Venice 2005

FESTIVAL: 62nd Venice International Film Festival - Mostra - septembre 2005

• Golden Lion (Best Film) : Brokeback Mountain - Ang LEE
• Silver Lion (Best Director) : Les Amants réguliers - Philippe GARREL
• Jury Special Prize : Mary - Abel FERRARA
• Coppa Volpi (Best Actor) : David Strathairn in Good Night, and Good Luck - George CLOONEY
• Coppa Volpi (Best Actress) : Giovanna Mezzogiorno in La bestia nel cuore - Cristina COMENCINI
• Osella (Outstanding Technical Contribution) : William Lubtchansky for the photography in Les Amants réguliers - Philippe GARREL
• Osella (Best Screenplay) : George Clooney & Grant Heslov for Good Night, and Good Luck - George CLOONEY
• “Marcello Mastroianni” Award (Best Young Actor) : Ménothy Cesar in Vers le sud - Laurent CANTET
• Future Lion (Best Debut Feature) : 13 - Gela Babluani
• Special Lion (for her work as a whole) : Isabelle HUPPERT
• Honnorary Award (Lifetime Achievement) : Hayao Miyazaki & Stefania Sandrelli

HORIZONTE

• Best Feature : East of Paradise - Lech Kowalski
• Best Documentary : Perviye na lune - Aleksey Fedorchenko

INTERNATIONAL CRITIC'S WEEK

• Audience Award : Mater Natura - Massimo Andrei
• Leoncino D´Oro : Sympathy for Lady Vengeance - Park Chan wook

From the line-up, I'll be looking forward to:

Vers le sud (Laurent CANTET/France); Mary (Abel FERRARA/Italy); Corpse Bride (Tim BURTON); All the Invisible Children (Mehdi CHAREF, Emir KUSTURICA, Spike LEE, Kátia LUND, Jordan SCOTT, Ridley SCOTT, Stefano VENERUSO, John WOO); The Wild Blue Yonder (Werner HERZOG)

And I'm intrigued by:

The Brothers Grimm (Terry GILLIAM/UK); The Constant Gardener (Fernando MEIRELLES/UK); Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (PARK Chan-wook/Korea); La bestia nel cuore (Cristina COMENCINI/Italy); Romance and Cigarettes (John TURTURRO/USA); Bubble (Steven SODERBERGH); Drawing Restraint (Matthew BARNEY); Carmen (Jean-Pierre LIMOSIN); La dignidad de los nadies (Fernando E.SOLANAS)