Film festival
The 67th annual Venice International Film Festival held in Venice, Italy, took place from 1 to 11 September 2010.[1] American film director and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino was the head of the Jury.[2] The opening film of the festival was Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan,[3] and the closing film was Julie Taymor's The Tempest. John Woo was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement prior to the start of the Festival.[4]
The Golden Lion was awarded to Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola.[5] The Silver Lion Award for Best Director was given to Álex de la Iglesia, for A Sad Trumpet Ballad.
In a break with tradition of limiting a film to receiving no more than one major award, the Special Jury Prize and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor (Vincent Gallo) went to the same film, Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing. In the past, no one film had been given two major awards. Representing the jury, American director Quentin Tarantino appealed to Festival head Marco Müller to alter the rules. This rule change continues to be upheld for future editions of the Festival.[6][7]
Following the Festival, Italian film critic Paolo Mereghetti criticized the decisions that the jury made in awarding prizes, and singled out Tarantino, accusing him of favoritism. He denied the charge.[8][9]
Juries
The international juries of the 67th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:[10]
Main Competition (Venezia 67)
Horizons (Orizzonti)
Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film)
Controcampo Italiano
Persol 3-D
- Shimizu Takashi, Japanese filmmaker - Jury President[15]
- Jim Hoberman, American film critic and academic
- David Zamagni, Italian filmmaker
Official Sections
In Competition
The Golden Lion was won by Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola, a film based in part on Coppola's childhood as the daughter of acclaimed American director Francis Ford Coppola.[16] Quentin Tarantino, the president of the jury that awarded the prize, hailed the film saying, "it grew and grew in our hearts, in our minds, in our affections".[17] The jury's decision was unanimous. Upon receiving the award, Coppola paid credit to her father for "teaching me".[18] The Russian film Silent Souls and the Chilean film Post Mortem had been considered favorites for the award.[19]
The following films competed for the award:[20]
- Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.
Out of Competition
The following films were shown out of competition.[21]
Horizons (Orizzonti)
From 2010 on, this section, dedicated to new trends in world cinema, has opened itself to all "extra-format" works, while four new awards have been established for it.[22]
- Highlighted title indicates the Orizzontis Awards for Feature Film and Short Film winners.
Controcampo Italiano
The following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section:[23]
- Highlighted title indicates the Controcampo Italiano Prize winner.
Italian Retrospective
The following films were shown as part of a retrospective section on Italian comedy, titled The State of Things, spanning the years 1937 to 1988.[24]
Independent Sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following films were selected for the 25th International Film Critics' Week:[25][26]
Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 7th edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:[27][28]
Official Awards
Starting with the 67th edition of the festival, four new awards were established for the Orizzonti section: the Orizzonti Award (for feature films), the Special Jury Orizzonti Prize (for feature films), the Orizzonti Award for Short Experimental Films and the Orizzonti Award for Short/Medium-length Films.[22] The following Official selection awards were conferred at the festival:[5]
In Competition (Venezia 67)
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Horizons (Orizzonti)
- Orizzonti Award: Summer of Goliath by Nicolás Pereda
- Special Jury Orizzonti Prize: The Forgotten Space by Noël Burch and Allan Sekula
- Orizzonti Award for Short Experimental Films: Coming Attractions by Peter Tcherkassky
- Orizzonti Award for Short/Medium-length Films: Tse (Out) by Roee Rosen
- Venice Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards: The External World by David Oreilly
Controcampo Italiano
- Best Film: 20 Cigarettes by Aureliano Amadei
Luigi de Laurentis Award for a Debut Film
Special Awards
Independent Sections Awards
The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:
Venice International Film Critics' Week
Venice Days (Giornati degli Autori)
Independent Awards
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[29]
FIPRESCI Award
Queer Lion
SIGNIS Award
Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI)
CICAE Award
Leoncino d'oro Agiscuola Award
Cinema for UNICEF Commendation
La Navicella – Venezia Cinema Award
C.I.C.T. UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award
Biografilm Lancia Award
Nazareno Taddei Award
- Silent Souls by Aleksei Fedorchenko
CinemAvvenire Award
CinemAvvenire "Il cerchio non è rotondo" Award
Equal Opportunity Award
Future Film Festival Digital Award
Brian Award
Arca Cinemagiovani Award
Roberto Bognanno Prize
Lina Mangiacapre Award
UK - Italy Creative Industries Award – Best Innovative Budget
- Tajabone by Salvatore Mereu
Fondazione Mimmo Rotella
Premio Selezione Cinema.Doc - Official Selection
- El sicario room 164 by Gianfranco Rosi
Golden Mouse
- Silent Souls by Aleksei Fedorchenko
Silver Mouse
- Incendies by Denis Villeneuve
References
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- ^ "Essential Killing Takes Triple at Venice". inside out film. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010.
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- ^ "67th Venice Film Festival (Juries) Controcampo Italiano". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "67th Venice Film Festival (Juries) Persol 3-D". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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- ^ a b "Four new "Orizzonti" awards". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
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