Venice International Film Festival 2001

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The 58th Venice International Film Festival took place from August 29 to September 8, 2001.

The following jury was appointed for the competition: Nanni Moretti (jury president), Amitav Ghosh , Jerzy Skolimowski , Jeanne Balibar , Taylor Hackford , Cecilia Roth and Vibeke Windeløv .

competition

The following films took part in the festival competition:

Movie title Director Country of production Actor (selection)
Address Unknown Kim Ki-duk South Korea Yang Dong-kun , Ban Min-jung
bully Larry Clark USA , France Nick Stahl , Brad Renfro , Michael Pitt
Dupa-amiaza unui tortionar Lucian Pintilie France , Romania , Gabon Gheorghe Dinică , Radu Beligan
Eden Amos Gitai Italy , Israel , France Samantha Morton , Thomas Jane
Secret election Babak Payami Italy , Canada , Switzerland , Iran Nassim Abdi , Cyrus Abidi
The Navigators Ken Loach UK , Germany , Spain Dean Andrews , Thomas Craig
Heung gong yau gok hor lei wood Fruit chan Hong Kong , France , UK , Japan Xun Zhou , Glen Chin
Behind the sun Walter Salles Brazil , France , Switzerland José Dumont , Rodrigo Santoro
How Harry Became a Tree Goran Paskaljević Italy , France , UK , Ireland Colm Meaney , Adrian Dunbar
Dog days Ulrich Seidl Austria Maria Hofstätter , Franziska Weisz
Light my eyes Giuseppe Piccioni Italy Luigi Lo Cascio , Sandra Ceccarelli
Loin - Far away André Téchiné France Stéphane Rideau , Yasmina Reza
Luna rossa Antonio Capuano Italy Licia Maglietta , Carlo Cecchi , Toni Servillo
Y Tu Mamá También - Lust for Life Alfonso Cuarón Mexico Diego Luna , Gael García Bernal , Maribel Verdú
Monsoon Wedding * Mira Nair India , USA , France , Italy , Germany Naseeruddin Shah , Lillete Dubey , Shefali Shetty
The Others Alejandro Amenábar USA , Spain , France , Italy Nicole Kidman , Fionnula Flanagan , Christopher Eccleston
Quem és Tu? João Botelho Portugal Patrícia Guerreiro , Suzana Borges
Sauvage innocence Philippe Garrel France , Netherlands Mehdi Belhaj Kacem , Julia Faure , Michel Subor
The Triumph of Love Clare Peploe Italy , UK Mira Sorvino , Rachael Sterling , Ben Kingsley
Waking Life Richard Linklater United States Wiley Wiggins

* = Golden lion

Award winners

Mira Nair, winner of the Golden Lion
price Movie Award winners
Golden Lion (best film) Monsoon Wedding Mira Nair
Special prize from the jury Dog days Ulrich Seidl
Coppa Volpi (best actor) Luce dei miei tatting
Luigi Lo Cascio
Coppa Volpi (best actress) Luce dei miei tatting Sandra Ceccarelli
Marcello Mastroianni Prize
(best young actor)
Y Tu Mamá También - Lust for Life
Gael García Bernal , Diego Luna
Director award Secret election Babak Payami
Script award Y Tu Mamá También - Lust for Life
Alfonso Cuarón , Carlos Cuarón
Leone Speciale for his life's work Eric Rohmer

Further prices

  • Best short film: Friends of Jan Krüger (Germany)
  • Luigi Di Laurentiis Award: Bread and Milk by Jan Cvitkovic
  • FIPRESCI Prize : Sauvage innocence by Philippe Garrel
  • OCIC Award: Secret election of Babak Payami
  • UNICEF Award: Secret election of Babak Payami

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