68th Venice International Film Festival

The 68th annual Venice International Film Festival was held in Venice, Italy between 31 August and 10 September 2011.[1] American film director Darren Aronofsky was announced as the Head of the Jury.[2] American actor and film director Al Pacino was presented with the Glory to the Film-maker award on 4 September, prior to the premiere of his upcoming film Wilde Salomé.[3] Marco Bellocchio was awarded with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in September.[4] The festival opened with the American film The Ides of March, directed by George Clooney,[5] and closed with Damsels in Distress by Whit Stillman.[6]

68th Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmThe Ides of March
Closing filmDamsels in Distress
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion – Faust
Silver Lion – Cai Shangjun (People Mountain People Sea)
Hosted byVittoria Puccini
Festival date31 August – 10 September 2011
WebsiteWebsite

Juries

The international juries of the 68th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:[7]

Main competition (Venezia 68)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Controcampo Italiano

Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)

Official selection

In Competition

The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Lion:[8]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
4:44 Last Day on EarthAbel FerraraUnited States
AlpsAlpis (Άλπεις)Yorgos LanthimosGreece
A Burning Hot Summer (That Summer)Un été brûlantPhilippe GarrelFrance
CarnageRoman PolanskiFrance, Germany, Spain, Poland
Chicken with PlumsPoulet aux prunesMarjane Satrapi, Vincent ParonnaudFrance, Belgium, Germany
A Dangerous MethodDavid CronenbergGermany, Canada
Dark HorseTodd SolondzUnited States
The ExchangeHahithalfutEran KolirinIsrael, Germany
Faust (Фауст)Alexander SokurovRussia
Himizu (ヒミズ)Sion SonoJapan
The Ides of MarchGeorge ClooneyUnited States
Killer JoeWilliam FriedkinUnited States
The Last Man on EarthL'Ultimo TerrestreGipiItaly
Life Without PrincipleDyut ming gam (奪命金)Johnnie ToHong Kong
People Mountain People SeaRen shan ren hai (人山人海)Cai ShangjunChina, Hong Kong
Seediq BaleSài dé kè ba lái (賽德克·巴萊)Wei Te-shengTaiwan
ShameSteve McQueenUnited Kingdom
A Simple LifeTaojie (桃姐)Ann HuiHong Kong
TerrafermaEmanuele CrialeseItaly
Texas Killing FieldsAmi Canaan MannUnited States
Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyTomas AlfredsonUnited Kingdom, France
When the NightQuando la notteCristina ComenciniItaly
Wuthering HeightsAndrea ArnoldUnited Kingdom
Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of competition

The following films were shown out of competition:[9][10]

Feature films
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Almayer's FollyLa Folie AlmayerChantal AkermanFrance, Belgium
Alois NebelTomáš LuňákCzech Republic, Germany
The Cardboard VillageIl Villaggio di CartoneErmanno OlmiItaly
ContagionSteven SoderberghUnited States
The DisintegrationLa DésintégrationPhilippe FauconBelgium
EvaKike MailloSpain, France
The Field of EnchantmentLa clé des champsClaude Nuridsany, Marie PérennouFrance
Long Live the Antipodes! (documentary)Vivan las Antipodas!Victor KossakovskyGermany, Argentina, Netherlands, Chile, Russia
The Moth DiariesMary HarronCanada, Ireland
ScossaFrancesco Maselli, Carlo Lizzani, Ugo Gregoretti, Nino RussoItaly
The Sorcerer and the White SnakeBai she chuan shuoChing Siu-tungChina, Hong Kong
Summer GamesGiochi d'estateRolando CollaSwitzerland, Italy
Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the PoliticianTahrir 2011Tamer Ezzat, Ahmad Abdalla, Ayten Amin, Amr SalamaEgypt
TormentedRabitto horâ 3DTakashi ShimizuJapan
Violet Wister's Damsels in DistressWhit StillmanUnited States
W.EMadonnaUnited Kingdom
Wilde SaloméAl PacinoUnited States
Short films
Title Duration Director(s) Production country
The End3.5 min.Collectif AbounaddaraSyria
Vanguard1.5 min.Collectif AbounaddaraSyria
Evolution (Megaplex)10 min.Marco BrambillaUnited States
Marco Bellocchio, Venezia 2011 (documentary)11 min.Pietro MarcelloItaly
La meditazione di Hayez6 min.Mario MartoneItaly
Joule23 min.David Zamagni, Nadia RanocchiItaly
Spell. The Hypnotist Dog20 min.David Zamagni, Nadia RanocchiItaly
Spell. Suite~David Zamagni, Nadia RanocchiItaly
Special Events
Title Occasion Director(s) Production country
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to TravelLisa Immordino VreelandUnited States
Don't Expect too MuchNicholas Ray 1911–2011Susan RayUnited States
DuvidhaMani Kaul: 25.12.1944–6.7.2011Mani KaulIndia
In the Name of the Father (Nel nome del padre)Golden Lion for Lifetime AchievementMarco BellocchioItaly
India: Matri BhumiRossellini RitrovatoRoberto RosselliniItaly
Mildred PierceTribute to Todd HaynesTodd HaynesUnited States
Questa storia quaAlessandro Paris, Sibylle RighettiItaly
We Can't Go Home AgainNicholas Ray 1911–2011Nicholas RayUnited States

Horizons

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[11]

Feature films
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Alms of the Blind HorseAnhe Ghore Da DaanGurvinder SinghIndia
The BirdL'OiseauYves CaumonFrance
CutAmir NaderiJapan
The Flock of the LordDie Herde des HerrnRomuald KarmakarGermany
HailAmiel Courtin-WilsonAustralia
Hollywood TalkiesÓscar Pérez, Mia de RibotSpain
Hop-o'-My-ThumbLe petit poucetMarina de VanFrance
The InvaderL'envahisseurNicolas ProvostBelgium
KotokoShinya TsukamotoJapan
Love FleshAmore CarnePippo DelbonoItaly, Switzerland
Lung Neaw Visits His NeighboursRirkrit TiravanijaThailand, Mexico
N/ANocturnosEdgardo CozarinskyArgentina
The OratorO le tulafaleTusi TamaseseNew Zealand, Samoa
P-047Tae peang phu deawKongdej JaturanrasmeeThailand
Photographic MemoryRoss McElweeUnited States, France
Sal (aka Sal Mineo: A Biography)James FrancoUnited States
Shock Head SoulSimon PummelNetherlands, UK
Stateless ThingsJool-tak-dong-siKim Kyung-mookSouth Korea
SummerVeranoJosé Luis Torres LeivaChile
SwanCisneTeresa VillaverdePortugal
SwirlGirimunhoHelvécio Marins, Jr., Clarissa CampolinaBrazil, Spain, Germany
The Sword IdentityWokou de zongjiXu HaofengChina
Two Years at SeaBen RiversUnited Kingdom
Whores' GloryMichael GlawoggerAustria, Germany
Would You Have Sex with an Arab?Yolande ZaubermanFrance
Medium-length and short films
Title Duration Director(s) Production country
6631148 minIsamu HirabayashiJapan
Accidentes gloriosos58 minMauro Andrizzi, Marcus LindeenSweden, Denmark, Argentina
All the Lines Flow Out21 minCharles Lim Yi YongSingapore
Black Mirror at the National Gallery7 minMark LewisCanada
Conference: Notes on Film 058 minNorbert PfaffenbichlerAustria
Dialogical Abrasion (Dialogischer Abrieb)19 minYves NetzhammerSwitzerland
The Golden Bird (Sonchidi)55 minAmit DuttaIndia
Hypercrisis17 minJosef DabernigAustria
In attesa dell'avvento20 minFelice D'Agostino, Arturo LavoratoItaly
Iz Tokio (From Tokyo)11 minAleksej German, Jr.Russia
Late and Deep~Devin HoranNorway
Louyre – This Our Still Life7 minAndrew KöttingUnited Kingdom
Meteor15 minChristoph Girardet, Matthias MüllerGermany
Miss Candace Hilligoss' Flickering Halo13 minFabio Scacchioloi, Vincenzo CoreItaly
Modern N° 25 minMirai MizueJapan
Movements of an Impossible Time (Movimenti di un tempo impossible)8 minFlatformItaly
Moving Stories7 minNicolas ProvostBelgium
Notes sur nos voyages en Russie 1989–199015 minYervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci-LucchiItaly
Palaces of Pity (Palácios de pena)59 minGabriel Abrantes, Daniel SchmidtPortugal
Parabeton – Pier Luigi Nervi und Römischer Beton100 minHeinz EmigholzGermany
Passing Through the Night~Wattanapume LaisuwanchaiThailand
Piattaforma Luna25 minYuri AncariniItaly
River Rites11 minBen RussellUnited States
Snow Canon34 minMati DiopFrance
Start24 minMattias GustafssonSweden
The Sun's Incubator (Hadinat al shams)11 minAmmar Al-BeikSyria
The Tracks of My Tears 214 minAxel PetersénSweden
Special Events
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The AnnunciationMarian IlmestysEija-Liisa AhtilaFinland
Birmingham OrnamentBirmingemskiy ornamentAndrey Silvestrov, Yuri LeidermanRussia
Century of BirthingSiglo ng pagluluwalLav DiazPhilippines
Monkey SandwichWim VandekeybusBelgium, France
The Silence of PelesjanIl silenzio di PelesjanPietro MarcelloItaly
Highlighted title indicates the Orizzonti Award for Best Feature Film winner.

Controcampo Italiano

The following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section:[10][12]

In competition

Feature fiction films
Title Director(s)
Easy! (Scialla!)Francesco Bruni
Maternity BluesFabrizio Cattani
Qualche nuvolaSaverio Di Biagio
The Arrival of Wang (L'arrivo di Wang)Manetti Bros.
Cose dell'altro mondoFrancesco Patierno
Horses (Cavalli)Michele Rho
Tutta colpa della musicaRicky Tognazzi
Feature documentaries
Title Director(s)
Black BlockCarlo Augusto Bachschmidt 
Piazza Garibaldi Davide Ferrario
Pugni chiusiFiorella Infascelli
Out of TehranMonica Maggioni
Pasta neraAlessandro Piva
QuiproquoElisabetta Sgarbi
Short films
Title Director(s)
Il maestroMaria Grazia Cucinotta 
A chjànaJonas Carpignano
AliceRoberto De Paolis
The CricketStefano Lorenzi
Eco da luogo colpitoCarlo Michele Scririnzi
Prove per un naufragio della parola Elisabetta Sgarbi
My Name is SidGiovanni Virgilio

Out of competition

Title Description Director(s)
Io Sono. Storie di SchiavitùFeature documentaryBarbara Cupisti
Caldo grigio, caldo neroFeature documentaryMarco Dentici
Rudolf Jacobs, l'uomo che nacque morendoFeature docu-fictionLuigi M. Faccini
Andata e ritorno (Presented as "work-in-progress")Medium-length documentaryDonatella Finocchiaro
Dai nostri inviati – La RAI racconta la Mostra del cinema 1968 – 1979 Medium-length documentary Giuseppe Gianotti, Enrico Salvatori, Davide Savelli 
Pivano Blues. Sulla strada di NandaFeature documentaryTeresa Marchesi
Schuberth – L’atelier della dolce vitaMedium-length documentaryAntonello Sarno
Hollywood InvasionMedium-length documentaryMarco Spagnoli
Un foglio biancoFeature documentaryMaurizio Zaccaro

Italian avant-garde retrospective

The following films were shown as part of a retrospective section on Italian avant-garde films, titled Orizzonti 1961-1978, spanning the years 1961 to 1978.[13]

English title Original title Director(s) Released
N/AAnnaAlberto Grifi1975
N/AIl potereAugusto Tretti1972
On the Point of DeathIn punto di moreteMario Garriba1971
N/AI parenti tuttiFabio Garriba1967
N/AVoce del verbo morireMario Garriba1970
N/ASul davanti fioriva una magnoliaPaolo Breccia1968
N/ALa quieta febbreRomano Scavolini1964
N/ADiario beatRomano Scavolini1967
N/AAttaccoRomano Scavolini1970
N/ALSDRomano Scavolini1970
N/AReflexMario Schifano1964
N/AFerreriMario Schifano1967
N/ASouvenirMario Schifano1967
N/AFilmMario Schifano1967
N/AFotografoMario Schifano1967
N/AVietnamMario Schifano1967
N/AVieni dolce morte (dell'ego)Paolo Brunatto1969
N/ABisPaolo Brunatto1966
N/AHermitageCarmelo Bene1967
N/AIl canto d'amore di Alfred PrufrockNico D'Alessandria1967
N/AIl respiroAlex Rupp1964
N/AThe CityAlex Rupp1961
N/AZoommm, Track!Mario Carbone1968
N/AKappaNato Frascà1965-1966
N/ASoglieNato Frascà1978
Events of the Retrospective
N/AIl vetturale del San GottardoHans Hinrich and Ivo Illuminati1941
N/AL'Accademia Musicale ChigianaFranco Zeffirelli1950

Autonomous sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following films were screened for this section:[14]

In competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In The OpenEl CampoHernán BelónArgentina
Land of OblivionLa Terre outragéeMichale BoganimFrance, Germany, Poland, Ukraine
Là-bas: A Criminal EducationLà-bas: Educazione criminaleGuido LombardiItaly
Louise WimmerCyril MennegunFrance
Machete LanguageEl Lenguaje de los MachetesKyzza TerrazasMexico
TotemJessica KrummacherGermany
WetlandsMarécagesGuy ÉdoinCanada
Special Events – Out of Competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Mission Of PeaceMissione di PaceFancesco LagiItaly
Stockholm EastStockholm ÖstraSimon Kaijser da SilvaSweden
Special Event in collaboration with Venice Days
You Are HereVoi Siete QuiFrancesco MateraItaly

Venice Days

The following films were screened as part of the Venice Days section[15][16] The three nominees for the European Parliament's 2011 Lux Prize received screenings as part of this section.[17]

In competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
All Our DesiresToutes nos enviesPhilippe LioretFrance
Another SilenceSantiago AmigorenaFrance, Canada, Brazil, Argentina
Beyond the Glass (short)Di là del vetroAndrea di BariItaly
Café de FloreJean-Marc ValléeCanada, France
Found MemoriesHistórias que Só Existem Quando LembradasJulia MuratBrazil, France
GuiltyPrésumé coupableVincent GarenqFrance
HabibiHabibi Rasak KharbanSusan YoussefPalestine, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands
Last WinterHiver dernierJohn ShankBelgium, France
Love and BruisesLou YeFrance
My Name Is KiKiLeszek DawidPoland
RustRuggineDaniele GaglianoneItaly
Shun Li and the PoetIo sono LiAndrea SegreItaly, France
Twilight PortraitPortret v sumerkakhAngelina NikonovaRussia
Special Events
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Crazy HorseFrederick WisemanFrance, USA
Cuba in the Age of ObamaCuba Nell'Epoca di ObamaGianni MinàItaly
The Kaiser of CaliforniaDer Kaiser von KalifornienLuis TrenkerGermany
TestimonyEdutShlomi ElkabetzIsrael
Open Space
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
N/ALa Penna di Hemingway (short)Renzo CarboneraItaly
Hit the Road, NonnaDuccio ChiariniItaly
The Forgotten World CupMundial olvidadoLorenzo Garzella, Filippo MacelloniItaly, Argentina
N/ARadiciCarlo LuglioItaly
Più come un artista (More as an artist)Elisabetta PandimiglioItaly
N/ADietro il buioGiorgio PressburgerItaly
Valdagno, ArizonaPyoorItaly, United States
Lux Prize
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
AttenbergAthina Rachel TsangariGreece
The Snows of KilimanjaroRobert GuédiguianFrance
PlayRuben ÖstlundSweden

Awards

Official selection

The following Official selection awards were conferred at the festival:[18]

In Competition (Venezia 68)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

  • Horizons Award: Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto (Japan)
  • Special Horizons jury prize: Whores' Glory by Michael Glawogger (Austria, Germany)
  • Horizons Award for medium-length film: Accidentes Gloriosos by Mauro Andrizzi and Marcus Lindeen (Sweden, Denmark, Germany)
  • Horizons Award for short film: In attesa dell'avvento by Felice D'Agostino and Arturo Lavorato (Italy)
Special mentions:
O Le Tulafale (The Orator) by Tusi Tamasese (New Zealand, Samoa)
All The Lines Flow Out by Charles LIM Yi Yong (Singapore)

Controcampo Italiano

Special Mentions:
Black Block (documentary) by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt
Francesco Di Giacomo (cinematography) for Pugni chiusi

Special awards

  • Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Marco Bellocchio
  • Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Al Pacino
  • Persol 3D Award for the Most Creative Stereoscopic Film: Zapruder Filmmakers Group (David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi & Monaldo Moretti)
  • L'Oréal Paris Award for Cinema: Nicole Grimaudo

Autonomous sections

The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:

Venice International Film Critics' Week

  • Lion of the Future
"Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film: Là-bas by Guido Lombardi
  • Critics' Week Audience Award: Là-bas by Guido Lombardi

Venice Days (Giornati degli Autori)

  • Label Europa Cinemas Award: Guilty (Présumé coupable) by Vincent Garenq
  • Lina Mangiacapre Award: Shun Li and the Poet (Io sono Li) by Andrea Segre
  • Laterna Magica Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre
  • FEDIC Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre

Other collateral awards

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

Special mention: A Simple Life (Tao jie) by Ann Hui
Special mention: Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto
  • Gianni Astrei Award: A Simple Life by Ann Hui
  • Brian Award: The Ides of March by George Clooney
  • Queer Lion Award: Wilde Salomé by Al Pacino (Out of competition)
  • Lina Mangiacapre Award – Special mention: Maternity Blues by Fabrizio Cattani (Controcampo Italiano)
  • AIF Forfilmfest Award: Easy! (Scialla!) by Francesco Bruni (Controcampo Italiano)
  • Biografilm Lancia Award: Black Block by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt (Controcampo Italiano)
  • Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award: The Last Man on Earth by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti
Special mention: Pasta nera by Alessandro Piva (Controcampo Italiano)

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