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73rd Venice International Film Festival

73rd Venice International Film Festival

2016 film festival

The 73rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2016.[1]

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English filmmaker Sam Mendes was the Jury President of the main competition.[2] The opening night film was Damien Chazelle's musical La La Land, and Antoine Fuqua's western The Magnificent Seven was the closing film.[3]

The Golden Lion was awarded to Lav Diaz's film The Woman Who Left.[4]

A new project named Venice Production Bridge was introduced in this edition of the festival. The new project is intended to attract industry professionals and focus on original projects for films, internet, series, virtual reality, and works in progress, in order to help their development and production. It is also meant to work in conjunction with the Venice Film Market which started in 2012. Such projects as Final Cut in Venice, meant to help finance original films from African countries, and the Venice Gap-Financing Market will come under its scope.[5]

Juries

The following people formed the 2016 juries:[6][7]

Main competition (Venezia 73)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

Official Sections

In competition (Venezia 73)

The following films were selected for the main competition:[8][9][10]

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Highlighted title indicates Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition[11][9][10]

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Horizons (Orizzonti)

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[12]

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Highlighted titles indicate Horizons Prize for Best Feature Film

Venice Classics

The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section:[13]

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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 selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section.[14]

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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:[15]

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Il Cinema nel Giardino

The following feature films were selected for the Il Cinema nel Giardino section:[16][17]

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Special screenings

The following film was presented as a Special Screening of the Official Selection:[18]

  • Spes contra Spem: Liberi Dentro (documentary) by Ambrogio Crespi

Independent Sections

International Critics Week

The following films were selected for the International Critics Week section:[19][20]

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Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 13th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[21][22]

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Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.

Official Awards

The following official awards were presented at the 73rd edition:[23][24]

In Competition (Venezia 73)

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Venice Classics Awards

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film (Lion of the Future)

Special Awards

Independent Sections Awards

The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[25]

Venice International Critics' Week

  • Audience Award - Circolo del Cinema di Verona: The Nobodies by Juan Sebastián Mesa
  • SIAE Award: Paolo Sorrentino
  • Mario Serandrei - Hotel Saturnia Award: The Last of Us by Ala Eddine Slim

Venice Days

  • Venice Days Award: The War Show by Andreas Dalsgaard and Obaidah Zytoon[26]
  • BNL Award: Pamilya ordinaryo by Eduardo Roy Jr.
  • Brian Award: Worldly Girl by Marco Danieli
  • Fedeora Awards:
  • Gianni Astrei Award: Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis
  • Label Europa Cinema Award: Sami Blood by Amanda Kernell
  • Lizzani Award: Worldly Girl by Marco Danieli
  • Lina Mangiacapre Award: Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis
  • MigrArti Award: No Borders by Haider Rashid

Independent Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[25]

Open Award

  • Open Prize: Vangelo by Pippo Delbono

Francesco Pasinetti – SNGCI Award

  • Best Film: Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis
  • Best Actor: Michele Riondino for Worldly Girl
  • Best Actress: Sara Serraiocco for Worldly Girl
    • Special mention: Angela and Marianna Fontana for their roles in Indivisibili

Queer Lion

Arca CinemaGiovani Award

  • Best Film (Main competition): Arrival by Denis Villeneuve
  • Best Italian Film (Biennale College - Cinema): Ears by Alessandro Aronadio
  • Civitas Vitae Award: Piuma by Roan Johnson

FEDIC Award

  • Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis
    • Special mentions:
      • The Greatest Dream by Michele Vannucci
      • Ears by Alessandro Aronadio

FIPRESCI Awards

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

Enrico Fulchignoni – CICT-UNESCO Award

Future Film Festival Digital Award

Giovani Giurati del Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award

Green Drop Award

  • Spira Mirabilis by Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti
  • Voyage of Time: Life's Journey by Terrence Malick

Human Rights Nights Special Award

Interfilm Award

Lanterna Magica Award (CGS)

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award

Cinema for UNICEF mention

Golden Mouse

NuovoImaie Talent Award

  • Best Young Actor: Daniele Parisi for his role in Ears
  • Best Young Actress: Camilla Diana for Tommaso by Kim Rossi Stuart

Francesco Pasinetti Special Prize

  • the cast of Piuma by Roan Johnson

Sfera 1932 Award

  • Spira Mirabilis by Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti

SIGNIS Award

  • Piuma by Roan Johnson
    • Special mention: On the Milky Road by Emir Kusturica

C. Smithers Foundation – CICT-UNESCO Award

Soundtrack Stars Award

Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award - Best Italian Film

Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award - Best Foreign Film

Padre Nazareno Taddei Award

  • Paradise by Andrei Konchalovsky

Kinèo Awards

3rd Starlight Cinema Awards

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