64th Venice International Film Festival

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The 64th Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, opened on August 29, 2007, with Joe Wright's Atonement and closed September 8, 2007. Host of the event was Italian soubrette Ambra Angiolini. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to American director Tim Burton. Once again since 2006, all the films running the contest were shown for the first time as world premieres in keeping with the festival tradition since the Second World War.

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[edit] Jury

Logo of the Film Festival
Logo of the Film Festival

The international juries of the 64th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:

[edit] Official section jury

[edit] "Orizzonti" section jury

[edit] "Premio Venezia Opera Prima Luigi De Laurentiis" section jury

  • Bill Mechanic (producer, United States) - President
  • Rupert Everett (actor, United Kingdom)
  • Randa Chahal (director, Lebanon)
  • Liu Jie (director, China)
  • Valeria Solarino (actress, Italy)

[edit] "Corto Cortissimo" section jury

  • François-Jacques Ossang (director, France) - President
  • Yasmine Kassari (director, Morocco)
  • Roberto Perpignani (editor, Italy)

[edit] Main sections

Nominated films are in alphabetical order by the name of the director.

[edit] In competition

International competition of full-length films in 35mm and digital format running for Golden Lion for best picture.

[edit] Out of competition

Shown below are new works by authors who were honored in past festivals, as well as movies shown in the midnight time band.

[edit] Venezia Maestri

[edit] Midnight out of competition

[edit] Orizzonti

New trends of cinema with full-length films in 35mm and digital format, and documentary-movies.

  • L'Aimèe, Arnaud Desplechin (France)
  • Anabazys, Joel Pizzini and Paloma Rocha (Brazil)
  • Andarilho, Cao Guimarães (Brazil)
  • Lou Reed's Berlin, Julian Schnabel (USA)
  • Cochochi, Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán (Mexico/United Kingdom/Canada)
  • The Silence Before Bach (Die stille vor Bach), Pere Portabella (Spain)
  • Exodus, Penny Woolcock (United Kingdom)
  • With a girl of Black Soil (Geomen tangyi sonyeo oi), Soo-il Jeon (South Korea/France)
  • L'Histoire de Richard O., Damien Odoul (France)
  • Kagadanan sa banwaan ning mga engkanto, Lav Diaz (Philippines)
  • Madri, Barbara Cupisti (Italy)
  • Mal Nascida, João Canijo (Portugal)
  • Man from Plains, Jonathan Demme (USA)
  • Médée Miracle, Tonino De Bernardi (Italy/France)
  • The Obscure, Lü Yue (China)
  • Il passaggio della linea, Pietro Marcello (Italy)
  • Sad Vacation, Shinji Aoyama (Japan)
  • Umbrella (San), Du Haibin (China)
  • Searchers 2.0, Alex Cox (USA)
  • Dust (Staub), Hartmut Bitomsky (Germany)
  • Sügisball, Veiko Õunpuu (Estonia)
  • Wuyong, Jia Zhangke (China)

Evento Orizzonti

  • Dall’altra parte della luna, Dario Baldi and Davide Marengo (Italy)
  • Callas assoluta, Philippe Kohly (France/Greece)
  • Carlo Goldoni Venezian, Leonardo Autera and Alberto Caldana (Italy)
  • Empire II, Amos Poe (USA)

[edit] Prizes

These movies were given the following recognitions:

[edit] Horizons - 'Premio orrizonti'

[edit] Venetian prize for the first work "Luigi De Laurentiis"

  • Leone del futuro (Lion of the future) - Venetian prize for the first work "Luigi De Laurentiis": La Zona by Rodrigo Plà
Preceded by
63rd Venice International Film Festival		 64th Venice International Film Festival Succeeded by
65th Venice International Film Festival