2011_Venice_International_Film_Festival

68th Venice International Film Festival

68th Venice International Film Festival

Film festival

The 68th annual Venice International Film Festival was held in Venice, Italy between 31 August and 10 September 2011.[1] American film director Darren Aronofsky was announced as the Head of the Jury.[2] American actor and film director Al Pacino was presented with the Glory to the Film-maker award on 4 September, prior to the premiere of his upcoming film Wilde Salomé.[3] Marco Bellocchio was awarded with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in September.[4] The festival opened with the American film The Ides of March, directed by George Clooney,[5] and closed with Damsels in Distress by Whit Stillman.[6]

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Juries

The international juries of the 68th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:[7]

Main competition (Venezia 68)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Controcampo Italiano

Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Lion:[8]

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Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition

The following films were shown out of competition:[9][10]

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Horizons (Orizzonti)

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[11]

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Highlighted title indicates the Orizzonti Award for Best Feature Film winner.

Controcampo Italiano

The following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section:[10][12]

In competition

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Italian avant-garde retrospective

The following films were shown as part of a retrospective section on Italian avant-garde films, titled Orizzonti 1961-1978, spanning the years 1961 to 1978.[13]

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Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following films were screened for this section:[14]

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Venice Days

The following films were screened as part of the Venice Days section[15][16] The three nominees for the European Parliament's 2011 Lux Prize received screenings as part of this section.[17]

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Official Awards

The following Official selection awards were conferred at the festival:[18]

In Competition (Venezia 68)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

  • Horizons Award: Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto
  • Special Horizons jury prize: Whores' Glory by Michael Glawogger
  • Horizons Award for medium-length film: Accidentes Gloriosos by Mauro Andrizzi and Marcus Lindeen
  • Horizons Award for short film: In attesa dell'avvento by Felice D'Agostino and Arturo Lavorato
    • Special mentions:
      • O Le Tulafale by Tusi Tamasese
      • All The Lines Flow Out by Charles LIM Yi Yong

Controcampo Italiano

"Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film

  • Là-bas by Guido Lombardi

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Special Awards

  • Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Al Pacino
  • Persol 3D Award for the Most Creative Stereoscopic Film: Zapruder Filmmakers Group (David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi & Monaldo Moretti)
  • L'Oréal Paris Award for Cinema: Nicole Grimaudo

Independent Sections Awards

The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:

Venice International Film Critics' Week

  • Critics' Week Audience Award: Là-bas by Guido Lombardi

Venice Days (Giornati degli Autori)

  • Label Europa Cinemas Award: Guilty by Vincent Garenq
  • Lina Mangiacapre Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre
  • Laterna Magica Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre
  • FEDIC Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre

Independent Awards

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

FIPRESCI Award

Queer Lion

SIGNIS Award

Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI)

Cicae Prize

Leoncino d'oro Agiscuola Award

Cinema for UNICEF Award

  • Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese

C.I.C.T. UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award

Nazareno Taddei Award

  • A Simple Life by Ann Hui

CinemAvvenire Award – Best Film

  • Shame by Steve McQueen

Best Film – Il cerchio non è rotondo Award

  • The Orator by Tusi Tamasese

Equal Opportunity Award

  • A Simple Life by Ann Hui

Future Film Festival Digital Award

  • Faust by Alexander Sokurov
    • Special mention: Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto

Gianni Astrei Award

  • A Simple Life by Ann Hui

Brian Award

Lina Mangiacapre Award – Special mention

  • Maternity Blues by Fabrizio Cattani

AIF Forfilmfest Award

Biografilm Lancia Award

  • Black Block by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt

Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

  • The Last Man on Earth by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti
    • Special mention: Pasta nera by Alessandro Piva (Controcampo Italiano)

Golden Mouse

Premio Open

  • Marco Müller

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