2005 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.
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 Heart
La bestia nel cuore
Cristina Comencini
Italy
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee
United States, Canada
The Brothers Grimm
Terry Gilliam
United States, United Kingdom, Czech Republic
The Constant Gardener
Fernando Meirelles
United Kingdom, Germany, United States
The Days of Abandonment
I giorni dell'abbandono
Roberto Faenza
Italy
Everlasting Regret
長恨歌
Stanley Kwan
Hong Kong, China
The Fatalist
O Fatalista
João Botelho
Portugal, France
Gabrielle
Patrice Chéreau
France, Italy
Garpastum
Гарпастум
Aleksey German Jr
Russia
Good Night, and Good Luck
George Clooney
United States
Heading South
Vers le sud
Laurent Cantet
France, Canada
Lady Vengeance
친절한 금자씨
Park Chan-wook
South Korea
Magic Mirror
Espelho Magico
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
Mary
Abel Ferrara
Italy, France, United States
Persona Non Grata
Krzysztof Zanussi
Poland, Italy, Russia, France
Proof
John Madden
United States
Regular Lovers
Les amants réguliers
Philippe Garrel
France
Romance and Cigarettes
John Turturro
United States
The Second Wedding Night
La seconda notte di nozze
Pupi Avati
Italy
Takeshis'
Takeshi Kitano
Japan
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 Children
Mehdi Charef , Emir Kusturica , Spike Lee , Kátia Lund , Jordan Scott , Ridley Scott , Stefano Veneruso, John Woo
Italy
Backstage
Emmanuelle Bercot
France
Bubble
Steven Soderbergh
United States
Casanova
Lasse Hallström
Cinderella Man
Ron Howard
Corpse Bride
Tim Burton , Mike Johnson
United Kingdom
The Descent
Neil Marshall
Edmond
Stuart Gordon
United States
Elizabethtown
Cameron Crowe
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Scott 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 Nomura
Japan
The Fine Art of Love
John Irvin
Italy, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
Four Brothers
John Singleton
United States
Fragile
Frágiles
Jaume Balagueró
Spain
The Great Yokai War
妖怪大戦争
Takashi Miike
Japan
Initial D
頭文字D
Andrew Lau , Alan Mak
Hong Kong
Le Parfum de la dame en noir [fr ]
Bruno Podalydes
France
Perhaps Love (closing film)
如果·愛
Peter Ho-sun Chan
China, 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]
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
113
Jason Brandenberg
Switzerland
La Apertura
Duska Zagorac
United Kingdom, Argentina
Au Petit Matin
Xavier Gens
France
Ballada
Marcell Iványi
Hungary, Belgium
Butterflies
Max Jaco
Luxembourg
A case of you
Jack Davies
United Kingdom
Come on Strange
Gabriela Gruber
Germany
Contracuerpo
Eduardo Chapero-Jackson
Spain
Da ikhos dghech chveni dghe dghegrdzeli (alt. title: Let Our Days Be Long )
Georgy Paradzanov
Russia
Flesh
Edouard Salier
France
Giorno 122
Fulvio Ottaviano
Italy
The Glass Beads
Angeles Woo
United States
Happy Birthday
Jun-won Hong
Korea
Layla Afel
Leon Prudovsky
Israel
P.E.O.Z.
Christo Petrou
Greece
A rapariga da mão morta
Alberto Seixas Santos
Portugal
Rien d'insoluble
Xavier Seron
Belgium
Small Station (Xiaozhan )
Lin Chien Ping
Taiwan
Trevirgolaottantasette
Valerio Mastandrea
Italy
Tube Poker
Simon Levene
United 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.
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]
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]
Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 2nd edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori ) autonomous section:[ 19]
Official Awards
Giovanna Mezzogiorno , winner of Volpi Cup Best Actress at 62nd Venice International Film FestivalThe 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
Independent Awards
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[ 21]
C.I.C.A.E. Award
UNICEF Award
Pasinetti Awards
Little Golden Lion
Jameson Short Film Award
Young Cinema Award
Wella Prize
Open Prize
Doc/It Award
Lina Mangiacapre Award
Future Film Festival Digital Award
Laterna Magica Prize
Sergio Trasatti Award
Biografilm Award
'CinemAvvenire' Award
Award of the City of Rome
Human Rights Film Network Award
EIUC Award
Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award
References
External links
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