72nd Venice International Film Festival

72nd Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmEverest
Closing filmMr. Six
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: From Afar
Hosted byElisa Sednaoui
Festival date2 – 12 September 2015
WebsiteWebsite
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72nd Venice International Film Festival

The 72nd annual Venice International Film Festival took place from 2 to 12 September 2015.[1] Alfonso Cuarón served as the president of the jury for the main competition.[2] A restored version of Federico Fellini's film Amarcord was shown at the festival.[3] The Venezuelan film From Afar by Lorenzo Vigas won the Golden Lion award.[4]

Everest was selected as the festival's opening night film,[5] while Guan Hu's drama film Mr. Six served as the closing night film.[6] Actress and director Elisa Sednaoui hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the festival.[7]

The festival poster featured Nastassja Kinski in front as reminiscent of Wim Wenders's Faraway, So Close!,[8] 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.[9]

The festival honoured Brian De Palma with Glory to the Filmmaker Award and a documentary film titled De Palma by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow also screened at the festival.[10] Jonathan Demme received the Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award, who also served as the President of Horizons (Orizzonti) section jury.[11]

Juries

The following people formed the 2015 juries:[12][13]

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:[14][15][16]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
11 Minutes 11 minut Jerzy Skolimowski Poland, Ireland
Anomalisa Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson United States
Beasts of No Nation Cary 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
Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[15][16][17][18]

English title Original title Director(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, Jake Paltrow United States
L'esercito piu piccolo del mondo Gianfranco Pannone Vatican, Italy
The Event Событие Sergei Loznitsa Netherlands, Belgium
I ricordi del fiume Franco Maresco Italy
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

Horizons

The following feature films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[15][16][19]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
Burning Love Pecore In Erba Alberto Caviglia Italy
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 Mahaffy United States, New Zealand
Visaranai விசாரணை Vetrimaaran India
Interruption Yorgos Zois Greece, 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 Saada France, Belgium
Tharlo 塔洛 Pema Tseden China
Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me Lama Azavtani Hadar Morag Israel, France
Short Films - Competition
55 Pills 55 Pastillas Sebastián Muro Argentina
Backyards Dvorišta Ivan Salatic Montenegro
Chatting Lonce Marlonce Singapore
Champ des possibles Cristina Picchi Canada
En defensa Propia Mariana Arriaga Mexico
E.T.E.R.N.I.T. Giovanni Aloi France
It Seems to Hang on Kevin Jerome Everson United States
Monkey Hou Jie Shen China
New Eyes Hiwot Admasu Getaneh France, Germany, United Kingdom
Oh Gallow Lay Julian Wayser United States
Tarântula Aly Muritiba, Marja Calafanje Brazil
Violences en Réunion Karim Boukercha France
The Young Man Who Came from the Chee River Jer gun muer rao jer gun Wichanon Somunjarn Thailand
Short Films - Out of Competition
Zero David Victori United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Mexico
Highlighted title indicate the Orizzonti Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film respectively.

Venice Classics

The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:[20]

English title Original title Director(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, prêtre Jean-Pierre Melville France
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. Maddin Yves Montmayeur France
Alfredo Bini, the Unexpected Guest Alfredo Bini, ospite inatteso Simone Isola Italy
Behind the White Glasses Dietro gli occhiali bianchi Valerio 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'invisible Alain Mazars France
Mifune: The Last Samurai Steven Okazaki Japan
Venise (1912) (Unknown) France
Highlighted titles indicate the Best Restored Film and Best Documentary on Cinema official awards respectively.

Biennale College - Cinema

The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films:[21]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Baby Bump Kuba Czekaj Poland
Blanka Kohki Hasei Japan, 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:[22]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Ali, the Goat, and Ibrahim Ali Mea'za We Ibrahim Sherif Elbendary Egypt
House in the Fields Tigmi Nigren Tala Hadid Morocco
Path of Paradise Tarik Al-Jenah Atia Al-Daradji Iraq
Rooster of Beirut Deek Beirut Ziad Kalthoum Syria
Separation Havibon Hakar Abdulqadir Iraq
Zaineb Hates the Snow Zaineb Takrahou Ethelj Kaouther Ben Hania Tunisia

Il Cinema nel Giardino

The following feature films were selected for the Il Cinema nel Giardino section:[23]

Screening Title Director(s) Production country
3 Sep Carlo Lizzani, Il mio cinema Roberto Torelli, Cristina Torelli, Paolo Luciani Italy
6 Sep Al centro del cinema Gianandrea Caruso, Chiara Dainese, Davide Minotti, Bernardo Pellegrini, Maria Tilli
8 Sep ZAC - I Fiori del MALE Massimo Denaro
9 Sep Torn (Torn - Strappati) Alessandro Gassmann
10 Sep Where is the Goldfish? (Il pesce rosso dov'è?) Elisabetta Sgarbi
11 Sep Il decalogo di Vasco Fabio Masi

Independent Sections

International Critics’ Week

The following films were selected for the 29th Venice International Film Critics' Week:[24][25]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In competition
Banat (The Journey) Banat Adriano Valerio Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia
Kalo Pothi: The Black Hen Kalo Pothi Min Bahadur Bham Nepal, France, Germany
Light Years Esther May Campbell United Kingdom
Mountain Montanha João Salaviza Portugal, France
Motherland Ana Yurdu Senem Tüzen Turkey, Greece
The Return Green Zeng Singapore
Tanna Martin Butler Australia
Special Events - Out of competition
The Family (Pre-Opening) Jia Shumin Liu China, 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:[26][27]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
Arianna Carlo Lavagna Italy
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 Oberoi India
Klezmer Piotr Chrzan Poland
Lolo Julie Delpy France
Long Live the Bride Viva 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 Fragrance Pengfei France, China
Special events
Argentina Zonda, folclore argentino Carlos Saura Argentina, Spain, France
Harry's Bar Carlotta Cerquetti Italy
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
Bangland Lorenzo Berghella Italy
The Country Where Trees Fly. Eugenio Barba and the Days of Odin Il paese dove gli alberi volano. Eugenio Barba e i giorni dell'Odin Davide Barletti, Jacopo Quadri
Dreams of the Salt Lake I 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
Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.

Official Awards

Lorenzo Vigas with the Golden Lion for From Afar
Valeria Golino, winner of the Coppa Volpi
Abraham Attah, winner of the Marcello Mastroianni Award

The following Official Awards were presented at the 72nd edition:[28][4]

In Competition (Venezia 72)

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Horizons (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:[33]

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:[33]

FIPRESCI Awards

SIGNIS Award

Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award

  • The Wait by Piero Messina

Brian Award

Queer Lion

Arca CinemaGiovani Award

FEDIC Award

Fedeora Awards

  • Best Film (Venice Days): Underground Fragrance by Pengfei
  • Best Director of a Debut Film (Venice Days): Ruchika Oberoi for Island City
  • Best Actress in a Debut Film (Venice Days): Ondina Quadri for Arianna

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

  • Blanka by Kohki Hasei

Open Award

  • Carlotta Cerquetti for Harry’s Bar

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

  • The song "A cuor leggero" by Riccardo Sinigallia, from the film Don't Be Bad

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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