71st Venice International Film Festival

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71st Venice International Film Festival
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Festival poster
Opening film Birdman
Closing film The Golden Era
Location Venice, Italy
Founded1932
Awards Golden Lion:
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Hosted by Luisa Ranieri
Festival date27 August – 6 September 2014
Website Website
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The 71st annual Venice International Film Festival , was held from 27 August to 6 September 2014, at Venice Lido in Italy. [1]

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French composer Alexandre Desplat was the jury president for the main competition. [2] Italian actress Luisa Ranieri hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. [3] The Golden Lion was awarded to A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence by Roy Andersson. [4]

American editor Thelma Schoonmaker and American filmmaker Frederick Wiseman were the recipients of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. [5]

The festival poster paid tribute to François Truffaut, as it featured the character of Antoine Doinel portrayed by Jean-Pierre Léaud from Truffaut's 1959 drama film The 400 Blows . [6] [7]

The festival opened with Birdman by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, and closed with The Golden Era by Ann Hui. [8] [9]

Juries

Main Competition (Venezia 71)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition: [13] [14] [15]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
99 Homes Ramin Bahrani United States
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (opening film) Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Black Souls Anime nere Francesco Munzi Italy, France
The Cut Fatih Akin Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Poland, Turkey
Far from Men Loin des hommes David Oelhoffen France
Fires on the Plain 野火 Shinya Tsukamoto Japan
Good Kill Andrew Niccol United States
Hungry Hearts Saverio Costanzo Italy
The Last Hammer Blow Le dernier coup de marteau Alix Delaporte France
Leopardi Il giovane favoloso Mario Martone Italy
The Look of Silence Senyap Joshua Oppenheimer Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, United Kingdom
Manglehorn David Gordon Green United States
Pasolini Abel Ferrara France, Belgium, Italy
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron Roy Andersson Sweden, Germany, Norway, France
The Postman's White Nights Белые ночи почтальона Алексея Тряпицына Andrei Konchalovsky Russia
The Price of Fame La rançon de la gloire Xavier Beauvois France, Belgium, Switzerland
Red Amnesia 闯入者 Wang Xiaoshuai China
Sivas Kaan Müjdeci Turkey
Tales قصه ها Rakhshān Banietemad Iran
Three Hearts 3 cœurs Benoît Jacquot France

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [16] [14]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Fiction Films
The Boxtrolls Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable United States
Burying the Ex Joe Dante
Dearest 親愛的 Peter Ho-sun Chan Hong Kong, China
The Golden Era (closing film)黃金時代 Ann Hui China, Hong Kong
The Humbling Barry Levinson United States
Nymphomaniac Volume II (uncut version) Lars Von Trier Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium
The Old Man of Belem O velho do restelo Manoel de Oliveira Portugal, France
Olive Kitteridge (4 episodes) Lisa Cholodenko United States
Perez. Edoardo De Angelis Italy
Revivre 화장 Im Kwon-taek South Korea
She's Funny That Way Peter Bogdanovich United States
The Sound and the Fury James Franco
Tsili Amos Gitai Israel, Russia, Italy, France
Words with Gods Guillermo Arriaga, Emir Kusturica, Amos Gitai, Mira Nair, Warwick Thornton, Hector Babenco, Bahman Ghobadi, Hideo Nakata and Alex de la Iglesia Mexico, United States
Non Fiction
The Devil's SoupLa zuppa del demonio Davide Ferrario Italy
In the Basement Im Keller Ulrich Seidl Austria
Italy in a Day Un giorno da italiani Gabriele Salvatores Italy, United Kingdom
The State-Mafia Pact La trattativa Sabina Guzzanti Italy

Orizzonti

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section: [17] [2]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
In Competition
Belluscone: A Sicilian Story Belluscone, una storia siciliana Franco Maresco Italy
Bypass Duane Hopkins United Kingdom
Court Chaitanya Tamhane India
Cymbeline Michael Almereyda United States
Goodnight Mommy Ich seh, Ich seh Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala Austria
Heaven Knows What Josh Safdie and Ben Safdie United States, France
Hill of Freedom 자유의 언덕 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Jackie & Ryan Ami Canaan Mann United States
Line of Credit Kreditis LimitiSalome AlexiGeorgia, Germany, France
Nabat Elchin Musaoglu Azerbaijan
Near Death Experience Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern France
The President پرزیدنت Mohsen Makhmalbaf Georgia, France, United Kingdom, Germany
Reality Réalité Quentin Dupieux France, Belgium
Theeb ذيب Naji Abu Nowar Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, United Kingdom
These Are the Rules Takva Su Pravila Ognjen Sviličić Croatia, France, Serbia, Macedonia
La vita oscena Renato De Maria Italy
Without Pity Senza nessuna pietàMichele Alhaique
Short Films - Competition
3/105 Avelina Prat and Diego OpazoSpain
ArtArta Adrian Sitaru Romania
The BabyBacheh Ali Asgari Italy, Iran
Cams Carl-Johan Westregård Sweden
Castillo y el ArmadoPedro HarresBrazil
Daily BreadPat-LehemIdan HubelIsrael
Era ApocryphaBrendan SweenyUnited States
Ferdinand Knapp Andrea Baldini France
Great Heat大暑Chen TaoChina
In OvertimeFi Al Waqt Al Dae'aRami YasinJordan, Palestine
Mademoiselle Guillaume Gouix France
Maryam Sidi Saleh Indonesia
Out of competition
L'attesa del maggioSimone MassiItaly
Lift You Up Ramin Bahrani United States
On the Bride's SideIo sto con la sposaAntonio Augugliaro, Gabriele Del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al NassiryItaly, Palestine

Venice Classics

The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section: [18]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Restored Films
The Audience (aka Papal Audience)L'udienza (1971) Marco Ferreri Italy
The Bride (1973)Gelin Ömer Lütfi Akad Turkey
China is Near (1967)La Cina è vicina Marco Bellocchio Italy
Guys and Dolls (1955) Joseph L. Mankiewicz United States
The Innocents (1961) Jack Clayton United Kingdom
The Iron Mask (1929) Allan Dwan United States
Love Exists L'Amour existe (1960) Maurice Pialat France
Macbeth (The Tragedy of Macbeth) (1971) Roman Polanski United Kingdom, United States
The Man from Laramie (1955) Anthony Mann United States
Mouchette (1967) Robert Bresson France
No End (1985)Bez końca Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland
Of Wayward Love (1962)L'amore difficile (segment: L'avventura di un soldato) Nino Manfredi Italy
One Way or Another Todo modo (1976) Elio Petri
Only She Knows (1960)彼女だけが知っている Osamu Takahashi Japan
A Special Day (1977)Una giornata particolare Ettore Scola Italy
Stolen Kisses (1968)Baisers volés François Truffaut France
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger United Kingdom
Umberto D. (1952) Vittorio De Sica Italy
Walking the Streets of Moscow (1963)Ya shagayu po Moskve Georgiy Daneliya Soviet Union
The Warrior (1916)Maciste alpino Luigi Maggi, Luigi Romano BorgnettoItaly
Without Pity (1948)Senza pietà Alberto Lattuada
Documentaries about Cinema
Animata resistenzaFrancesco Montagner & Alberto GirottoItaly
Flowers of Taipei – Taiwan New CinemaGuangyin de gushi – Taiwan Xin DianyingChinlin HsiehTaiwan
Red Chairs - Parma and the CinemaPoltrone Rosse - Parma e il Cinema Francesco Barilli Italy
Altman Ron Mann Canada
Red Chairs, Parma and the CinemaPoltrone rosse, parma e il cinema Francesco Barilli Italy

Biennale College - Cinema

The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films: [19]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
H. Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia United States, Argentina
Blood Cells Joseph Bull and Luke Seomore United Kingdom
Short Skin Short Skin - I dolori del giovane Edo Duccio Chiarini [20] Italy, Iran, United Kingdom

Final Cut in Venice

The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa: [21]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
The CouncilAl majlisYahya Alabdallah [22] Jordan, United Arab Emirates
I Have a PictureMohamed Zedan [23] Egypt
A Maid For EachMakhdouminMaher Abi Samra [24] Lebanon, France
Possessed by DjinnDalia Al Kury [25] Jordan, Germany
RollaballEddie EdwardsSouth Africa, Ghana
Tee Shirt ManTovoniaina RasoanaivoMadagascar

Special Screenings

The following films were the Special Screenings of the Official Selection: [26]

Independent Sections

International Critics’ Week

The following films were selected for the 29th Venice International Film Critics' Week: [29] [30]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
In competition
40-LoveTerre battue Stéphane Demoustier France
The Coffin in the Mountain 殡棺Xin YukunChina
The Council of Birds Zerrumpelt Herz Timm Kröger Germany
Dancing with Maria Ivan GergoletItaly, Argentina, Slovenia
Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere Đập cánh giữa không trungNguyễn Hoàng ĐiệpVietnam, France, Norway, Germany
No One's Child Ничије детеVuk RšumovićSerbia
Villa ToumaSuha ArrafIsrael, Germany [31] [32] [33]
Out of competition
Melbourne (opening film) Nima Javidi Iran
The Market(closing film)Arance e Martello Diego Bianchi Italy

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 11th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section: [34]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
In Competition
Before I Disappear Shawn Christensen United States
Between 10 and 12Tussen 10 en 12Peter HoogendoornNetherlands
The Dinner I nostri ragazzi Ivano De Matteo Italy
The Farewell Party Mita TovaTal Granit, Sharon MaymonIsrael, Germany
The Goob Guy MyhillUnited Kingdom
Labour of Love Asha jaoar majhe Aditya Vikram Sengupta India
Messi Álex de la Iglesia Spain
Métamorphoses Christophe Honoré France
The Midfielder El 5 de TalleresAdrián BiniezArgentina, Uruguay
One on One 일대일 Kim Ki-duk South Korea
Patria Felice Farina Italy
Return to Ithaca Retour à Ithaque Laurent Cantet France
The Smell of Us Larry Clark France
Summer Nights Les nuits d'étéMario Fanfani
They Have EscapedHe ovat paenneetJP ValkepääFinland, Netherlands
Special events
9x10 novantaMarco Bonfanti, Sara Fgaier,
Claudio Giovannesi, Alina Marazzi,
Pietro Marcello, Giovanni Piperno,
Costanza Quatriglio, Paola Randi,
Alice Rohrwacher, Roland Sejko		Italy
Five StarKeith MillerUnited States
The LackMasbedoItaly
The Show MAS Go OnRä di Martino
Miu Miu Women's Tales
Someone Nanimono Miranda July Italy, United States
Spark and Light So Yong Kim
Premio Lux
Class Enemy Razredni sovražnikRok BičekSlovenia
Ida Paweł Pawlikowski Poland, Denmark
Girlhood Bande de filles Céline Sciamma France

Official Awards

In Competition (Venezia 71)

Orizzonti

Lion of the Future

Venice Classics

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Independent Sections Awards

29th Venice International Critics' Week

Giornate degli Autori

Independent Awards

Queer Lion

Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award

Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award

L’Oréal Paris per il Cinema Award

Gillo Pontecorvo Arcobaleno Latino Award

Cinecibo Award

Pasinetti Special Award

Open Award

FIPRESCI Awards

SIGNIS Award

Francesco Pasinetti - SNGCI Award

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award

Cinema for UNICEF mention

Arca CinemaGiovani Award

CICAE - Cinema d’Arte e d’Essai Award

Fedeora Award for Best Euro-Mediterranean film

FEDIC Award

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

Future Film Festival Digital Award

P. Nazareno Taddei Award

Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award

Golden Mouse

The Most Innovative Budget

Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue

Young Jury Members of the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival

Green Drop Award

Soundtrack Stars Award

Schermi di Qualità Award – Carlo Mazzacurati

Human Rights Nights Award

Piccioni Award

AssoMusica “Ho visto una Canzone” Award

"Sorriso diverso Venezia 2014" Award

1st Akai International Film Festival

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