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![]() The world's oldest film festival was first held in 1932 as part of the Venice Biennale. Rich Cline was on the Queer Lion jury at the festival in 2016 and 2017. | |||
![]() 78th Venice International Film Festival 1-11 SEPTEMBER 2021 in Venice, Italy
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![]() Silver Lion: THE HAND OF GOD Special Jury Prize: IL BUCO Director: Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG) Actress: Penelope Cruz (PARALLEL MOTHERS) Actor: John Arcilla (ON THE JOB: THE MISSING 8) Screenplay: Maggie Gyllenhaal (THE LOST DAUGHTER) Life Achievement: Jamie Lee Curtis Glory to the Filmmaker: Ridley Scott Queer Lion: LA DERNIERE SEANCE Lion of the Future: Monica Stan & George Chiper-Lillemark (IMACULAT) Leoncino d'Oro: FREAKS OUT Horizons: PILGRIMS Horizons - Audience Award: THE BLIND MAN WHO DIDN'T WANT TO SEE TITANIC Horizons - Director: Eric Gravel (PILGRIMS) Horizons - ActressLaure Calamy (PILGRIMS): Horizons - Actor: Piseth Chhun (WHITE BUILDING) Horizons - Screenplay: Peter Kerekes & Ivan Ostrochovsky (107 MOTHERS) Venice Days - People's Choice: PRIVATE DESERT Venice Days - Director: Monica Stan & George Chiper-Lillemark (IMACULAT) Fipresci: HAPPENING Fipresci - Parallel Sections: ZALAVA Critics Week: ZALAVA Critics Week - Verona Award: ERASING FRANK Pasinetti: THE HAND OF GOD Pasinetti - Actor: Toni Servillo (ARIAFERMA, THE HAND OF GOD, THE KING OF LAUGHTER) Pasinetti - Actress: Teresa Saponangelo (THE HAND OF GOD) Pellicola d'Oro - Effects: FREAKS OUT Pellicola d'Oro - Lighting: FREAKS OUT Pellicola d'Oro - Camera: IL BUCO Pellicola d'Oro - Costumes: THE KING OF LAUGHTER |
![]() Arca - Italian: THE HAND OF GOD Authors Under 40 - Director: Kaltrina Kranisqi (VERA DREAMS OF THE SEA) and Ekaterina Selenkina (DETOURS) Authors Under 40 - Screenwriter: Monica Stan (IMACULAT) Brian: HAPPENING Casa Wabi-Mantarraya: Monica Stan & George Chiper-Lillemark (IMACULAT) Cict-Unesco: AMIRA Edipo Re: AL GARIB and VERA DREAMS OF THE SEA Europa Cinemas Label: CALIFORNIE Fai Persona: EL GRAN MOVIMIENTO Fair Play: IL BUCO Fanheart3: IL BUCO Fedic: IL BUCO Green Drop: IL BUCO Interfilm: AMIRA Lanterna Magica: AMIRA Lizzani: FREAKS OUT Mario Serandrei: THEY CARRY DEATH Mimmo Rotella: Mario Martone & Toni Servillo (THE KING OF LAUGHTER) Nuovoimaie Talent - Actor: Filippo Scotti (THE HAND OF GOD) Nuovoimaie Talent - Actress: Aurora Giovinazzo (FREAKS OUT) RB Casting: FREAKS OUT Sfera: LA CAJA Signis: UN AUTRE MONDE Smithers: LIFE OF CRIME 1984-2020 Sorriso Diverso: FREAKS OUT Sorriso Diverso - Foreign: 7 PRISONERS Soundtrack Stars: FREAKS OUT Soundtrack Stars - Life Achievement: Ornella Vanoni Unimed: THE HAND OF GOD VR Story: END OF NIGHT VR Experience: LE BAL DE PARIS VR Work: GOLIATH PLAYING WITH REALITY | 2 0 2 1 F I L M S | |
![]() 7 PRISIONEIROS (Moratto, Br) AMERICA LATINA (D'Innocenzo/D'Innocenzo, It) ![]() AMIRA (Diab, Egy) ANATOMIA (Jankowska) ANATOMY OF TIME (Nilthamrong, Tha) ARIAFERMA (Di Costanzo, It) ATLANTIDE (Ancarani, It) UN AUTRE MONDE (Brize, Fr) IL BAMBINO NASCOSTO (Ando, It) BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN (MacMahon, UK) BENELLI SU BENELLI (Miniucchi) THE BLIND MAN WHO DID NOT WANT TO SEE TITANIC (Nikki, Fin) ![]() LA CAJA (Vigas, Mex) CALIFORNIE (Cassigoli) CAPTAIN VOLKONOGOV ESCAPED (Merkulova/Chupov, Rus) ![]() CAVEMAN (Landucci) LES CHOSES HUMAINES (Attal, Fr) CORIANDOLI (Stornaiuolo) ![]() CUNTAMI (Taviani) DEANDRE#DEANDRE (Lena, It) DITEGGIATURA (Giacconi) DJANGO & DJANGO (Rea, It) ![]() LES ENFANTS DE CAIN (Stamo) ENNIO (Tornatore, It) EZIO BOSSO. LE COSE CHE RESTANO (Verdelli, It) THE FALLS (Chung, Tai) FELLINI E L'OMBRA (McGilvray) THE FORGOTTEN ONES (Boganim) FREAKS OUT (Mainetti, It) FULL TIME (Gravel, Fr) AL GARIB (Eldin) GES-2 (Korkia, Rus) GIULIA (De Caro) EL GRAN MOVIMIENTO (Russo, Bol) HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG (Geller/Goldfine, US) HALLOWEEN KILLS (Green, US) ![]() ![]() EL HOYO EN LA CERCA (del Paso, Mex) HUGO IN ARGENTINA (Knuchel) ILLUSIONS PERDUES (Giannoli, Fr) IMACULAT (Stan/Chiper-Lillemark) INFERNO ROSSO (Gomarasca/Zanin, It) INU-OH (Yuasa, Jpn) ISOLATION (Placido/Winterbottom/etc) JOURNEY INTO THE TWILIGHT (Contento, Fr) LAND OF DREAMS (Neshat/Azari, US) ![]() ![]() LEAVE NO TRACES (Matuszynski, Pol) |
![]() LOGOS ZANZOTTO (Brotto) ![]() LOVELY BOY (Lettieri) MA NUIT (Boulat, Fr) LA MACCHINA DELLE IMMAGINI DI ALFREDO C (Sejko, It) MADELEINE COLLINS (Barraud) MAMA, I'M HOME (Bitokov, Rus) MIRACOL (Apetri, Rom) MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON (Amirpour, US) IL MONDO A SCATTI (Mangini/Pisanelli) LA NAVE SUL MONTE (Sgarbi) NAVIGANTI (De Michele) I NOSTRI FANTASMI (Capitani) ![]() OLD HENRY (Ponciroli, US) ON THE JOB: THE MISSING 8 (Matti, Phl) ONCE UPON A TIME IN CALCUTTA (Sengupta, Ind) EL OTRO TOM (Pla/Santullo, Mex) IL PALAZZO (Di Giacomo) IL PARADISO DEL PAVONE (Bispuri, It) ![]() PAROLE (Contarello) PIEDRA NOCHE (Fund) PILGRIMS (Bareisa, Lit) ![]() ![]() LES PROMESSES (Kruithof, Fr) PRINCESA (Muresu) QUI RIDO IO (Martone, It) LA RAGAZZA HA VOLATO (Labate, It) REFLECTION (Vasyanovych, Ukr) UNA RELAZIONE (Sardo) REPUBLIC OF SILENCE (El Jeiroudi, Syr) RHINO (Sentsov, Ukr) RICOSTRUIRE INSIEME (Conversano, It) SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (Levi, US) LA SCUOLA CATTOLICA (Mordini, It) SENZA FINE (Fuksas) LE 7 GIORNATE DI BERGAMO (Ventura, It) SHEN KONG (Chen) IL SILENZIO GRANDE (Gassmann) ![]() SPIN TIME: CHE FATICA LA DEMOCRAZIA! (Guzzanti) SUNDOWN (Franco, Swe) THREE MINUTES: A LENGTHENING (Stigter) TONINO DE BERNARDI: UN TEMPO, UN INCONTRO (Segre) TRANCHEES (Bureau, Fr) TRASTWEST (De Matteo) TRES (Gimenez) ![]() TU ME RESSEMBLES (Amer) VERA DREAMS OF THE SEA (Krasniqi, Kos) VORREI SPARIRE SENZA MORIRE (Antonioli/Baraglia) WELCOME VENICE (Segre) WHITE BUILDING (Neang, Cmb) | ||
![]() Film Festival 2-12 SEPTEMBER 2020 in Venice, Italy
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![]() ![]() 30 COINS (de la Iglesia, Sp) 50: SANTARCANGELO FESTIVAL (Mellara/Rossi) AGALMA (Monaco) AND TOMORROW THE ENTIRE WORLD (von Heinz, Ger) ![]() ASSANDIRA (Mereu, It) THE BEST IS YET TO COME (Wang, Chn) CARELESS CRIME (Mokri, Irn) CITY HALL (Wiseman, US) CONFERENCE (Tverdovskiy) CRAZY, NOT INSANE (Gibney, US) ![]() THE DISCIPLE (Tamhane, Ind) ![]() EST (Pisu) EXTRALISCIO: PUNK DA BALERA (Sgarbi) ![]() THE FURNACE (MacKay, Aus) GAZA MON AMOUR (Nasser/Nasser, Pal) ![]() HONEY CIGAR (Ainouz) HOPPER/WELLES (Welles, US) ![]() ![]() IN BETWEEN DYING (Baydarov, Mex) IN THIS MOMENT (Vittorini) ISOLA (Fuksas) JAMES (Della Monica) LAILA IN HAIFA (Gitai, Isr) ![]() LOVE AFTER LOVE (Hui, Chn) LOVERS (Garcia, Fr) ![]() MAMA (Li) ![]() ![]() MILESTONE (Ayr, Ind) MISS MARX (Nicchiarelli, It) MOLECULES (Segre, It) ![]() ![]() NARCISSUS ON HOLIDAY (Terra/Calil, Br) ![]() THE NEW GOSPEL (Rau) ![]() |
![]() ![]() THE PREDATORS (Castellitto, It) NILDE IOTTI: THE TIME OF WOMEN (Marcias) ![]() ![]() ![]() OASIS (Ikic) OCCIDENT EXPRESS (Marcelli) ![]() PADRENOSTRO (Noce, It) PAOLO CONTE: GO WITH ME (Verdelli,It) ![]() PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME (Horvat) PRINCESSE EUROPE (Lotteau, Fr) ![]() ![]() ROMANTIC GUIDE TO LOST PLACES (Farina) RUN HIDE FIGHT (Rankin, US) ![]() SALVATORE: SHOEMAKER OF DREAMS (Guadagnino, It) SAMP (Mastrella/Rezza) SAY AMEN, SOMEBODY (Nierenberg) SELVA TRAGICA (Olaizola, Mex) ![]() SOLITAIRE (Natoli) SPORTIN' LIFE (Ferrara, Fr) STONEBREAKER: A PROMISE (De Serio/De Serio) SUN CHILDREN (Majidi, Irn) THE MACALUSO SISTERS (Dante, It) THE THIRD WAR (Aloi, Fr) ![]() THE TIES (Luchetti, It) TO THE MOON (O'Sullivan) THE TRUTH ABOUT LA DOLCE VITA (Pedersoli, It) VENICE CONCERT 1989 (Isham/Van Hees) WAR AND PEACE (Parenti/D'Anolfi, It) THE WASTELAND (Bahrami, Irn) THE WHALER BOY (Yuryev) WIFE OF A SPY (Kurosawa, Jpn) ![]() YELLOW CAT (Yerzhanov, Kaz) YOU CAME BACK (Mordini, It) ZANKA CONTACT (Iraki, Fr)
* reviews coming
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