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70th Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmGravity
Closing filmAmazonia
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: Sacro GRA
Hosted byEva Riccobono
Festival date28 August – 7 September 2013
Websitewww.labiennale.org/en/cinema/
Venice Film Festival chronology

The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival took place in Venice, Italy from 28 August to 7 September 2013.[1] American film director William Friedkin was presented with a lifetime achievement award.[2] Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci was the president of the jury. He was previously the president of the jury at the 40th edition in 1983.[3][4] Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, was the opening film of the festival.[5] Italian actress Eva Riccobono hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.[6]

The Golden Lion was awarded to the Italian documentary film Sacro GRA.[7] It was the first documentary film to win the award at the Venice Festival.[8][9]

Juries

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The following people were selected for the main competition jury:[10]

Main competition (Venezia 70)

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Horizons (Orizzonti)

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Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)

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Official Sections

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In Competition

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The following films were selected for the main competition:[11][12]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Ana Arabia Amos Gitai Israel, France
Child of God James Franco United States
L'intrepido Gianni Amelio Italy
Jealousy La Jalousie Philippe Garrel France
Joe David Gordon Green United States
Miss Violence Alexandros Avranas Greece
Night Moves Kelly Reichardt United States
Parkland Peter Landesman
Philomena Stephen Frears United Kingdom
The Police Officer's Wife Die Frau des Polizisten Philip Gröning Germany
The Rooftops لسطوح Merzak Allouache Algeria, France
Sacro GRA Gianfranco Rosi Italy
Stray Dogs 郊遊 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan, France
A Street in Palermo Via Castellana Bandiera Emma Dante Italy, Switzerland, France
Tom at the Farm Tom à la ferme Xavier Dolan Canada, France
Tracks John Curran United Kingdom, Australia
Under the Skin Jonathan Glazer United Kingdom, United States
The Unknown Known Errol Morris United States
The Wind Rises 風立ちぬ Hayao Miyazaki Japan
The Zero Theorem Terry Gilliam United Kingdom, United States

Out of Competition

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The following films were selected for the out of competition section:[13]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Amazonia (closing film) Thierry Ragobert France, Brazil
The Canyons Paul Schrader United States
Con il fiato sospeso Costanza Quatriglio Italy
Disney Mickey Mouse - O' Sole Minnie (Season 1, Episode 12) Paul Rudish, Aaron Springer, Clay Morrow United States
Gravity (opening film) Alfonso Cuarón United States
Home from Home Die andere Heimat — Chronik einer Sehnsucht Edgar Reitz Germany
Locke Steven Knight United Kingdom
Moebius 뫼비우스 Kim Ki-duk South Korea
A Promise Une promesse Patrice Leconte France
Redemption Miguel Gomes Portugal, France, Germany, Italy
Harlock: Space Pirate 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック Aramaki Shinji Japan
Unforgiven 許されざる者 Lee Sang-Il Japan
Walesa: Man of Hope Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei Andrzej Wajda Poland
Wolf Creek 2 Greg McLean Australia
Non Fiction
The Armstrong Lie Alex Gibney United States
At Berkeley Frederick Wiseman
How Strange to Be Named Federico Che strano chiamarsi Federico - Scola racconta Fellini Ettore Scola Italy
Pine Ridge Anna Eborn Denmark
Summer 82 When Zappa Came to Sicily Salvo Cuccia Italy, United States
'Til Madness Do Us Part 瘋愛 Wang Bing Hong Kong, France
Ukraine Is Not a Brothel Ukraina ne Bordel Kitty Green Australia
The Voice of Berliguer La voce di Berlinguer Mario Sesti, Teho Teardo Italy

Horizons (Orizzonti)

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The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[14]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Feature films
Eastern Boys Robin Campillo France
First Snowfall La prima neve Andrea Segre Italy
Fish & Cat Mahi Va Gorbeh Shahram Mokri Iran
The Life After La vida después David Pablos Mexico
Little Brother Bauyr Serik Aprymov Kazakhstan
Medeas Andrea Pallaoro United States, Italy
My Name Is Hmmm... Je m'appelle Hmmm... Agnès B. France
Palo Alto Gia Coppola United States
Ruin Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Michael Cody Australia
The Sacrament Ti West United States
Small Homeland Piccola patria Alessandro Rossetto Italy
Some Girls Algunas chicas Santiago Palavecino Argentina
Still Life Uberto Pasolini United Kingdom, Italy
The Third Half Il terzo tempo Enrico Maria Artale Italy
We Are the Best! Vi Är Bäst! Lukas Moodysson Sweden, Denmark
Why Don't You Play in Hell? Jigoku de naze warui Sion Sono Japan
Wolf Children [de] Wolfskinder Rick Ostermann [de] Germany
Short Films Competition
Aningaaq Jonas Cuarón United States
The Audition Michael Haussman Italy
Ballkoni Lendita Zeqiraj Kosovo
Blanco Ignacio Gatica Argentina
Cold Snap Leo Woodhead New Zealand
Death For a Unicorn Riccardo Bernasconi, Francesca Reverdito Switzerland
La gallina Manel Raga Spain
Houses With Small Windows Bülent Öztürk Belgium
Kush Shubhashish Bhutiani India
Minesh Shalin Sirkar South Africa, Germany, Denmark
Un pensiero Kalašnikov Giorgio Bosisio Italy, United Kingdom
Quello Che Resta Valeria Allievi Italy
Sishui (Stagnant Water) Xiaowei Wang China
Toutes les belles choses Cécile Bicler France
Highlighted titles indicate the Orizzonti Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film respectively.

Venice Classics

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The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:[15]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Restored Films
Le 15/8 (1973) Chantal Akerman, Samy Szlingerbaum Belgium
The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) Don Weis United States
Il Bacio di Tosca (aka Tosca's Kiss) (1984) Daniel Schmid Switzerland
La Bête humaine (aka The Human Beast) (1938) Jean Renoir France
Bread and Chocolate (1974) Pane e cioccolata Franco Brusati Italy
A Bullet For The General (1966) Quién Sabe? Damiano Damiani
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996) 甜蜜蜜 Peter Ho-Sun Chan Hong Kong
Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) Сјећаш ли се Доли Бел? Emir Kusturica Yugoslavia
Equinox Flower (1958) 彼岸花 Yasujirō Ozu Japan
Hands Over the City (1963) Le mani sulla città Francesco Rosi Italy, France
Hotel Monterey (1972) Chantal Akerman Belgium, United States
In the Heat of the Sun (1993) 陽光燦爛的日子 Jiang Wen China, Hong Kong
Kapurush (1965) কাপুরুষ Satyajit Ray India
Let's Get Lost (1988) Bruce Weber United States
Little Fugitive (1953) Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, Ray Ashley
Mahapurush (1965) Satyajit Ray India
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) 戦場のメリークリスマス Nagisa Ôshima United Kingdom, Japan
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack United States
My Darling Clementine (1946) John Ford
My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1984) Мой друг Иван Лапшин Aleksey German Sr. Soviet Union
Mysterious Object at Noon (2000) ดอกฟ้าในมือมาร Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand
Nidhanaya (1970) Lester James Peries Sri Lanka
Paisan (1946) Paisà Roberto Rossellini Italy
Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973) La proprietà non è più un furto Elio Petri Italy
Providence (1977) Alain Resnais France, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Sandra (1965) Vaghe stelle dell'orsa... Luchino Visconti Italy
The Shape of Night (1964) 夜の片鱗 Noboru Nakamura Japan
Sorcerer (1977) William Friedkin United States
White Rock (1977) Tony Maylam United Kingdom
Documentaries about cinema
Il Bacio di Tosca, Une restauration numérique Richard Szotyori Switzerland
Bertolucci on Bertolucci Luca Guadagnino, Walter Fasano Italy
Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater Gabe Klinger United States, Portugal, France
A Fuller Life Samantha Fuller United States
Istintobrass Massimiliano Zanin Italy
Lino Micciché, Mio padre. Una visione del mondo Francesco Micciché
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast Bruce Weber United States
Non Eravamo Solo... Ladri Di Biciclette. Il Neorealismo Gianni Bozzacchi Italy
Trespassing Bergman Jane Magnusson, Hynek Pallas Sweden, France
Highlighted titles indicate the Venice Classics Awards for Best Restored Film and Best Documentary on Cinema respectively.

Biennale College - Cinema

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The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films:[16]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Yuri Esposito Alessio Fava[17] Italy
Memphis Tim Sutton United States
Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit Thailand

Final Cut in Venice

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The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa:[18]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Challatt Tunes Le Challat de Tunis Kaouther Ben Hania[19] Tunisia
The Cat El Ott Ibrahim El-Batout Egypt
With Almost Nothing Avec presque rien... Nantenaina Lova[20] Madagascar
Territorial Pissings Sibs Shongwe-La Mer South Africa

Special Screenings

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The following films were the Special Screenings of the Official Selection:[21]

  • Dietro le quinte di otto e 1/2 by Gideon Bachmann[22] (Italy)
  • Dai Nostri Inviati – La RAI racconta la mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 by Enrico Salvatori, Giuseppe Giannotti, Davide Savelli (Italy)

Venice 70 - Future Reloaded

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Under the project title Venice 70 - Future Reloaded, 70 top film directors were each invited to make a 60-90 second short film, as "both a collective tribute to the Festival (the first festival in the world to reach the milestone of 70 editions) and a reflection on the future of cinema".[23][24][25]

Independent Sections

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Venice International Film Critics' Week

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The following films were selected for the Critics' Week:[26][27]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In competition
Salvation Army L’armée du salut Abdellah Taïa France, Morocco
The Reunion Återträffen Anna Odell Sweden
The Quispe Girls Las niñas Quispe Sebastián Sepúlveda Chile, France, Argentina
Class Enemy Razredni Sovražnik Rok Biček Slovenia
White Shadow Noaz Deshe Italy, Germany, Tanzania
Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot Zoran, il mio nipote scemo Matteo Oleotto Italy, Slovenia
Trap Street Shuiyin jie Vivian Qu China
Special Events - Out of competition
The Art of Happiness (opening film) L’arte della felicità Alessandro Rak Italy
Illiterate (closing film) Las analfabetas Moisés Sepúlveda Chile

Venice Days

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The following films were selected for the 10th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[28] Starting from this edition, Venice Days has created its own international award "for a film from the entire Official Selection".[29]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
Alienation Otchuzhdenie Milko Lazarov Bulgaria
Bethlehem Yuval Adler Israel, Germany, Belgium
Gerontophilia Bruce LaBruce Canada
The Good Life La belle vie Jean Denizot France
Kill Your Darlings John Krokidas United States
May in the Summer Cherien Dabis Jordan, Qatar, United States
My Class La mia classe Daniele Gaglianone Italy
Nobody's Home Köksüz Deniz Akçay Turkey
The Reconstruction La reconstrucción Juan Taratuto Argentina
Rigor Mortis Geung si Juno Mak Hong Kong
Siddharth Richie Mehta Canada, India
Traitors Sean Gullette Morocco, United States
Special Events
Julia J. Jackie Baier Germany, Lithuania
Lenny Cooke Benny and Josh Safdie United States
Lino Miccichè, mio padre - Una visione del mondo Francesco Miccichè Italy
The Referee L'arbitro Paolo Zucca Italy, Argentina
Secchi Edo Natoli Italy
Three Many Weddings 3 bodas de más Javier Ruiz Caldera Spain
Venezia Salva Serena Nono Italy
Miu Miu Women's Tales
Le Donne della Vucciria Hiam Abbass Italy
The Door Ava DuVernay United States, Italy
Lux Prize
The Selfish Giant Clio Barnard United Kingdom
Honey Miele Valeria Golino Italy
The Broken Circle Breakdown Felix Van Groeningen Belgium
Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.

Official Awards

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The following Official Awards were conferred at the 70th edition:[30]

In Competition (Venezia 70)

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Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

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Horizons (Orizzonti)

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Venice Classics Awards

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Luigi De Laurentis Venice Award For A Debut Film

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Special Awards

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  • Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award: Andrzej Wajda
  • Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Ettore Scola
  • L’Oréal Paris per il Cinema Award: Eugenia Costantini

Independent Sections Awards

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The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:

Venice International Film Critics' Week

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Venice Days (Giornati degli Autori)

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  • Venice Days Award: Kill Your Darlings by John Krokidas[29]
  • Label Europa Cinemas Award: The Good Life by Jean Denizot
    • Special mention: Alienation by Milko Lazarov
  • Lina Mangiacapre Award – Special mention: Traitors by Sean Gullette
  • Fedeora Awards:
    • Best Film: Bethlehem by Yuval Adler
    • Best director of a debut film: Milko Lazarov for Alienation
      • Special mention: The Good Life by Jean Denizo

Independent Awards

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The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[33]

FIPRESCI Awards

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Queer Lion

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  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

SIGNIS Award

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Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award

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Open Award

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  • Serena Nono for directing Venezia salva

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award

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Cinema for UNICEF mention

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  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Brian Award

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  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Arca CinemaGiovani Award - Venezia 70

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Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Award

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CICT - UNESCO "Enrico Fulchignoni" Award

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CICAE - Cinema d’Arte e d’Essai Award

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  • Still Life by Uberto Pasolini

Fedeora Award for Best Euro-Mediterranean film

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Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

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Future Film Festival Digital Award

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P. Nazareno Taddei Award

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  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award

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  • L'intrepido by Gianni Amelio

Lina Mangiacapre Award

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Golden Mouse

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UK-ITALY Creative Industries Award – Best Innovative Budget

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Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue

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  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Gillo Pontecorvo Award

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Green Drop Award

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  • Ana Arabia by Amos Gitai

Young Jury Members of the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival

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  • Philomena by Stephen Frears
    • Special mention for a debut film: Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante

"Civitas Vitae prossima" Award

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  • Still Life by Uberto Pasolini

Soundtrack Stars Award

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  • Best Soundtrack Award: Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante
    • Special mention for Best Contemporary Actor: Ryuchi Sakamoto (Venezia 70 Jury member)

Ambiente WWF Award

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  • Amazonia by Thierry Ragobert

Bianchi Award

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  • Enzo d’Aló

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