53rd Venice International Film Festival

The 53rd Venice International Film Festival was held on 28 August - 7 September, 1996.

Jury

• Roman Polanski (head of jury)
• Paul Auster
• Souleymane Cissé
• Mrinal Sen
• Callisto Cosulich
• Anjelica Huston
• Miriam Mifai
• Antonio Skármeta
• Hulya Ucansu

Films in competition

• Basquiat by Julian Schnabel
• Brigands, chapitre VII by Otar Iosseliani
• Carla's Song by Ken Loach
• Chronicle of a Disappearance by Elia Suleiman
• For Ever Mozart by Jean-Luc Godard
• The Funeral by Abel Ferrara
• Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi by Claude Lelouch
• Ilona llega con la lluvia by Sergio Cabrera
• Michael Collins by Neil Jordan
• Party by Manoel de Oliveira
• Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio by Antonio Capuano
• Ponette by Jacques Doillon
• Profundo carmesí by Arturo Ripstein
• Tai Ping Tian Guo by Nien-Jen Wu
• Der Unhold by Volker Schlöndorff
• Vesna va veloce by Carlo Mazzacurati

Awards

• Golden Lion:
  • Neil Jordan for Michael Collins
• Grand Special Jury Prize:
  • Brigands, chapitre VII by Otar Iosseliani
• Golden Osella:
  • Best Original Screenplay - Profundo carmesí by Paz Alicia Garciadiego
  • Best Original Music - David Mansfield for Profundo carmesí
  • Best Set Design - Profundo carmesí by Paz Alicia Garciadiego
• Volpi Cup:
  • Best Actor - Liam Neeson for Michael Collins
  • Best Actress - Victoire Thivisol for Ponette
  • Best Supporting Performer - Chris Penn for The Funeral
• Honorable Mention:
  • Jan Sverák for Kolya
• The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal:
  • Ken Loach for Carla's Song
• Luigi De Laurentiis Award:
  • Chronicle of a Disappearance by Elia Suleiman
• Career Golden Lion:
  • Robert Altman
  • Michèle Morgan
  • Vittorio Gassman
  • Dustin Hoffman
• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • Alex van Warmerdam for De jurk
  • Pascale Ferran for L'âge des possibles
  • Jacques Doillon for Ponette
• OCIC Award:
  • Jacques Doillon for Ponette
  • Abel Ferrara for The Funeral
• OCIC Special Award:
  • La porta del cielo
• OCIC Award - Honorable Mention:
  • Ivan Fila for Lea
• UNICEF Award:
  • Volker Schlöndorff for Der Unhold
• CICT-IFTC Award:
  • Small Wonders by Allan Miller
• Pasinetti Award:
  • Best Film - The Portrait of a Lady by Jane Campion
  • Best Actor - Fabrizio Bentivoglio for Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio
  • Best Actress - Tereza Zajickova for Vesna va veloce
• Pietro Bianchi Award:
  • Roberto Perpignani
  • Carlo Lizzani
• FEDIC Award:
  • Voci nel tempo by Franco Piavoli
• Little Golden Lion:
  • Claude Lelouch for Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi
• Elvira Notari Prize:
  • Monica Pellizzari for Fistful of Flies
• Sergio Trasatti Award:
  • Jacques Doillon for Ponette
• 'CinemAvvenire' Award:
  • Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature - Jacques Deschamps for Still Waters Run Deep
  • Best First Work - Jacques Deschamps for Still Waters Run Deep
• Kodak Award:
  • Ugo Chiti for Albergo Roma:
• AIACA Award:
  • Stefano Gigli for Il fratello minore

External links

• Venice Film Festival:1996 at Internet Movie Database