| 71st Venice International Film Festival | |
| Opening: | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) |
| Closing: | The Golden Era |
| Location: | Venice, Italy |
| Founded: | 1932 |
| Awards: | Golden Lion |
| Host: | Luisa Ranieri |
| Date: | 27 August – 6 September 2014 |
| Website: | Website |
| Chronology: | Venice Film Festival |
| Preceded By: | 70th |
| Followed By: | 72nd |
The 71st annual Venice International Film Festival took place in Venice, Italy between 27 August to 6 September 2014.[1] The festival opened with Alejandro G. Iñárritu's film Birdman,[2] [3] and closed with Ann Hui's drama film The Golden Era.[4] Italian actress Luisa Ranieri hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.[5] The Swedish film A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, directed by Roy Andersson, won the Golden Lion,[6] and Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence won the Grand Jury Prize.
American filmmakers Thelma Schoonmaker and Frederick Wiseman were the recipients of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.[7] French composer Alexandre Desplat was the head of the jury for the main competition section.
The festival poster paid tribute to François Truffaut, as it featured the character of Antoine Doinel portrayed by Jean-Pierre Léaud from Truffaut's 1959 drama film The 400 Blows.[8] [9]
Argentine filmmaker
The following films were selected for the main competition:[14] [15] [16]
Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 Homes | data-sort-value="Bahrani" | United States | ||||
| Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (opening film) | data-sort-value="Inarritu" | |||||
| Black Souls | Anime nere | data-sort-value="Munzi" | Italy, France | |||
| The Cut | data-sort-value="Akın" | Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Poland, Turkey | ||||
| Far from Men | Loin des hommes | data-sort-value="Oelhoffen" | France | |||
| Fires on the Plain | 野火 | data-sort-value="Tsukamoto" | Japan | |||
| Good Kill | data-sort-value="Niccol" | United States | ||||
| Hungry Hearts | data-sort-value="Costanzo" | Italy | ||||
| data-sort-value="Last" | The Last Hammer Blow | data-sort-value="Dernier" | Le dernier coup de marteau | data-sort-value="Delaporte" | France | |
| Leopardi | data-sort-value="Giovane" | Il giovane favoloso | data-sort-value="Martone" | Italy | ||
| data-sort-value="Look" | The Look of Silence | Senyap | data-sort-value="Oppenheimer" | Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, UK | ||
| Manglehorn | data-sort-value="Green" | United States | ||||
| Pasolini | data-sort-value="Ferrara" | France, Belgium, Italy | ||||
| data-sort-value="Pigeon" | A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | data-sort-value="Duva" | En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron | data-sort-value="Andersson" | Roy Andersson | Sweden, Germany, Norway, France |
| data-sort-value="Postman" | The Postman's White Nights | Белые ночи почтальона Алексея Тряпицына | data-sort-value="Konchalovsky" | Russia | ||
| data-sort-value="Price" | The Price of Fame | data-sort-value="Rançon" | La rançon de la gloire | data-sort-value="Beauvois" | France, Belgium, Switzerland | |
| Red Amnesia | 闯入者 | data-sort-value="Xiaoshuai" | China | |||
| Sivas | data-sort-value="Mujdeci" | Turkey | ||||
| Tales | Persian: قصه ها | data-sort-value="Bani" | Iran | |||
| Three Hearts | 3 cœurs | data-sort-value="Jacquot" | France | |||
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[17]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Films | |||||||
| The Boxtrolls | data-sort-value="Stacchi" | United States | |||||
| Burying the Ex | data-sort-value="Dante" | ||||||
| Dearest | 親愛的 | data-sort-value="Chan" | Hong Kong, China | ||||
| data-sort-value="Golden" | The Golden Era (closing film) | 黃金時代 | data-sort-value="Hui" | China, Hong Kong | |||
| The Humbling | data-sort-value="Levinson" | United States | |||||
| Nymphomaniac Volume II (uncut version) | data-sort-value="Von Trier" | Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium | |||||
| data-sort-value="Old" | The Old Man of Belem | data-sort-value="Velho" | O velho do restelo | data-sort-value="Oliveira" | Portugal, France | ||
| Olive Kitteridge (episodes 1-4) | data-sort-value="Cholodenko" | United States | |||||
| Perez. | data-sort-value="De Angelis" | Italy | |||||
| Revivre | 화장 | data-sort-value="Kwon" | South Korea | ||||
| She's Funny That Way | data-sort-value="Bogdanovich" | United States | |||||
| The Sound and the Fury | data-sort-value="Franco" | ||||||
| Tsili | data-sort-value="Gitai" | Israel, Russia, Italy, France | |||||
| Words with Gods | data-sort-value="Arriaga" | Mexico, United States | |||||
| Non Fiction | |||||||
| The Devil's Soup | La zuppa del demonio | Davide Ferrario | Italy | ||||
| In the Basement | Im Keller | data-sort-value="Seidl" | Austria | ||||
| Italy in a Day | data-sort-value="Giorno" | Un giorno da italiani | data-sort-value="Salvatores" | Italy, United Kingdom | |||
| data-sort-value="State" | The State-Mafia Pact | data-sort-value="Trattativa" | La trattativa | data-sort-value="Guzzanti" | Italy | ||
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[18] [10]
Highlighted titles indicate the Orizzonti Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film respectively.| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||||
| Belluscone, una storia siciliana | data-sort-value="Maresco" | Italy | |||
| Bypass | data-sort-value="Hopkins" | United Kingdom | |||
| Court | data-sort-value="Tamhane" | Chaitanya Tamhane | India | ||
| Cymbeline | data-sort-value="Almereyda" | United States | |||
| Goodnight Mommy | Ich seh, Ich seh | data-sort-value="Franz" | Austria | ||
| Heaven Knows What | data-sort-value="Safdie" | United States, France | |||
| Hill of Freedom | 자유의 언덕 | data-sort-value="Sangsoo" | South Korea | ||
| Jackie & Ryan | data-sort-value="Mann" | United States | |||
| Line of Credit | Kreditis Limiti | data-sort-value="Alexi" | Salome Alexi | Georgia, Germany, France | |
| Nabat | data-sort-value="Musaoglu" | Azerbaijan | |||
| Near Death Experience | data-sort-value="Delepine" | France | |||
| data-sort-value="President" | The President | پرزیدنت | data-sort-value="Makhmalbaf" | Georgia, France, United Kingdom, Germany | |
| Reality | Réalité | data-sort-value="Dupieux" | France, Belgium | ||
| Theeb | ذيب | data-sort-value="Nowar" | Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, United Kingdom | ||
| These Are the Rules | Takva Su Pravila | data-sort-value="Svilicic" | Croatia, France, Serbia, Macedonia | ||
| La vita oscena | Renato De Maria | Italy | |||
| Without Pity | Senza nessuna pietà | data-sort-value="Alhaique" | Michele Alhaique | ||
| Short Films - Competition | |||||
| 3/105 | Avelina Prat, Diego Opazo | Spain | |||
| Art | Arta | Adrian Sitaru | Romania | ||
| The Baby | Bacheh | Ali Asgari | Italy, Iran | ||
| Cams | Carl-Johan Westregård | Sweden | |||
| Castillo y el Armado | Pedro Harres | Brazil | |||
| Daily Bread | Pat-Lehem | Idan Hubel | Israel | ||
| Era Apocrypha | Brendan Sweeny | United States | |||
| Ferdinand Knapp | Andrea Baldini | France | |||
| Great Heat | 大暑 | Chen Tao | China | ||
| In Overtime | Fi Al Waqt Al Dae'a | Rami Yasin | Jordan, Palestine | ||
| Mademoiselle | Guillaume Gouix | France | |||
| Maryam | Sidi Saleh | Indonesia | |||
| Out of competition | |||||
| L'attesa del maggio | Simone Massi | Italy | |||
| Lift You Up | Ramin Bahrani | United States | |||
| On the Bride's Side | Io sto con la sposa | Antonio Augugliaro, Gabriele Del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry | Italy, Palestine | ||
The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:[19]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restored Films | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Audience" | The Audience (aka Papal Audience) | data-sort-value="Udienza" | L'udienza (1971) | data-sort-value="Ferreri" | Italy | |
| The Bride (1973) | Gelin | data-sort-value="Akad" | Turkey | |||
| China is Near (1967) | data-sort-value="Cina" | La Cina è vicina | data-sort-value="Bellocchio" | Italy | ||
| Guys and Dolls (1955) | data-sort-value="Mankiewicz" | United States | ||||
| The Innocents (1961) | data-sort-value="Clayton" | United Kingdom | ||||
| The Iron Mask (1929) | data-sort-value="Dwan" | United States | ||||
| Love Exists | data-sort-value="Amour" | L'Amour existe (1960) | data-sort-value="Pialat" | France | ||
| Macbeth (The Tragedy of Macbeth) (1971) | data-sort-value="Polanski" | United Kingdom, United States | ||||
| The Man from Laramie (1955) | data-sort-value="Mann" | United States | ||||
| Mouchette (1967) | data-sort-value="Bresson" | France | ||||
| No End (1985) | Bez końca | data-sort-value="Kieślowski" | Poland | |||
| Of Wayward Love (Sex Can Be Difficult) (1962) | data-sort-value="Amore" | L'amore difficile (L'avventura di un soldato) | data-sort-value="Manfredi" | Italy | ||
| One Way or Another | Todo modo (1976) | data-sort-value="Petri" | ||||
| Only She Knows (1960) | 彼女だけが知っている | data-sort-value="Takahashi" | Japan | |||
| data-sort-value="Special" | A Special Day (1977) | data-sort-value="Giornata" | Una giornata particolare | data-sort-value="Scola" | Ettore Scola | Italy |
| Stolen Kisses (1968) | Baisers volés | data-sort-value="Truffaut" | France | |||
| The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) | data-sort-value="Powell" | United Kingdom | ||||
| Umberto D. (1952) | data-sort-value="De Sica" | Italy | ||||
| Walking the Streets of Moscow (1963) | Ya shagayu po Moskve | data-sort-value="Daneliya" | Soviet Union | |||
| data-sort-value="Warrior" | The Warrior (1916) | Maciste alpino | data-sort-value="Maggi" | Luigi Maggi, Luigi Romano Borgnetto | Italy | |
| Without Pity (1948) | Senza pietà | data-sort-value="Lattuada" | ||||
| Documentaries about Cinema | ||||||
| Animata resistenza | Francesco Montagner & Alberto Girotto | Italy | ||||
| Flowers of Taipei – Taiwan New Cinema | Guangyin de gushi – Taiwan Xin Dianying | Chinlin Hsieh | Taiwan | |||
| Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema | Poltrone Rosse - Parma e il Cinema | Francesco Barilli | Italy | |||
| Altman | Ron Mann | Canada | ||||
| Red Chairs, Parma and the Cinema | Poltrone rosse, parma e il cinema | Francesco Barilli | Italy | |||
The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films:[20]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. | United States, Argentina | |||
| Blood Cells | United Kingdom | |||
| Short Skin | Short Skin - I dolori del giovane Edo | Duccio Chiarini[21] | Italy, Iran, United Kingdom | |
The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa:[22]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Council" | The Council | Al majlis | data-sort-value="Alabdallah" | Yahya Alabdallah[23] | Jordan, United Arab Emirates |
| I Have a Picture | data-sort-value="Zedan" | Mohamed Zedan[24] | Egypt | ||
| data-sort-value="Maid" | A Maid For Each | Makhdoumin | data-sort-value="Abi Samra" | Maher Abi Samra[25] | Lebanon, France |
| Possessed by Djinn | data-sort-value="Al Kury" | Dalia Al Kury[26] | Jordan, Germany | ||
| Rollaball | data-sort-value="Edwards" | Eddie Edwards | South Africa, Ghana | ||
| Tee Shirt Man | data-sort-value="Rasoanaivo" | Tovoniaina Rasoanaivo | Madagascar | ||
The following films were the Special Screenings of the Official Selection:[27]
The following films were selected for the 29th Venice International Film Critics' Week:[30] [31]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In competition | |||||
| 40-Love | Terre battue | data-sort-value="Demoustier" | Stéphane Demoustier | France | |
| data-sort-value="Coffin" | The Coffin in the Mountain | 殡棺 | data-sort-value="Yukun" | Xin Yukun | China |
| data-sort-value="Council" | The Council of Birds | Zerrumpelt Herz | data-sort-value="Kroger" | Germany | |
| Dancing with Maria | data-sort-value="Gergolet" | Ivan Gergolet | Italy, Argentina, Slovenia | ||
| Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere | data-sort-value="Dap" | Đập cánh giữa không trung | data-sort-value="Diep" | Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp | Vietnam, France, Norway, Germany |
| No One's Child | Ничије дете | data-sort-value="Rsumovic" | Vuk Ršumović | Serbia | |
| Villa Touma | data-sort-value="Arraf" | Suha Arraf | Israel, Germany[32] [33] [34] | ||
| Out of competition | |||||
| Melbourne (Opening Film) | Nima Javidi | Iran | |||
| The Market (Closing Film) | Arance e Martello | Diego Bianchi | Italy | ||
The following films were selected for the 11th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[35]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | ||||||
| Before I Disappear | data-sort-value="Christensen" | United States | ||||
| Between 10 and 12 | Tussen 10 en 12 | data-sort-value="Hoogendoorn" | Peter Hoogendoorn | Netherlands | ||
| data-sort-value="Cinco" | El Cinco | data-sort-value="5" | El 5 de Talleres | data-sort-value="Biniez" | Adrián Biniez | Argentina, Uruguay |
| data-sort-value="Dinner" | The Dinner | data-sort-value="Nostri" | I nostri ragazzi | data-sort-value="De Matteo" | Italy | |
| data-sort-value="Farewell" | The Farewell Party | Mita Tova | data-sort-value="Granit" | Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon | Israel, Germany | |
| The Goob | data-sort-value="Myhill" | Guy Myhill | United Kingdom | |||
| Labour of Love | Asha jaoar majhe | data-sort-value="Sengupta" | India | |||
| Messi | data-sort-value="Iglesia" | Spain | ||||
| Métamorphoses | data-sort-value="Honore" | France | ||||
| One on One | 일대일 | data-sort-value="Ki-duk" | South Korea | |||
| Patria | data-sort-value="Farina" | Italy | ||||
| Return to Ithaca | Retour à Ithaque | data-sort-value="Cantet" | Laurent Cantet | France | ||
| The Smell of Us | data-sort-value="Clark" | France | ||||
| Summer Nights | data-sort-value="Nuits" | Les nuits d'été | data-sort-value="Fanfani" | Mario Fanfani | ||
| They Have Escaped | He ovat paenneet | data-sort-value="Valkepaa" | JP Valkepää | Finland, Netherlands | ||
| Special events | ||||||
| 9x10 novanta | Marco Bonfanti, Sara Fgaier, Claudio Giovannesi, Alina Marazzi, Pietro Marcello, Giovanni Piperno, Costanza Quatriglio, Paola Randi, Alice Rohrwacher, Roland Sejko | Italy | ||||
| Five Star | Keith Miller | United States | ||||
| The Lack | Masbedo | Italy | ||||
| The Show MAS Go On | Rä di Martino | |||||
| Miu Miu Women's Tales | ||||||
| Somebody | Nanimono | Miranda July | Italy, United States | |||
| Spark and Light | So Yong Kim | |||||
| Premio Lux | ||||||
| Class Enemy | Razredni sovražnik | Rok Biček | Slovenia | |||
| Ida | Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland, Denmark | ||||
| Girlhood | Bande de filles | Céline Sciamma | France | |||
The following official awards were presented at the 71st edition:[36] [37]
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence by Roy Andersson
The Look of Silence by Joshua Oppenheimer
Alba Rohrwacher for Hungry Hearts
Romain Paul for The Last Hammer Blow
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