73rd Venice International Film Festival
| Opening film | La La Land |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Magnificent Seven |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion (The Woman Who Left) |
| Festival date | 31 August – 10 September 2016 |
| Website | labiennale |
The 73rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2016.[1] English director Sam Mendes was the President of the Jury for the main competition.[2] The opening night film was Damien Chazelle's musical La La Land.[3] The Golden Lion was awarded to Lav Diaz's film The Woman Who Left.[4]
Key
* Eligible for the Queer Lion
Official selection
In competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:[5][6]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrival | Arrival | Denis Villeneuve | United States |
| The Bad Batch | The Bad Batch | Ana Lily Amirpour | United States |
| The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez | Les Beaux Jours d'Aranjuez | Wim Wenders | France, Germany |
| Brimstone | Brimstone | Martin Koolhoven | France, Netherlands |
| The Distinguished Citizen | El ciudadano ilustre | Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat | Argentina, Spain |
| The Blind Christ | El Cristo ciego | Christopher Murray | France, Chile |
| Frantz | Frantz | François Ozon | France, Germany |
| Jackie | Jackie | Pablo Larraín | Chile, United States |
| La La Land | La La Land | Damien Chazelle | United States |
| The Light Between Oceans | The Light Between Oceans | Derek Cianfrance | United States, Australia, New Zealand |
| Nocturnal Animals | Nocturnal Animals | Tom Ford | United States |
| On the Milky Road | Lungo la Via Lattea | Emir Kusturica | Mexico, Serbia, United Kingdom, United States |
| Paradise | Рай | Andrei Konchalovsky | Germany, Russia |
| Piuma | Piuma | Roan Johnson | Italy |
| Questi giorni * | Questi giorni | Giuseppe Piccioni | Italy |
| Spira Mirabilis | Spira Mirabilis | Massimo D'Anolfi and Martina Parenti | Italy |
| The Untamed * | La Region Salvaje | Amat Escalante | Mexico, Denmark |
| Voyage of Time | Voyage of Time | Terrence Malick | United States |
| The Woman Who Left * | Ang Babaeng Humayo | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
| A Woman's Life | Une Vie | Stéphane Brizé | France |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition[5][6]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Age of Shadows | Mil Jeong | Kim Jee-woon | South Korea |
| American Anarchist | American Anarchist | Charlie Siskel | United States |
| Assault to the Sky | Assalto al cielo | Francesco Munzi | Italy |
| Austerlitz | Austerlitz | Sergei Loznitsa | Germany |
| The Bleeder | The Bleeder | Philippe Falardeau | United States, Canada |
| Gantz: O | Gantz: O | Yasushi Kawamura | Japan |
| Hacksaw Ridge | Hacksaw Ridge | Mel Gibson | United States, Australia |
| I Called Him Morgan | I Called Him Morgan | Kasper Collin | Sweden, United States |
| The Journey | The Journey | Nick Hamm | United Kingdom |
| Never Ever | À jamais | Benoît Jacquot | France, Portugal |
| The Magnificent Seven | The Magnificent Seven | Antoine Fuqua | United States |
| Monte | Monte | Amir Naderi | Italy, United States, France |
| One More Time With Feeling | One More Time With Feeling | Andrew Dominik | United Kingdom |
| Our War | La nostra guerra | Bruno Chiaravalloti, Claudio Jampaglia, Benedetta Argentieri | Italy, United States |
| Planetarium | Planetarium | Rebecca Zlotowski | France, Belgium |
| Safari | Safari | Ulrich Seidl | Austria, Denmark |
| Tommaso | Tommaso | Kim Rossi Stuart | Italy |
| The Young Pope | The Young Pope | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy, France, Spain, United Kingdom, United States |
Horizons
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[7]
Feature films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Big World | Koca Dünya | Reha Erdem | Turkey |
| Bluebeard | Kékszakállú | Gastón Solnicki | Argentina |
| Boys in the Trees * | — | Nicholas Verso | Australia |
| Dark Night | — | Tim Sutton | United States |
| Dawson City: Frozen Time | — | Bill Morrison | France, United States |
| The Greatest Dream | Il più grande sogno | Michele Vannucci | Italy |
| Gukoroku - Traces of Sin | Gukoroku | Kei Ishikawa | Japan |
| Heal the Living | Réparer les vivants | Katell Quillévéré | Belgium, France |
| The Eremites | Die Einsiedler | Ronny Trocker | Austria, Germany |
| Home | — | Fien Troch | Belgium |
| King of the Belgians | King of the Belgians | Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth | Belgium, Bulgaria, Netherlands |
| Bitter Money | 苦钱 | Wang Bing | Hong Kong |
| Malaria | مالاریا | Parviz Shahbazi | Iran |
| Maudite Poutine | — | Karl Lemieux | Canada |
| Libera Nos | Liberami | Federica Di Giacomo | Italy, France |
| São Jorge | — | Marco Martins | France, Portugal |
| The Fury of a Patient Man | Tarde para la ira | Raúl Arévalo | Spain |
| Through the Wall | Laavor Et Hakir | Rama Burshtein | Israel |
| White Sun | Seto Surya | Deepak Rauniyar | Nepal, Netherlands, Qatar, United States |
Biennale College - Cinema
The following films were selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section.[8]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ears | Orecchie | Alessandro Aronadio | Italy |
| Hotel Salvation | Mukti Bhawan | Shubhashish Bhutiani | India |
| La Soledad | La Soledad | Jorge Thielen Armand | Venezuela |
| One Sister | Una Hermana | Sofia Brockenshire, Verena Kuri | Argentina |
Autonomous sections
Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 13th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[9]
Official selection
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guilty Men | Ivan D. Gaona | ||
| Heartstone * | Hjartasteinn | Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Iceland |
| Hounds of Love | Hounds of Love | Ben Young | Australia |
| Indivisible * | Indivisibili | Edoardo De Angelis | Italy |
| Pamilya Ordinaryo | Pamilya Ordinaryo | Eduardo Roy, Jr. | Philippines |
| Polina | Polina, danser sa vie | Angelin Preljocaj, Valérie Müller | France |
| Quit Staring at My Plate | Ne gledaj mi u pijat | Hana Jušić | Croatia, Denmark |
| The Road to Mandalay | 再見瓦城 | Midi Z | Taiwan, Myanmar, France, Germany |
| Sami Blood | Sameblod | Amanda Kernell | Sweden |
| The War Show | Andreas Dalsgaard and Obadiah Zytoon | Syria | |
| Worldly Girl | La ragazza del mondo | Marco Danieli | Italy |
International Critics Week
The following films were selected for the International Critics Week section:[10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Are We Not Cats | — | Xander Robin | United States |
| Days of France * | Jours de France | Jérôme Reybaud | France |
| Drum | Tabl | Keywan Karimi | France, Iran |
| The Last of Us | Akher Wahed Fina | Ala Eddine Slim | Lebanon, Qatar, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates |
| The Last Things * | Le Ultime Cose | Irene Dionisio | France, Italy, Switzerland |
| The Nobodies | Los Nadie | Juan Sebastián Mesa | Colombia |
| Prank | — | Vincent Biron | Canada |
| Prevenge | — | Alice Lowe | United Kingdom |
| Singing in the Graveyards | Singing sa mga Dakong Libingan | Bradley Liew | Malaysia, Philippines |
Juries
- Sam Mendes: English film and stage director (President of Jury)
- Laurie Anderson: American artist, composer, musician and film director
- Gemma Arterton: English actress
- Giancarlo De Cataldo: Italian writer
- Nina Hoss: German actress
- Chiara Mastroianni: French-Italian actress
- Joshua Oppenheimer: American fim director
- Lorenzo Vigas: Venezuelan film director, screenwriter and producer
- Zhao Wei: Chinese actress, singer and film director
Awards
The following awards were presented at the 73rd edition:[12]
Official selection
- In Competition
- Golden Lion – The Woman Who Left by Lav Diaz
- Grand Jury Prize – Nocturnal Animals by Tom Ford
- Silver Lion
- Volpi Cup:
- Best Screenplay Award – Noah Oppenheim for Jackie
- Special Jury Prize – The Bad Batch by Ana Lily Amirpour
- Marcello Mastroianni Award – Paula Beer for Frantz
- Horizons (Orizzonti)
- Best Film - Release Me by Federica Di Giacomo
- Best Director - Home by Fien Troch
- Special Jury Prize – Big Big World by Reha Erdem
- Best Actress - Ruth Díaz for The Fury of a Patient Man
- Best Actor - Nuno Lopes for Saint George
- Best Screenplay - Bitter Money by Wang Bing
- Horizons Prize for Best Short - La Voz Perdida by Marcelo Martinessi
- Lion of the Future
- Lion of the Future – Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film - The Last of Us by Ala Eddine Slim
- Venezia Classici Awards
- Best Documentary on Cinema - The Graduation by Claire Simon
- Best Restored Film - Break Up by Marco Ferreri
- Special Awards
- Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement – Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jerzy Skolimowski
- Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Amir Naderi
- Persol Tribute To Visionary Talent Award: Liev Schreiber
Autonomous sections
- 31th Venice International Critics' Week
- SIAE Award - Paolo Sorrentino
Collateral Awards
- Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award
- James Franco for In Dubious Battle
- Special Award for the production - Andrea Iervolino for In Dubious Battle
- Paolo Sorrentino and Jude Law for The Young Pope
- Soundtrack Stars Award
- Kinèo Awards
- [13]
- Best Film: Perfect Strangers directed by Paolo Genovese
- Best Director: Daniele Luchetti for Call Me Francis
- Best Debut Director: Them who? directed by Francesco Micciché and Fabio Bonifacci
- SNCCI Audience and Critics Award: Roberto Andò for Le confessioni
- Movie&Art TaorminaFilmFest Award: Marco Giallini
- RAI Com Award for Best Italian foreign release: They Call Me Jeeg directed by Gabriele Mainetti
- Best Movie Award: Gabriele Mainetti for They Call Me Jeeg
- Excellence Award: Patty Pravo
- International Movie Award: Sophie Turner
- Best Actor: Claudio Santamaria for They Call Me Jeeg
- Best Actress: Paola Cortellesi for The Last Will Be the Last
- Special Ferragamo Parfums Award for Best Actress: Anna Foglietta for Perfect Strangers
- Best Movie’s poll for best film: The Last Will Be the Last directed by Massimiliano Bruno
- Best Supporting Actor: Alessandro Borghi for Suburra
- Best Supporting Actress: Matilde Gioli for Belli di papà and Un posto sicuro
- Excellence Award: Claudio Brachino
- Excellence Award We World: Carolina Crescentini
- Excellence Award: Laura Delli Colli
- 3rd Starlight Cinema Awards
- [14]
- Career Award: Ottavia Piccolo
- Career Award: Giancarlo De Cataldo
- International Award: Moon So-ri
- Best Directorial Debut: Gabriele Mainetti for They Call Me Jeeg
- Best Actor: Claudio Santamaria for They Call Me Jeeg
- Best Short: La (ri) partenza directed by Milena Mancini and Vinicio Marchioni
- Social Trend Topic Award: Tini, la nuova vita di Violetta
- 5th Green Drop Film Festival
- Green Drop Award: Voyage of Time directed by Terrence Malick and Spira Mirabilis directed by Massimo D'Anolfi and Martina Parenti
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- ^ Vivarelli, Nick (24 July 2016). "Laurie Anderson, Joshua Oppenheimer, Zhao Wei Set For Venice Jury". Variety. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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