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70th Venice International Film Festival

70th Venice International Film Festival

Film festival


The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival took place in Venice, Italy from 28 August to 7 September 2013.[1] American film director William Friedkin was presented with a lifetime achievement award.[2] Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci was the president of the jury. He was previously the president of the jury at the 40th edition in 1983.[3][4] Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, was the opening film of the festival.[5] Italian actress Eva Riccobono hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.[6]

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The Golden Lion was awarded to the Italian documentary film Sacro GRA.[7] It was the first documentary film to win the award at the Venice Festival.[8][9]

Juries

The following people were selected for the main competition jury:[10]

Main competition (Venezia 70)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:[11][12]

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Out of Competition

The following films were selected for the out of competition section:[13]

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Horizons (Orizzonti)

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[14]

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Highlighted titles indicate the Orizzonti Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film respectively.

Venice Classics

The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:[15]

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Highlighted titles indicate the Venice Classics Awards for Best Restored Film and Best Documentary on Cinema respectively.

Biennale College - Cinema

The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films:[16]

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Final Cut in Venice

The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa:[18]

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Special Screenings

The following films were the Special Screenings of the Official Selection:[21]

  • Dietro le quinte di otto e 1/2 by Gideon Bachmann[22] (Italy)
  • Dai Nostri Inviati – La RAI racconta la mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 by Enrico Salvatori, Giuseppe Giannotti, Davide Savelli (Italy)

Venice 70 - Future Reloaded

Under the project title Venice 70 - Future Reloaded, 70 top film directors were each invited to make a 60-90 second short film, as "both a collective tribute to the Festival (the first festival in the world to reach the milestone of 70 editions) and a reflection on the future of cinema".[23][24][25]

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following films were selected for the Critics' Week:[26][27]

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Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 10th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[28] Starting from this edition, Venice Days has created its own international award "for a film from the entire Official Selection".[29]

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Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.

Official Awards

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 70th edition:[30]

In Competition (Venezia 70)

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Venice Classics Awards

Luigi De Laurentis Venice Award For A Debut Film

Special Awards

  • Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award: Andrzej Wajda
  • Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Ettore Scola
  • L’Oréal Paris per il Cinema Award: Eugenia Costantini

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)

  • Venice Days Award: Kill Your Darlings by John Krokidas[29]
  • Label Europa Cinemas Award: The Good Life by Jean Denizot
    • Special mention: Alienation by Milko Lazarov
  • Lina Mangiacapre Award – Special mention: Traitors by Sean Gullette
  • Fedeora Awards:
    • Best Film: Bethlehem by Yuval Adler
    • Best director of a debut film: Milko Lazarov for Alienation
      • Special mention: The Good Life by Jean Denizo

Independent Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[33]

FIPRESCI Awards

Queer Lion

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

SIGNIS Award

Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award

Open Award

  • Serena Nono for directing Venezia salva

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award

Cinema for UNICEF mention

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Brian Award

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Arca CinemaGiovani Award - Venezia 70

Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Award

CICT - UNESCO "Enrico Fulchignoni" Award

CICAE - Cinema d’Arte e d’Essai Award

  • Still Life by Uberto Pasolini

Fedeora Award for Best Euro-Mediterranean film

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

Future Film Festival Digital Award

P. Nazareno Taddei Award

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award

  • L'intrepido by Gianni Amelio

Lina Mangiacapre Award

Golden Mouse

UK-ITALY Creative Industries Award – Best Innovative Budget

Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears

Gillo Pontecorvo Award

Green Drop Award

  • Ana Arabia by Amos Gitai

Young Jury Members of the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival

  • Philomena by Stephen Frears
    • Special mention for a debut film: Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante

"Civitas Vitae prossima" Award

  • Still Life by Uberto Pasolini

Soundtrack Stars Award

  • Best Soundtrack Award: Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante
    • Special mention for Best Contemporary Actor: Ryuchi Sakamoto (Venezia 70 Jury member)

Ambiente WWF Award

  • Amazonia by Thierry Ragobert

Bianchi Award

  • Enzo d’Aló

References

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  2. "Vince l'Italia: Leone d'oro a "Sacro GRA"". La Repubblica. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  3. Franck Nouchi (8 September 2013). "Pour la première fois, le Lion d'or à Venise récompense un documentaire". Le Monde. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  4. "International Juries of the 70th Venice Film Festival". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013.
  5. "Venezia 70". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013.
  6. "Venice film festival 2013: the full line-up". The Guardian. London. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  7. "Out of Competition". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  8. "Orizzonti". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  9. "Venice Classics". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  10. "Biennale College - Cinema". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  11. "Final Cut in Venice". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  12. "Special Screenings". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  13. "Venice Film Festival 70 - Future Reloaded". Venezia.net. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  14. Aguilar, Carlos (7 October 2013). "Venezia 70 Future Reloaded Shorts". Indiewire. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  15. "Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)". IMDb. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  16. "28th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  17. "Line-up 2013 unveiled". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  18. "Giornate degli Autori - Venice Days". Giornate degli Autori. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  19. "Official Awards of the 70th Venice Film Festival". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013.
  20. "William Friedkin Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement". Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  21. Turan, Kenneth (27 August 2013). "William Friedkin celebrates a Golden Lion, restored 'Sorcerer'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  22. "Collateral awards of the 70th Venice Film Festival". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013.
  23. "FIPRESCI Awards 2013". fipresci.org. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  24. "Quebec director Xavier Dolan takes prize in Venice, film to screen at TIFF". Globe and Mail. Toronto. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.

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