72nd Venice International Film Festival

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72nd Venice International Film Festival
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Festival poster
Opening film Everest
Closing film Mr. Six
Location Venice, Italy
Founded1932
Awards Golden Lion:
From Afar
Hosted by Elisa Sednaoui
Artistic director Alberto Barbera
Festival date2 – 12 September 2015
Website Website
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72nd Venice International Film Festival

The 72nd annual Venice International Film Festival , was held from 2 to 12 September 2015, at Venice Lido in Italy. [1]

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Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón was the jury president for the main competition. [2] French-Italian actress Elisa Sednaoui hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the festival. [3] The Golden Lion was awarded to From Afar by Lorenzo Vigas. [4]

The festival poster featured Nastassja Kinski in front as reminiscent of Wim Wenders's Faraway, So Close! , [5] while in the background it featured the character of Antoine Doinel portrayed by Jean-Pierre Léaud from François Truffaut's 1959 drama film The 400 Blows , which also appeared on the 71st Venice International Film Festival poster. [6]

The festival opened with Everest by Baltasar Kormákur, [7] and closed with Mr. Six by Guan Hu. [8]

Juries

Main competition (Venezia 72)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition: [12] [13] [14]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
11 Minutes 11 minut Jerzy Skolimowski Poland, Ireland
Anomalisa Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson United States
Beasts of No Nation Cary Joji Fukunaga
Behemoth 悲兮魔兽 Zhao Liang China
A Bigger Splash Luca Guadagnino Italy, France
Blood of My Blood Sangue del mio sangue Marco Bellocchio Italy
The Clan El Clan Pablo Trapero Argentina, Spain
Courted L'Hermine Christian Vincent France
The Danish Girl Tom Hooper United Kingdom, United States
The Endless River Oliver Hermanus South Africa, France
Equals Drake Doremus United States
Per amor vostro Giuseppe M. Gaudino Italy, France
Francofonia Alexander Sokurov France, Germany, Netherlands
Frenzy Abluka Emin Alper Turkey, France, Qatar
From Afar Desde allá Lorenzo Vigas Venezuela
Heart of a Dog Laurie Anderson United States
Looking for Grace Sue Brooks Australia
Marguerite Xavier Giannoli France, Czech Republic, Belgium
Rabin, the Last Day Amos Gitai Israel, France
Remember Atom Egoyan Canada, Germany
The Wait L'attesa Piero Messina Italy, France

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [13] [14] [15] [16]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Fiction
Afternoon那日下午 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan
Black Mass Scott Cooper United States
Bleak Street La calle de la Amargura Arturo Ripstein Mexico, Spain
Don't Be Bad Non essere cattivo Claudio Caligari Italy
Everest (opening film) Baltasar Kormákur United Kingdom, United States, Iceland
Blackway Go with Me Daniel Alfredson Canada, United States, Sweden
Mr. Six (closing film)老炮儿 Guan Hu China
Spotlight Tom McCarthy United States
Non Fiction
De Palma Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow United States
L'esercito piu piccolo del mondo Gianfranco Pannone Vatican, Italy
The Event Событие Sergei Loznitsa Netherlands, Belgium
I ricordi del fiumeGianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De SerioItaly
In Jackson Heights Frederick Wiseman United States, France
Janis: Little Girl Blue Amy J. Berg United States
Gli uomini di questa città io non li conosco Franco Maresco Italy
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom Зима у вогні: Боротьба України за свободу Evgeny Afineevsky Ukraine, United States, United Kingdom
Special Screening
Human Yann Arthus-Bertrand France

Orizzonti

The following feature films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section: [13] [14] [17]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
In Competition
Burning Love Pecore In ErbaAlberto CavigliaItaly
The Childhood of a Leader Brady Corbet United States, United Kingdom, Hungary, Sweden, France, Canada, Belgium
A Copy of My Mind Joko Anwar Indonesia, South Korea
A War Krigen Tobias Lindholm Denmark
Neon Bull Boi Neon Gabriel Mascaro Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands
Wednesday, May 9 چهارشنبه ۱۹ اردیبهشت Vahid Jalilvand Iran
Free in Deed Jake MahaffyUnited States, New Zealand
Visaranai விசாரணை Vetrimaaran India
InterruptionYorgos ZoisGreece, France, Croatia
Italian Gangsters Renato De Maria Italy
Kill Me Please Mate-Me Por Favor Anita Rocha da Silveira Brazil, Argentina
Land Legs Tempête Samuel Collardey France
Madame Courage Merzak Allouache Algeria, France, United Arab Emirates
Man Down Dito Montiel United States
A Monster with a Thousand Heads Un monstruo de mil cabezas Rodrigo Plá Mexico
Mountain Ha'har Yaelle Kayam Israel
Taj Mahal Nicolas SaadaFrance, Belgium
Tharlo 塔洛 Pema Tseden China
Why Hast Thou Forsaken MeLama AzavtaniHadar MoragIsrael, France
Short Films - Competition
55 Pills55 PastillasSebastián MuroArgentina
BackyardsDvorištaIvan SalaticMontenegro
ChattingLonce MarlonceSingapore
Champ des possiblesCristina PicchiCanada
En defensa PropiaMariana ArriagaMexico
E.T.E.R.N.I.T.Giovanni AloiFrance
It Seems to Hang onKevin Jerome EversonUnited States
MonkeyHouJie ShenChina
New EyesHiwot Admasu GetanehFrance, Germany, United Kingdom
Oh Gallow LayJulian WayserUnited States
TarântulaAly Muritiba, Marja CalafanjeBrazil
Violences en RéunionKarim BoukerchaFrance
The Young Man Who Came from the Chee RiverJer gun muer rao jer gunWichanon SomunjarnThailand
Short Films - Out of Competition
ZeroDavid VictoriUnited States, United Kingdom, Spain, Mexico

Venice Classics

The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section: [18] [19]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Restored Films
Alexander Nevsky (1938)Александр Невский Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union
Amarcord (1973) Federico Fellini Italy
Le Beau Serge (1958) Claude Chabrol France
The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)風櫃來的人 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
Hardly a Criminal (1949)Apenas un delincuente Hugo Fregonese Argentina
Heaven Can Wait (1943) Ernst Lubitsch United States
Léon Morin, Priest (1961)Léon Morin, prêtreJean-Pierre MelvilleFrance
La lupa (1953) Alberto Lattuada Italy
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger United Kingdom
The Merchant of Venice (1969) Orson Welles United States
I Mostri (aka Opiate '67, 1963) Dino Risi Italy
Othello (1951)The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice Orson Welles Italy, France, United States
The Power and the Glory (1933) William K. Howard United States
Ray of Sunshine (1933)Sonnenstrahl Paul Fejos Germany, Austria
Red Beard (1965)赤ひげ Akira Kurosawa Japan
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy
The Thirsty One (1957)प्यासा / Pyaasa Guru Dutt India
To Sleep with Anger (1990) Charles Burnett United States
The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932) William K. Howard
Umut (1970) Yilmaz Güney Turkey
We Want the Colonels (1973)Vogliamo i colonnelli Mario Monicelli Italy
White Paws (1949)Pattes blanches Jean Grémillon France
Documentaries about cinema
The 1000 Eyes of Dr. MaddinYves MontmayeurFrance
Alfredo Bini, the Unexpected GuestAlfredo Bini, ospite inattesoSimone IsolaItaly
Behind the White GlassesDietro gli occhiali bianchiValerio Ruiz
A Flickering Truth Pietra Brettkelly New Zealand, Afghanistan
For the Love of a Man Rinku Kalsy India
Helmut Berger, Actor Andreas Horvath Austria
Jacques Tourneur le médium: filmer l'invisibleAlain MazarsFrance
Mifune: The Last Samurai Steven Okazaki Japan
Venise (1912)(Unknown)France

Biennale College - Cinema

The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films: [20]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Baby BumpKuba CzekajPoland
BlankaKohki HaseiJapan, Italy
The Fits Anna Rose Holmer United States

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)Production country
Ali, the Goat, and IbrahimAli Mea'za We IbrahimSherif ElbendaryEgypt
House in the FieldsTigmi Nigren Tala Hadid Morocco
Path of ParadiseTarik Al-JenahAtia Al-DaradjiIraq
Rooster of BeirutDeek BeirutZiad KalthoumSyria
SeparationHavibonHakar AbdulqadirIraq
Zaineb Hates the SnowZaineb Takrahou Ethelj Kaouther Ben Hania Tunisia

Il Cinema nel Giardino

The following feature films were selected for the Il Cinema nel Giardino section: [22]

ScreeningTitleDirector(s)Production country
3 SepCarlo Lizzani, Il mio cinemaRoberto Torelli, Cristina Torelli, Paolo LucianiItaly
6 SepAl centro del cinemaGianandrea Caruso, Chiara Dainese, Davide Minotti, Bernardo Pellegrini, Maria Tilli
8 Sep ZAC - I Fiori del MALE Massimo Denaro
9 SepTorn (Torn - Strappati) Alessandro Gassmann
10 SepWhere is the Goldfish? (Il pesce rosso dov'è?) Elisabetta Sgarbi
11 SepIl decalogo di VascoFabio Masi

Independent Sections

International Critics’ Week

The following films were selected for the 29th Venice International Film Critics' Week: [23] [24]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
In competition
Banat (The Journey) BanatAdriano ValerioItaly, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia
Kalo Pothi: The Black Hen Kalo Pothi Min Bahadur Bham Nepal, France, Germany
Light Years Esther May CampbellUnited Kingdom
MountainMontanha João Salaviza Portugal, France
Motherland Ana Yurdu Senem Tüzen Turkey, Greece
The ReturnGreen ZengSingapore
Tanna Martin Butler Australia
Special Events - Out of competition
The Family(Pre-Opening)JiaShumin LiuChina, Australia
Orphan(Opening Film) Peter Mullan United Kingdom
Bagnoli Jungle(Closing Film) Antonio Capuano Italy

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 12th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section: [25] [26]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
In Competition
Arianna Carlo LavagnaItaly
As I Open My Eyes À peine j'ouvre les yeux Leyla Bouzid France, Tunisia, Belgium, United Arab Emirates
The Daughter Simon Stone Australia
Early Winter Michael Rowe Australia, Canada
First Light La prima luce Vincenzo Marra Italy
Island City Ruchika OberoiIndia
Klezmer Piotr ChrzanPoland
Lolo Julie Delpy France
Long Live the BrideViva la sposa Ascanio Celestini Italy, France, Belgium
The Memory of Water La memoria del agua Matías Bize Chile, Spain, Argentina, Germany
Retribution El desconocido Dani de la Torre Spain
Underground FragrancePengfeiFrance, China
Special events
ArgentinaZonda, folclore argentino Carlos Saura Argentina, Spain, France
Harry's BarCarlotta CerquettiItaly
Innocence of Memories - Orhan Pamuk's Museum and Istanbul Grant Gee United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy
Ma Celia Rowlson-Hall United States
Milano 2015 Elio, Roberto Bolle, Silvio Soldini, Walter Veltroni, Cristiana Capotondi, Giorgio Diritti Italy
Viva Ingrid!Alessandro Rossellini
Miu Miu Women's Tales
Les 3 Boutons Agnès Varda France, Italy
De Djess Alice Rohrwacher Italy
Special projects
BanglandLorenzo BerghellaItaly
The Country Where Trees Fly. Eugenio Barba and the Days of OdinIl paese dove gli alberi volano. Eugenio Barba e i giorni dell'OdinDavide Barletti, Jacopo Quadri
Dreams of the Salt LakeI sogni del lago salato Andrea Segre
Lux Prize
Mediterranea Jonas Carpignano Italy, United States, Germany, France, Qatar
Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven France, Germany, Turkey, Qatar
The Lesson Urok Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov Bulgaria, Greece

Official Awards

Lorenzo Vigas with the Golden Lion for From Afar Golden Lion for Best Film frim afar (25530461470).jpg
Lorenzo Vigas with the Golden Lion for From Afar
Valeria Golino, winner of the Coppa Volpi Valeria Golino, Venice 2015 (cropped).jpg
Valeria Golino, winner of the Coppa Volpi
Abraham Attah, winner of the Marcello Mastroianni Award Abraham Attah (cropped).jpg
Abraham Attah, winner of the Marcello Mastroianni Award

In Competition (Venezia 72)

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Orizzonti

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

Venice Classics Awards

Special Awards

Independent Sections Awards

The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections: [32]

30th Venice International Critics' Week

Venice Days

Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award - Special mentions

Independent Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection: [32]

FIPRESCI Awards

SIGNIS Award

Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award

Brian Award

Queer Lion

Arca CinemaGiovani Award

FEDIC Award

Fedeora Awards

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

2nd Starlight Cinema Awards

Green Drop Award

Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Young Jury award

Gold Mouse

Future Film Festival Digital Award

P. Nazareno Taddei Award

Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award

Open Award

Lina Mangiacapre Award

Gillo Pontecorvo - Arcobaleno Latino Award

INTERFILM Award

"Civitas Vitae prossima" Award

Soundtrack Stars Award

Schermi di Qualità – Carlo Mazzacurati Award

Human Rights Nights Award

AssoMusica "Ho visto una Canzone" Award

Sorriso diverso Venezia 2015 Award

Amnesty International Italia "Il cinema per i diritti umani" Award

CITC – UNESCO 2015 Award

NuovoImaie Talent Award

Best Innovative Budget Award

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