74th Venice International Film Festival
The 74th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 30 August to 9 September 2017.[1] The jury president was announced as the actress Annette Bening on 5 July 2017.[2] Downsizing, directed by Alexander Payne, was selected to open the festival.[3] The Golden Lion, the highest prize given by the festival, was awarded to The Shape of Water, directed by Guillermo del Toro.[4]
A new section for virtual-reality (VR) films was introduced in this edition of the festival, as part of the Official Selection. 22 films were selected for the first-ever competition for films made in VR, while several more were presented in out-of-competition subsections.[5]
Jury
The following people formed the 2017 juries:[6][7]
Main Competition (Venezia 74)
- Annette Bening, American actress (Jury President)
- Ildikó Enyedi, Hungarian film director and screenwriter
- Michel Franco, Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter
- Rebecca Hall, English actress
- Anna Mouglalis, French actress
- David Stratton, Anglo-Australian film critic
- Jasmine Trinca, Italian actress
- Edgar Wright, English film director and screenwriter
- Yonfan, Taiwanese-Hong Kong film director, producer and screenwriter
Horizons (Orizzonti)
- Gianni Amelio, Italian director (President)
- Rakhshan Bani Etemad, Iranian director
- Ami Canaan Mann, American director
- Mark Cousins, Irish-Scottish director, screenwriter and curator
- Andrés Duprat, Argentinian screenwriter, architect and artistic curator
- Fien Troch, Belgian director and screenwriter
- Rebecca Zlotowski, French screenwriter and director
Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)
- Benoît Jacquot, French director and screenwriter (President)
- Geoff Andrew, British writer and lecturer on film
- Albert Lee, English guitarist, composer and musical director
- Greta Scarano, Italian television, stage and film actress
- Yorgos Zois, Greek director
Venice Classics
- Giuseppe Piccioni, Italian director and screenwriter (President)
- 26 students of Cinema History
Venice Virtual Reality
- John Landis, American director, screenwriter, actor and producer (President)
- Cécile Sciamma, French screenwriter and director
- Ricky Tognazzi, Italian actor and film director
Official selection
In Competition
The following films were selected for the main international competition:[8][9]
- Highlighted title indicates Golden Lion winner.
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[10][11][9]
Fiction | |||
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English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
Brawl in Cell Block 99 | S. Craig Zahler | United States | |
N/A | Il colore nascosto delle cose | Silvio Soldini | Italy |
Diva! | Franceso Patierno | Italy | |
Loving Pablo | Fernando León de Aranoa | Spain, Bulgaria | |
Manhunt | Zhuibu ( 追捕 ) | John Woo | Hong Kong, China |
N/A | La mélodie | Rachid Hami | France |
Mr Rotpeter (short) | Il signor Rotpeter | Antonietta de Lillo | Italy |
Our Souls at Night | Ritesh Batra | United States | |
Outrage Coda ( アウトレイジ 最終章 ) | Takeshi Kitano | Japan | |
The Private Life of a Modern Woman | James Toback | United States | |
Racer and the Jailbird | Le Fidèle | Michaël R. Roskam | Belgium, France, Netherlands |
Victoria & Abdul | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom | |
Wormwood | Errol Morris | United States | |
Zama | Lucrecia Martel | Argentina, Brazil |
Non-fiction | |||
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English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
Cuba and the Cameraman | Jon Alpert | United States | |
The Devil and Father Amorth | William Friedkin | United States | |
Happy Winter | Buon inverno | Giovanni Totaro | Italy |
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – The story of Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman featuring a very special, contractually obligated mention of Tony Clifton | Chris Smith | United States, Canada | |
My Generation | David Batty | United Kingdom | |
Piazza Vittorio | Abel Ferrara | Italy | |
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda | Stephen Nomura Schible | United States, Japan | |
This is Congo | Daniel McCabe | DR Congo |
Special events | |||
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Title | Director(s) | Production country | |
Casa d’altri (16 Min) | Gianni Amelio | Italy | |
Michael Jackson’s Thriller 3D (14 min) | John Landis | United States | |
Making of Michael Jackson’s Thriller (45 min) | Jerry Kramer | United States |
Horizons
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[12][9]
Short films | |||
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English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
8th Continent (Out of Competition) | Yorgos Zois | Greece | |
Aria | Myrsini Aristidou | Cyprus, France | |
Astrometal | Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis | Greece | |
By the Pool | Laurynas Bareiša | Lithuania | |
Death Of The Sound Man | Awasarn Sound Man | Sorayos Prapapan | Thailand, Myanmar |
N/A | Futuro prossimo (Out of Competition) | Salvatore Mereu | Italy |
Gros Chagrin | Céline Devaux | France | |
Himinn Opinn | Gabriel Sanson, Clyde Gates | Belgium | |
It’s Easier to Raise Cattle | Lagi senang jaga sekandang lembu | Amanda Nell Eu | Malaysia |
The Knife Salesman | Michael Leonard, Jamie Helmer | Australia | |
N/A | Meninas Formicida | João Paulo Miranda María | France, Brazil |
Mon Amour, Mon Ami | Adriano Valerio | Italy | |
The Shadow of the Bride | L’ombra della sposa | Alessandra Pescetta | Italy |
Tierra Mojada | Juan Sebastián Mesa Bedoya | Colombia |
- Highlighted titles indicate Horizons Prizes for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film respectively.
Venice Classics
The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section:[13]
Restored classic films | |||
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English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
1900 (1976) | Novecento | Bernardo Bertolucci | Italy |
The Ape Woman (1964) | La donna scimmia | Marco Ferreri | Italy, France |
Batch '81 (1982) | Mike De Leon | Philippines | |
Black Peter (1963) | Černý Petr | Miloš Forman | Czechoslovakia |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | Steven Spielberg | United States | |
Come and See (1985) | Idi i smotri | Elem Klimov | Soviet Union |
N/A | Cousin, Cousine (1985-1987, Short) | Jean Rouch | France |
N/A | Daïnah la métisse (1931) | Jean Grémillon | France |
Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) | Ochazuke No Aji | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan |
Into the Night (1985) | John Landis | United States | |
The Old Dark House (1932) | James Whale | United States | |
Red Desert (1964) | Il deserto rosso | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy |
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) | Raoul Walsh | United States | |
Rosita (1923) | Ernst Lubitsch | United States | |
Sansho the Bailiff (1954) | Sanshō Dayū | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan |
A Story from Chikamatsu (1954) | Chikamatsu Monogatari | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan |
The Third Lover (1962) | L’oeil du malin | Claude Chabrol | France |
Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967) | Deux ou trois choses que je sais d’elle | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
Under the Olive Tree (1950) | Non c’è pace tra gli ulivi | Giuseppe De Santis | Italy |
Wanderers of the Desert | El Haimoune (1984) / Les baliseurs du désert | Nacer Khemir | Tunisia, France |
Zero for Conduct (1933) | Zéro de conduite | Jean Vigo | France |
Documentaries on cinema | |||
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English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
Dangerous But Necessary | La Lucida Follia Di Marco Ferreri | Anselma Dell’Olio | Italy, France |
Evviva Giuseppe | Stefano Consiglio | Switzerland, Italy | |
Light Years | Años Luz | Manuel Abramovich | Argentina, Brazil, Spain |
N/A | L’enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté | Marco Di Castri, Paolo Favaro, Daniele Pianciola | Italy, France |
The Russian Revolution Through Its Films | L’utopie des images de la Révolution Russe | Emmanuel Hamon | France |
The Prince and the Dybbuk | Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski | Poland, Germany | |
N/A | La Voce Di Fantozzi | Mario Sesti | Italy |
This Is The War Room! (Short) | Boris Hars-Tschachotin | Germany |
- Highlighted titles indicate the Best Restored Film and Best Documentary on Cinema official awards respectively.
Biennale College - Cinema
The following films were selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section.[14]
Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Beautiful Things | Giorgio Ferrero | Italy |
Martyr | Mazen Khaled | Lebanon |
Strange Colours | Alena Lodkina | Australia |
Il Cinema nel Giardino
The following films were selected for the Il Cinema nel Giardino section:[15]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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N/A | Controfigura | Rä di Martino | Italy, France, Switzerland, Morocco |
N/A | Manuel | Dario Albertini | Italy |
N/A | Nato a Casal di Principe | Bruno Oliviero | Italy, Spain |
N/A | Suburra - La serie | Michele Placido, Andrea Molaioli, Giuseppe Capotondi | Italy |
Above the Law | Tueurs | François Troukens, Jean-François Hensgens | Belgium, France |
Woodshock | Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy | United States |
Special screenings
The following films were presented as Special screening of the Official Selection:[16]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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N/A | Barbiana '65: La lezione di Don Milani | Alessandro G.A. D’Alessandro | Italy |
The Electric Horseman (1979) | Sydney Pollack | United States | |
N/A | Lievito madre: Le ragazze del secolo scorso | Concita De Gregorio, Esmeralda Calabria | Italy |
N/A | La lunga strada del ritorno (1962) | Alessandro Blasetti | Italy |
The Order of Things | L’ordine delle cose | Andrea Segre | Italy, France |
Autonomous sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were selected for the 32nd Venice International Critics' Week:[17][18][19]
In competition | |||
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English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
Crater | Il Cratere | Luca Bellino, Silvia Luzi | Italy |
Drift | Helena Wittmann | Germany | |
The Gulf | Körfez | Emre Yeksan | Turkey, Germany, Greece |
Hunting Season | Temporada de caza | Natalia Garagiola | Argentina, United States, Germany, France, Qatar |
Sarah Plays a Werewolf | Sarah joue un loup garou | Katharina Wyss | Switzerland, Germany |
Team Hurricane | Team Hurricane | Annika Berg | Denmark |
The Wild Boys | Les garçons sauvages | Bertrand Mandico | France |
Special Events - Out of competition | |||
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Line-up | Title | Director(s) | Production country |
Opening film | Pin Cushion | Deborah Haywood | United Kingdom |
Closing film | Poison (Veleno) | Diego Olivares | Italy |
SIC@SIC 2017 (Short Italian Cinema @ Settimana Internazionale della Critica) | |||
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Italian title | English title | Min. | Director(s) |
Adavede | 20' | Alain Parroni | |
Due | Two | 17' | Riccardo Giacconi |
Les fantômes de la veille | Ghosts of Yesterday | 20' | Manuel Billi |
Il legionario | The Legionnaire | 13' | Hleb Papou |
MalaMènti | MeanMinds | 13' | Francesco Di Leva |
Piccole italiane | Little Italian Girls | 18' | Letizia Lamartire |
Le visite | Visiting Day | 15' | Elio Di Pace |
Special Events | ||||
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Line-up | Italian title | English title | Min. | Director(s) |
Opening Short Film | Nausicaa L'altra odissea | Nausicaa - The Other Odyssey | 20' | Bepi Vigna |
Closing Short Film | L’ultimo miracolo' | The Last Miracle | 20' | Enrico Pau |
Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 14th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[20][21]
Official selection | |||
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English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
Candelaria | Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza | Colombia, Germany, Norway, Argentina, Cuba | |
Equilibrium | L'equilibrio | Vincenzo Marra | Italy |
Eye on Juliet | Kim Nguyen | Canada | |
Life Guidance | Ruth Mader | Austria | |
Longing | Ga'agua | Savi Gabizon | Israel |
Looking for Oum Kulthum | Shirin Neshat | Germany, Austria, Italy, Lebanon, Qatar | |
M | Sara Forestier | France | |
Samui Song | Pen-ek Ratanaruang | Thailand, Germany, Norway | |
Tainted Souls | Il contagio | Matteo Botrugno, Daniele Coluccini | Italy |
The Taste of Rice Flower | Mi Hua Zhi Wei ( 米花之味 ) | Pengfei | China |
Volubilis | Faouzi Bensaïdi | Morocco, France, Qatar | |
Where the Shadows Fall | Dove cadono le ombre | Valentina Pedicini | Italy |
Special events | |||
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English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
Agnelli | Nick Hooker | United States | |
Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story | James Lester | United States | |
N/A | La legge del numero uno | Alessandro D'Alatri | Italy |
The Resolute | Il risoluto | Giovanni Donfrancesco | Italy, France |
N/A | Il tentato suicidio nell'adolescenza (T.S. Giovanile) | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
Thirst Street | Nathan Silver | France, USA |
Miu Miu Women's Tales | |||
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English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
Carmen | Chloë Sevigny | United States | |
(The [end) of history illusion] | Celia Rowlson-Hall | United States |
Special Screenings | ||
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Title | Director(s) | Production country |
Aquagranda in crescendo (documentary) | Giovanni Pellegrini | Italy |
Buried Seeds (documentary) | Andrei Severny | United States |
I'm (Endless Like the Space) | Anne-Riitta Ciccone | Italy |
The Millionairs | Claudio Santamaria | Italy |
Raccontare Venezia (documentary) | Wilma Labate | Italy, France |
Lux Award | |||
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English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
BPM (Beats per Minute) | 120 battements par minute | Robin Campillo | France |
Sami Blood | Sameblod | Amanda Kernell | Sweden |
Western | Valeska Grisebach | Germany, Austria, Bulgaria |
- Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.
Awards
Official selection
The following official awards were presented at the 74th edition:[22][4]
In Competition
- Golden Lion: The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro
- Grand Jury Prize: Foxtrot by Samuel Maoz
- Silver Lion: Custody by Xavier Legrand
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Charlotte Rampling for Hannah
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Kamel El Basha for The Insult
- Best Screenplay Award: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Martin McDonagh
- Special Jury Prize: Sweet Country by Warwick Thornton
- Marcello Mastroianni Award: Charlie Plummer for Lean on Pete
Horizons (Orizzonti)
- Best Film: Nico, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli
- Best Director: No Date, No Signature by Vahid Jalilvand
- Special Jury Prize: Caniba by Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor
- Best Actress: Lyna Khoudri for Les Bienheureux
- Best Actor: Navid Mohammadzadeh for No Date, No Signature
- Best Screenplay: Oblivion Verses by Alireza Khatami
- Horizons Prize for Best Short: Gros Chagrin by Céline Devaux
Lion of the Future
- Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film: Custody by Xavier Legrand
Venezia Classici Awards
- Best Documentary on Cinema: The Prince and the Dybbuk by Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosolowski
- Best Restored Film: Come and See by Elem Klimov
Special Awards
Autonomous sections
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[23]
Venice International Critics' Week[24]
- SIAE Audience Award: Hunting Season by Natalia Garagiola
- Verona Film Club Award: Team Hurricane by Annika Berg
- Mario Serandrei – Hotel Saturnia Award for the Best Technical Contribution: The Wild Boys by Bertrand Mandico
- SIAE Award: Saverio Costanzo
- Mention FEDIC - Il giornale del cibo: Le Visite (Visiting Day) by Elio Di Pace
Venice Days[25]
- GdA Director's Award: Candelaria by Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza[26]
- BNL People's Choice Award: Longing by Savi Gabizon
- Label Europa Cinema Award: M by Sara Forestier
- Fedeora Awards:
- Best Film: Eye on Juliet by Kim Nguyen
- Best Director of a Debut Film: Sara Forestier for M
- Best Actor: Redouanne Harjane for M
- Nuovo Imaie Talent Award:
- Federica Rosellini for her role in Where the Shadows Fall
- Mimmo Borrelli for his role in Equilibrium
- Edipo Re Award: Valentina Pedicini for Where the Shadows Fall
- Lanterna Magica Award: Equilibrium by Vincenzo Marra
Other collateral awards
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[23]
- Arca CinemaGiovani Award
- Venezia 74 Best Film: Foxtrot by Samuel Maoz
- Best Italian Film: Beautiful Things by Giorgio Ferrero (Biennale College - Cinema)
- Brian Award: Les Bienheureux by Sofia Djama (Horizons)
- "Civitas Vitae prossima" Award: Il colore nascosto delle cose by Silvio Soldini (Out of competition)
- Fair Play Cinema Award: Ex Libris: The New York Public Library by Frederick Wiseman
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- Special mention: Human Flow by Ai Weiwei
- FEDIC (Federazione Italiana dei Cineclub) Award: La Vita in Comune by Edoardo Winspeare (Horizons)
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- Special mention: Nico, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli (Horizons)
- FIPRESCI Awards:[27]
- Best Film (Main competition): Ex Libris: The New York Public Library by Frederick Wiseman
- Best Film (Horizons): Oblivion Verses by Alireza Khatami
- Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award
- Enrico Fulchignoni – CICT-UNESCO Award: Human Flow by Ai Weiwei
- Future Film Festival Digital Award: The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro
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- Special mention: Cinderella the Cat by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone
- Green Drop Award: First Reformed by Paul Schrader
- HRNs Award – Special Prize for Human Rights: The Rape of Recy Taylor by Nancy Buirski (Horizons)
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- Special mention: L'ordine delle cose by Andrea Segre (Special screenings)
- Special mention: Human Flow by Ai Weiwei
- Interfilm Award: Oblivion Verses by Alireza Khatami
- Lanterna Magica Award (CGS): Equilibrium by Vincenzo Marra
- La Pellicola d’Oro Award:
- Best Production Manager in an Italian Film: Daniele Spinozzi for Ammore e Malavita
- Best Production Manager in an International Film: Riccardo Marchegiani for Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno
- Best Stagehand: Roberto Di Pietro for Hannah
- Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola per il Cinema Award: The Leisure Seeker by Paolo Virzì
- Cinema for UNICEF Award: Human Flow by Ai Weiwei
- Lizzani Award: Il colore nascosto delle cose by Silvio Soldini (Out of competition)
- Lina Mangiacapre Award: Les Bienheureux by Sofia Djama (Horizons)
- Golden Mouse: Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno by Abdellatif Kechiche
- Silver Mouse: Gatta Cenerentola by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone
- NuovoImaie Talent Award:
- Best Actress: Federica Rosellini for Where the Shadows Fall
- Best Actor: Mimmo Borrelli for Equilibrium
- Open Award: Gatta Cenerentola by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone
- Francesco Pasinetti Awards:
- Best film: Ammore e malavita by Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti
- Best Cast: Giampaolo Morelli, Serena Rossi, Claudia Gerini, Carlo Buccirosso, Raiz , Franco Ricciardi, Antonio Buonomo for Ammore e malavita
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- Special award: Cinderella the Cat by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone] (Horizons)
- Special award: Nico, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli (Horizons)
- Queer Lion: Marvin by Anne Fontaine (Horizons)
- Sfera 1932 Award: La mélodie by Rachid Hami (Out of competition)
- SIGNIS Award: The House by the Sea by Robert Guédiguian
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- Special mention: Foxtrot by Samuel Maoz
- C. Smithers Foundation Award – CICT-UNESCO: The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro
- Sorriso Diverso Venezia 2017 Award - Ass Ucl: Il colore nascosto delle cose by Silvio Soldini (Out of competition)
- Soundtrack Stars Award: Alexandre Desplat for The Shape of Water
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- Special award: Ammore e malavita
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Andrea Guerra
- UNIMED Award: The House by the Sea by Robert Guédiguian
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- Special mention: Ugly Nasty People by Cosimo Gomez (Horizons)
- Fragiacomo Award
- George Clooney for Suburbicon
- Ai Weiwei for Human Flow
- Michael Caine for My Generation (Out of competition)
- Robert Bresson Award: Gianni Amelio[29]
- Franca Sozzani Award: Julianne Moore for Suburbicon[30]
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