71st Venice International Film Festival
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Festival Poster | |
| Opening film | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) |
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| Closing film | The Golden Era |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards |
Golden Lion – A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence Silver Lion – The Postman's White Nights |
| Hosted by | Luisa Ranieri |
| Festival date | 27 August – 6 September 2014 |
| Website | Website |
The 71st annual Venice Film Festival took place in Venice, Italy between 27 August to 6 September 2014.[1] The Swedish film A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence won the Golden Lion award.
American filmmakers Thelma Schoonmaker and Frederick Wiseman were the recipients of the Lifetime Achievement award.[2] French composer Alexandre Desplat was the head of the jury for the main competition section.[3]
Alejandro González Iñárritu's film Birdman opened the festival.[4][5] Ann Hui's drama film The Golden Era served as the closing night film.[6] Italian actress Luisa Ranieri hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.[7]
The festival poster paid tribute to François Truffaut, as it featured the character of Antoine Doinel portrayed by Jean-Pierre Léaud from Truffaut's 1959 drama film The 400 Blows.[8][9]
Juries
- Main Competition[3]
- Alexandre Desplat: French composer (President of Jury)
- Joan Chen: Chinese actress and director
- Philip Groning: German director
- Jessica Hausner: Austrian director
- Jhumpa Lahiri: Indian novelist
- Sandy Powell: English costume designer
- Tim Roth: British actor
- Elia Suleiman: Palestinian director
- Carlo Verdone: Italian actor and director
- Horizons (Orizzonti)[10]
- Ann Hui: Hong Kong director (President of Jury)
- Moran Atias: Israeli actress
- Pernilla August: Swedish actress and director
- David Chase: American writer and director
- Mahamat-Saleh Haroun: Chadian director
- Roberto Minervini: Italian director
- Alin Taşçıyan: Turkish critic
- Luigi De Laurentiis[11]
- Alice Rohrwacher: Italian director (President of Jury)
- Lisandro Alonso: Argentine director
- Ron Mann: Canadian filmmaker
- Vivian Qu: Chinese filmmaker
- Razvan Radulescu: Romanian novelist and film director
Official selection
In Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:[12][13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99 Homes | N/A | Ramin Bahrani | United States |
| A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron | Roy Andersson | Sweden, Germany, Norway, France |
| Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)[14] | N/A | Alejandro González Iñárritu | United States |
| Black Souls | Anime nere | Francesco Munzi | Italy, France |
| Far from Men | Loin des hommes | David Oelhoffen | France |
| Fires on the Plain | Nobi | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan |
| Good Kill | N/A | Andrew Niccol | United States |
| Hungry Hearts | Saverio Costanzo | Italy | |
| Leopardi | Il giovane favoloso | Mario Martone | Italy |
| The Price of Fame | La Rançon de la gloire | Xavier Beauvois | France, Belgium, Switzerland |
| Le Dernier Coup de marteau | Le Dernier Coup de marteau | Alix Delaporte | France |
| Manglehorn | N/A | David Gordon Green | United States |
| Pasolini | Pasolini | Abel Ferrara | France, Belgium, Italy |
| Red Amnesia | 闯入者 | Wang Xiaoshuai | China |
| Sivas | Sivas | Kaan Müjdeci | Turkey |
| Tales | قصه ها (Ghesse-ha) | Rakhshan Bani-E'temad | Iran |
| The Cut | The Cut | Fatih Akın | Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Poland, Turkey |
| The Look of Silence | Senyap | Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, UK |
| The Postman's White Nights | Belye nochi pochtalona Alekseya Tryapitsyna | Andrei Konchalovsky | Russia |
| Three Hearts | 3 cœurs | Benoît Jacquot | France |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[12][13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Words with Gods | N/A | Guillermo Arriaga, Emir Kusturica, Amos Gitai, Mira Nair, Warwick Thornton, Hector Babenco, Bahman Ghobadi, Hideo Nakata, Alex de la Iglesia | Mexico, United States |
| She's Funny That Way | N/A | Peter Bogdanovich | United States |
| Dearest | 親愛的 | Peter Ho-sun Chan | Hong Kong, China |
| Olive Kitteridge | N/A | Lisa Cholodenko | United States |
| Burying the Ex | N/A | Joe Dante | United States |
| Perez. | Perez. | Edoardo De Angelis | Italy |
| La zuppa del demonio | La zuppa del demonio | Davide Ferrario | Italy |
| The Sound and the Fury | N/A | James Franco | United States |
| Tsili | Tsili | Amos Gitai | Israel, Russia, Italy, France |
| The State-Mafia Pact | La trattativa | Sabina Guzzanti | Italy |
| The Golden Era | 黃金時代 | Ann Hui | China, Hong Kong |
| Revivre | 화장 | Im Kwon-taek | South Korea |
| The Humbling | N/A | Barry Levinson | United States |
| The Old Man of Belem | O velho do restelo | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal, France |
| Italy in a Day | Un giorno da italiani | Gabriele Salvatores | Italy, UK |
| In the Basement | Im Keller | Ulrich Seidl | Austria |
| The Boxtrolls | N/A | Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable | United States |
| Nymphomaniac Volume II | Nymphomaniac Volume I (Long Version) Director's Cut | Lars Von Trier | Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium |
Horizons
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[3]
Feature films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theeb | ذيب | Naji Abu Nowar | Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, United Kingdom |
| Line of Credit | Kreditis Limiti | Salome Alexi | Georgia, Germany, France |
| Cymbeline | N/A | Michael Almereyda | United States |
| Without Pity | Senza nessuna pietà | Michele Alhaique | Italy |
| Near Death Experience | NDE (Near Death Experience) | Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern | France |
| La vita oscena | La vita oscena | Renato De Maria | Italy |
| Reality | Réalité | Quentin Dupieux | France, Belgium |
| Goodnight Mommy | Ich seh, Ich seh | Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala | Austria |
| Hill of Freedom | 자유의 언덕 | Hong Sangsoo | South Korea |
| Bypass | N/A | Duane Hopkins | United Kingdom |
| The President | N/A | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Georgia, France, United Kingdom, Germany |
| Jackie & Ryan | N/A | Ami Canaan Mann | United States |
| Belluscone: A Sicilian Story | Belluscone, una storia siciliana | Franco Maresco | Italy |
| Nabat | Nabat | Elchin Musaoglu | Azerbaijan |
| Heaven Knows What | N/A | Josh Safdie, Ben Safdie | United States, France |
| These Are the Rules | Takva Su Pravila | Ognjen Svilicic | Croatia, France, Serbia, Macedonia |
| Court | Court | Chaitanya Tamhane | India |
Short films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bache | La bambina | Ali Asgari | Italy, Iran |
| Ferdinand Knapp | Ferdinand Knapp | Andrea Baldini | France |
| Mademoiselle | Mademoiselle | Guillaume Gouix | France |
| Castillo y el Armado | Castillo y el Armado | Pedro Harres | Brazil |
| Daily Bread | Pat-Lehem | Idan Hubel | Israel |
| 3/105 | 3/105 | Avelina Prat, Diego Opazo | Spain |
| Maryam | Maryam | Sidi Saleh | Indonesia |
| Art | Arta | Adrian Sitaru | Romania |
| Era Apocrypha | N/A | Brendan Sweeny | United States |
| Great Heat | 大暑 | Chen Tao | China |
| Cams | Cams | Carl-Johan Westregård | Sweden |
| In Overtime | Fi Al Waqt Al Dae'a | Rami Yasin | Jordan, Palestine |
Out of Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| On the Bride's Side | Io sto con la sposa | Antonio Augugliaro, Gabriele Del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry | Italy, Palestine |
| Lift You Up | N/A | Ramin Bahrani | United States |
| L'attesa del maggio | L'attesa del maggio | Simone Massi | Italy |
Autonomous sections
International Critics’ Week
The following films were selected for the 29th Venice International Film Critics' Week:[15]
Feature films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dancing with Maria | Dancing with Maria | Ivan Gergolet | Italy, Argentina, Slovenia |
| 40-Love | Terre battue | Stéphane Demoustier | France |
| The Council of Birds | Zerrumpelt Herz | Timm Kroger | Germany |
| No One's Child | Ничије дете (Ničije dete) | Vuk Ršumović | Serbia |
| The Coffin in the Mountain | 殡棺 | Xin Yukun | China |
| Flapping in The Middle of Nowhere | Đập cánh giữa không trung | Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp | Vietnam, France, Norway, Germany |
| Villa Touma | Villa Touma | Suha Arraf | Israel, Germany[16][17][18][19][20] |
Out of Competition (Special screening)
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | Melbourne | Nima Javidi | Iran |
| The Market | Arance e Martello | Diego Bianchi | Italy |
Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 11th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[21]
Official selection
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Cinco | El 5 de talleres | Adrián Biniez | Argentina, Uruguay |
| Return to Ithaca | Retour à Ithaque | Laurent Cantet | France |
| Before I Disappear | N/A | Shawn Christensen | United States |
| The Smell of Us | The Smell of Us | Larry Clark | France |
| Messi | Messi | Álex de la Iglesia | Spain |
| The Dinner | I nostri ragazzi | Ivano De Matteo | Italy |
| Summer Nights | Les nuits d'été | Mario Fanfani | France |
| Patria | Patria | Felice Farina | Italy |
| The Farewell Party | Mita Tova | Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon | Israel, Germany |
| Métamorphoses | Métamorphoses | Christophe Honoré | France |
| Between 10 and 12 | Tussen 10 en 12 | Peter Hoogendoorn | Netherlands |
| One on One | 일대일 | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| The Goob | N/A | Guy Myhill | United Kingdom |
| Labour of Love | Asha jaoar majhe | Aditya Vikram Sengupta | India |
| They Have Escaped | He ovat paenneet | JP Valkepää | Finland, Netherlands |
Special events
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9x10 novanta | 9x10 novanta | Marco Bonfanti, Sara Fgaier, Claudio Giovannesi, Alina Marazzi, Pietro Marcello, Giovanni Piperno, Costanza Quatriglio, Paola Randi, Alice Rohrwacher, Roland Sejko | Italy |
| The Show MAS Go On | The Show MAS Go On | Rä di Martino | Italy |
| The Lack | The Lack | Masbedo | Italy |
| Five Star | N/A | Keith Miller | United States |
Miu Miu Women’s Tales
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spark and Light | #7 Spark and Light | So Yong Kim | Italy, United States |
| Somebody | #8 Somebody | Miranda July | Italy, United States |
Premio Lux
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Enemy | Razredni sovražnik | Rok Biček | Slovenia |
| Ida | Ida | Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland, Denmark |
| Girlhood | Bande de filles | Céline Sciamma | France |
Venice Classics
The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section:[22]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bride | Gelin | Lutfi Akad | Turkey |
| Red Chairs, Parma and the Cinema | Poltrone rosse, parma e il cinema | Francesco Barilli | Italy |
| China is Near | La Cina è vicina | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
| Mouchette | Robert Bresson | France | |
| The Innocents | Jack Clayton | United Kingdom | |
| Walking the Streets of Moscow | Ya shagayu po Moskve | Georgiy Daneliya | Soviet Union |
| Umberto D. | Vittorio De Sica | Italy | |
| The Iron Mask | Allan Dwan | United States | |
| L'udienza | Marco Ferreri | Italy | |
| No End | Bez końca | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Poland |
| Without Pity | Senza pietà | Alberto Lattuada | Italy |
| The Warrior | Maciste alpino | Luigi Maggi, Luigi Romano Borgnetto | Italy |
| L'avventura di un soldato | Nino Manfredi | Italy | |
| Guys and Dolls | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | United States | |
| Altman | Ron Mann | Canada | |
| The Man from Laramie | Anthony Mann | United States | |
| Todo modo | Elio Petri | Italy | |
| L'Amour existe | Maurice Pialat | France | |
| The Tragedy of Macbeth | Roman Polanski | United Kingdom, United States | |
| The Tales of Hoffmann | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom | |
| A Special Day | Una giornata particolare | Ettore Scola | Italy |
| Only She Knows | Kanojo dake ga shitte iru | Osamu Takahashi | Japan |
| Stolen Kisses | Baisers volés | François Truffaut | France |
| Flowers of Taipei – New Taiwan Cinema | 光陰的故事 －台灣新電影 | Hsieh Chin Lin | Taiwan |
Awards
The following awards were presented at the 71st edition:[23][24]
Official selection
- In Competition
- Golden Lion – A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence by Roy Andersson
- Silver Lion – The Postman's White Nights by Andrei Konchalovsky
- Grand Jury Prize – The Look of Silence by Joshua Oppenheimer
- Volpi Cup:
- Best Actor – Adam Driver for Hungry Hearts
- Best Actress – Alba Rohrwacher for Hungry Hearts
- Marcello Mastroianni Award – Romain Paul for Le Dernier Coup de marteau
- Best Screenplay Award – Tales by Rakhshan Bani-E'temad
- Special Jury Prize – Sivas by Kaan Mujdeci
- Lion of the Future – Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film - Court by Chaitanya Tamhane
- Special Awards
- Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement – Thelma Schoonmaker and Frederick Wiseman
- Visionary Talent Award: Frances McDormand[25]
- Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: James Franco;[26]
- Horizons (Orizzonti)
- Best Film - Court by Chaitanya Tamhane
- Best Director - Theeb by Naji Abu Nowar
- Special Jury Prize – Belluscone, una storia siciliana by Franco Maresco
- Special Prize For Best Actor or Actress - Emir Hadžihafizbegović for These Are the Rules
- Horizons Prize for Best Short - Maryam by Sidi Saleh
Autonomous sections
- RaroVideo Audience Award for Best Film - No One's Child by Vuk Ršumović
- FEDEORA (Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean) Best Screenplay - No One's Child by Vuk Ršumović
- FEDEORA Best Film - Flapping in The Middle of Nowhere by Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp
- Venice Days Award - Return to Ithaca by Laurent Cantet
- BNL People's Choice Award - The Farewell Party by Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon
- Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film - The Dinner by Ivano De Matteo
- FEDEORA Best Film - One on One by Kim Ki-duk
- FEDEORA Best director of a debut film - Aditya Vikram Sengupta for Labour of Love
- Queer Lion Award 2014 - Summer Nights by Mario Fanfani
- Premio Brian - UAAR - The Farewell Party by Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon
- Premio Gillo Pontecorvo Arcobaleno Latino - The Show MAS Go On by Rä di Martino
- Premio Cinecibo - The Dinner by Ivano De Matteo
- Francesco Pasinetti Awards[33]
- Pasinetti Award for Best Film - Black Souls by Francesco Munzi
- Pasinetti Award for Best Actor - Elio Germano for Leopardi
- Pasinetti Award for Best Actress - Alba Rohrwacher for Hungry Hearts
- Pasinetti Special Award - The Dinner by Ivano De Matteo
- 1st Akai International Film Festival[34]
- Akai International Film Festival Prize for Best Rivelation - Xin Yucun for The Coffin in the Mountain
- Akai International Film Festival Prize for Best Direction - Francesco Munzi for Black Souls
- Akai International Film Festival Prize for Best Actor - Jacopo Olmo Antinori for The Dinner
- Akai International Film Festival Prize for Best Actress - Iaia Forte for Leopardi, The Show MAS Go On and La vita oscena
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