The 68th annual Venice International Film Festival was held in Venice, Italy between 31 August and 10 September 2011.[1] American film director Darren Aronofsky was announced as the Head of the Jury.[2] American actor and film director Al Pacino was presented with the Glory to the Film-maker award on 4 September, prior to the premiere of his upcoming film Wilde Salomé.[3] Marco Bellocchio was awarded with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in September.[4] The festival opened with the American film The Ides of March, directed by George Clooney,[5] and closed with Damsels in Distress by Whit Stillman.[6]
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Opening film | The Ides of March |
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Closing film | Damsels in Distress |
Location | Venice, Italy |
Founded | 1932 |
Awards | Golden Lion – Faust Silver Lion – Cai Shangjun (People Mountain People Sea) |
Hosted by | Vittoria Puccini |
Festival date | 31 August – 10 September 2011 |
Website | Website |
Juries
editThe international juries of the 68th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:[7]
Main competition (Venezia 68)
edit- Darren Aronofsky, American director - Jury President
- Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Finnish visual artist and filmmaker
- David Byrne, British-American musician
- Todd Haynes, American filmmaker
- Mario Martone, Italian filmmaker
- Alba Rohrwacher, Italian actress
- André Téchiné, French filmmaker
Horizons (Orizzonti)
edit- Jia Zhangke, Chinese filmmaker - Jury President
- Stuart Comer, British Curator of Film at Tate Modern
- Odile Decq, French architect
- Marianne Khoury, Egyptian director
- Jacopo Quadri, Italian film editor
Controcampo Italiano
edit- Stefano Incerti, Italian author - Jury President
- Aureliano Amadei, Italian actor
- Cristiana Capotondi, Italian actress
Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)
edit- Carlo Mazzacurati, Italian director - Jury President
- Aleksei Fedorchenko, Russian director
- Fred Roos, American producer
- Charles Tesson, French Artistic Director of the International Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival
- Serra Yilmaz, Turkish actress
Official Sections
editIn Competition
editThe following films were selected to compete for the Golden Lion:[8]
- Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.
Out of Competition
editThe following films were shown out of competition:[9][10]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
---|---|---|---|
Almayer's Folly | La Folie Almayer | Chantal Akerman | France, Belgium |
Alois Nebel | Tomáš Luňák | Czech Republic, Germany | |
The Cardboard Village | Il Villaggio di Cartone | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
Contagion | Steven Soderbergh | United States | |
Damsels in Distress (closing film) | Whit Stillman | ||
The Disintegration | La Désintégration | Philippe Faucon | Belgium |
Eva | Kike Maillo | Spain, France | |
The Field of Enchantment | La clé des champs | Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou | France |
Long Live the Antipodes! | Vivan las Antipodas! | Viktor Kossakovsky | Germany, Argentina, Netherlands, Chile, Russia |
The Moth Diaries | Mary Harron | Canada, Ireland | |
Scossa | Francesco Maselli, Carlo Lizzani, Ugo Gregoretti, Nino Russo | Italy | |
The Sorcerer and the White Snake | 白蛇傳說之法海 | Ching Siu-tung | China, Hong Kong |
Summer Games | Giochi d'estate | Rolando Colla | Switzerland, Italy |
Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician | تحرير 2011: الطيب والشرس والسياسي | Tamer Ezzat, Ahmad Abdalla, Ayten Amin, Amr Salama | Egypt |
Tormented | ラビット・ホラー3D | Takashi Shimizu | Japan |
W.E | Madonna | United Kingdom | |
Wilde Salomé | Al Pacino | United States | |
Short films | |||
The End | Collectif Abounaddara | Syria | |
Vanguard | |||
Evolution (Megaplex) | Marco Brambilla | United States | |
Marco Bellocchio, Venezia 2011 | Pietro Marcello | Italy | |
La meditazione di Hayez | Mario Martone | ||
Joule | David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi | ||
Spell. The Hypnotist Dog | |||
Spell. Suite | |||
Special Events | |||
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | Lisa Immordino Vreeland | United States | |
Don't Expect too Much | Susan Ray | ||
Duvidha | Mani Kaul | India | |
In the Name of the Father | Nel nome del padre | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
India: Matri Bhumi | Roberto Rossellini | ||
Mildred Pierce | Todd Haynes | United States | |
Questa storia qua | Alessandro Paris, Sibylle Righetti | Italy | |
We Can't Go Home Again (1973) | Nicholas Ray | United States |
Horizons (Orizzonti)
editThe following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[11]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
---|---|---|---|
Main Competition | |||
Alms of the Blind Horse | Anhe Ghore Da Daan | Gurvinder Singh | India |
The Bird | L'Oiseau | Yves Caumon | France |
Cut | Amir Naderi | Japan | |
The Flock of the Lord | Die Herde des Herrn | Romuald Karmakar | Germany |
Hail | Amiel Courtin-Wilson | Australia | |
Hollywood Talkies | Óscar Pérez, Mia de Ribot | Spain | |
Hop-o'-My-Thumb | Le petit poucet | Marina de Van | France |
The Invader | L'envahisseur | Nicolas Provost | Belgium |
Kotoko | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan | |
Love Flesh | Amore Carne | Pippo Delbono | Italy, Switzerland |
Lung Neaw Visits His Neighbours | Rirkrit Tiravanija | Thailand, Mexico | |
Nocturnos | Edgardo Cozarinsky | Argentina | |
The Orator | O le tulafale | Tusi Tamasese | New Zealand, Samoa |
P-047 | Tae peang phu deaw | Kongdej Jaturanrasmee | Thailand |
Photographic Memory | Ross McElwee | United States, France | |
Sal | James Franco | United States | |
Shock Head Soul | Simon Pummel | Netherlands, United Kingdom | |
Stateless Things | Jool-tak-dong-si | Kim Kyung-mook | South Korea |
Summer | Verano | José Luis Torres Leiva | Chile |
Swan | Cisne | Teresa Villaverde | Portugal |
Swirl | Girimunho | Helvécio Marins, Jr., Clarissa Campolina | Brazil, Spain, Germany |
The Sword Identity | Wokou de zongji | Xu Haofeng | China |
Two Years at Sea | Ben Rivers | United Kingdom | |
Whores' Glory | Michael Glawogger | Austria, Germany | |
Would You Have Sex with an Arab? | Yolande Zauberman | France | |
Short Films Competition | |||
663114 | Isamu Hirabayashi | Japan | |
Accidentes gloriosos | Mauro Andrizzi, Marcus Lindeen | Sweden, Denmark, Argentina | |
All the Lines Flow Out | Charles Lim Yi Yong | Singapore | |
Black Mirror at the National Gallery | Mark Lewis | Canada | |
Conference: Notes on Film 05 | Norbert Pfaffenbichler | Austria | |
Dialogical Abrasion | Dialogischer Abrieb | Yves Netzhammer | Switzerland |
The Golden Bird | Sonchidi | Amit Dutta | India |
Hypercrisis | Josef Dabernig | Austria | |
In attesa dell'avvento | Felice D'Agostino, Arturo Lavorato | Italy | |
From Tokyo | Iz Tokio | Aleksej German, Jr. | Russia |
Late and Deep | Devin Horan | Norway | |
Louyre – This Our Still Life | Andrew Kötting | United Kingdom | |
Meteor | Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller | Germany | |
Miss Candace Hilligoss' Flickering Halo | Fabio Scacchioloi, Vincenzo Core | Italy | |
Modern N° 2 | Mirai Mizue | Japan | |
Movements of an Impossible Time | Movimenti di un tempo impossible | Flatform | Italy |
Moving Stories | Nicolas Provost | Belgium | |
Notes sur nos voyages en Russie 1989–1990 | Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci-Lucchi | Italy | |
Palaces of Pity | Palácios de pena | Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt | Portugal |
Parabeton – Pier Luigi Nervi und Römischer Beton | Heinz Emigholz | Germany | |
Passing Through the Night | Wattanapume Laisuwanchai | Thailand | |
Piattaforma Luna | Yuri Ancarani | Italy | |
River Rites | Ben Russell | United States | |
Snow Canon | Mati Diop | France | |
Start | Mattias Gustafsson | Sweden | |
The Sun's Incubator | Hadinat al shams | Ammar Al-Beik | Syria |
The Tracks of My Tears 2 | Axel Petersén | Sweden | |
Special Events | |||
The Annunciation | Marian Ilmestys | Eija-Liisa Ahtila | Finland |
Birmingham Ornament | Birmingemskiy ornament | Andrey Silvestrov, Yuri Leiderman | Russia |
Century of Birthing | Siglo ng pagluluwal | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
Monkey Sandwich | Wim Vandekeybus | Belgium, France | |
The Silence of Pelesjan | Il silenzio di Pelesjan | Pietro Marcello | Italy |
- Highlighted title indicates the Orizzonti Award for Best Feature Film winner.
Controcampo Italiano
editThe following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section:[10][12]
In competition
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) |
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Fiction | ||
Easy! | Scialla! | Francesco Bruni |
Maternity Blues | Fabrizio Cattani | |
Qualche nuvola | Saverio Di Biagio | |
The Arrival of Wang | L'arrivo di Wang | Manetti Bros. |
Things from Another World | Cose dell'altro mondo | Francesco Patierno |
Horses | Cavalli | Michele Rho |
Tutta colpa della musica | Ricky Tognazzi | |
Feature documentaries | ||
Black Block | Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt | |
Piazza Garibaldi | Davide Ferrario | |
Pugni chiusi | Fiorella Infascelli | |
Out of Tehran | Monica Maggioni | |
Pasta nera | Alessandro Piva | |
Quiproquo | Elisabetta Sgarbi | |
Short films | ||
Il maestro | Maria Grazia Cucinotta | |
A chjàna | Jonas Carpignano | |
Alice | Roberto De Paolis | |
The Cricket | Stefano Lorenzi | |
Eco da luogo colpito | Carlo Michele Scririnzi | |
Prove per un naufragio della parola | Elisabetta Sgarbi | |
My Name is Sid | Giovanni Virgilio | |
Out of Competition | ||
Io Sono. Storie di Schiavitù | Barbara Cupisti | |
Caldo grigio, caldo nero | Marco Dentici | |
Rudolf Jacobs, l'uomo che nacque morendo | Luigi M. Faccini | |
Andata e ritorno | Donatella Finocchiaro | |
Dai nostri inviati – La RAI racconta la Mostra del cinema 1968 – 1979 | Giuseppe Gianotti, Enrico Salvatori, Davide Savelli | |
Pivano Blues. Sulla strada di Nanda | Teresa Marchesi | |
Schuberth – L’atelier della dolce vita | Antonello Sarno | |
Hollywood Invasion | Marco Spagnoli | |
Un foglio bianco | Maurizio Zaccaro |
Italian avant-garde retrospective
editThe following films were shown as part of a retrospective section on Italian avant-garde films, titled Orizzonti 1961-1978, spanning the years 1961 to 1978.[13]
English Title | Original title | Director(s) |
---|---|---|
Anna (1975) | Alberto Grifi | |
Il potere (1972) | Augusto Tretti | |
On the Point of Death (1971) | In punto di morete | Mario Garriba |
I parenti tutti (1967) | Fabio Garriba | |
Voce del verbo morire | Mario Garriba | |
Sul davanti fioriva una magnolia (1968) | Paolo Breccia | |
La quieta febbre (1964) | Romano Scavolini | |
Diario beat (1967) | ||
Attacco (1970) | ||
LSD (1970) | ||
Reflex (1964) | Mario Schifano | |
Ferreri (1967) | ||
Souvenir (1967) | ||
Film (1967) | ||
Fotografo (1967) | ||
Vietnam (1967) | ||
Vieni dolce morte (dell'ego) (1969) | Paolo Brunatto | |
Bis (1966) | ||
Hermitage (1967) | Carmelo Bene | |
Il canto d'amore di Alfred Prufrock (1967) | Nico D'Alessandria | |
Il respiro (1964) | Alex Rupp | |
The City (1961) | ||
Zoommm, Track! (1968) | Mario Carbone | |
Kappa (1965-1966) | Nato Frascà | |
Soglie (1978) | ||
Events of the Retrospective | ||
Il vetturale del San Gottardo (1941) | Hans Hinrich and Ivo Illuminati | |
L'Accademia Musicale Chigiana (1950) | Franco Zeffirelli |
Independent Sections
editVenice International Film Critics' Week
editThe following films were screened for this section:[14]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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In competition | |||
In The Open | El Campo | Hernán Belón | Argentina |
Land of Oblivion | La Terre outragée | Michale Boganim | France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine |
Là-bas: A Criminal Education | Là-bas: Educazione criminale | Guido Lombardi | Italy |
Louise Wimmer | Cyril Mennegun | France | |
Machete Language | El Lenguaje de los Machetes | Kyzza Terrazas | Mexico |
Totem | Jessica Krummacher | Germany | |
Wetlands | Marécages | Guy Édoin | Canada |
Out of Competition | |||
Mission Of Peace | Missione di Pace | Fancesco Lagi | Italy |
Stockholm East | Stockholm Östra | Simon Kaijser da Silva | Sweden |
Special Event in collaboration with Venice Days | |||
You Are Here | Voi Siete Qui | Francesco Matera | Italy |
Venice Days
editThe following films were screened as part of the Venice Days section[15][16] The three nominees for the European Parliament's 2011 Lux Prize received screenings as part of this section.[17]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
---|---|---|---|
In competition | |||
All Our Desires | Toutes nos envies | Philippe Lioret | France |
Another Silence | Santiago Amigorena | France, Canada, Brazil, Argentina | |
Beyond the Glass (short) | Di là del vetro | Andrea di Bari | Italy |
Café de Flore | Jean-Marc Vallée | Canada, France | |
Found Memories | Histórias que Só Existem Quando Lembradas | Julia Murat | Brazil, France |
Guilty | Présumé coupable | Vincent Garenq | France |
Habibi | Habibi Rasak Kharban | Susan Youssef | Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands |
Last Winter | Hiver dernier | John Shank | Belgium, France |
Love and Bruises | Lou Ye | France | |
My Name Is Ki | Ki | Leszek Dawid | Poland |
Rust | Ruggine | Daniele Gaglianone | Italy |
Shun Li and the Poet | Io sono Li | Andrea Segre | Italy, France |
Twilight Portrait | Portret v sumerkakh | Angelina Nikonova | Russia |
Special Events | |||
Crazy Horse | Frederick Wiseman | France, United States | |
Cuba in the Age of Obama | Cuba Nell'Epoca di Obama | Gianni Minà | Italy |
The Kaiser of California | Der Kaiser von Kalifornien | Luis Trenker | Germany |
Testimony | Edut | Shlomi Elkabetz | Israel |
Open Space | |||
La Penna di Hemingway | Renzo Carbonera | Italy | |
Hit the Road, Nonna | Duccio Chiarini | ||
The Forgotten World Cup | Mundial olvidado | Lorenzo Garzella, Filippo Macelloni | Italy, Argentina |
Radici | Carlo Luglio | Italy | |
More as an artist | Più come un artista | Elisabetta Pandimiglio | |
Dietro il buio | Giorgio Pressburger | ||
Valdagno, Arizona | Pyoor | Italy, United States | |
Lux Prize | |||
Attenberg | Athina Rachel Tsangari | Greece | |
The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Robert Guédiguian | France | |
Play | Ruben Östlund | Sweden |
Official Awards
editThe following Official selection awards were conferred at the festival:[18]
In Competition (Venezia 68)
edit- Golden Lion: Faust
- Silver Lion for Best Director: Cai Shangjun, for People Mountain People Sea
- Special Jury Prize: Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Michael Fassbender for Shame
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Deanie Ip for A Simple Life
- Marcello Mastroianni Award: Shōta Sometani and Fumi Nikaidō for Himizu
- Golden Osella for Best Cinematography: Robbie Ryan for Wuthering Heights
- Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou for Alps
- Horizons Award: Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto
- Special Horizons jury prize: Whores' Glory by Michael Glawogger
- Horizons Award for medium-length film: Accidentes Gloriosos by Mauro Andrizzi and Marcus Lindeen
- Horizons Award for short film: In attesa dell'avvento by Felice D'Agostino and Arturo Lavorato
- Special mentions:
- O Le Tulafale by Tusi Tamasese
- All The Lines Flow Out by Charles LIM Yi Yong
- Special mentions:
Controcampo Italiano
edit- Best Feature film: Scialla! by Francesco Bruni
- Best Short film: A Chjàna by Jonas Carpignano
- Best Documentary: Pugni chiusi by Fiorella Infascelli
- Special Mentions:
- Black Block by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt
- Franco Di Giacomo (cinematography) for Pugni chiusi
"Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film
edit- Là-bas by Guido Lombardi
Special Awards
edit- Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Al Pacino
- Persol 3D Award for the Most Creative Stereoscopic Film: Zapruder Filmmakers Group (David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi & Monaldo Moretti)
- L'Oréal Paris Award for Cinema: Nicole Grimaudo
Independent Sections Awards
editThe following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:
Venice International Film Critics' Week
edit- Critics' Week Audience Award: Là-bas by Guido Lombardi
Venice Days (Giornati degli Autori)
edit- Label Europa Cinemas Award: Guilty by Vincent Garenq
- Lina Mangiacapre Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre
- Laterna Magica Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre
- FEDIC Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre
Independent Awards
editThe following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:
- Best Film (Main competition): Shame by Steve McQueen[19]
- Best Film (Horizons): Two Years at Sea by Ben Rivers
- Faust by Alexander Sokurov
- Special mention: A Simple Life by Ann Hui
Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI)
edit- Best Film: Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese
- Best Debut (or Special mention): The Last Man on Earth by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti
Cicae Prize
editLeoncino d'oro Agiscuola Award
editCinema for UNICEF Award
edit- Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese
C.I.C.T. UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award
edit- Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician by Tamer Ezzat, Ahmad Abdalla, Ayten Amin, Amr Salama
Nazareno Taddei Award
edit- A Simple Life by Ann Hui
CinemAvvenire Award – Best Film
edit- Shame by Steve McQueen
Best Film – Il cerchio non è rotondo Award
edit- The Orator by Tusi Tamasese
Equal Opportunity Award
edit- A Simple Life by Ann Hui
Future Film Festival Digital Award
edit- Faust by Alexander Sokurov
- Special mention: Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto
Gianni Astrei Award
edit- A Simple Life by Ann Hui
Brian Award
editLina Mangiacapre Award – Special mention
edit- Maternity Blues by Fabrizio Cattani
AIF Forfilmfest Award
edit- Easy! (Scialla!) by Francesco Bruni
Biografilm Lancia Award
edit- Black Block by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt
Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award
edit- The Last Man on Earth by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti
- Special mention: Pasta nera by Alessandro Piva (Controcampo Italiano)
Golden Mouse
editPremio Open
edit- Marco Müller
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