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61st Venice International Film Festival

61st Venice International Film Festival

Film festival


The 61st annual Venice International Film Festival was the 2004 edition of the Venice International Film Festival, held between 1 and 11 September 2004. The festival opened with Steven Spielberg's The Terminal,[1] and closed with Katsuhiro Otomo's Steamboy.[2] The Golden Lion was awarded to Vera Drake, directed by Mike Leigh.[3][4]

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On this edition, a new independent section, Venice Days (Giornate degli autori), was created "for free cinema, new talents and new stories". This section is organized by the ANAC (National Association of Cinematographic Authors) and the API (Independent Authors & Producers).[5]

Also in this edition, The Secret History of Italian Cinema was launched, a new official retrospective section, with the aim of restoring and systematically rediscovering sides of the Italian cinema that have been "forgotten, invisible, unknown or misunderstood". The retrospective was planned for the following four editions (61st to 64th editions), later was extended with the These Phantoms: Italian Cinema Rediscovered (65th edition), and the Italian Comedy Retrospective (66th edition). The Fondazione Prada was the main sponsor/partner of this section.[6]

Juries

The following people comprised the 2004 juries:[7][8]

Main Competition (Venezia 61)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Venezia Cinema Digitale

  • Mike Figgis, British filmmaker and composer - Jury President
  • Shozo Ichiyama, Japanese
  • Claire Simon, Moroccan-French

Official Sections

In Competition

The main competitive section of the official selection is an international competition of feature films running for the Golden Lion.[9]

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Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.
† indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.[10]

Out of Competition

The following films of the official selection were screened as "out of competition":[11]

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Horizons (Orizzonti)

A section aiming to provide a picture of the new trends in cinema.[12]

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Highlighted title indicates the Horizons Awards for Best Film.
† indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.[10]

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

The following films, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo):[13]

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Highlighted title indicates Lion for Best Short Film winner.

Venetian Nights

The following films were screened for the Venetian Nights section (Venezia Mezzanotte):[14]

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† indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.[10]

Venice Digital Cinema

A section intended to provide an overview of the new expressive possibilities granted by digital technologies.[15]

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† indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.[10]

Retrospective - The Secret History of Italian Cinema 1

A new retrospective section on Italian Cinema aiming to restore and systematically rediscover sides of the Italian cinema That Have Been "Forgotten, Invisible, Unknown Or Misunderstood". This first edition of the retrospective is titled Italian Kings of the B's.[16]

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Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[17]

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Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 1st edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:[18]

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Official Awards

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 61st edition:[19]

In Competition (Venezia 61)

Golden Lion for lifetime achievement

Horizons (Orizzonti)

  • Best Film: Les petits fils by Ilan Duran Cohen

Digital Cinema Award

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

  • Citroen Short Super-Short Lion for Best Short Film: Signe d'appartenence by Kamel Cherif
    • Special mention: The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife by Peter Foot
  • UIP Prize for Best European Short Film: Goodbye by Steve Hudson

"Luigi de Laurentis" Award For A Debut Film (Lion of the Future)

Independents Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[20]

Venice International Film Critics' Week

FIPRESCI Prize

SIGNS Award

C.I.C.A.E. Award

UNICEF Award

UNESCO Award

Pasinetti Award

Isvema Award

FEDIC Award

Little Golden Lion

Venice Days - Label Europa Cinemas

Young Cinema Award

"Lino Miccichè" First Feature Award

Open Prize

Lina Mangiacapre Award

Future Film Festival Digital Award

Laterna Magica Prize

Sergio Trasatti Award

CinemAvvenire Award

Award of the City of Rome

International Peace Award

Human Rights Film Network Award

EIUC Award

Special Director's Award

Special Pasinetti Award


References

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  2. "61st Venice Film Festival - Wednesday, September 11, 2004". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 22 August 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. "Venice – 2004 Ecco il Leone". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  4. "The 2000s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  5. "Line-up of the 61st Venice Film Festival". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 22 August 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. "The international juries of the 61st Venice Film Festival". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 14 September 2004. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  7. "Juries for the 2000s". Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  8. "61st Venice Film Festival". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 22 August 2004. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  9. "61st VFF - Feature films competing for the Lion of the Future". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 11 August 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  10. "61st Venice Film Festival - Out of Competition". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 22 August 2004. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  11. "61st Venice Film Festival - Orizzonti". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 25 August 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  12. "61st Venice Film Festival - Corto Cortissimo". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 22 August 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  13. "61st Venice Film Festival - Venezia Mezzanotte". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 22 August 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  14. "61st Venice Film Festival - Venezia Cinema Digitale". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 22 August 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  15. "61st Venice Film Festival - Italian Kings of the B's". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 22 August 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  16. "19th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  17. "Venice Days - Giornate degli Autore 1st edition". venice-days.it. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  18. "Official Awards of the 61st Venice Film Festival". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 15 September 2004. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  19. "Collateral Awards of the 61st Venice Film Festival". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 16 September 2004. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

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