59th Venice International Film Festival

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59th Venice International Film Festival
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Location Venice, Italy
Founded1932
Festival date29 August–8 September 2002
Website Website
Venice Film Festival chronology

The 59th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 29 August to 8 September 2002. [1]

Contents

The Golden Lion was awarded to The Magdalene Sisters directed by Peter Mullan. [2] [3]

Jury

Main Competition

The following people comprised the 2002 jury: [4]

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were nominated to compete for the Golden Lion of the 59th edition of the festival: [5]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
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 passatoPiergiorgio GayItaly
Road to Perdition Sam Mendes United States
The Tracker Rolf de Heer Australia
Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition

The following films were screened as Out of Competition: [7]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
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 AmericaJohan Padan a la descoverta de le AmericheGiulio CingoliItaly, 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

Controcorrente

The following feature films were screened in the Controcorrente (lit. 'against the current', nonconformist) section : [8]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
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 StoryRoviros ManthoulisGreece
The Missing Gun Xun qiang Lu Chuan China
Music for Weddings and FuneralsMusikk for bryllup og begravelser Unni Straume Sweden
Nuomos sutartisKristijonas VildziunasLithuania
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 TownXiao cheng zhi chun Tian Zhuangzhuang China
Untouched by the WestUn 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

New Territories

The following feature films were screened in the New Territories (Italian: Nuovi Territori) section: [8]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Aiki Daisuke TenganJapan
Black Tape: A Tehran Diary Fariborz Kamkari Iran
BlessedRachel DouglasNew Zealand
Goldfish game Jan Lauwers Belgium
The JudgeSudijataZaneta VangeliMacedonia
K Shoja Azari Iran
Kuang wu you yuLin Tay-jouTaiwan
HerLei 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 FliesHongqi piaoHongxiang ZhouChina
The RiverРека Aleksei Balabanov Russia
Sky. Plane. GirlНебо. Самолёт. Девушка Vera Storozheva Russia
Stones in the Sky Rocha que Voa Eryk Rocha Brazil
VecchieDaniele SegreItaly

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section: [9]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Two Friends Due AmiciSpiro Scimone, Francesco SframeliItaly
The ExamEmtehanNasser RefaieIran
The KiteZmejAleksej MuradovRussia
Roger Dodger Dylan Kidd United States
Somewhere Over the DreamlandMeng huan bu luo Cheng Wen-tang Taiwan
Step by Step Un honnête commerçant Philippe Blasband Belgium
Woman of WaterMizu no onnaHidenori SugimoriJapan

Official Awards

Main Competition

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Luigi De Laurentis Award for Debut Feature

Independent Awards

San Marco Prize

Audience Award

Prix UIP Venice (European Short Film)

FIPRESCI Prize

SIGNIS Award

Don Quixote Award

UNICEF Award

UNESCO Award

Pasinetti Award

Pietro Bianchi Award

Isvema Award

FEDIC Award

Little Golden Lion

Wella Prize

Future Film Festival Digital Award

Laterna Magica Prize

Sergio Trasatti Award

Rota Soundtrack Award

Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

Kinematrix Film Award

References

  1. ↑ "La Biennale di Venezia — The Recent Years: 1999 - 2020". 10 April 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "LIONS, LIONS EVERYWHERE" . Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "The 2000s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Juries for the 2000s". Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "59. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica - Venezia 59. Concorso". asac.labiennale.org (in Italian). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Winfried Bonengel on IMDb
  7. ↑ "59. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica - Fuori Concorso". asac.labiennale.org (in Italian). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Festival di Venezia: Il Cartellone". La Stampa . 27 August 2002. p. 34.
  9. ↑ "17th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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