The 65th annual Venice International Film Festival , held in Venice , Italy , was opened on 27 August 2008 by Burn After Reading [ 1] [ 2] Wim Wenders , awarded Golden Lion to The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky .[ 2]
Most of the films at the festival were world premieres.[ 3] Federico Fellini 's 1952 comedy The White Sheik [ 4] 35 Shots of Rum Claire Denis , Abbas Kiarostami 's Shirin Agnès Varda .[ 2] Lav Diaz 's Melancholia Orizzonti [ 3]
65th Venice International Film Festival 77-year-old Italian film director Ermanno Olmi received a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] Youssef Chahine , who was notable for his contributions to Arab cinema .[ 2] Natalie Portman 's directorial debut, Eve . Kseniya Rappoport was the host of the opening and closing ceremonies.[ 8]
Juries
The international juries of the 65th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:[ 9]
Venezia 65 )Wim Wenders , German filmmaker, playwright, author and photographer - Jury PresidentYuri Arabov , Russian screenwriter, writer, poet and educatorValeria Golino , Italian actress and directorDouglas Gordon , Scottish artistJohn Landis , American filmmaker, actor and producerLucrecia Martel , Argentine filmmaker, and producerJohnnie To , Hong Kong director and producer
Orizzonti )
Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film)
Official Sections
In Competition
The competitive section of the official selection is an international competition of feature films in 35mm and digital HD format running for the Golden Lion .[ 10] [ 11]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Achilles and the Tortoise アキレスと亀
Takeshi Kitano Japan
Birdwatchers La terra degli uomini rossi Marco Bechis Italy
The Burning Plain Guillermo Arriaga United States
Giovanna's Father Il papà di Giovanna Pupi Avati Italy
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow United States
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow Inju, la bête dans l'ombre Barbet Schroeder France
Inland Gabbla Tariq Teguia Algeria, France
Jerichow Christian Petzold Germany
Milk Süt Semih Kaplanoglu Turkey, France, Germany
The Other One L’Autre Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic
France
Paper Soldier Бумажный солдат
Aleksei German Russia
A Perfect Day Un giorno perfetto Ferzan Özpetek Italy
Plastic City 荡寇
Yu Lik-wai Brazil, China, China（Hong Kong）, Japan
Ponyo 崖の上のポニョ
Hayao Miyazaki Japan
Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme United States
The Seed of Discord Il seme della discordia Pappi Corsicato Italy
The Sky Crawlers スカイ·クロラ
Mamoru Oshii Japan
Teza ጤዛ
Haile Gerima Ethiopia, Germany, France
This Night Nuit de Chien Werner Schroeter France, Germany, Portugal
Vegas: Based on a True Story Amir Naderi United States
The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky United States, France
Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.
Out of Competition
New works by directors who have been honored in past festivals, as well as movies shown in the midnight time band.[ 12]
Orizzonti )The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti [ 13]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
In Competition
The First Day of Winter Il primo giorno d’inverno Mirko Locatelli
Italy
Goodbye Solo Ramin Bahrani United States
The Herb of the Rat A Erva do Rato Julio Bressane Brazil
I'm Gonna Explode Voy a explotar Gerardo Naranjo
Mexico
Jay Francis Xavier Pasion Philippines
Un lac Philippe Grandrieux
France
Melancholia Lav Diaz Philippines
Pa-ra-da Marco Pontecorvo Italy, France, Romania
Parc Arnaud des Pallières France
Perfect Life 完美生活 Emily Tang China, China（Hong Kong）
Khastegi خستگی
Bahman Motamedian Iran
Wild Field Дикое поле
Mikheil Kalatozishvili Russia
Zero Bridge Tariq Tapa
India, United States
Documentaries
Below Sea Level Gianfranco Rosi Italy, United States
L'Exil et le royaume
Andreο Schtakleff, Jonathan Le Fourn
France
Los Herederos
Eugenio Polgovsky
Mexico
In Paraguay Ross McElwee
United States
Puisque nous sommes nés
Jean-Pierre Duret, Andréa Santana
France, Brazil
Women
Huang Wenhai
China, Switzerland
Z32
Avi Mograbi
Israel, France
Horizons Events
Antonioni su Antonioni
Carlo Di Carlo
Italy
La fabbrica dei tedeschi
Mimmo Calopresti
Soltanto un nome nei titoli di testa
Daniele Di Biasio
ThyssenKrupp Blues
Pietro Balla, Monica Repetto
Valentino: The Last Emperor Matt Tyrnauer
United States
Venezia '68
Antonello Sarno, Steve Della Casa
Italy
Verso Est
Laura Angiulli
Italy, Bosnia
Highlighted titles indicate the Horizons Awards for Best Film and Best Documentary respectively.
Corto Cortissimo )The following films were selected for the Short film competition (Corto Cortissimo ) section:[ 14]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
In competition
1937 Giacomo Gatti, Francesco Carrozzini
United States, Italy, France
The Altruists De onbaatzuchtigen Koen Dejaegher
Belgium
Ashes Engagement Noces de cendre Pierre Eden Simon
Belgium
The Butcher’s Shop Philip Haas United States
Corpus/Corpus Christophe Loizillon
France
The Dinner Vacsora Karchi Perlmann
Hungary
Every Breath You Take Vdih (working title)Igor Sterk
Slovenia
I Don't Dream in German Ich träume nicht auf Deutsch Ivana Lalovic
Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina
I’m in Away from Here Catriona MacInnes United Kingdom
Land and Bread Tierra y Pan Carlos Armella Mexico
Lies Lögner Jonas Odell Sweden
Mine 我的
Liu Hui
China
Sand Zand Joost Van Ginkel
Netherlands
The Second Coming Teine tulemine Tanel Toom Estonia
The Stars Don't Twinkle in Outer Space Peter Thwaites
United Kingdom
Ten Dix Bif
France, United Kingdom
We Who Stayed Behind Vi der blev tilbage Martin de Thurah Denmark
When I’m 20 Khi toi 20 Dang Di Phan
Vietnam
Out of competition
Eve (Opening film)
Natalie Portman
United States
Jarred (Closing film)
Martin Gaiss
Alba
Giorgia Farina
Italy
Il colore della Bassa
Giuseppe Morandi
Un canto lontano
Alberto Momo
Managua Boxing
Frediana Fornari
Highlighted title indicates Lion for Best Short Film winner.
Retrospective screenings and restorations. Special mono-graphic sessions dedicated to the "secret story of Italian cinema". This is the fifth part of the retrospective, initiated at the 61st edition of the festival.
Autonomous sections
The following films were selected for the 23rd International Film Critics' Week:[ 16]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
In competition
The Apprentice L'apprenti Samuel Collardey France
Cucumber Huanggua / Qing gua Zhou Yaowu
China
Kabuli Kid Barmak Akram France, Afghanistan
Mid-August Lunch Pranzo di ferragosto Gianni Di Gregorio Italy
Nightguards Čuvari noći Namik Kabil
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sell Out! Yeo Joonhan
Malaysia
Two Lines Iki Çizgi Selim Evci
Turkey
Out of competition
Cold Lunch (Opening film)
Lønsj
Eva Sørhaug
Norway
Pinuccio Lovero - Sogno di una morte di mezza estate (opening film)
Pippo Mezzapesa
Italy
Highlighted title indicates the Lion Of The Future winner.
Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 5th edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:[ 17] [ 18]
Official Awards
The following Official Awards were conferred at the 65th edition:[ 19]
Venezia 65 )
Corto Cortissimo )Lion for Best Short Film : Tierra y Pan by Carlos Armella[ 20] Special Mention : Vacsora by Karchi PerlmannU.I.P. Award for Best European Short : De onbaatzuchtigen by Koen Dejaegher
Luigi De Laurentis Award For a Debut Film
Mid-August Lunch by Gianni Di Gregorio
Independent Sections Awards
The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:
Best Film : The Apprentice by Samuel CollardeyIsvema Award for a debut or second feature film : Mid-August Lunch by Gianni Di GregorioDoc/it Award – Special mention : The Apprentice by Samuel Collardey "Altre Visioni" Award : Sell Out! by Yeo Joon HanEIUC Human Rights Film Award : Kabuli Kid by Akram BarmakLabel Europa Cinemas Award : Machan Uberto Pasolini Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Awards : Stella by Sylvie Verheyde FEDIC Award : Machan by Uberto PasoliniLina Mangiacapre Award : Stella by Sylvie Verheyde
Independent Awards
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[ 21]
Best Film (Main competition) : Gabbla by Tariq Teguia[ 22] Best Film (Out of competition) : Goodbye Solo by Ramin BahraniThe Hurt Locker by Kathryn Bigelow
Giovanna's Father by Pupi Avati
UNICEF Award
Art Cinema Award
Dikoe Pole (Wild Field) by Mikheil Kalatozishvili
The Hurt Locker by Kathryn Bigelow
C.I.C.T. UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award
Biografilm Lancia Award
Best Fiction Film : Rachel Getting Married by Jonathan DemmeBest Documentary : Below Sea Level by Gianfranco Rosi
Nazareno Taddei Award
Giovanna's Father by Pupi Avati
Don Gnocchi Award
Pa-ra-da by Marco Pontecorvo
Future Film Festival Digital Award
Brian Award
Pa-ra-da by Marco Pontecorvo
Vegas: Based on a True Story by Amir Naderi
"The circle is not round. Cinema for peace and the richness of diversity" Award : Teza by Haile Gerima
Human Rights Film Network Award
The Hurt Locker by Kahryn Bigelow
Arca Cinemagiovani Award
Best Film : The Hurt Locker by Kathryn BigelowBest Italian Film : Mid-August Lunch by Gianni Di Gregorio
Air For Film Fest Award
Pa-ra-da by Marco Pontecorvo
Puccini e la fanciulla by Paolo Benvenuti
Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award
Open Award 2008
The Butcher's Shop by Philip Haas
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