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Location | Venice, Italy |
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Founded | 1932 |
Festival date | 29 August–8 September 2002 |
Website | Website |
The 59th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 29 August to 8 September 2002. [1]
The Golden Lion was awarded to The Magdalene Sisters directed by Peter Mullan. [2] [3]
The following people comprised the 2002 jury: [4]
The following films were nominated to compete for the Golden Lion of the 59th edition of the festival: [5]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Almost Peaceful | Un monde presque paisible | Michel Deville | France |
Bear's Kiss | Sergei Bodrov | Germany, Sweden, Russia, Spain, France, Italy | |
The Best of Times | 美麗時光 | Chang Tso-chi | Taiwan |
Dirty Pretty Things | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom | |
Dolls | ドールズ | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
Far from Heaven | Todd Haynes | United States | |
Frida | Julie Taymor | ||
Führer Ex | Winfried Bonengel [6] | Germany, Italy | |
House of Fools | Дом дураков | Andrei Konchalovsky | Russia |
A Journey Called Love | Un viaggio chiamato amore | Michele Placido | Italy |
Julie Walking Home | Agnieszka Holland | Canada, Germany, Poland | |
The Magdalene Sisters | Peter Mullan | United Kingdom, Ireland | |
The Man on the Train | L'Homme du train | Patrice Leconte | France |
Maximum Velocity (V-Max) | Velocità massima | Daniele Vicari | Italy |
My Voice | Nha fala | Flora Gomes | Cape Verde, Portugal, France, Luxembourg |
Naked | Nackt | Doris Dörrie | Germany |
Nearest to Heaven | Au plus près du paradis | Tonie Marshall | France, Spain, Canada |
Oasis | 오아시스 | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea |
The Power of the Past | La forza del passato | Piergiorgio Gay | Italy |
Road to Perdition | Sam Mendes | United States | |
The Tracker | Rolf de Heer | Australia |
The following films were screened as Out of Competition: [7]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Between Strangers | Edoardo Ponti | Canada, Italy | |
Blood Work | Clint Eastwood | United States | |
La boîte magique | Ridha Behi | France, Tunisia | |
The Dancer Upstairs | Pasos de baile (festival title) | John Malkovich | Spain, United States |
Venetian Rascal Goes to America | Johan Padan a la descoverta de le Americhe | Giulio Cingoli | Italy, France |
K-19: The Widowmaker | Kathryn Bigelow | United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, United States | |
My Name Is Tanino | Paolo Virzì | Italy, Canada | |
Naqoyqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | United States | |
Ripley's Game | Liliana Cavani | Italy, United Kingdom, United States | |
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | Mike Figgis, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jiří Menzel, István Szabó, Claire Denis, Volker Schlöndorff, Michael Radford, Jean-Luc Godard | United Kingdom, Germany, France |
The following feature films were screened in the Controcorrente (lit. 'against the current', nonconformist) section : [8]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Friday Night | Vendredi Soir | Claire Denis | France |
Full Frontal | Steven Soderbergh | United States | |
Ken Park | Larry Clark, Edward Lachman | United States | |
Lilya 4-ever | Lilja 4-ever | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden |
Lilly's Story | Roviros Manthoulis | Greece | |
The Missing Gun | Xun qiang | Lu Chuan | China |
Music for Weddings and Funerals | Musikk for bryllup og begravelser | Unni Straume | Sweden |
Nuomos sutartis | Kristijonas Vildziunas | Lithuania | |
Poniente | Chus Gutiérrez | Spain | |
Public Toilet | Hwajangshil eodieyo? | Fruit Chan | South Korea |
Shadow Kill | Nizhalkuthu | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | India |
Rosa La China | Valeria Sarmiento | Cuba | |
A Snake of June | 六月の蛇 | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan |
Soul Mate | L'anima gemella | Sergio Rubini | Italy |
Springtime in a Small Town | Xiao cheng zhi chun | Tian Zhuangzhuang | China |
Untouched by the West | Un homme sans l'Occident | Raymond Depardon | France |
The Virgin of Lust | La virgen de la lujuria | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
Women's Prison | زندان زنان | Manijeh Hekmat | Iran |
The following feature films were screened in the New Territories (Italian: Nuovi Territori) section: [8]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Aiki | Daisuke Tengan | Japan | |
Black Tape: A Tehran Diary | Fariborz Kamkari | Iran | |
Blessed | Rachel Douglas | New Zeland | |
Goldfish game | Jan Lauwers | Belgium | |
The Judge | Sudijata | Zaneta Vangeli | Macedonia |
K | Shoja Azari | Iran | |
Kuang wu you yu | Lin Tay-jou | Taiwan | |
Her | Lei | Tonino De Bernardi | Italy |
London Orbital | Christopher Petit, Iain Sinclair | United Kingdom | |
Luparella | Giuseppe Bertolucci | Italy | |
Open My Heart | Aprimi il cuore | Giada Colagrande | Italy |
The Red Flag Flies | Hongqi piao | Hongxiang Zhou | China |
The River | Река | Aleksei Balabanov | Russia |
Sky. Plane. Girl | Небо. Самолёт. Девушка | Vera Storozheva | Russia |
Stones in the Sky | Rocha que Voa | Eryk Rocha | Brazil |
Vecchie | Daniele Segre | Italy |
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section: [9]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Two Friends | Due Amici | Spiro Scimone, Francesco Sframeli | Italy |
The Exam | Emtehan | Nasser Refaie | Iran |
The Kite | Zmej | Aleksej Muradov | Russia |
Roger Dodger | Dylan Kidd | United States | |
Somewhere Over the Dreamland | Meng huan bu luo | Cheng Wen-tang | Taiwan |
Step by Step | Un honnête commerçant | Philippe Blasband | Belgium |
Woman of Water | Mizu no onna | Hidenori Sugimori | Japan |
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