貴妃 1955 Kenji Mizoguchi
A Wicked Woman 毒婦高橋お伝 1958 Nobuo Nakagawa
The Ghost of Yotsuya 東海道四谷怪談 1959
Go to Hell, Hoodlums! aka Fighting Delinquents くたばれ愚連隊 1960 Seijun Suzuki
Akumyō 悪名 1961 Tokuzō Tanaka
High Noon for Gangsters aka Villains in Broad Daylight 白昼の無頼漢 1961 Kinji Fukasaku
The Tale of Zatoichi 座頭市物語 1962 Kenji Misumi
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! 探偵事務所23くたばれ悪党ども 1963 Seijun Suzuki
The Great Killing 大殺陣 1964 Eiichi Kudo
The Flower and the Angry Waves 花と怒濤 1964 Seijun Suzuki
On the Road Forever aka Homeless Drifter 無宿者 1964 Kenji Misumi
Tales of Chivalry in Japan 日本侠客伝 1964 Masahiro Makino
Wolves, Pigs and Men aka Wolves, Pigs and People 狼と豚と人間 1964 Kinji Fukasaku
Our Blood Will Not Forgive aka Our Blood Will Not Allow It 俺たちの血が許さない 1964 Seijun Suzuki
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight 座頭市血笑旅 1964 Kenji Misumi
Blood of Revenge 明治俠客伝 三代目襲名 1965 Tai Kato
A Solitary Knight 沓掛時次郎・遊侠一匹 1966
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Match 緋牡丹博徒 花札勝負 1969
Japan Organized Crime Boss aka Japan's Violent Gangs - The Boss and the Killers 日本暴力団 組長 1969 Kinji Fukasaku
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return 緋牡丹博徒・お竜参上 1970 Tai Kato
Sympathy for the Underdog 博徒外人部隊 1971 Kinji Fukasaku
Street Mobster 現代やくざ 人斬り与太 1972
Battles Without Honor and Humanity 仁義なき戦い 1973
Graveyard of Honor 仁義の墓場 1975
Cops vs. Thugs 県警対組織暴力 1975
Yakuza Graveyard やくざの墓場 くちなしの花 1976
Shogun's Samurai 柳生一族の陰謀 1978

Retrospective - The Secret History of Italian Cinema 2

A retrospective section on Italian film (1946 to 1976). This section is part of a planned 4-year retrospective on some lesser known sides of Italian Cinema that started on the 61st edition of the festival.[17]

English title Original title Year Director(s)
Casanova on the screen
The Mysterious RiderIl cavaliere misterioso1948Riccardo Freda
The Sins of CasanovaLe avventure di Giacomo Casanova1955Steno
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and AdolescenceInfanzia, vocazioni, prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, veneziano1969Luigi Comencini
Fellini's CasanovaIl Casanova di Federico Fellini1976Federico Fellini
Homage to Fulvio Lucisano'
Planet of the VampiresTerrore nello spazio1965Mario Bava
Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl BombsLe spie vengono dal semifreddo1966
What Have You Done to Solange?Cosa avete fatto a Solange?1972Massimo Dallamano
The Cursed MedallionIl medaglione insanguinato1975
Un mondo perfetto1946–1957Nino Pagot, Gibba
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975)
Salò, or the 120 Days of SodomSalò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma1975Pier Paolo Pasolini
Bandits of OrgosoloBanditi a Orgosolo1961Vittorio De Seta

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for the 20th Venice International Film Critics’ Week:[18]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In competition
Así Jesús-Mario Lozano Mexico
BrickRian JohnsonUnited States
Mother NatureMater NaturaMassimo AndreiItaly
The PassengerLe PassagerÉric CaravacaFrance
Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller GirlPerry OgdenIreland
The SunflowersKuihua DuoduoWang BaominChina
Writing on the EarthYadasht bar zaminAli Mohammad GhasemiIran
Special event
Belzec Guillaume Moscovitz France
Homage to Alberto Lattuada
Giacomo the Idealist Giacomo l'idealista (1943) Alberto Lattuada Italy

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 2nd edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:[19]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
13 TzametiGela BabluaniFrance
AllegroChristoffer BoeDenmark
WaitingAttenteRashid MasharawiPalestine, France
Before It Had a NameGiada ColagrandeUnited States
C.R.A.Z.Y.Jean-Marc ValléeCanada
Craj - DomaniDavide MarengoItaly
The WindEl VientoEduardo MignognaArgentina, Spain
Elio Petri. Notes On A FilmmakerElio Petri... appunti su un autoreFederico Bacci, Stefano Leone, Nicola GuarneriItaly
Falling... In LoveLian renWang Ming-TaiTaiwan
Giacomo the IdealistGiacomo l'idealista (1943)Alberto LattuadaItaly
La passione di Giosuè l'Ebreo Pasquale Scimeca Italy, Spain
The Young LieutenantLe petit lieutenantXavier BeauvoisFrance
LoveVladan NikolicUnited States, Serbia and Montenegro
Man Push CartRamin BahraniUnited States
Next DoorNaboerPål SletauneNorway, Sweden, Denmark
ParabolaKarim OuelhajBelgium

Official Awards

Giovanna Mezzogiorno, winner of Volpi Cup Best Actress at 62nd Venice International Film Festival

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 62nd edition:[20]

In Competition

Special Awards

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo Lion)

  • Citroen Short Super-Short Lion for Best Short Film: Small Station by Lin Chien-ping
    • Special Mention: Layla Afel by Leon Prudovsky
  • UIP Prize for Best European Short Film: Butterflies by Max Jacoby

Lion of the Future - "Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film

Independent Sections Awards

The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[20][21]

Venice International Film Critics' Week

  • Audience Award: Mother Nature by Massimo Andrei
  • Isvema Award: Mother Nature by Massimo Andrei
  • FEDIC Award: Mother Nature by Massimo Andrei

Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori)

Independent Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[21]

FIPRESCI Award

SIGNIS Award

C.I.C.A.E. Award

UNICEF Award

Pasinetti Awards

Little Golden Lion

Jameson Short Film Award

  • Aria by Claudio Noce

Young Cinema Award

Wella Prize

Open Prize

Doc/It Award

Lina Mangiacapre Award

Future Film Festival Digital Award

Laterna Magica Prize

Sergio Trasatti Award

  • Mary by Abel Ferrara

Biografilm Award

'CinemAvvenire' Award

Award of the City of Rome

Human Rights Film Network Award

EIUC Award

Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

  • Mary by Abel Ferrara

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