| 70th Venice International Film Festival | |
| Opening: | Gravity |
| Closing: | Amazonia |
| Location: | Venice, Italy |
| Founded: | 1932 |
| Awards: | Golden Lion |
| Host: | Eva Riccobono |
| Date: | 28 August – 7 September 2013 |
| Chronology: | Venice Film Festival |
| Preceded By: | 69th |
| Followed By: | 71st |
The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival took place in Venice, Italy from 28 August to 7 September 2013.[1] American film director William Friedkin was presented with a lifetime achievement award.[2] Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci was the president of the jury. He was previously the president of the jury at the 40th edition in 1983.[3] [4] Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, was the opening film of the festival.[5] Italian actress Eva Riccobono hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.[6]
The Golden Lion was awarded to the Italian documentary film Sacro GRA.[7] It was the first documentary film to win the award at the Venice Festival.[8] [9]
The following people were selected for the main competition jury:[10]
The following films were selected for the main competition:[11] [12]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana Arabia | data-sort-value="Gitai" | Israel, France | ||||
| Child of God | data-sort-value="Franco" | United States | ||||
| L'intrepido | data-sort-value="Amelio" | Italy | ||||
| Jealousy | data-sort-value="Jalousie" | La Jalousie | data-sort-value="Garrel" | France | ||
| Joe | data-sort-value="Green" | United States | ||||
| Miss Violence | data-sort-value="Avranas" | Greece | ||||
| Night Moves | data-sort-value="Reichardt" | United States | ||||
| Parkland | data-sort-value="Landesman" | |||||
| Philomena | data-sort-value="Frears" | United Kingdom | ||||
| data-sort-value="Police" | The Police Officer's Wife | data-sort-value="Frau" | Die Frau des Polizisten | data-sort-value="Groning" | Germany | |
| data-sort-value="Rooftop" | The Rooftops | لسطوح | data-sort-value="Allouache" | Algeria, France | ||
| Sacro GRA | data-sort-value="Rosi" | Gianfranco Rosi | Italy | |||
| Stray Dogs | 郊遊 | data-sort-value="Ming-liang" | Taiwan, France | |||
| A Street in Palermo | Via Castellana Bandiera | data-sort-value="Dante" | Italy, Switzerland, France | |||
| Tom at the Farm | Tom à la ferme | data-sort-value=Dolan" | Canada, France | |||
| Tracks | data-sort-value="Curran" | United Kingdom, Australia | ||||
| Under the Skin | data-sort-value="Glazer" | United Kingdom, United States | ||||
| The Unknown Known | data-sort-value="Morris" | United States | ||||
| data-sort-value="Wind" | The Wind Rises | 風立ちぬ | data-sort-value="Miyazaki" | Japan | ||
| The Zero Theorem | data-sort-value="Gilliam" | United Kingdom, United States | ||||
The following films were selected for the out of competition section:[13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazonia (closing film) | data-sort-value="Ragobert" | Thierry Ragobert | France, Brazil | |||
| The Canyons | data-sort-value="Schrader" | Paul Schrader | United States | |||
| Con il fiato sospeso | Costanza Quatriglio | Italy | ||||
| Disney Mickey Mouse - O' Sole Minnie (Season 1, Episode 12) | United States | |||||
| Gravity (opening film) | data-sort-value="Cuaron" | United States | ||||
| Home from Home | data-sort-value="Andere" | Die andere Heimat — Chronik einer Sehnsucht | data-sort-value="Reitz" | Germany | ||
| Locke | data-sort-value="Knight" | United Kingdom | ||||
| Moebius | 뫼비우스 | data-sort-value="Ki-duk" | South Korea | |||
| data-sort-value="Promise" | A Promise | data-sort-value="Promese" | Une promesse | data-sort-value="Leconte" | France | |
| Redemption | data-sort-value="Gomes" | Portugal, France, Germany, Italy | ||||
| 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック | data-sort-value="Shinji" | Japan | ||||
| Unforgiven | 許されざる者 | data-sort-value="Sang-Il" | Japan | |||
| Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei | data-sort-value="Wajda" | Poland | ||||
| Wolf Creek 2 | data-sort-value="McLean" | Australia | ||||
| Non Fiction | ||||||
| The Armstrong Lie | data-sort-value="Gibney" | United States | ||||
| At Berkeley | data-sort-value="Wiseman" | |||||
| How Strange to Be Named Federico | Che strano chiamarsi Federico - Scola racconta Fellini | data-sort-value="Scola" | Italy | |||
| Pine Ridge | data-sort-value="Eborn" | Anna Eborn | Denmark | |||
| Summer 82 When Zappa Came to Sicily | data-sort-value="Cuccia" | Italy, United States | ||||
| data-sort-value="Til" | 'Til Madness Do Us Part | 瘋愛 | data-sort-value="Bing" | Hong Kong, France | ||
| Ukraine Is Not a Brothel | Ukraina ne Bordel | data-sort-value="Green" | Kitty Green | Australia | ||
| The Voice of Berliguer | La voce di Berlinguer | Mario Sesti, Teho Teardo | Italy | |||
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature films | ||||||
| Eastern Boys | data-sort-value="Campillo" | Robin Campillo | France | |||
| First Snowfall | data-sort-value="Prima" | La prima neve | data-sort-value="Segre" | Italy | ||
| Fish & Cat | Mahi Va Gorbeh | data-sort-value="Mokri" | Iran | |||
| data-sort-value="Life" | The Life After | data-sort-value="Vida" | La vida después | data-sort-value="Pablos" | Mexico | |
| Little Brother | Bauyr | data-sort-value="Aprymov" | Serik Aprymov | Kazakhstan | ||
| Medeas | data-sort-value="Pallaoro" | United States, Italy | ||||
| My Name Is Hmmm... | Je m'appelle Hmmm... | France | ||||
| Palo Alto | data-sort-value="Coppola" | United States | ||||
| Ruin | data-sort-value="Courtin" | Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Michael Cody | Australia | |||
| The Sacrament | data-sort-value="West" | United States | ||||
| Small Homeland | Piccola patria | data-sort-value="Rossetto" | Alessandro Rossetto | Italy | ||
| Some Girls | Algunas chicas | data-sort-value="Palavecino" | Santiago Palavecino | Argentina | ||
| Still Life | data-sort-value="Pasolini" | United Kingdom, Italy | ||||
| data-sort-value="Third" | The Third Half | data-sort-value="Terzo" | Il terzo tempo | data-sort-value="Artale" | Enrico Maria Artale | Italy |
| We Are the Best! | Vi Är Bäst! | data-sort-value="Moodysson" | Sweden, Denmark | |||
| Why Don't You Play in Hell? | Jigoku de naze warui | data-sort-value="Sono" | Japan | |||
| Wolfskinder | data-sort-value="Ostermann" | Germany | ||||
| Short Films Competition | ||||||
| Aningaaq | Jonas Cuarón | United States | ||||
| The Audition | Michael Haussman | Italy | ||||
| Ballkoni | Lendita Zeqiraj | Kosovo | ||||
| Blanco | Ignacio Gatica | Argentina | ||||
| Cold Snap | Leo Woodhead | New Zealand | ||||
| Death For a Unicorn | Riccardo Bernasconi, Francesca Reverdito | Switzerland | ||||
| La gallina | Manel Raga | Spain | ||||
| Houses With Small Windows | Bülent Öztürk | Belgium | ||||
| Kush | Shubhashish Bhutiani | India | ||||
| Minesh | Shalin Sirkar | South Africa, Germany, Denmark | ||||
| Un pensiero Kalašnikov | Giorgio Bosisio | Italy, United Kingdom | ||||
| Quello Che Resta | Valeria Allievi | Italy | ||||
| Sishui (Stagnant Water) | Xiaowei Wang | China | ||||
| Toutes les belles choses | Cécile Bicler | France | ||||
The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:[15]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restored Films | |||||
| Le 15/8 (1973) | Chantal Akerman, Samy Szlingerbaum | Belgium | |||
| The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) | data-sort-value="Weis" | United States | |||
| Il Bacio di Tosca (aka Tosca's Kiss) (1984) | data-sort-value="Schmid" | Switzerland | |||
| La Bête humaine (aka The Human Beast) (1938) | data-sort-value="Renoir" | France | |||
| Bread and Chocolate (1974) | Pane e cioccolata | data-sort-value="Brusati" | Italy | ||
| data-sort-value="Bullet" | A Bullet For The General (1966) | Quién Sabe? | data-sort-value="Damiani" | ||
| (1996) | 甜蜜蜜 | data-sort-value="Chan" | Hong Kong | ||
| Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) | Сјећаш ли се Доли Бел? | data-sort-value="Kusturica" | Yugoslavia | ||
| Equinox Flower (1958) | 彼岸花 | data-sort-value="Ozu" | Japan | ||
| Hands Over the City (1963) | data-sort-value="Mani" | Le mani sulla città | data-sort-value="Rosi" | Italy, France | |
| Hotel Monterey (1972) | data-sort-value="Akerman" | Belgium, United States | |||
| In the Heat of the Sun (1993) | 陽光燦爛的日子 | data-sort-value="Wen" | China, Hong Kong | ||
| Kapurush (1965) | কাপুরুষ | data-sort-value="Ray" | India | ||
| Let's Get Lost (1988) | data-sort-value="Weber" | United States | |||
| Little Fugitive (1953) | data-sort-value="Engel" | ||||
| Mahapurush (1965) | data-sort-value="Ray" | India | |||
| Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) | 戦場のメリークリスマス | data-sort-value="Oshima" | United Kingdom, Japan | ||
| The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | data-sort-value="Pichel" | United States | |||
| My Darling Clementine (1946) | data-sort-value="Ford" | ||||
| My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1984) | Мой друг Иван Лапшин | data-sort-value="German" | Soviet Union | ||
| Mysterious Object at Noon (2000) | ดอกฟ้าในมือมาร | data-sort-value="Weerasethakul" | Thailand | ||
| Nidhanaya (1970) | data-sort-value="Peries" | Sri Lanka | |||
| Paisan (1946) | Paisà | data-sort-value="Rossellini" | Italy | ||
| Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973) | La proprietà non è più un furto | data-sort-value="Petri" | Elio Petri | Italy | |
| Providence (1977) | data-sort-value="Resnais" | France, Switzerland, United Kingdom | |||
| Sandra (1965) | Vaghe stelle dell'orsa... | data-sort-value="Visconti" | Italy | ||
| data-sort-value="Shape" | The Shape of Night (1964) | 夜の片鱗 | data-sort-value="Nakamura" | Japan | |
| Sorcerer (1977) | data-sort-value="Friedkin" | United States | |||
| White Rock (1977) | data-sort-value="Maylam" | United Kingdom | |||
| Documentaries about cinema | |||||
| Il Bacio di Tosca, Une restauration numérique | Richard Szotyori | Switzerland | |||
| Bertolucci on Bertolucci | Luca Guadagnino, Walter Fasano | Italy | |||
| Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater | Gabe Klinger | United States, Portugal, France | |||
| A Fuller Life | Samantha Fuller | United States | |||
| Istintobrass | Massimiliano Zanin | Italy | |||
| Lino Micciché, Mio padre. Una visione del mondo | Francesco Micciché | ||||
| Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Bruce Weber | United States | |||
| Non Eravamo Solo... Ladri Di Biciclette. Il Neorealismo | Gianni Bozzacchi | Italy | |||
| Trespassing Bergman | Jane Magnusson, Hynek Pallas | Sweden, France | |||
The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films:[16]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuri Esposito | Alessio Fava[17] | Italy | ||
| Memphis | Tim Sutton | United States | ||
| Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy | Thailand | |||
The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa:[18]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challatt Tunes | Le Challat de Tunis | Kaouther Ben Hania[19] | Tunisia | |
| The Cat | El Ott | Egypt | ||
| With Almost Nothing | Avec presque rien... | Nantenaina Lova[20] | Madagascar | |
| Territorial Pissings | South Africa | |||
The following films were the Special Screenings of the Official Selection:[21]
Under the project title Venice 70 - Future Reloaded, 70 top film directors were each invited to make a 60-90 second short film, as "both a collective tribute to the Festival (the first festival in the world to reach the milestone of 70 editions) and a reflection on the future of cinema".[23] [24] [25]
The following films were selected for the Critics' Week:[26] [27]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In competition | ||||
| Salvation Army | L’armée du salut | France, Morocco | ||
| The Reunion | Återträffen | Sweden | ||
| The Quispe Girls | Las niñas Quispe | Chile, France, Argentina | ||
| Class Enemy | Razredni Sovražnik | Rok Biček | Slovenia | |
| White Shadow | Noaz Deshe | Italy, Germany, Tanzania | ||
| Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot | Zoran, il mio nipote scemo | Matteo Oleotto | Italy, Slovenia | |
| Trap Street | Shuiyin jie | China | ||
| Special Events - Out of competition | ||||
| The Art of Happiness (opening film) | L’arte della felicità | Alessandro Rak | Italy | |
| Illiterate (closing film) | Las analfabetas | Moisés Sepúlveda | Chile | |
The following films were selected for the 10th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[28] Starting from this edition, Venice Days has created its own international award "for a film from the entire Official Selection".[29]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | ||||||
| Alienation | Otchuzhdenie | data-sort-value="Lazarov" | Milko Lazarov | Bulgaria | ||
| Bethlehem | data-sort-value="Adler" | Yuval Adler | Israel, Germany, Belgium | |||
| Gerontophilia | data-sort-value="LaBruce" | Canada | ||||
| data-sort-value="Good" | The Good Life | data-sort-value="Belle" | La belle vie | data-sort-value="Denizot" | Jean Denizot | France |
| Kill Your Darlings | data-sort-value="Krokidas" | John Krokidas | United States | |||
| May in the Summer | data-sort-value="Dabis" | Jordan, Qatar, United States | ||||
| My Class | data-sort-value="Mia" | La mia classe | data-sort-value="Gaglianone" | Italy | ||
| Nobody's Home | Köksüz | data-sort-value="Akcay" | Deniz Akçay | Turkey | ||
| data-sort-value="Reconstruction" | The Reconstruction | data-sort-value="Reconstruccion" | La reconstrucción | data-sort-value="Taratuto" | Juan Taratuto | Argentina |
| Rigor Mortis | Geung si | data-sort-value="Mak" | Hong Kong | |||
| Siddharth | data-sort-value="Mehta" | Canada, India | ||||
| Traitors | data-sort-value="Gullette" | Morocco, United States | ||||
| Special Events | ||||||
| Julia | J. Jackie Baier | Germany, Lithuania | ||||
| Lenny Cooke | Benny and Josh Safdie | United States | ||||
| Lino Miccichè, mio padre - Una visione del mondo | Francesco Miccichè | Italy | ||||
| The Referee | L'arbitro | Paolo Zucca | Italy, Argentina | |||
| Secchi | Edo Natoli | Italy | ||||
| Three Many Weddings | 3 bodas de más | Javier Ruiz Caldera | Spain | |||
| Venezia Salva | Serena Nono | Italy | ||||
| Miu Miu Women's Tales | ||||||
| Le Donne della Vucciria | Hiam Abbass | Italy | ||||
| The Door | Ava DuVernay | United States, Italy | ||||
| Lux Prize | ||||||
| The Selfish Giant | Clio Barnard | United Kingdom | ||||
| Honey | Miele | Valeria Golino | Italy | |||
| The Broken Circle Breakdown | Felix Van Groeningen | Belgium | ||||
The following Official Awards were conferred at the 70th edition:[30]
The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[33]