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62nd Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmSeven Swords by Tsui Hark
Closing filmPerhaps Love by Peter Chan
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: Brokeback Mountain
Hosted byInés Sastre
Festival date31 August – 10 September 2005
WebsiteWebsite
Venice Film Festival chronology

The 62nd annual Venice International Film Festival opened on 31 August 2005 with Tsui Hark's Seven Swords[1] and closed on 10 September 2005 with a screening of Peter Ho-sun Chan's musical Perhaps Love.[2] The lineups were announced by the festival director Marco Müller on 28 July 2005 in Rome. The digital films competed in all categories for the first time of the festival history.

Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki[3] and Italian actress Stefania Sandrelli[4] were both awarded a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.[5][6] The Golden Lion was won by Brokeback Mountain.[7]

During this edition of the festival, an International Design Competition of the new Palazzo del Cinema took place. The winner of the competition was 5+1 & Rudy Ricciotti. The purpose of the new building is to house the main headquarters of the Film Festival, as well as congresses and cultural events.[8]

Juries

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The international juries of the 62nd Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:[9][10]

Main Competition (Venezia 62)

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Horizons (Orizzonti)

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Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

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  • Chema Prado, Spanish film critic - Jury President
  • Giovanna Gagliardo, Italian filmmaker
  • Clemens Klopfenstein, Swiss film director

Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film)

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In a contest that examines all feature-length films that are first works present in the various sections of the Festival, this jury assigns the "Lion of the Future - Luigi De Laurentis award for best debut work" to one film, as well as a prize of Euro 100,000 put forward by Filmauro and of 20,000 metres of film stock offered by Kodak.

Official Sections

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In competition

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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.[11]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Beast in the Heart La bestia nel cuore Cristina Comencini Italy
Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee United States, Canada
The Brothers Grimm Terry Gilliam United States, United Kingdom, Czech Republic
The Constant Gardener Fernando Meirelles United Kingdom, Germany, United States
The Days of Abandonment I giorni dell'abbandono Roberto Faenza Italy
Everlasting Regret 長恨歌 Stanley Kwan Hong Kong, China
The Fatalist O Fatalista João Botelho Portugal, France
Gabrielle Patrice Chéreau France, Italy
Garpastum Гарпастум Aleksey German Jr Russia
Good Night, and Good Luck George Clooney United States
Heading South Vers le sud Laurent Cantet France, Canada
Lady Vengeance 친절한 금자씨 Park Chan-wook South Korea
Magic Mirror Espelho Magico Manoel de Oliveira Portugal
Mary Abel Ferrara Italy, France, United States
Persona Non Grata Krzysztof Zanussi Poland, Italy, Russia, France
Proof John Madden United States
Regular Lovers Les amants réguliers Philippe Garrel France
Romance and Cigarettes John Turturro United States
The Second Wedding Night La seconda notte di nozze Pupi Avati Italy
Takeshis' Takeshi Kitano Japan
Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition

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Non-competitive section of highly spectacular films. Works by directors already established in past editions of the Festival, and films deemed appropriate for a midnight screening.[12]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
All the Invisible Children Mehdi Charef, Emir Kusturica, Spike Lee, Kátia Lund, Jordan Scott, Ridley Scott, Stefano Veneruso, John Woo Italy
Backstage Emmanuelle Bercot France
Bubble Steven Soderbergh United States
Casanova Lasse Hallström
Cinderella Man Ron Howard
Corpse Bride Tim Burton, Mike Johnson United Kingdom
The Descent Neil Marshall
Edmond Stuart Gordon United States
Elizabethtown Cameron Crowe
The Exorcism of Emily Rose Scott Derrickson
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children ファイナルファンタジーVII アドベントチルドレン Tetsuya Nomura Japan
The Fine Art of Love John Irvin Italy, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
Four Brothers John Singleton United States
Fragile Frágiles Jaume Balagueró Spain
The Great Yokai War 妖怪大戦争 Takashi Miike Japan
Initial D 頭文字D Andrew Lau, Alan Mak Hong Kong
Le Parfum de la dame en noir [fr] Bruno Podalydes France
Perhaps Love (closing film) 如果·愛 Peter Ho-sun Chan China, Hong Kong
Seven Swords (opening film) 七劍 Tsui Hark
Special Event: Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Hayao Miyazaki
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) 風の谷のナウシカ Hayao Miyazaki Japan
Porco Rosso (1992) 紅の豚
On Your Mark (1995) ジブリ実験劇場

Horizons

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A section aiming to provide a picture of the new trends in cinema. Documentaries are now included in this section, in order to render the programme more legible and avoid any confusion between different rich and complex sections.[13]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Fiction films
Árido Movie Lirio Ferreira Brazil
Carmen Jean-Pierre Limosin France
Dam Street 红颜 Li Yu China, France
Drawing Restraint 9 Matthew Barney United States
Everything is Illuminated Liev Schreiber
First on the Moon Первые на Луне Aleksei Fedorchenko Russia
Musikanten Franco Battiato Italy
On the Way Yolda Erden Kiral Turkey, Bulgaria
Perpetual Motion 無窮動 Ning Ying China
Texas Fausto Paravidino Italy
The Wild Blue Yonder Werner Herzog Germany, United Kingdom, France
Documentaries
The Dignity of the Nobodies La Dignidad de los Nadies Fernando E. Solanas Argentina
East of Paradise Lech Kowalski France
Into Great Silence Die Große Stille Philip Gröning Germany
Parallel Voices Вокальные параллели Rustam Khamdamov Kazakhstan
Veruschka: A Life for the Camera Veruschka – (m)ein inszenierter Körper Paul Morrissey, Bernd Böhm France
Workingman's Death Michael Glawogger Austria, Germany
Out of Competition
The Secret Life of Words Isabel Coixet Spain
Special event
Kill Gil Volume 1 Gil Rossellini Italy
Highlighted titles indicate the Horizons Awards for Best Film and Best Documentary respectively.

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

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The following films in 35mm, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the short film competition (Corto Cortissimo):[14]

Title Director(s) Production country
In competition
113 Jason Brandenberg Switzerland
La Apertura Duska Zagorac United Kingdom, Argentina
Au Petit Matin Xavier Gens France
Ballada Marcell Iványi Hungary, Belgium
Butterflies Max Jaco Luxembourg
A case of you Jack Davies United Kingdom
Come on Strange Gabriela Gruber Germany
Contracuerpo Eduardo Chapero-Jackson Spain
Da ikhos dghech chveni dghe dghegrdzeli (alt. title: Let Our Days Be Long) Georgy Paradzanov Russia
Flesh Edouard Salier France
Giorno 122 Fulvio Ottaviano Italy
The Glass Beads Angeles Woo United States
Happy Birthday Jun-won Hong Korea
Layla Afel Leon Prudovsky Israel
P.E.O.Z. Christo Petrou Greece
A rapariga da mão morta Alberto Seixas Santos Portugal
Rien d'insoluble Xavier Seron Belgium
Small Station (Xiaozhan) Lin Chien Ping Taiwan
Trevirgolaottantasette Valerio Mastandrea Italy
Tube Poker Simon Levene United Kingdom
Out of competition
De Glauber para Jirges André Ristum Brasil
Special events: Crossings (Incroci)
La Trama di Amleto Salvatore Chiosi Italy
Compleanno Sandro Dionisio
Five Minutes, Mr Welles Vincent D'Onofrio United States
Naufragi di Don Chisciotte Dominick Tambasco Italy
Special events: Between Europe and Middle East
Quelques miettes pour les oiseaux Nassim Amaouche Belgium, France, Jordan
De quelle couleur sont les murs de votre maison? Timon Koulmasis France
Diaspora Ula Tabari France, Belgium, Palestine
Schools of cinema: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Scuola Nazionale di Cinema:
Un posto libero Eros Achiardi Italy
Nature - Machini Marco Danieli
Nature - Al buio Fabio Mollo
Nature - Consuelo Carlo Pisani
Schools of cinema: London Film School
Vado a messa Ginevra Elkann United Kingdom
Highlighted title indicates Lion for Best Short Film

Retrospective - The Secret History of Asian Cinema

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This is a retrospective section on Chinese cinema (1934 to 1990)[15] and Japanese cinema (1926 to 1978).[16] The films are listed here in chronological order.

"The Secret History of Chinese Cinema"
English title Original title Year Director(s)
The Big Road 大路 1934 Sun Yu
Plunder of Peach and Plum 桃李劫 1934 Ying Yunwei
New Women 新女性 1935 Cai Chusheng
Street Angel 馬路天使 1937 Yuan Muzhi
Crossroads 十字街頭 1937 Shen Xiling
Song at Midnight 夜半歌聲 1937 Ma-Xu Weibang
Princess Iron Fan 铁扇公主 1941 Wan Laiming, Wan Guchan
Spring in a Small Town 李天濟 1947 Fei Mu
Crows and Sparrows 烏鴉與麻雀 1949 Zheng Junli
The Adventures of Sanmao the Waif 三毛流浪記 1949 Zhao Ming, Yan Gong
This Life of Mine 我這一輩子 1950 Shi Hui
Two Stage Sisters 舞臺姐妹 1965 Xie Jin
The Valiant Ones 忠烈圖 1975 King Hu
One and Eight 一個和八個 1983 Zhang Junzhao
Mama 媽媽 1990 Zhang Yuan
"The Secret History of Japanese Cinema"
Chōkon 長恨 1926 Daisuke Itō
A Diary of Chuji's Travels 忠次旅日記 1927
Oatsurae Jirokichi Koshi 御誂治郎吉格子 1931
The Million Ryo Pot 丹下左膳余話 百萬両の壺 1935 Sadao Yamanaka
Priest of Darkness (aka) 河内山宗俊 / Kōchiyama Sōshun 1936
Humanity and Paper Balloons 人情紙風船 1937
Rivals (aka) エノケンの頑張り戦術 1939 Nobuo Nakagawa
The 47 Ronin 元禄 忠臣蔵 1941–1942 Kenji Mizoguchi
The Famous Sword Bijomaru 名刀美女丸 1945
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo 三十三間堂通し矢物語 1945 Mikio Naruse
Princess Yang Kwei Fei 楊貴妃 1955 Kenji Mizoguchi
A Wicked Woman 毒婦高橋お伝 1958 Nobuo Nakagawa
The Ghost of Yotsuya 東海道四谷怪談 1959
Go to Hell, Hoodlums! aka Fighting Delinquents くたばれ愚連隊 1960 Seijun Suzuki
Akumyō 悪名 1961 Tokuzō Tanaka
High Noon for Gangsters aka Villains in Broad Daylight 白昼の無頼漢 1961 Kinji Fukasaku
The Tale of Zatoichi 座頭市物語 1962 Kenji Misumi
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! 探偵事務所23くたばれ悪党ども 1963 Seijun Suzuki
The Great Killing 大殺陣 1964 Eiichi Kudo
The Flower and the Angry Waves 花と怒濤 1964 Seijun Suzuki
On the Road Forever aka Homeless Drifter 無宿者 1964 Kenji Misumi
Tales of Chivalry in Japan 日本侠客伝 1964 Masahiro Makino
Wolves, Pigs and Men aka Wolves, Pigs and People 狼と豚と人間 1964 Kinji Fukasaku
Our Blood Will Not Forgive aka Our Blood Will Not Allow It 俺たちの血が許さない 1964 Seijun Suzuki
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight 座頭市血笑旅 1964 Kenji Misumi
Blood of Revenge 明治俠客伝 三代目襲名 1965 Tai Kato
A Solitary Knight 沓掛時次郎・遊侠一匹 1966
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Match 緋牡丹博徒 花札勝負 1969
Japan Organized Crime Boss aka Japan's Violent Gangs - The Boss and the Killers 日本暴力団 組長 1969 Kinji Fukasaku
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return 緋牡丹博徒・お竜参上 1970 Tai Kato
Sympathy for the Underdog 博徒外人部隊 1971 Kinji Fukasaku
Street Mobster 現代やくざ 人斬り与太 1972
Battles Without Honor and Humanity 仁義なき戦い 1973
Graveyard of Honor 仁義の墓場 1975
Cops vs. Thugs 県警対組織暴力 1975
Yakuza Graveyard やくざの墓場 くちなしの花 1976
Shogun's Samurai 柳生一族の陰謀 1978

Retrospective - The Secret History of Italian Cinema 2

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A retrospective section on Italian film (1946 to 1976). This section is part of a planned 4-year retrospective on some lesser known sides of Italian Cinema that started on the 61st edition of the festival.[17]

English title Original title Year Director(s)
Casanova on the screen
The Mysterious Rider Il cavaliere misterioso 1948 Riccardo Freda
The Sins of Casanova Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova 1955 Steno
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence Infanzia, vocazioni, prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, veneziano 1969 Luigi Comencini
Fellini's Casanova Il Casanova di Federico Fellini 1976 Federico Fellini
Homage to Fulvio Lucisano
Planet of the Vampires Terrore nello spazio 1965 Mario Bava
Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs Le spie vengono dal semifreddo 1966
What Have You Done to Solange? Cosa avete fatto a Solange? 1972 Massimo Dallamano
The Cursed Medallion Il medaglione insanguinato 1975
Un mondo perfetto 1946–1957 Nino Pagot, Gibba
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975)
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma 1975 Pier Paolo Pasolini
Bandits of Orgosolo Banditi a Orgosolo 1961 Vittorio De Seta

Independent Sections

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Venice International Film Critics' Week

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The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for the 20th Venice International Film Critics’ Week:[18]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In competition
Así Jesús-Mario Lozano Mexico
Brick Rian Johnson United States
Mother Nature Mater Natura Massimo Andrei Italy
The Passenger Le Passager Éric Caravaca France
Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl Perry Ogden Ireland
The Sunflowers Kuihua Duoduo Wang Baomin China
Writing on the Earth Yadasht bar zamin Ali Mohammad Ghasemi Iran
Special event
Belzec Guillaume Moscovitz France
Homage to Alberto Lattuada
Giacomo the Idealist Giacomo l'idealista (1943) Alberto Lattuada Italy

Venice Days

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The following films were selected for the 2nd edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:[19]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
13 Tzameti Gela Babluani France
Allegro Christoffer Boe Denmark
Waiting Attente Rashid Masharawi Palestine, France
Before It Had a Name Giada Colagrande United States
C.R.A.Z.Y. Jean-Marc Vallée Canada
Craj - Domani Davide Marengo Italy
The Wind El Viento Eduardo Mignogna Argentina, Spain
Elio Petri. Notes On A Filmmaker Elio Petri... appunti su un autore Federico Bacci, Stefano Leone, Nicola Guarneri Italy
Falling... In Love Lian ren Wang Ming-Tai Taiwan
Giacomo the Idealist Giacomo l'idealista (1943) Alberto Lattuada Italy
La passione di Giosuè l'Ebreo Pasquale Scimeca Italy, Spain
The Young Lieutenant Le petit lieutenant Xavier Beauvois France
Love Vladan Nikolic United States, Serbia and Montenegro
Man Push Cart Ramin Bahrani United States
Next Door Naboer Pål Sletaune Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Parabola Karim Ouelhaj Belgium

Official Awards

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Giovanna Mezzogiorno, winner of Volpi Cup Best Actress at 62nd Venice International Film Festival

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 62nd edition:[20]

In Competition

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Special Awards

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Horizons (Orizzonti)

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Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo Lion)

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  • Citroen Short Super-Short Lion for Best Short Film: Small Station by Lin Chien-ping
    • Special Mention: Layla Afel by Leon Prudovsky
  • UIP Prize for Best European Short Film: Butterflies by Max Jacoby

Lion of the Future - "Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film

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Independent Sections Awards

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The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[20][21]

Venice International Film Critics' Week

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  • Audience Award: Mother Nature by Massimo Andrei
  • Isvema Award: Mother Nature by Massimo Andrei
  • FEDIC Award: Mother Nature by Massimo Andrei

Independent Awards

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The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[21]

C.I.C.A.E. Award

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UNICEF Award

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Pasinetti Awards

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Little Golden Lion

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Jameson Short Film Award

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  • Aria by Claudio Noce

Young Cinema Award

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Wella Prize

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Open Prize

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Doc/It Award

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Lina Mangiacapre Award

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Future Film Festival Digital Award

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Laterna Magica Prize

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Sergio Trasatti Award

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  • Mary by Abel Ferrara

Biografilm Award

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'CinemAvvenire' Award

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Award of the City of Rome

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Human Rights Film Network Award

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EIUC Award

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Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

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  • Mary by Abel Ferrara

References

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