72nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival

72nd Venice International Film Festival

72nd Venice International Film Festival

Film festival

The 72nd annual Venice International Film Festival took place from 2 to 12 September 2015.[1] Alfonso Cuarón served as the President of the Jury for the main competition.[2] A restored version of Federico Fellini's film Amarcord was shown at the festival.[3] The Venezuelan film From Afar by Lorenzo Vigas won the Golden Lion award.[4]

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72nd Venice International Film Festival

Everest was selected as the festival's opening night film,[5] while Guan Hu's drama film Mr. Six served as the closing night film.[6] Actress and director Elisa Sednaoui hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the festival.[7]

The festival poster featured Nastassja Kinski in front as reminiscent of Wim Wenders's Faraway, So Close!,[8] while in the background it featured the character of Antoine Doinel portrayed by Jean-Pierre Léaud from François Truffaut's 1959 drama film The 400 Blows, which also appeared on the 71st Venice International Film Festival poster.[9]

The festival honoured Brian De Palma with Glory to the Filmmaker Award and a documentary film titled De Palma by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow also screened at the festival.[10] Jonathan Demme received the Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award, who also served as the President of Horizons (Orizzonti) section jury.[11]

Juries

The following people formed the 2015 juries:[12][13]

Main competition (Venezia 72)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:[14][15][16]

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Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[15][16][17][18]

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Horizons

The following feature films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[15][16][19]

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Highlighted title 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:[20]

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Highlighted titles indicate the Best Restored Film and Best Documentary on Cinema official awards 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:[21]

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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:[22]

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Il Cinema nel Giardino

The following feature films were selected for the Il Cinema nel Giardino section:[23]

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Independent Sections

International Critics’ Week

The following films were selected for the 29th Venice International Film Critics' Week:[24][25]

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Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 12th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[26][27]

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Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.

Official Awards

Lorenzo Vigas with the Golden Lion for From Afar
Valeria Golino, winner of the Coppa Volpi
Abraham Attah, winner of the Marcello Mastroianni Award

The following Official Awards were presented at the 72nd edition:[28][4]

In Competition (Venezia 72)

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

Venice Classics Awards

Special Awards

Independent Sections Awards

The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[33]

30th Venice International Critics' Week

Venice Days

Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award - Special mentions

Independent Awards

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

FIPRESCI Awards

SIGNIS Award

Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award

  • The Wait by Piero Messina

Brian Award

Queer Lion

Arca CinemaGiovani Award

FEDIC Award

Fedeora Awards

  • Best Film (Venice Days): Underground Fragrance by Pengfei
  • Best Director of a Debut Film (Venice Days): Ruchika Oberoi for Island City
  • Best Actress in a Debut Film (Venice Days): Ondina Quadri for Arianna

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

2nd Starlight Cinema Awards

Green Drop Award

Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Young Jury award

Gold Mouse

Future Film Festival Digital Award

P. Nazareno Taddei Award

Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award

  • Blanka by Kohki Hasei

Open Award

  • Carlotta Cerquetti for Harry’s Bar

Lina Mangiacapre Award

Gillo Pontecorvo - Arcobaleno Latino Award

INTERFILM Award

"Civitas Vitae prossima" Award

Soundtrack Stars Award

Schermi di Qualità – Carlo Mazzacurati Award

Human Rights Nights Award

AssoMusica "Ho visto una Canzone" Award

  • The song "A cuor leggero" by Riccardo Sinigallia, from the film Don't Be Bad

Sorriso diverso Venezia 2015 Award

Amnesty International Italia "Il cinema per i diritti umani" Award

CITC – UNESCO 2015 Award

NuovoImaie Talent Award

Best Innovative Budget Award

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