68th Venice International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | The Ides of March |
|---|---|
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion - Faust Silver Lion - Cai Shangjun (People Mountain People Sea) |
| Festival date | 31 August – 10 September 2011 |
| Website | Website |
The 68th annual Venice Film Festival was held in Venice, Italy between 31 August and 10 September 2011.[1] American film director Darren Aronofsky was announced as the Head of the Jury.[2] American actor and film director Al Pacino was presented with the Glory to the Film-maker award on 4 September, prior to the premiere of his upcoming film Wilde Salomé.[3] Marco Bellocchio was awarded with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in September.[4] The festival opened with the American film The Ides of March, directed by George Clooney.[5]
Films in competition
Films out of competition
Feature films
Events
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the Name of the Father (Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement) |
Nel nome del padre | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
| Mildred Pierce (Tribute to Todd Haynes) |
— | Todd Haynes | United States |
| Duvidha (Mani Kaul: 25.12.1944-6.7.2011) |
— | Mani Kaul | India |
| Questa storia qua | — | Alessandro Paris and Sibylle Righetti | Italy |
| We Can't Go Home Again (Nicholas Ray 1911-2011) |
— | Nicholas Ray | United States |
| Don't Expect too Much (Nicholas Ray 1911-2011) |
— | Susan Ray | United States |
| India: Matri Bhumi (Rossellini Ritrovato) |
— | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
| Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | — | Lisa Immordino Vreeland | United States |
Short films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The End | — | Collectif Abounaddara | Syria |
| Vanguard | — | Collectif Abounaddara | Syria |
| Evolution (Megaplex) | — | Marco Brambilla | United States |
| Marco Bellocchio, Venezia | — | Pietro Marcello | Italy |
| La Meditazione Di Hayez | — | Mario Martone | Italy |
| Joule | — | David Zamagni and Nadia Ranocchi | Italy |
| Spell. The Hypnotist Dog | — | David Zamagni and Nadia Ranocchi | Italy |
| Suite | — | David Zamagni and Nadia Ranocchi | Italy |
Orizzonti
Feature films
Events
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Annunciation | — | Eija-Liisa Ahtila | Finland |
| Century of Birthing | Siglo ng pagluluwal | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
| Il silenzio di pelesjan | — | Pietro Marcello | Italy |
| Birmingham Ornament | — | Andrey Silvestrov and Yuri Leiderman | Russia |
| Monkey Sandwich | — | Wim Vandekeybus | Belgium |
Medium-length and short films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaces of Pity | Palácios de pena | Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt | Portugal |
| The Sun's Incubator | Hadinat al shams | Ammar Al-Beik | Syria |
| Piattaforma Luna | — | Yuri Ancarini | Italy |
| Accidentes Gloriosos | — | Mauro Andrizzi and Marcus Lindeen | Sweden, Denmark and Argentina |
| Hypercrisis | — | Josef Dabernig | Austria |
| In attesa dell'avvento | — | Felice D'Agostino and Arturo Lavorato | Italy |
| Snow Canon | — | Mati Diop | France |
| The Golden Bird | Sonchidi | Amit Dutta | India |
| Parabeton. Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete | — | Heinz Emigholz | Germany |
| Movimenti di un tempo impossible | — | Flatform | Italy |
| From Tokyo | Iz Tokio | Aleksej German, Jr. | Russia |
| Notes sur nos voyages en Russie 1989-1990 | — | Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci-Lucchi | Italy |
| Meteor | — | Christoph Girardet and Matthias Müller | Germany |
| Start | — | Mattias Gustafsson | Sweden |
| 663114 | — | Isamu Hirabayashi | Japan |
| Late and Deep | — | Devin Horan | Norway |
| Louyre – This Our Still Life | — | Andrew Kötting | United Kingdom |
| Passing Through the Night | — | Wattanapume Laisuwanchai | Thailand |
| Black Mirror at the National Gallery | — | Mark Lewis | Canada |
| All the Lines Flow Out | — | Charles Lim Yi Yong | Singapore |
| Modern N° 2 | — | Mirai Mizue | Japan |
| Dialogical Abrasion | Dialogischer Abrieb | Yves Netzhammer | Switzerland |
| The Tracks of My Tears 2 | — | Axel Petersén | Sweden |
| Conference | — | Norbert Pfaffenbichler | Austria |
| Moving Stories | — | Nicolas Provost | Belgium |
| River Rites | — | Ben Russell | United States |
| Miss Candace Hilligoss' Flickering Halo | — | Fabio Scacchioloi and Vincenzo Core | Italy |
Independent sections
International Critics' Week
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Campo | — | Hernán Belón | Argentina |
| La Terre Outragée | — | Michale Boganim | France, Germany, Poland and Ukraine |
| Marécages | — | Guy Édoin | Canada |
| Stockholm East | Stockholm Östra | Simon Kaijser da Silva | Sweden |
| Totem | — | Jessica Krummacher | Germany |
| Missione di Pace | — | Fancesco Lagi | Italy |
| Là-Bas | — | Guido Lombardi | Italy |
| Louise Wimmer | — | Cyril Mennegun | France |
| El Lenguaje de los Machetes | — | Kyzza Terraza | Mexico |
Venice Days
The following films are set to be screened as part of the Venice Days section:[6]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Another Silence | — | Santiago Amigorena | France, Canada, Brazil and Argentina |
| My Name Is Ki | — | Ladzek Dawid | Poland |
| Beyond the Glass | Di là del vetro | Andrea di Bari | Italy |
| Ruggine | — | Daniele Gaglianone | Italy |
| Guilty | Présumé coupable | Vincent Garenq | France |
| All Our Desires | Toutes nos envies | Philippe Lioret | France |
| Historias... Que So Existem Quando Lembradas | — | Julia Murat | Brazil and France |
| Twilight Portrait | Портрет в сумерках | Angelina Nikonova | Russia |
| Io Sono Li | — | Andrea Segre | Italy and France |
| Last Winter | Hiver dernier | John Shank | Belgium and France |
| Café de Flore | — | Jean-Marc Vallée | Canada and France |
| Love and Bruises | — | Lou Ye | France |
| Habibi | — | Susan Youssef | Palestine, United Arab Emirates and Netherlands |
- Special Events
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Testimony | Edut | Shlomi Elkabetz | Israel |
| Voi Siete Qui | — | Francesco Matero | Italy |
| Cuba in the Age of Obama | Cuba Nell'Epoca di Obama | Gianni Minà | Italy |
| The Kaiser of California | Der Kaiser von Kalifornien | Luis Trenker | Germany |
| Crazy Horse | — | Frederick Wiseman | France and United States |
- Open Space
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Penna di Hemingway | — | Renzo Carbonera | Italy |
| Hit the Road, Nonna | — | Duccio Chiarini | Italy |
| The Forgotten World Cup | Mundial olvidado | Lorenzo Garzella and Filippo Macelloni | Italy and Argentina |
| Radici | — | Carlo Luglio | Italy |
| Più Coma Un Artista | — | Elisabetta Pandimiglio | Italy |
| Dietro il Buio | — | Giorgio Pressburger | Italy |
| Valdagno, Arizona | — | Pyoor | Italy and United States |
In addition, the three nominees for the European Parliament's 2011 Lux Prize will receive screenings as part of this section. The films are Attenberg by Athina Rachel Tsangari, The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Robert Guédiguian and Play by Ruben Östlund.
Juries
- International competition[7]
- Darren Aronofsky, American director, jury president
- Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Finnish visual artist and filmmaker
- David Byrne, British musician
- Todd Haynes, American director
- Mario Martone, Italian director
- Alba Rohrwacher, Italian actress
- André Téchiné, French director
- Orizzonti
- Jia Zhangke, Chinese director, 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
- "Luigi De Laurentiis" 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
Prizes
Venezia 68
- Leone d'Oro (Golden Lion) for the best film: Faust
- Leone d'Argento (Silver Lion) for the best director: Cai Shangjun, for People Mountain People Sea
- Special Jury Prize: Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese
- Coppa Volpi for the Best Actor: Michael Fassbender, for Shame
- Coppa Volpi for the Best Actress: Deanie Ip, for A Simple Life
- Premio Marcello Mastroianni, for the best emerging actor or actress: Shōta Sometani and Fumi Nikaidō for Himizu
- Osella for Best Cinematography: Robbie Ryan for Wuthering Heights
- Osella for Best Screenplay: Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou for Alps
- "Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film: Là-bas by Guido Lombardi
- Controcampo italiano prize (Feature film): to Scialla! by Francesco Bruni
- Controcampo italiano prize (Short film): to A Chjàna by Jonas Carpignano
- Controcampo italiano prize Doc: to Pugni chiusi by Fiorella Infascelli
Orizzonti
- Premio Orizzonti (Orizzonti prize): Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto (Japan)
- Special Orizzonti jury prize: Whores' Glory by Michael Glawogger (Austria, Germany)
- Premio Orizzonti awards for medium-length film: Accidentes Gloriosos by Mauro Andrizzi and Marcus Lindeen (Sweden, Denmark, Germany)
- Premio Orizzonti award for short film: In attesa dell'avvento by Felice D'Agostino and Arturo Lavorato (Italy)
- Special Mentions:
- O Le Tulafale (The Orator) by Tusi Tamasese (New Zealand, Samoa)
- All The Lines Flow Out by Charles LIM Yi Yong (Singapore)
Collateral Prizes
- Leoncino d'oro Agiscuola: Carnage by Roman Polanski;
- 32/a segnalazione Cinema for UNICEF: Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese;
- Premio del pubblico Kino della Settimana della critica: La-bas by Guido Lombardi;
- Premio Label by Europa Cinemas for best European film in Venice Days section: Présumé coupable by Vincent Garenq;
- Premio 'Francesco Pasinetti' by Sngci for best film: Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese;
- Premio Pasinetti for best debut: The Last Man on Earth by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti;
- Premio Fondazione Mimmo Rotella: The Last Man on Earth by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti and special mention for Pasta nera by Alessandro Piva;
- Premio del Dipartimento per le Pari Opportunita' a Tao jie by Ann Hui;
- Biografilm Lancia Award: Black Block by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt;
- Future Film Festival Digital Award: Faust by Alexander Sokurov and special mention for Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto;
- Queer Lion for the best Movie with LGBT Themes & Queer Culture: Wilde Salomé by Al Pacino;
- Brian Prize by UAAR: The Ides of March by George Clooney.
References
- ^ "68th Venice International Film Festival". labiennale.org. 17 April 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
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- ^ Vivarelli, Nick (26 July 2011). "Wiseman strip club docu plays at Venice Days". Variety. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "Juries for the 2000′s". Retrieved 8 October 2013.
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