74th Venice International Film Festival

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74th Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmDownsizing
Closing filmOutrage Coda
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: The Shape of Water
Hosted byAlessandro Borghi[1]
Festival date30 August – 9 September 2017
WebsiteWebsite
Venice Film Festival chronology
The main entrance of the Cinema Palace during the festival.

The 74th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 30 August to 9 September 2017.[2]

The jury president of the main competition was announced as the American actress Annette Bening on 5 July 2017.[3] Downsizing, directed by Alexander Payne, was selected as the opening film of the festival. Takeshi Kitano's Outrage Coda was the festival's closing film.[4]

The Golden Lion was awarded to The Shape of Water, directed by Guillermo del Toro.[5]

A new section for virtual-reality (VR) films was introduced in this edition of the festival, as part of the Official Selection. 22 films were selected for the first-ever competition for films made in VR, while several more were presented in out-of-competition subsections.[6]

Juries

The following people formed the 2017 juries:[7][8]

Main Competition (Venezia 74)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

  • Gianni Amelio, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
  • Rakhshan Bani Etemad
    , Iranian director
  • Ami Canaan Mann, American director
  • Mark Cousins
    , Irish-Scottish director, screenwriter and curator
  • Andrés Duprat, Argentinian screenwriter, architect and artistic curator
  • Fien Troch, Belgian director and screenwriter
  • Rebecca Zlotowski, French screenwriter and director

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

  • Benoît Jacquot, French filmmaker - Jury President
  • Geoff Andrew, British writer and lecturer on film
  • Albert Lee, Hong Kong producer
  • Greta Scarano, Italian television, stage and film actress
  • Yorgos Zois, Greek director

Venice Classics

  • Giuseppe Piccioni, Italian director and screenwriter - Jury President
  • 26 students of Cinema History

Venice Virtual Reality

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main international competition:[9][10]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Ammore e malavita
Marco Manetti
Italy
Angels Wear White 嘉年华 Vivian Qu China, France
Custody Jusqu'à la Garde Xavier Legrand France
Downsizing (opening film) Alexander Payne United States
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Frederick Wiseman
A Family Una famiglia Sebastiano Riso Italy
First Reformed Paul Schrader United States
Foxtrot פוֹקְסטְרוֹט Samuel Maoz Israel, Germany, France, Switzerland
Hannah Andrea Pallaoro Italy, Belgium, France
The House by the Sea La villa Robert Guédiguian France
Human Flow Ai Weiwei Germany
The Insult L'insulte Ziad Doueiri France, Lebanon
Lean on Pete Andrew Haigh United Kingdom
The Leisure Seeker Paolo Virzì Italy, France
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno Abdellatif Kechiche France, Italy
Mother! Darren Aronofsky United States
The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro United States
Suburbicon George Clooney United States
Sweet Country Warwick Thornton Australia
The Third Murder 三度目の殺人
Koreeda Hirokazu
Japan
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh United Kingdom
Highlighted title indicates Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[10][11][12]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Fiction
Brawl in Cell Block 99 S. Craig Zahler United States
Il colore nascosto delle cose Silvio Soldini Italy
Diva! Franceso Patierno
Loving Pablo Fernando León de Aranoa Spain, Bulgaria
Manhunt 追捕 John Woo Hong Kong, China
La mélodie Rachid Hami France
Mr Rotpeter Il signor Rotpeter Antonietta de Lillo Italy
Our Souls at Night
Ritesh Batra United States
Outrage Coda (closing film) アウトレイジ 最終章 Takeshi Kitano Japan
An Imperfect Murder The Private Life of a Modern Woman James Toback United States
Racer and the Jailbird Le Fidèle Michaël R. Roskam Belgium, France, Netherlands
Victoria & Abdul Stephen Frears United Kingdom
Wormwood Errol Morris United States
Zama
Lucrecia Martel Argentina, Brazil
Non Fiction
Cuba and the Cameraman Jon Alpert United States
The Devil and Father Amorth William Friedkin
Happy Winter Buon inverno Giovanni Totaro Italy
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – The story of Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman featuring a very special, contractually obligated mention of Tony Clifton Chris Smith United States, Canada
My Generation David Batty United Kingdom
Piazza Vittorio Abel Ferrara Italy
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda Stephen Nomura Schible United States, Japan
This is Congo Daniel McCabe Democratic Republic of the Congo
Special Events
Casa d’altri Gianni Amelio Italy
Michael Jackson’s Thriller 3D John Landis United States
Making of Michael Jackson’s Thriller Jerry Kramer

Horizons (Orizzonti)

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[10][13]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
The Blessed Les Bienheureux Sofia Djama France, Belgium
Caniba Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor France
Cinderella the Cat Gatta Cenerentola Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone Italy
The Cousin Ha Ben Dod Tzahi Grad Israel
Disappearance Napadid shodan Ali Asgari Iran, Qatar
Espèces menacées Gilles Bourdos France, Belgium
Invisible Pablo Giorgelli Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Germany, France
Krieg Rick Ostermann Germany
Nico, 1988 Susanna Nicchiarelli Italy, Belgium
The Night I Swam La Nuit où j'ai nagé Damien Manivel, Igarashi Kohei France, Japan
No Date, No Signature بدون تاریخ، بدون امضاء Vahid Jalilvand Iran
Oblivion Verses Los Versos del Olvido Alireza Khatami France, Germany, Netherlands, Chile
The Rape of Recy Taylor Nancy Buirski United States
Reinventing Marvin Marvin ou la belle éducation Anne Fontaine France
The Testament Haedut Amichai Greenberg Israel, Austria
Ugly Nasty People Brutti e cattivi Cosimo Gomez Italy, France
Under the Tree Undir trénu Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson Iceland, Denmark, Poland, Germany
La Vita in Comune Edoardo Winspeare Italy
West of Sunshine
Jason Raftopoulos
Australia
Short Films Competition
Aria Myrsini Aristidou Cyprus, France
Astrometal Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis Greece
By the Pool Laurynas Bareiša Lithuania
Death Of The Sound Man Awasarn Sound Man Sorayos Prapapan Thailand, Myanmar
Gros Chagrin Céline Devaux France
Himinn Opinn Gabriel Sanson, Clyde Gates Belgium
It’s Easier to Raise Cattle Lagi senang jaga sekandang lembu Amanda Nell Eu Malaysia
The Knife Salesman Michael Leonard, Jamie Helmer Australia
Meninas Formicida João Paulo Miranda María France, Brazil
Mon Amour, Mon Ami Adriano Valerio Italy
The Shadow of the Bride L’ombra della sposa Alessandra Pescetta Italy
Tierra Mojada Juan Sebastián Mesa Bedoya Colombia
Short films - Out of Competition
8th Continent Yorgos Zois Greece
Futuro prossimo Salvatore Mereu Italy
Highlighted titles indicate Horizons Prizes for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film respectively.

Venice Classics

The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section:[14][15]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Restored films
1900 (1976) Novecento Bernardo Bertolucci Italy
The Ape Woman (1964) La donna scimmia Marco Ferreri Italy, France
Batch '81 (1982) Mike De Leon Philippines
Black Peter (1963) Černý Petr Miloš Forman Czechoslovakia
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Steven Spielberg United States
Come and See (1985) Иди и смотри Elem Klimov Soviet Union
Cousin, Cousine (1987) Jean Rouch France
Daïnah la métisse (1931) Jean Grémillon
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) お茶漬けの味 Yasujirō Ozu Japan
Into the Night (1985) John Landis United States
The Old Dark House (1932) James Whale
Red Desert (1964) Il deserto rosso Michelangelo Antonioni Italy
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) Raoul Walsh United States
Rosita (1923) Ernst Lubitsch
Sansho the Bailiff (1954) 山椒大夫 Kenji Mizoguchi Japan
The Crucified Lovers (1954) 近松物語
The Third Lover (1962) L’oeil du malin Claude Chabrol France
Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967) Deux ou trois choses que je sais d’elle Jean-Luc Godard
Under the Olive Tree
(1950)
Non c’è pace tra gli ulivi Giuseppe De Santis Italy
El Haimoune (1984) الهائمون Nacer Khemir Tunisia, France
Zero for Conduct (1933) Zéro de conduite Jean Vigo France
Documentaries on cinema
Dangerous But Necessary La Lucida Follia Di Marco Ferreri Anselma Dell’Olio Italy, France
Evviva Giuseppe Stefano Consiglio Switzerland, Italy
Light Years Años Luz Manuel Abramovich Argentina, Brazil, Spain
L’enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté Marco Di Castri, Paolo Favaro, Daniele Pianciola Italy, France
The Russian Revolution Through Its Films L’utopie des images de la Révolution Russe Emmanuel Hamon France
The Prince and the Dybbuk Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski Poland, Germany
La Voce Di Fantozzi Mario Sesti Italy
This Is The War Room! Boris Hars-Tschachotin Germany
Highlighted titles indicate the Best Restored Film and Best Documentary on Cinema official awards respectively.[15]

Biennale College - Cinema

The following films were selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section.[16]

Title Director(s) Production Country
Beautiful Things Giorgio Ferrero Italy
Martyr Mazen Khaled Lebanon
Strange Colours Alena Lodkina Australia

Il Cinema nel Giardino

The following films were selected for the Il Cinema nel Giardino section:[17]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Controfigura Rä di Martino Italy, France, Switzerland, Morocco
Manuel Dario Albertini Italy
Nato a Casal di Principe Bruno Oliviero Italy, Spain
Suburra - La serie Michele Placido, Andrea Molaioli, Giuseppe Capotondi Italy
Above the Law Tueurs François Troukens, Jean-François Hensgens Belgium, France
Woodshock Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy United States

Special Screenings

The following films were presented as Special screening of the Official Selection:[18]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Barbiana '65: La lezione di Don Milani Alessandro G.A. D’Alessandro Italy
The Electric Horseman (1979) Sydney Pollack United States
Lievito madre: Le ragazze del secolo scorso Concita De Gregorio, Esmeralda Calabria Italy
La lunga strada del ritorno (1962) Alessandro Blasetti
The Order of Things L’ordine delle cose Andrea Segre Italy, France

Independent Sections

Venice International Critics' Week

The following films were selected for the 32nd Venice International Critics' Week:[19][20][21]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In competition
Crater Il Cratere Luca Bellino, Silvia Luzi Italy
Drift Helena Wittmann Germany
The Gulf Körfez Emre Yeksan Turkey, Germany, Greece
Hunting Season Temporada de caza Natalia Garagiola Argentina, United States, Germany, France, Qatar
Sarah Plays a Werewolf Sarah joue un loup garou Katharina Wyss Switzerland, Germany
Team Hurricane Team Hurricane Annika Berg Denmark
The Wild Boys Les garçons sauvages Bertrand Mandico France
Special Events - Out of competition
Pin Cushion (Opening film) Deborah Haywood United Kingdom
Poison [it] (Closing film) Veleno Diego Olivares Italy
SIC@SIC 2017 (Short Italian Cinema @ Settimana Internazionale della Critica)
Adavede Alain Parroni Italy
Two Due Riccardo Giacconi
Ghosts of Yesterday Les fantômes de la veille Manuel Billi
The Legionnaire Il legionario Hleb Papou
MeanMinds MalaMènti Francesco Di Leva
Little Italian Girls Piccole italiane Letizia Lamartire
Visiting Day Le visite Elio Di Pace
SIC@SIC 2017 (Short Italian Cinema @ Settimana Internazionale della Critica) - Special Events
Nausicaa - The Other Odyssey (Opening Short Film) Nausicaa L'altra odissea Bepi Vigna Italy
The Last Miracle (Closing Short Film) L’ultimo miracolo' Enrico Pau

Giornate degli Autori

The following films were selected for the 14th edition of the Giornate degli Autori section:[22][23]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
Candelaria Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza Colombia, Germany, Norway, Argentina, Cuba
Equilibrium L'equilibrio Vincenzo Marra Italy
Eye on Juliet Kim Nguyen Canada
Life Guidance Ruth Mader Austria
Longing Ga'agua Savi Gabizon Israel
Looking for Oum Kulthum Shirin Neshat Germany, Austria, Italy, Lebanon, Qatar
M Sara Forestier France
Samui Song Pen-ek Ratanaruang Thailand, Germany, Norway
Tainted Souls Il contagio Matteo Botrugno, Daniele Coluccini Italy
The Taste of Rice Flower 米花之味 Pengfei China
Volubilis Faouzi Bensaïdi Morocco, France, Qatar
Where the Shadows Fall Dove cadono le ombre Valentina Pedicini Italy
Special events
Agnelli Nick Hooker United States
Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story James Lester
La legge del numero uno Alessandro D'Alatri Italy
The Resolute Il risoluto Giovanni Donfrancesco Italy, France
Il tentato suicidio nell'adolescenza (T.S. Giovanile) Ermanno Olmi Italy
Thirst Street Nathan Silver France, United States
Miu Miu Women's Tales
Carmen Chloë Sevigny United States
(The [end) of history illusion] Celia Rowlson-Hall
Special Screenings
Aquagranda in crescendo Giovanni Pellegrini Italy
Buried Seeds Andrei Severny United States
I'm (Endless Like the Space) Anne-Riitta Ciccone Italy
The Millionairs Claudio Santamaria
Raccontare Venezia Wilma Labate Italy, France
Lux Award
BPM (Beats per Minute) 120 battements par minute Robin Campillo France
Sami Blood Sameblod Amanda Kernell Sweden
Western Valeska Grisebach Germany, Austria, Bulgaria
Highlighted title indicates the official Giornate degli Autori Award winner.

Official Awards

The following official awards were presented at the 74th edition:[24][5]

In Competition (Venezia 74)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film (Lion of the Future)

Venice Classics (Venezia Classici)

  • Best Documentary on Cinema: The Prince and the Dybbuk by Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosolowski[15]
  • Best Restored Film: Come and See by Elem Klimov

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Independent Sections Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[25]

Venice International Critics' Week

Giornate degli Autori

  • GdA Director's Award: Candelaria by Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza[27][28]
  • BNL People's Choice Award: Longing by Savi Gabizon
  • Label Europa Cinema Award: M by Sara Forestier
  • Fedeora Awards
    • Best Film: Eye on Juliet by Kim Nguyen
    • Best Director of a Debut Film: Sara Forestier for M
    • Best Actor: Redouanne Harjane for M
  • Nuovo Imaie Talent Award
    • Federica Rosellini for her role in Where the Shadows Fall
    • Mimmo Borrelli for his role in Equilibrium
  • Edipo Re Award: Valentina Pedicini for Where the Shadows Fall
  • Lanterna Magica Award: Equilibrium by Vincenzo Marra

Independent Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[25]

Queer Lion

Arca CinemaGiovani Award

  • Venezia 74 Best Film: Foxtrot by Samuel Maoz
  • Best Italian Film: Beautiful Things by Giorgio Ferrero

Brian Award

"Civitas Vitae prossima" Award

Fair Play Cinema Award

FEDIC (Federazione Italiana dei Cineclub) Award

  • La Vita in Comune by Edoardo Winspeare
    • Special mention: Nico, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli

FIPRESCI Awards

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

Enrico Fulchignoni – CICT-UNESCO Award

Future Film Festival Digital Award

Green Drop Award

HRNs Award – Special Prize for Human Rights

Interfilm Award

  • Oblivion Verses by Alireza Khatami

Lanterna Magica Award (CGS)

La Pellicola d’Oro Award

  • Best Production Manager in an Italian Film: Daniele Spinozzi for
    Ammore e Malavita
  • Best Production Manager in an International Film: Riccardo Marchegiani for Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno
  • Best Stagehand: Roberto Di Pietro for Hannah

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola per il Cinema Award

Cinema for UNICEF Award

Lizzani Award

  • Il colore nascosto delle cose by Silvio Soldini

Lina Mangiacapre Award

  • Les Bienheureux by Sofia Djama

Golden Mouse

NuovoImaie Talent Award

  • Best Actress: Federica Rosellini for Where the Shadows Fall
  • Best Actor: Mimmo Borrelli for Equilibrium

Open Award

  • Gatta Cenerentola by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone

Francesco Pasinetti Awards

Sfera 1932 Award

  • La mélodie by Rachid Hami

SIGNIS Award

C. Smithers Foundation Award – CICT-UNESCO

  • The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro

Sorriso Diverso Venezia 2017 Award - Ass Ucl

  • Il colore nascosto delle cose by Silvio Soldini

Soundtrack Stars Award

UNIMED Award

Fragiacomo Award

Robert Bresson Award

Franca Sozzani Award

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