64th Venice International Film Festival

64th Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmAtonement by Joe Wright
Closing filmBlood Brothers by Alexi Tan
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: Lust, Caution
Hosted byAmbra Angiolini
Festival date29 August – 8 September 2007
WebsiteWebsite
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The 64th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, from 29 August to 8 September 2007.

The opening film of the festival was Joe Wright's Atonement and the closing film was Alexi Tan's Blood Brothers. Italian actress Ambra Angiolini was the Host of the Festival. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement was presented to American director Tim Burton.

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.[1][2][3]

Juries

The international juries of the 64th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:[4][5]

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

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

Short Films Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

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.[6]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
12 Nikita Mihalkov Russia
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Andrew Dominik United States
Atonement (opening film) Joe Wright United Kingdom
Chaos, This Is هي فوضى Youssef Chahine Egypt
The Darjeeling Limited Wes Anderson United States
Fallen Heroes Nessuna qualità agli eroi Paolo Franchi Italy, Switzerland, France
Help Me Eros 幫幫我，愛神 Lee Kang-sheng Taiwan
I'm Not There Todd Haynes United States
In the City of Sylvia En la ciudad de Sylvia José Luis Guerín Spain
In the Valley of Elah Paul Haggis United States
It's a Free World... Ken Loach United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland
Lust, Caution 色，戒 Ang Lee United States, China, Taiwan
Mad Detective 神探 Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai China（Hong Kong）
Michael Clayton Tony Gilroy United States
Nightwatching Peter Greenaway United Kingdom, Poland, Canada, Netherlands
Redacted Brian De Palma United States
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon Éric Rohmer France, Italy, Spain
The Secret of the Grain La graine et le mulet Abdellatif Kechiche France
Sleuth Kenneth Branagh United Kingdom, United States
Sukiyaki Western Django スキヤキ・ウエスタン ジャンゴ Takashi Miike Japan
The Sun Also Rises 太阳照常升起 Jiang Wen China（Hong Kong）
The Sweet and the Bitter Il dolce e l'amaro Andrea Porporati Italy
The Trial Begins L'ora di punta Vincenzo Marra
Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition

Shown below are new works by authors who were honored in past festivals, as well as movies shown in the midnight time band.[7]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Venezia Maestri
Beyond the Years 천년학 Im Kwon Taek South Korea
Blood Brothers (closing film) 天堂口 Alexi Tan China, Taiwan, China（Hong Kong）
Cassandra's Dream Woody Allen United Kingdom, United States
Christopher Columbus – The Enigma Cristovão Colombo – O enigma Manoel de Oliveira Portugal, France
Cleopatra Cleópatra Júlio Bressane Brazil
Disengagement Désengagement Amos Gitai Germany, Italy, Israel, France
A Fistfull of Dollars (1964) Per un pugno di dollari Sergio Leone Italy, Spain, Germany
A Girl Cut in Two La Fille coupée en deux Claude Chabrol France
Glory to the Filmmaker! 監督·ばんざい! Takeshi Kitano Japan
REC Paco Plaza, Jaume Balagueró Spain
Venezia Notte (Midnight)
Far North Asif Kapadia United Kingdom, France
Blade Runner: The Final Cut Ridley Scott United States
The Hunting Party Richard Shepard United States, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Nanny Diaries Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini United States
Nocturna Adrià Garcìa, Víctor Maldonado Spain, France
Special Events and Homages
Occasion / Director Title Production country
Special Event: Wes Anderson Hotel Chevalier United States
75th Anniversary Golden Lion: Bernardo Bertolucci La via del petrolio (1967) Italy
The Spider's Stratagem (Strategia del ragno) (1970)
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
Im Sturm der Zeit (Facts and Fakes)
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! (Gli uomini che mascalzoni...) (1932)

Horizons

New trends of cinema with full-length films in 35mm and digital format, and documentary-movies.[8]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Fiction
Autumn Ball Sügisball Veiko Õunpuu Estonia
Cochochi Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán Mexico, United Kingdom, Canada
Death in the Land of Encantos Kagadanan sa banwaan ning mga engkanto Lav Diaz Philippines
Exodus Penny Woolcock United Kingdom
Misbegotten Mal Nascida João Canijo Portugal
Medea Miracle Médée Miracle Tonino De Bernardi Italy, France
The Obscure 小说 Lü Yue China
Crossing the Line Il passaggio della linea Pietro Marcello Italy
Sad Vacation サッド ヴァケイション Shinji Aoyama Japan
Searchers 2.0 Alex Cox United States
The Silence Before Bach Die stille vor Bach Pere Portabella Spain
The Story of Richard O L'Histoire de Richard O. Damien Odoul France
With a Girl of Black Soil Geomen tangyi sonyeo oi Soo-il Jeon South Korea, France
Documentaries
Anabazys Joel Pizzini, Paloma Rocha Brazil
The Beloved L'Aimèe Arnaud Desplechin France
Drifter Andarilho Cao Guimarães Brazil
Dust Staub Hartmut Bitomsky Germany
Lou Reed's Berlin Julian Schnabel United Kingdom, United States
Man from Plains Jonathan Demme United States
Mothers Madri Barbara Cupisti Italy
Umbrella 伞 Du Haibin China
Useless 无用 Jia Zhangke China
Horizons Events
Callas assoluta Philippe Kohly France, Greece
Carlo Goldoni Venezian Leonardo Autera, Alberto Caldana Italy
Dall’altra parte della luna Dario Baldi, Davide Marengo
Empire II Amos Poe United States
Highlighted title indicate the Horizons Awards for Best Film and Best Documentary respectively.

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):[9]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In competition
Lightborne Alumbramiento Eduardo Chapero-Jackson Spain
Dog Altogether Paddy Considine United Kingdom
Fritt Fall Caroline Cowan Sweden
Friends Forever Marçal Forés United Kingdom
Dans la peau Zoltán Horváth Switzerland, France
Fish Mul-Go-Gi Juhn Jai-hong South Korea, United States
What Do I Know Sta ja znam Sejla Kameric, Timur Makarevic Bosnia, Slovenia
Crossbow David Michôd Australia
With a Little Patience Türelem László Nemes Hungary
Adil e Yusuf Claudio Noce Italy
Dragonflies Wazki Justyna Nowak Poland
Tony Zoreil Valentin Potier France
Stone People Lyudi iz kamnya Leonid Rybakov Russia
Blind Man’s Eye Matthew Talbot-Kelly Ireland
Skyggen af Tvivl Esben Tønnesen Denmark
Coffee and Allah Sima Urale New Zealand
Cargo Leo Woodhead Czech Republic, New Zealand
Guodao 国道 Zhang Yue China
Highlighted title indicates the Lion for Best Short Film winner.

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.[10]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Seven from Texas (1964) Antes llega la muerte Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent Spain, Italy
$100,000 for Ringo (1965) 100.000 dollari per Ringo Alberto De Martino Italy, Spain
The Return of Ringo (1965) Il ritorno di Ringo Duccio Tessari
Savage Gringo (1966) Ringo del Nebraska Antonio Román, Mario Bava Spain, Italy
Blood for a Silver Dollar (1965) Un dollaro bucato Giorgio Ferroni Italy, France
Django (1966) Sergio Corbucci Italy, Spain
The Ugly Ones (1966) El precio de un hombre Eugenio Martín Spain, Italy
The Big Gundown (1966) La resa dei conti Sergio Sollima Italy, 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 Guerrieri Italy
The Dirty Outlaws (1967) El Desperado Franco Rossetti Italy, Spain
Last of the Badmen (1967) Il tempo degli avvoltoi Nando Cicero Italy
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 Questi Italy, Spain
The Ruthless Four (1969) Ognuno per sé Giorgio Capitani Italy, West Germany
Django, Prepare a Coffin (1968) Preparati la bara! Ferdinando Baldi Italy
Tepepa (1968) Giulio Petroni Italy, Spain
A Noose for Django (1969) Una lunga fila di croci Sergio Garrone Italy
The Reward's Yours... The Man's Mine (1969) La taglia è tua... l'uomo l'ammazzo io Edoardo Mulargia Italy, Spain
They Call Me Trinity (1970) Lo chiamavano Trinità Enzo Barboni Italy
Matalo! (1970) Cesare Canevari Italy, Spain
Compañeros (1970) Vamos a matar compañeros Sergio Corbucci Italy, Spain, West Germany
Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold (1971) La vendetta è un piatto che si serve freddo Pasquale Squitieri Italy
The Grand Duel (1972) Il grande duello Giancarlo Santi Italy, West Germany, France
The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe (1973) Il mio nome è Shangai Joe Mario Caiano Italy
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972) Una ragione per vivere e una per morire Tonino Valerii Italy, Spain, France, West Germany
Four of the Apocalypse (1975) I quattro dell'apocalisse Lucio Fulci Italy
Keoma (1976) Enzo G. Castellari
Retrospective events
Una Questione poco privata – Conversazione con Giulio Questi (2007) Gianfranco Pannone Italy
The Fort of Death (1969) 五人の賞金稼ぎ Eiichi Kudo Japan

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.[11] "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:[12]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In competition
24 Bars 24 measures Jalil Lespert France
The Girl by the Lake La ragazza del lago Andrea Molaioli Italy
Karoy Zhanna Issabaeva Kazakhstan
The Most Distant Course 最遙遠的距離 Lin Jing-jie Taiwan
The Nines John August United States
Small Gods Dimitri Karakatsanis Belgium
Soaring Otryv Aleksandr Mindadze Russia
Homage to Ousmane Sembene
Black Girl La noire de… Ousmane Sembene Senegal
The Wagoner Borom Sarret
Special Event
Year of the Nail Año Uña Jonás Cuarón United States

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 4th edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:[13]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Andalucia Alain Gomis France
Bianciardi! Massimo Coppola Italy
Born Without Nacido sin Eva Norvind Mexico
Cargo 200 Груз 200 Aleksei Balabanov Russia
Continental, a Film Without Guns Continental, un film sans fusil Stéphane Lafleur Canada
Don't Think About It Non pensarci Gianni Zanasi Italy
Head Under Water Freischwimmer Andreas Kleinert Germany
Plum Rain La pluie des prunes Frédéric Fisbach France
Shall We Kiss? Un baiser s'il vous plaît Emmanuel Mouret
The Speed of Life Ed Radtke United States
Sympathy for the Lobster Le ragioni dell'aragosta Sabina Guzzanti Italy
Tricks Sztuczki Andrzej Jakimowski Poland
Under the Bombs Sous les bombes Philippe Aractingi France, Lebanon, United Kingdom
Valzer Salvatore Maira Italy
Viaggio in corso nel cinema di Carlo Lizzani Francesca Del Sette
The Zone La zona Rodrigo Plá Spain, Mexico

Official Awards

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 64th edition:[14]

In Competition (Venezia 64)

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

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:[14][15]

Venice International Film Critics' Week

Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori)

  • Label Europa Cinemas: Tricks by Andrzej Jakimowski
  • FEDIC Award: Non pensarci 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:[15]

FIPRESCI Awards

SIGNIS Award

Francesco Pasinetti Awards

C.I.C.A.E. Award

Prize of the Forum for Cinema and Literature

Little Golden Lion

Queer Lion

Young Cinema Award

Open Prize

Doc/It Award

Lina Mangiacapre Award

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

Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award

Future Film Festival Digital Award

Biografilm Award

  • Jimmy Carter Man from Plains by Jonathan Demme

'CinemAvvenire' Award

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.

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