58th Venice International Film Festival

58th Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmDust
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: Monsoon Wedding
Festival date29 August – 8 September 2001
WebsiteWebsite
Venice Film Festival chronology

The 58th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 29 August to 8 September 2001.[1][2]

The opening night film was Dust by Milcho Manchevski. Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti was the Jury President of the main competition. Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding was the Golden Lion winner.

Jury

The following people comprised the 2001 jury:[3]

Main Competition

Official Section

The following films were selected to be screened:[4]

In Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Address Unknown 수취인불명 Ki-duk Kim South Korea
The Afternoon of a Torturer După-amiaza unui torționar Lucian Pintilie Romania
Behind the Sun Abril Despedaçado Walter Salles Brazil, France, Switzerland
Bully Larry Clark United States
Dog Days Hundstage Ulrich Seidl Austria
Eden Amos Gitai Italy, Israel, France
Hollywood Hong Kong 香港有個荷里活 Fruit Chan Hong Kong
How Harry Became a Tree Goran Paskaljević Italy, France, United Kingdom, Ireland
Light of My Eyes Luce dei miei occhi Giuseppe Piccioni Italy
Far Loin André Téchiné France
Monsoon Wedding Mira Nair India, United States, Italy, Germany, France, United Kingdom
The Navigators Ken Loach United Kingdom, Germany, Spain
The Others Los otros Alejandro Amenábar Spain, United States
Red Moon Luna rossa Antonio Capuano Italy
Secret Ballot رأی مخفی Babak Payami Iran, Italy, Canada, Switzerland
The Triumph of Love Clare Peploe Italy, United Kingdom, Germany
Waking Life Richard Linklater United States
Who Are You? Quem És Tu? João Botelho Portugal
Wild Innocence Sauvage innocence Philippe Garrel France
Y tu mamá también Alfonso Cuarón Mexico

Out of Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Atraksion Raoul Servais Belgium
That Love (closing film) Cet amour-là Josée Dayan France
Dust (opening film) Milcho Manchevski Macedonia, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany
The Lady and the Duke L’Anglaise et le Duc Eric Rohmer France
Pistol Opera ピストルオペラ Seijun Suzuki Japan
Porto of My Childhood Porto da Minha Infancia Manoel de Oliveira Portugal, France
Silence… on tourne! Youssef Chahine France, Egypt
Tuesday Geoff Dunbar United Kingdom

Cinema of the Present (Cinema del presente)

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
L'amore imperfetto Giovanni Maderna Italy, Spain
Deep Breath Le souffle Damien Odoul France
La Fiebre del Loco Andrés Wood Chile
Fifi Martingale Jacques Rozier France
Flower Island 꽃섬 Song Il-gon South Korea
Harmful Insect 害虫 Akihiko Shiota Japan
A Hell of a Day Reines d'un jour Marion Vernoux France
Invincible Werner Herzog Germany, United Kingdom
Larger Than Life Tuhog Jeffrey Jeturian Philippines
Me Without You Sandra Goldbacher United Kingdom
One Man Up L'uomo in più Paolo Sorrentino Italy
Probably Love L'amore probabilmente Giuseppe Bertolucci Italy
Quitting 昨天 Zhang Yang China
Sisters Сёстры Sergei Bodrov Jr. Russia
Sons and Daughters Figli/Hijos Marco Bechis Argentina, Italy
Sunday Sabado Juan Villegas Argentina
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Jill Sprecher United States
Time Out L'Emploi du temps Laurent Cantet Japan
Tirana Year Zero Tirana, année zéro Fatmir Koçi Albania, France, Belgium
Water and Salt Água e Sal Teresa Villaverde Portugal, Italy

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[5]

  • Gege (Brother) by Yan Yan Mak (Hong Kong)
  • Rain by Katherine Lindberg (United States)
  • Rasganço by Raquel Freire (Portugal, France)
  • An Adolescent (Shōjo) by Eiji Okuda (Japan)
  • Sailing Home (Tornando a casa) by Vincenzo Marra (Italy)
  • A Moment of Happiness (Un moment de bonheur) by Antoine Santana (France)
  • Smokers Only (Vagón fumador) by Verónica Chen (Argentina)

Official Awards

Main Competition

Luigi De Laurentis Award for Debut Feature

Independent Awards

Cinema of the Present - Lion of the Year

  • Seafood by Zhu Wen
  • Special Jury Award: Le Souffle by Damien Odoul

FIPRESCI Prize

OCIC Award

Netpac Award

Don Quixote Award

UNICEF Award

UNESCO Award

Pasinetti Award

Italian Cinema Clubs Awards

Pietro Bianchi Award

Isvema Award

FEDIC Award

Wella Prize

Elvira Notari Prize

Cult Network Italia Prize

FilmCritica "Bastone Bianco" Award

Future Film Festival Digital Award

Laterna Magica Prize

Sergio Trasatti Award

CinemAvvenire Award

Children and Cinema Award

Rota Soundtrack Award

Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

References

  1. ^ "GOLDEN LIONS – VENICE - 2001". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. ^ "The 2000s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Juries for the 2000s". Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Tutti i film di Venezia 2001". MAM-e (in Italian). 27 July 2001. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  5. ^ "16th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.