| 57th Venice International Film Festival | |
| Location: | Venice, Italy |
| Founded: | 1932 |
| Awards: | Golden Lion |
| Date: | 30 August – 9 September 2000 |
| Website: | Website |
| Chronology: | Venice Film Festival |
| Preceded By: | 56th |
| Followed By: | 58th |
The 57th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 30 August to 9 September 2000.[1]
Czech filmmaker Miloš Forman was the Jury President of the main competition.
The Golden Lion was awarded to the Iranian film The Circle, directed by Jafar Panahi.[2] American filmmaker and actor Clint Eastwood was the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
The following people comprised the 2000 jury:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before Night Falls | data-sort-value="Schnabel" | United States | |||
| data-sort-value="Circle" | The Circle | دایره | data-sort-value="Panahi" | Jafar Panahi | Iran, Italy, Switzerland |
| Comedy of Innocence | Comédie de l'innocence | data-sort-value="Ruiz" | France | ||
| Teeth | Denti | data-sort-value="Salvatores" | Italy | ||
| Dr. T & the Women | data-sort-value="Altman" | United States, Germany | |||
| Durian Durian | 榴槤飄飄 | data-sort-value="Chan" | Hong Kong | ||
| data-sort-value="Fantasma" | The Phantom / The Ghost | O Fantasma | data-sort-value="Rodrigues" | Portugal | |
| Freedom | Laisvė | data-sort-value="Bartas" | Lithuania, France, Portugal | ||
| The Goddess of 1967 | data-sort-value="Law" | Australia | |||
| Holy Tongue | data-sort-value="Lingua" | La lingua del santo | data-sort-value="Mazzacurati" | Italy | |
| data-sort-value="Isle" | The Isle | 섬 | data-sort-value="Kim" | South Korea | |
| Johnny the Partisan | data-sort-value="Partigiano" | Il partigiano Johnny | data-sort-value="Chiesa" | Italy | |
| Liam | data-sort-value="Frears" | United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France | |||
| The Man Who Cried | data-sort-value="Potter" | United Kingdom, France | |||
| One Hundred Steps | data-sort-value="Cento" | I cento passi | data-sort-value="Giordana" | Italy | |
| Our Lady of the Assassins | data-sort-value="Virgen" | La virgen de los sicarios | data-sort-value="Schroeder" | Colombia, Spain, France | |
| Platform | 站台 | data-sort-value="Zhangke" | China | ||
| To Matthieu | Selon Matthieu | data-sort-value="Beauvois" | France | ||
| Uttara | উত্তরা | data-sort-value="Dasgupta" | India | ||
| Word and Utopia | Palavra e Utopia | data-sort-value="Oliveira" | Portugal | ||
The following films were screened out of competition:[4]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brother | ブラザー | Japan, France, United States, United Kingdom | ||
| Calle 54 | Spain | |||
| My Voyage to Italy | Il mio viaggio in Italia | Italy, United States | ||
| Nightcap | Merci pour le Chocolat | France | ||
| Small Time Crooks | United States | |||
| Vengo | France, Spain, Germany, Japan | |||
An official selection of films that stand out for their "attempt at innovation, originality or innovative film style".[5]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adanggaman | Roger Gnoan M'Bala | Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Switzerland, Italy, France | ||
| Animali che attraversano la strada | Isabella Sandri | Italy | ||
| Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Bruce Ricker | United States | ||
| Everybody's Famous! | Iedereen Beroemd! | Dominique Deruddere | Belgium | |
| Last Resort | Paweł Pawlikowski | United Kingdom | ||
| Memento | Christopher Nolan | United States | ||
| Moscow | Moskva | Alexander Zeldovich | Russia | |
| My Generation | Barbara Kopple | United States | ||
| Little Otik | Otesánek | Jan Svankmajer | Czech Republic, United Kingdom | |
| Placido Rizzotto | Pasquale Scimeca | Italy | ||
| Pollock | Ed Harris | United States | ||
| Possible Worlds | Robert Lepage | Canada | ||
| Roman Summer | Estate romana | Matteo Garrone | Italy | |
| Samia | Philippe Faucon | France | ||
| Suspicious River | Lynne Stopkewich | Canada | ||
| The Prime Gig | Gregory Mosher | United States | ||
| The State I Am In | Die Innere Sicherheit | Christian Petzold | Germany | |
| The Town Is Quiet | La ville est tranquille | Robert Guédiguian | France | |
| Thomas in Love | Thomas est amoureux | Pierre-Paul Renders | Belgium, France | |
| Together | Tillsammans | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden, Denmark, Italy | |
| Waiting for the Messiah | Esperando al Mesías | Daniel Burman | Argentina | |
The following films were selected for the section "Dreams and Visions" (Sogni e Visioni
The following films were selected for the section "New Territories" ('Nuovi Territori'):[7]
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[9]
Before Night Falls by Julian Schnabel
Javier Bardem for Before Night Falls
Rose Byrne for The Goddess of 1967
Megan Burns for Liam