Venice International Film Festival 2014
The 71st Venice International Film Festival ( 71st Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica in Italian ) took place from August 27th to September 6th, 2014. Along with the Berlinale and the Cannes International Film Festival, they are among the three most important A festivals in the world.
The film festival opened with Alejandro González Iñárritus Birdman , who also ran in the competition for the Golden Lion . The main prize of the competition was won by Roy Andersson's film A pigeon sits on a branch and thinks about life . The US filmmakers Thelma Schoonmaker and Frederick Wiseman , who were awarded the Golden Lion for life's work , were already the winners .
Italian actress Luisa Ranieri was chosen to host the opening and closing ceremonies. One of the venues for the 71st Venice Film Festival is the newly restored Palazzo del Cinema.
Official Sections
competition
jury
On June 23, 2014, the French film composer Alexandre Desplat was presented as the successor to last year's jury president Bernardo Bertolucci . It was the first time that a film composer chaired the jury at the film festival. Desplat was previously a jury member for the 2010 Cannes International Film Festival . As in previous years, the jury president was supported by jury members in his decision. Most of them were filmmakers:
- Joan Chen , Chinese actress and director
- Philip Gröning , German director (Special Jury Prize 2013 )
- Jessica Hausner , Austrian director (competitor 2009 )
- Jhumpa Lahiri , Indian author
- Sandy Powell , British costume designer
- Tim Roth , British actor
- Elia Suleiman , Palestinian director
- Carlo Verdone , Italian director
Competitors for the Golden Lion
The films running in the Golden Lion competition were announced on July 24, 2014.
Outside the competition
| Movie | Director | country |
|---|---|---|
| The box trolls | Anthony Stacchi , Graham Annable | United States |
| Burying the Ex | Joe Dante | United States |
| 親愛 的 Dearest |
Peter Ho-sun Chan | Hong Kong, China |
| Un giorno da italiani | Gabriele Salvatores | Italy, United Kingdom |
| 黃金時代 The Golden Era |
Ann Hui | China, Hong Kong |
| The Humbling | Barry Levinson | United States |
| In the basement | Ulrich Seidl | Austria |
| 화장 Make-up |
In the Kwon-taek | South Korea |
| Nymphomaniac Volume II | Lars from Trier | Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium |
| O velho do restelo | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal, France |
| Olive Kitteridge | Lisa Cholodenko | United States |
| Perez. | Edoardo De Angelis | Italy |
| Broadway Therapy | Peter Bogdanovich | United States |
| The Sound and the Fury | James Franco | United States |
| La trattativa | Sabina Guzzanti | Italy |
| Tsili | Amos Gitai | Israel, Russia, Italy, France |
| Words with Gods | Guillermo Arriaga , Emir Kusturica , Amos Gitai , Mira Nair , Warwick Thornton , Héctor Babenco , Bahman Ghobai , Hideo Nakata , Álex de la Iglesia | Mexico, United States |
| La zuppa del demonio | Davide Ferrario | Italy |
Orizzonti
The Orizzonti (German: Horizonte ) section is dedicated to new trends in international film and primarily presents unconventional films, including feature films, documentaries and experimental films. Both short and feature films were accepted. The Chinese director Ann Hui chaired the international jury . The following jury members stood by her side:
- Moran Atias , Israeli actress
- Pernilla August , Swedish actress and director
- David Chase , American screenwriter and director
- Mahamat-Saleh Haroun , director from Chad
- Roberto Minervini , Italian director
- Alin Tasciyan , Turkish film critic
- Feature films
- Out of competition
- Io sto con la sposa (documentary) - Directors: Antonio Augugliaro , Gabriele Del Grande , Khaled Soliman , Al Nassiry (Italy, Palestinian Territories)
- Short films
| Movie title | Director | country | Running time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/105 |
Avelina Prat Diego Opazo |
Spain | 6 ' |
| Arta (kind) |
Adrian Sitaru | Romania | 19 ' |
| La bambina (Bache) |
Ali Asgari-Asgari | Italy, Iran | 15 ' |
| Cams | Carl-Johan Westregård | Sweden | 13 ' |
| Castillo y el Armado | Pedro Harres | Brazil | 13 ' |
| Da shu (Great Heat) |
Chen Tao | People's Republic of China | 13 ' |
| Era Apocrypha | Brendan Sweeny | United States | 21 ' |
| Ferdinand Knapp | Andrea Baldini | France | 15 ' |
| Fi Al Waqt Al Dae'a (In Overtime) |
Rami Yasin | Jordan, Palestinian Territories | 13 ' |
| Mademoiselle | Guillaume Gouix | France | 17 ' |
| Maryam | Sidi Saleh | Indonesia | 17 ' |
| Pat-Lehem (Daily Bread) |
Idan Hubel | Israel | 18 ' |
- Out of competition
- L'attesa del Maggio - Director: Simone Massi (Italy; 8 min)
- Lift You Up - Director: Ramin Bahrani (United States; 8 min)
Venezia Classici
The Venezia Classici series presents restored feature films, short films and documentaries.
Feature films
- The Audience (L'udienza) - Director: Marco Ferreri (Italy, 1971)
- China is near ( La Cina è vicina ) - Director: Marco Bellocchio (Italy, 1967)
- The Iron Mask (The Iron Mask) - Director: Allan Dwan (United States, 1929)
- A Special Day (Una giornata particolare) - Director: Ettore Scola (Italy / France, 1977)
- Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés) - Director: François Truffaut (France, 1968)
- Hoffmanns Erzählungen (The Tales of Hoffman) - Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (United Kingdom, 1951)
- Ilyas' daughter-in-law ( Gelin or The Bride ) - Director: Ömer Lütfi Akad (Turkey, 1973)
- Kanojo dake ga shitteiru (Only She Knows) - Director: Osamu Takahashi (Japan, 1960)
- Macbeth - Director: Roman Polański (United Kingdom / United States, 1971)
- Maciste alpino - directed by Luigi Maggi and Luigi Romano Borgnetto (Italy, 1916)
- The Man from Laramie (The Man from Laramie) - Director: Anthony Mann (United States, 1955)
- Mouchette - Directed by Robert Bresson (France, 1967)
- Without End (Bez końca) - Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski (Poland, 1985)
- Without grace (Senza pietà) - directed by Alberto Lattuada (Italy, 1948)
- Castle of Secrets ( The Innocents ) - Director: Jack Clayton (United Kingdom, 1961)
- Heavy Boys - Easy Girls ( Guys and Dolls ) - Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (United States, 1956)
- Todo modo - Director: Elio Petri (Italy, 1976)
- Umberto D. - Director: Vittorio De Sica (Italy, 1952)
- Stopover in Moscow (Я шагаю по Москве) - Director: Giorgi Danelia (Soviet Union, 1963)
Short films
- L'amour existe ( Love exists ) - Director: Maurice Pialat (France, 1961)
- Arlecchino - Director: Giuliano Montaldo (Italy, 1983)
- L'avventura di un soldato (The Adventure of a Soldier) - Director: Nino Manfredi (Italy, 1962; segment from Erotica )
Documentaries
- Altman - Director: Ron Mann (Canada)
- Animata resistenza - Directors: Francesco Montagner and Alberto Girotto (Italy)
- Donne nel mito. Sophia racconta la Loren (Great Women. Sophia on Loren) - Director: Marco Spagnoli (Italy)
- Gian Luigi Rondi: Vita, Cinema, Passione - Director: Giorgio Treves (Italy)
- Giulio Andreotti. Il cinema visto da vicino - Director: Tatti Sanguineti (Italy)
- Guangyin de Gushi - Taiwan Xin Dianying ( Flowers of Taipei - Taiwan New Cinema ) - Director: Chinlin Hsieh (Taiwan)
- Mise en scène with Arthur Penn (a conversation) - Director: Amir Naderi (United States)
- One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film - Director: Bill Teck (United States)
- Poltrone horses. Parma e il Cinema ( Red Chairs. Parma and the Cinema) - Director: Francesco Barilli (Italy)
- Von Caligari zu Hitler (From Caligari to Hitler) - Director: Rüdiger Suchsland (Germany)
Independent film series
International Week of Critics
Seven debut works by young directors were presented at the International Critics' Week ( Settimana Internazionale della Critica - SIC ). There was also the Iranian opening film Melbourne by Nima Javidi and the Italian film Arance e martello by Diego Bianchi , which closed the week of critics.
- Villa Touma by Suha Arraf
- Terre battue by Stéphane Demoustier (France, Belgium)
- Dap cánh giua không trung by Nguyên Hoàng Diêp (Vietnam, France, Norway, Germany)
- Dancing With Maria by Ivan Gergolet (Italy, Argentina, Slovenia)
- Rumbled heart by Timm Kröger (Germany)
- Nicije dete by Vuc Ršumovic (Serbia)
- Binguan from Yukun Xin (China)
Giornate degli Autori - Venice Days
The side series Giornate degli Autori - Venice Days , prepared by the Associazione Nazionale Autori Cinematografici (ANAC) with the Associazione Autori e Produttori Indipendenti (API), presented Italian and international feature and documentary films. Messi from Álex de la Iglesia concluded the side row.
- El cinco de Talleres by Adrián Biniezl (Argentina)
- Retour à Ithaque by Laurent Cantet (France, Belgium)
- Before I Disappear by Shawn Christensen (United States, United Kingdom)
- The Smell of Us by Larry Clark (France)
- I nostri ragazzi by Ivano de Matteo (Italy)
- The Show Must Go On by Rä di Martino (Italy)
- Les nuits d'été by Mario Fanfani (France)
- Patria by Felice Farina (Italy)
- Métamorphoses by Christophe Honoré (France)
Awards
Grand prizes
Overview of the prizes awarded during the festival:
- Golden Lion : A dove sits on a branch and thinks about life , directed by Roy Andersson
- Silver Lion - Best Director: Andrei Michalkow-Konschalowski
- Special prize of the jury: Sivas , director: Kaan Müjdeci
- Grand Jury Prize: The Look of Silence (Joshua Oppenheimer)
- Coppa Volpi - Best Actor: Adam Driver ( Hungry Hearts )
- Coppa Volpi - Best Actress: Alba Rohrwacher ( Hungry Hearts )
- Marcello Mastroianni Prize : Romain Paul ( Le dernier coup de marteau )
- Best Screenplay: Rakshan Banietemad ( Ghesseha )
- Golden lion for his life's work : Thelma Schoonmaker , Frederick Wiseman
Other awards (selection)
- Prize "Luigi di Laurentiis" for the best film debut: Chaitanya Tamhane ( Court )
- Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: James Franco
- Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award: Frances McDormand
- L'Oréal Paris per il Cinema Award: Valentina Corti
Web links
- Official website of the Venice International Film Festival (Italian, English)
- Official website of the independent sub-section International Critics' Week (Italian, English)
- Official website of the independent subsidiary Venice Days (Italian, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 71st Venice Film Festival begin in the renovated Palazzo del Cinema . APA News, Aug 22, 2014.
- ^ Film: composer Desplat heads the jury of the Venice Festival . In: Die Welt , June 24, 2014, p. 18.
- ^ French Film Composer Alexandre Desplat To Head Venice Film Festival Jury . In: variety.com , June 23, 2014.
- ↑ Venice Film Festival Reveals Lineup for Its 71st Edition . variety.com, July 24, 2014.
- ↑ Overview of all films in the series on labiennale.org ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Overview of the films shown in the Critics' Week on labiennale.org ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Overview of the films shown by the Giornate degli Autori - Venice Days on labiennale.org ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Venice Film Festival: James Franco receives the Filmmaker Award . APA News, Aug. 8, 2014.
- ↑ Frances McDormand received the Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award 2014 ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at labiennale.com, August 31, 2014 (accessed September 2, 2014).
