55th Venice International Film Festival

55th Venice International Film Festival
Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Awards	Golden Lion: The Way We Laughed
Festival date	3 – 13 September 1998
Website	Website
Venice Film Festival chronology
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The 55th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 3 and 13 September 1998.

Italian filmmaker Ettore Scola was the Jury President of the Main Competition.

The Golden Lion was awarded to The Way We Laughed by Gianni Amelio.^[1]^[2]

Juries

Main Competition

The following people comprised the 1998 jury:^[3]

Ettore Scola, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
Héctor Babenco, Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker
Sarunas Bartas, Lithuanian filmmaker
Kathryn Bigelow, American filmmaker and producer
Reinhard Hauff, German director
Danièle Heymann, French film critic and journalist
Ismail Merchant, Indian director and producer
Luis Sepúlveda, Chilean writer
Tilda Swinton, British actress

Short Films Competition

Georges Benayoun, Moroccan - Jury President
Chiara Caselli, Italian actress
Abel Ferrara, American filmmaker and actor

Official Sections

The following films were selected to be screened:^[4]

In Competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Autumn Tale	Conte d'automne	Eric Rohmer	France
Black Cat, White Cat	Crna mačka, beli mačor	Emir Kusturica	France, Germany, FR Yugoslavia
Bulworth		Warren Beatty	United States
Clouds	La nube	Fernando Solanas	France, Argentina
Dancing at Lughnasa		Pat O'Connor	Ireland, United States
The Garden of Eden	I giardini dell'Eden	Alessandro D'Alatri	Italy
Hilary and Jackie		Anand Tucker	United Kingdom
Hurlyburly		Anthony Drazan	United States
Little Teachers	I piccoli maestri	Daniele Luchetti	Italy
Lovers of the Arctic Circle	Los amantes del círculo polar	Julio Medem	Spain
New Rose Hotel		Abel Ferrara	United States
Next Stop Paradise	Terminus Paradis	Lucian Pintilie	Romania
Place Vendôme		Nicole Garcia	France
Rounders		John Dahl	United States
Run Lola Run	Lola rennt	Tom Tykwer	Germany
Shooting the Moon	L'Albero delle pere	Francesca Archibugi	Italy
The Silence	سکوت	Mohsen Makhmalbaf	Iran, Tajikistan, France
Stolen Life	Voleur de vie	Yves Angelo	France
Traffic	Tráfico	João Botelho	Portugal, France, Denmark
The Way We Laughed	Così ridevano	Gianni Amelio	Italy

Out of Competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Am I Beautiful? (closing film)	Bin ich schön?	Doris Dörrie	Germany
The Ballad of the Windshield Washers	La ballata dei lavavetri	Peter Del Monte	Italy
Celebrity		Woody Allen	United States
Chance or Coincidence	Hasards ou coïncidences	Claude Lelouch	France
Elizabeth		Shekhar Kapur	United Kingdom
Incontri proibiti		Alberto Sordi	Italy
Of Lost Love	Del perduto amore	Michele Placido	Italy
Saving Private Ryan (opening film)		Steven Spielberg	United States
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries		James Ivory	United Kingdom
You Laugh	Tu ridi	Paolo and Vittorio Taviani	Italy

Prospectives (Prospettive)

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Americanka		Dmitry Meskhiev	Russia
L'anniversario		Mario Orfini	Italy
Bullet Ballet	バレット・バレエ	Shinya Tsukamoto	Japan
Buena Vista Social Club		Wim Wenders	Germany
Cabaret Balkan	Буре барута	Goran Paskaljević	Yugoslavia
Connection by Fate	超級市民	Wan Jen	United Kingdom
Crush Proof		Paul Tickell	Ireland
Endurance		Leslie Woodhead	United States, United Kingdom, Germany
L'Ennui		Cédric Kahn	France
Far from One's Eyes	Longe da vista	João Mário Grilo	Italy
Friendly Fire	Ação Entre Amigos	Beto Brant	Brazil
Guests	Ospiti	Matteo Garrone	Italy
Into My Heart		Anthony Stark, Sean Smith	United States
Liv		Edoardo Ponti	United States
Living in Paradise	Vivre au paradis	Bourlem Guerdjou	Algeria
The Loss of Sexual Innocence		Mike Figgis	United States
Lucky and Zorba	La gabbianella e il gatto	Enzo D'Alò	Italy
The Second Wife	La seconda moglie	Ugo Chiti	Italy
Shadrach		Susanne Styron	United States
Shattered Image		Raúl Ruiz	United States
Side Streets		Tony Gerber	United Kingdom
Speak Like a Child		John Akomfrah	United Kingdom
State of Dogs	Нохойн орон	Peter Brosens, Dorjkhandyn Turmunkh	Mongolia
Sun Bird	太阳鸟	Wang Xueqi, Yang Liping	China
Train of Life	Train de vie	Radu Mihăileanu	France, Belgium, Netherlands, Israel, Romania
Traps	Pasti, pasti, pasticky	Věra Chytilová	Czech Republic
Viol@		Donatella Maiorca	Italy
Vite in sospeso		Marco Turco	Italy
Yara		Yılmaz Arslan	Turkey, Germany
Yom Yom		Amos Gitai	Israel

Nights and Stars (Notti e Stelle)

English title	Director(s)	Production country
Another Day in Paradise	Larry Clark	United States
Apt Pupil	Bryan Singer	United States
He Got Game	Spike Lee	United States
Lautrec	Roger Planchon	France
Out of Sight	Steven Soderbergh	United States
A Perfect Murder	Andrew Davis	United States
Poodle Springs	Bob Rafelson	United States
Radiofreccia	Luciano Ligabue	Italy
The Red Violin	François Girard	Canada
Ronin	John Frankenheimer	United States
The Truman Show	Peter Weir	United States

Special screenings

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Tribute to Totò
Totomodo: l'arte spiegata anche ai bambini		Achille Bonito Oliva	Italy
Sessantotto e dintorni
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed	Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos	Alexander Kluge	West Germany
Il cinema ritrovato
Adua and Her Friends	Adua e le compagne	Antonio Pietrangeli	Italy
The General of the Dead Army	l generale dell'armata morta	Luciano Tovoli	Italy
Stranger on the Prowl	Imbarco a mezzanotte	Joseph Losey	Italy
Paisan	Paisà	Roberto Rossellini	Italy
The Singing Princess	La Rosa di Bagdad	Anton Gino Domenighini	Italy

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:^[5]

Beat by Amon Miyamoto (Japan)
Ghodoua Nahrek (fr. Demain, je brûle..., en. Tomorrow I Burn) by Mohamed Ben Smàil (Tunisia)^[6]
La mère Christain (en. Mother Christian) by Myriam Boyer (France)
The Scent of the Night (L'odore della notte) by Claudio Caligari (Italy)
Orphans by Peter Mullan (United Kingdom)
The Opposite of Sex by Don Roos (United States)
The Iron Heel of Oligarchy (Zheleznaya pyata oligarkhii) by Aleksandr Bashirov (Russia)

Official Awards

Main Competition

Golden Lion: The Way We Laughed by Gianni Amelio
Grand Special Jury Prize: Next Stop Paradise by Lucian Pintilie
Silver Lion: Black Cat, White Cat by Emir Kusturica
Golden Osella:
- Best Screenplay: Eric Rohmer for Autumn Tale
- Best Cinematography: Luca Bigazzi for The Way We Laughed
- Best Score: Gerardo Gandini for La Nube
Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Sean Penn for Hurlyburly
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Catherine Deneuve for Place Vendôme
Marcello Mastroianni Award: Niccolò Senni for Shooting the Moon

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Independent Awards

FEDIC Award

Del perduto amore by Michele Placido
- Special Mention: Ospiti by Matteo Garrone
- Special Mention: Sto lavorando? by Daniele Segre

Little Golden Lion

Crna macka, beli macor by Emir Kusturica

Anicaflash Prize

Train of Life by Radu Mihăileanu

Elvira Notari Prize

Trap, Trap, Little Trap by Věra Chytilová
- Special Mention: New Rose Hotel (Abel Ferrara)

Cult Network Italia Prize

Orphans by Peter Mullan

FilmCritica "Bastone Bianco" Award

New Rose Hotel by Abel Ferrara

Laterna Magica Prize

Crna macka, beli macor by Emir Kusturica

Sergio Trasatti Award

The Garden of Eden by Alessandro D'Alatri
- Special Mention: Autumn Tale by Éric Rohmer
- Special Mention: Così ridevano by Gianni Amelio
- Special Mention: The Silence by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

CinemAvvenire Award

Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature: The Silence by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Best Film: La Nube by Fernando Solanas
Best First Film: Vivre au paradis by Bourlem Guerdjou

Kodak Award

Orphans by Peter Mullan
IN-COMPETITION: Ospiti by Matteo Garrone

Prix Pierrot

Orphans by Peter Mullan

Max Factor Award

Elizabeth by Jenny Shircore

References

^ "VENICE – 1998 – SPEARS OF LIGHT". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
^ "The 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
^ "Juries for the 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^ Grassi, Giovanna (30 July 1998). "Venezia kolossal, la Mostra passerella di star". Corriere della Sera. p. 33.
^ "13th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^ Ben Smaïl on IMDb

External links

Official website
Venice Film Festival 1998 Awards on IMDb

[1] "VENICE – 1998 – SPEARS OF LIGHT". Retrieved 6 October 2013.

[2] "The 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2013.

[3] "Juries for the 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[4] Grassi, Giovanna (30 July 1998). "Venezia kolossal, la Mostra passerella di star". Corriere della Sera. p. 33.

[5] "13th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[6] Ben Smaïl on IMDb

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55th Venice International Film Festival

Juries

Main Competition

Short Films Competition

Official Sections

In Competition

Out of Competition

Prospectives (Prospettive)

Nights and Stars (Notti e Stelle)

Special screenings

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

Official Awards

Main Competition

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Independent Awards

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

FIPRESCI Prize

OCIC Award

UNICEF Award

UNESCO Award

Pasinetti Award

Pietro Bianchi Award

Isvema Award

FEDIC Award

Little Golden Lion

Anicaflash Prize

Elvira Notari Prize

Cult Network Italia Prize

FilmCritica "Bastone Bianco" Award

Laterna Magica Prize

Sergio Trasatti Award

CinemAvvenire Award

Kodak Award

Prix Pierrot

Max Factor Award

References

External links