58th Venice International Film Festival

The 58th Venice International Film Festival was held on 29 August – 8 September, 2001.

Jury

• Nanni Moretti (head of jury)
• Amitav Ghosh (author)
• Jerzy Skolimowski
• Jeanne Balibar
• Taylor Hackford
• Cecilia Roth
• Vibeke Windeløv
• Francesca Comencini (head of jury) (shorts)
• Jaques Kermabon (critic) (shorts)

Films in competition

• Abril Despedaçado by Walter Salles
• Bully by Larry Clark
• Dupa-amiaza unui tortionar by Lucian Pintilie
• Eden by Amos Gitai
• Heung gong yau gok hor lei wood by Fruit Chan
• How Harry Became a Tree by Goran Paskaljević
• Hundstage by Ulrich Seidl
• Loin by André Téchiné
• Luce dei miei occhi by Giuseppe Piccioni
• Luna rossa by Antonio Capuano
• Monsoon Wedding by Mira Nair
• The Navigators by Ken Loach
• The Others by Alejandro Amenábar
• Quem És Tu? by João Botelho
• Raye makhfi by Babak Payami
• Sauvage innocence by Philippe Garrel
• Suchwiin bulmyeong by Ki-duk Kim
• The Triumph of Love by Clare Peploe
• Waking Life by Richard Linklater
• Y tu mamá también by Alfonso Cuarón

Awards

• Golden Lion:
  • Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair)
• Grand Special Jury Prize:
  • Dog Days (Ulrich Seidl)
• Silver Lion:
  • The Whiz Kids (Jan Krüger)
• Volpi Cup:
  • Best Actor: Luigi Lo Cascio Light of My Eyes
  • Best Actress: Sandra Ceccarelli Light of My Eyes
• Marcello Mastroianni Award:
  • And Your Mother Too (Diego Luna)
• Luigi De Laurentiis Award:
  • Kruh in mleko (Jan Cvitkovic and Danijel Hocevar)
• Cinema of the Present - Lion of the Year:
  • Seafood (Wen Zhu)
• Cinema of the Present - Special Jury Award:
  • Le Souffle (Damien Odoul)
• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • Competition: Wild Innocence (Philippe Garrel)
  • Parallel Sections: Le Souffle (Damien Odoul)
• OCIC Award:
  • Secret Ballot (Babak Payami)
• Netpac Award:
  • Secret Ballot (Babak Payami)
  • Quitting (Yang Zhang)
• Don Quixote Award:
  • L'emploi du temps (Laurent Cantet)
• UNICEF Award:
  • Secret Ballot (Babak Payami)
• UNESCO Award:
  • Porto of My Childhood (Manoel de Oliveira)
• Pasinetti Award:
  • Best Film: Secret Ballot (Babak Payami)
  • Best Actor: (Luigi Lo Cascio) Light of My Eyes
  • Best Actress: (Sandra Ceccarelli) Light of My Eyes
• Italian Cinema Clubs Awards:
  • Sailing Home (Vincenzo Marra)
• Pietro Bianchi Award:
  • Alberto Sordi
• Isvema Award:
  • Sailing Home (Vincenzo Marra)
• FEDIC Award:
  • Sailing Home (Vincenzo Marra)
• Wella Prize:
  • Red Moon (Licia Maglietta)
• Elvira Notari Prize:
  • Fish and Elephant (Yu Li)
• Cult Network Italia Prize:
  • Sailing Home (Vincenzo Marra)
• FilmCritica "Bastone Bianco" Award:
  • Dias de Nietzsche em Turim (Júlio Bressane)
• Future Film Festival Digital Award:
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg)
• Laterna Magica Prize:
  • Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair)
• Sergio Trasatti Award:
  • Light of My Eyes (Giuseppe Piccioni)
• CinemAvvenire Award:
  • Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature: Sailing Home (Vincenzo Marra)
  • Best Film: Waking Life (Richard Linklater)
  • Best First Film: Ggot seom (Il-gon Song)
• Children and Cinema Award:
  • The Navigators (Ken Loach)
• Rota Soundtrack Award:
  • The Navigators (George Fenton)
• Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award:
  • Quem És Tu? (João Botelho)
• Special Director's Award:
  • Babak Payami
• Best Screenplay:
  • And Your Mother Too (Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón

External links

• Venice Film Festival:2001 at Internet Movie Database