Location | Venice, Italy |
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Founded | 1932 |
Awards | Golden Lion: The Circle |
Festival date | 30 August – 9 September 2000 |
Website | Website |
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 |
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Before Night Falls | Julian Schnabel | United States | |
The Circle | دایره | Jafar Panahi | Iran, Italy, Switzerland |
Comedy of Innocence | Comédie de l'innocence | Raoul Ruiz | France |
Teeth | Denti | Gabriele Salvatores | Italy |
Dr. T & the Women | Robert Altman | United States, Germany | |
Durian Durian | 榴槤飄飄 | Fruit Chan | Hong Kong |
The Phantom / The Ghost | O Fantasma | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal |
Freedom | Laisvė | Sharunas Bartas | Lithuania, France, Portugal |
The Goddess of 1967 | Clara Law | Australia | |
Holy Tongue | La lingua del santo | Carlo Mazzacurati | Italy |
The Isle | 섬 | Ki-duk Kim | South Korea |
Johnny the Partisan | Il partigiano Johnny | Guido Chiesa | Italy |
Liam | Stephen Frears | United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France | |
The Man Who Cried | Sally Potter | United Kingdom, France | |
One Hundred Steps | I cento passi | Marco Tullio Giordana | Italy |
Our Lady of the Assassins | La virgen de los sicarios | Barbet Schroeder | Colombia, Spain, France |
Platform | 站台 | Jia Zhangke | China |
To Matthieu | Selon Matthieu | Xavier Beauvois | France |
Uttara | উত্তরা | Buddhadev Dasgupta | India |
Word and Utopia | Palavra e Utopia | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
The following films were screened out of competition: [4]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Brother | ブラザー | Takeshi Kitano | Japan, France, United States, United Kingdom |
Calle 54 | Fernando Trueba | Spain | |
My Voyage to Italy | Il mio viaggio in Italia | Martin Scorsese | Italy, United States |
Nightcap | Merci pour le Chocolat | Claude Chabrol | France |
Small Time Crooks | Woody Allen | United States | |
Vengo | Tony Gatlif | 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 |
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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'): [6]
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]
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