Location | Venice, Italy |
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Founded | 1932 |
Awards | Golden Lion: The Way We Laughed |
Festival date | 3 – 13 September 1998 |
Website | Website |
The 55th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 3 and 13 September 1998.
Italian filmmaker Ettore Scola was the Jury President of the Main Competition.
The Golden Lion was awarded to The Way We Laughed by Gianni Amelio. [1] [2]
The following people comprised the 1998 jury: [3]
The following films were selected to be screened: [4]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Autumn Tale | Conte d'automne | Eric Rohmer | France |
Black Cat, White Cat | Crna mačka, beli mačor | Emir Kusturica | France, Germany, FR Yugoslavia |
Bulworth | Warren Beatty | United States | |
Clouds | La nube | Fernando Solanas | France, Argentina |
Dancing at Lughnasa | Pat O'Connor | Ireland, United States | |
The Garden of Eden | I giardini dell'Eden | Alessandro D'Alatri | Italy |
Hilary and Jackie | Anand Tucker | United Kingdom | |
Hurlyburly | Anthony Drazan | United States | |
Little Teachers | I piccoli maestri | Daniele Luchetti | Italy |
Lovers of the Arctic Circle | Los amantes del círculo polar | Julio Medem | Spain |
New Rose Hotel | Abel Ferrara | United States | |
Next Stop Paradise | Terminus Paradis | Lucian Pintilie | Romania |
Place Vendôme | Nicole Garcia | France | |
Rounders | John Dahl | United States | |
Run Lola Run | Lola rennt | Tom Tykwer | Germany |
Shooting the Moon | L'Albero delle pere | Francesca Archibugi | Italy |
The Silence | سکوت | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Iran, Tajikistan, France |
Stolen Life | Voleur de vie | Yves Angelo | France |
Traffic | Tráfico | João Botelho | Portugal, France, Denmark |
The Way We Laughed | Così ridevano | Gianni Amelio | Italy |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Am I Beautiful? (closing film) | Bin ich schön? | Doris Dörrie | Germany |
The Ballad of the Windshield Washers | La ballata dei lavavetri | Peter Del Monte | Italy |
Celebrity | Woody Allen | United States | |
Chance or Coincidence | Hasards ou coïncidences | Claude Lelouch | France |
Elizabeth | Shekhar Kapur | United Kingdom | |
Incontri proibiti | Alberto Sordi | Italy | |
Of Lost Love | Del perduto amore | Michele Placido | Italy |
Saving Private Ryan (opening film) | Steven Spielberg | United States | |
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | James Ivory | United Kingdom | |
You Laugh | Tu ridi | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Italy |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Americanka | Dmitry Meskhiev | Russia | |
L'anniversario | Mario Orfini | Italy | |
Bullet Ballet | バレット・バレエ | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan |
Buena Vista Social Club | Wim Wenders | Germany | |
Cabaret Balkan | Буре барута | Goran Paskaljević | Yugoslavia |
Connection by Fate | 超級市民 | Wan Jen | United Kingdom |
Crush Proof | Paul Tickell | Ireland | |
Endurance | Leslie Woodhead | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | |
L'Ennui | Cédric Kahn | France | |
Far from One's Eyes | Longe da vista | João Mário Grilo | Italy |
Friendly Fire | Ação Entre Amigos | Beto Brant | Brazil |
Guests | Ospiti | Matteo Garrone | Italy |
Into My Heart | Anthony Stark, Sean Smith | United States | |
Liv | Edoardo Ponti | United States | |
Living in Paradise | Vivre au paradis | Bourlem Guerdjou | Algeria |
The Loss of Sexual Innocence | Mike Figgis | United States | |
Lucky and Zorba | La gabbianella e il gatto | Enzo D'Alò | Italy |
The Second Wife | La seconda moglie | Ugo Chiti | Italy |
Shadrach | Susanne Styron | United States | |
Shattered Image | Raúl Ruiz | United States | |
Side Streets | Tony Gerber | United Kingdom | |
Speak Like a Child | John Akomfrah | United Kingdom | |
State of Dogs | Нохойн орон | Peter Brosens, Dorjkhandyn Turmunkh | Mongolia |
Sun Bird | 太阳鸟 | Wang Xueqi, Yang Liping | China |
Train of Life | Train de vie | Radu Mihăileanu | France, Belgium, Netherlands, Israel, Romania |
Traps | Pasti, pasti, pasticky | Věra Chytilová | Czech Republic |
Viol@ | Donatella Maiorca | Italy | |
Vite in sospeso | Marco Turco | Italy | |
Yara | Yılmaz Arslan | Turkey, Germany | |
Yom Yom | Amos Gitai | Israel | |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Another Day in Paradise | Larry Clark | United States | |
Apt Pupil | Bryan Singer | United States | |
He Got Game | Spike Lee | United States | |
Lautrec | Roger Planchon | France | |
Out of Sight | Steven Soderbergh | United States | |
A Perfect Murder | Andrew Davis | United States | |
Poodle Springs | Bob Rafelson | United States | |
Radiofreccia | Luciano Ligabue | Italy | |
The Red Violin | François Girard | Canada | |
Ronin | John Frankenheimer | United States | |
The Truman Show | Peter Weir | United States |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Tribute to Totò | |||
Totomodo: l'arte spiegata anche ai bambini | Achille Bonito Oliva | Italy | |
Sessantotto e dintorni | |||
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed | Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos | Alexander Kluge | West Germany |
Il cinema ritrovato | |||
Adua and Her Friends | Adua e le compagne | Antonio Pietrangeli | Italy |
The General of the Dead Army | l generale dell'armata morta | Luciano Tovoli | Italy |
Stranger on the Prowl | Imbarco a mezzanotte | Joseph Losey | Italy |
Paisan | Paisà | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
The Singing Princess | La Rosa di Bagdad | Anton Gino Domenighini | Italy |
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section: [5]
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