Most of the films at the festival were world premieres.[3] Featured in the 65th film festival was a restored version of Federico Fellini's 1952 comedy The White Sheik with forty minutes of newly discovered footage.[4] Films screened out of competition included 35 Shots of Rum by Claire Denis, Abbas Kiarostami's Shirin, and an autobiographical documentary by Agnès Varda.[2] The record for the longest film at the festival went to Philippine director Lav Diaz's Melancholia, with a running time of approximately seven and a half hours, and which was included in the Orizzonti competition section.[3]
Heidrun Schleef, Italian screenwriter and producer
Official Sections
In Competition
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.[10][11]
Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.
Out of Competition
New works by directors who have been honored in past festivals, as well as movies shown in the midnight time band.[12]
Horizons (Orizzonti)
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[13]
Highlighted titles indicate the Horizons Awards for Best Film and Best Documentary respectively.
Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)
The following films were selected for the Short film competition (Corto Cortissimo) section:[14]
Highlighted title indicates Lion for Best Short Film winner.
These Phantoms: Italian Cinema Rediscovered (1946-1975)
Retrospective screenings and restorations. Special mono-graphic sessions dedicated to the "secret story of Italian cinema". This is the fifth part of the retrospective, initiated at the 61st edition of the festival.
Autonomous sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following films were selected for the 23rd International Film Critics' Week:[16]
Highlighted title indicates the Lion Of The Future winner.
Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 5th edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:[17][18]
Official Awards
The following Official Awards were conferred at the 65th edition:[19]
Best Italian Film: Mid-August Lunch by Gianni Di Gregorio
Air For Film Fest Award
Pa-ra-da by Marco Pontecorvo
"Poveri ma belli" Award
Puccini e la fanciulla by Paolo Benvenuti
Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award
Ponyo by Hayao Miyazaki
Open Award 2008
The Butcher's Shop by Philip Haas
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