64th Venice International Film Festival Totally Explained

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The 64th Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, opened on August 29 2007, with Joe Wright's Atonement and closed September 8 2007. Host of the event was Italian soubrette Ambra Angiolini. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to American director Tim Burton. Once again since 2006, all the films running the contest were shown for the first time as world premieres in keeping with the festival tradition since the Second World War.

Jury

The international juries of the 64th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:

Official section jury

"Orizzonti" section jury

Gregg Araki (director, United States) - President

Frederick Wiseman (director, United States)

Hala Alabdalla Yakoub (director and producer, Syria)

Giorgia Fiorio (photographer, Italy)

Ulrich Gregor (critic, Germany)

"Premio Venezia Opera Prima Luigi De Laurentiis" section jury

Bill Mechanic (producer, United States) - President

Rupert Everett (actor, United Kingdom)

Randa Chahal (director, Lebanon)

Liu Jie (director, China)

Valeria Solarino (actress, Italy)

"Corto Cortissimo" section jury

François-Jacques Ossang (director, France) - President

Yasmine Kassari (director, Morocco)

Roberto Perpignani (editor, Italy)

Main sections

Nominated films are in alphabetical order by the name of the director.

In competition

International competition of full-length films in 35mm and digital format running for Golden Lion for best picture.

The Darjeeling Limited, Wes Anderson (USA)

Sleuth, Kenneth Branagh (United Kingdom/USA)

Le Chaos (Heya fawda), Youssef Chahine (Egypt)

Redacted, Brian De Palma (USA)

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Andrew Dominik (USA)

Nessuna qualità agli eroi, Paolo Franchi (Italy/Switzerland/France)

Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy (USA)

Nightwatching, Peter Greenaway (United Kingdom/Poland/Canada/Netherlands)

En la ciudad de Sylvia, José Luis Guerín (Spain)

In the Valley of Elah, Paul Haggis (USA)

I'm Not There, Todd Haynes (USA)

The Sun Also Rises (Taiyang zhaochang shenqi), Jiang Wen (China/Hong Kong)

Help Me Eros (Bangbang wo aishen), Lee Kang Sheng (Taiwan)

La graine et le mulet, Abdellatif Kechiche (France)

Lust, Caution (Chinese: 色，戒; pinyin: Sè, Jiè), Ang Lee (USA/China/Taiwan)

It's a Free World..., Ken Loach (United Kingdom/Italy/Germany/Spain)

L'ora di punta, Vincenzo Marra (Italy)

Sukiyaki Western Django, Takashi Miike (Japan)

12, Nikita Mihalkov (Russia)

Il dolce e l'amaro, Andrea Porporati (Italy)

Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon, Eric Rohmer (France/Italy/Spain)

Mad Detective, Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai (Hong Kong))

Atonement, Joe Wright (United Kingdom)

Out of competition

Shown below are new works by authors who were honored in past festivals, as well as movies shown in the midnight time band.

Venezia Maestri

Cassandra's Dream, Woody Allen (United Kingdom/USA)

Cleópatra, Julio Bressane (Brazil)

La Fille coupée en deux, Claude Chabrol (France)

Disengagement, Amos Gitai (Germany/Italy/Israel/France)

Beyond the Years (Chun-nyun-hack), Im Kwon Taek (South Korea)

Glory to the Filmmaker! (Kantoku banzai!), Takeshi Kitano (Japan)

Cristovão Colombo - O enigma, Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal/France)

Midnight out of competition

Per un pugno di dollari (1964), Sergio Leone (Italy/Spain/Germany) - Restored Version

Blood Brothers (Tiantang kou), Alexi Tan (China/Taiwan/Hong Kong)

REC, Paco Plaza and Jaume Balaguerò (Spain)

Far North, Asif Kapadia (United Kingdom/France)

Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Ridley Scott (USA)

The Hunting Party, Richard Shepard (USA/Croatia/Bosnia-Herzegovina)

The Nanny Diaries, Shari Springer Berman e Robert Pulcini (USA)

Nocturna, Adrià Garcìa and Víctor Maldonado (Spain/France)

Orizzonti

New trends of cinema with full-length films in 35mm and digital format, and documentary-movies.

L'Aimèe, Arnaud Desplechin (France)

Anabazys, Joel Pizzini and Paloma Rocha (Brazil)

Andarilho, Cao Guimarães (Brazil)

Lou Reed's Berlin, Julian Schnabel (USA)

Cochochi, Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán (Mexico/United Kingdom/Canada)

The Silence Before Bach (Die stille vor Bach), Pere Portabella (Spain)

Exodus, Penny Woolcock (United Kingdom)

With a girl of Black Soil (Geomen tangyi sonyeo oi), Soo-il Jeon (South Korea/France)

L'Histoire de Richard O., Damien Odoul (France)

Kagadanan sa banwaan ning mga engkanto, Lav Diaz (Philippines)

Madri, Barbara Cupisti (Italy)

Mal Nascida, João Canijo (Portugal)

Man from Plains, Jonathan Demme (USA)

Médée Miracle, Tonino De Bernardi (Italy/France)

The Obscure, Lü Yue (China)

Il passaggio della linea, Pietro Marcello (Italy)

Sad Vacation, Shinji Aoyama (Japan)

Umbrella (San), Du Haibin (China)

Searchers 2.0, Alex Cox (USA)

Dust (Staub), Hartmut Bitomsky (Germany)

Sügisball, Veiko Õunpuu (Estonia)

Wuyong, Jia Zhangke (China) Evento Orizzonti

Dall’altra parte della luna, Dario Baldi and Davide Marengo (Italy)

Callas assoluta, Philippe Kohly (France/Greece)

Carlo Goldoni Venezian, Leonardo Autera and Alberto Caldana (Italy)

Empire II, Amos Poe (USA)

Prizes

These movies were given the following recognitions:

Leone d'Oro (Golden Lion)

Leone d'Oro for best film: Se, Jie (Lust, Caution) by Ang Lee
Leone d'Oro for career: to Tim Burton

Leone d'Argento (Silver Lion)

Grand Prize from the jury: La Graine et la Mulet by Abdellatif Kechiche, ex aequo I'm Not There by Todd Haynes
Special prize: Redacted by Brian De Palma

Coppa Volpi (Volpi Cup)

Coppa Volpi for the best actor: Brad Pitt for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Coppa Volpi for the best actress: Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There

Premio Osella (Osella prize)

Premio Osella for the best script: Paul Laverty for It's a Free World...
Premio Osella for the best technical contribution: Rodrigo Prieto for Se, Jie

Premio Marcello Mastroianni, for the best emerging actor or actress: Hafsia Herzi for La Graine et la Mulet

Leone Speciale (special Lion) to Nikita Mikhalkov

Horizons - 'Premio orrizonti'

Premio Orizzonti (Orizzonti prize): Sügisball (Autumn Ball) by Veiko Õunpuu

Premio Orizzonti Doc: Wuyong (Useless) by Jia Zhangke

Venetian prize for the first work "Luigi De Laurentiis"

Leone del futuro (Lion of the future) - Venetian prize for the first work "Luigi De Laurentiis": La Zona by Rodrigo Plà
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