59th Venice International Film Festival

The 59th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 29 August to 8 September 2002.

The Golden Lion was awarded to The Magdalene Sisters directed by Peter Mullan.

Main Competition
The following people comprised the 2002 jury:
 * Gong Li, Chinese actress - Jury President
 * Jacques Audiard, French filmmaker
 * Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet
 * , German film producer
 * László Kovács, Hungarian cinematographer
 * Francesca Neri, Italian actress
 * Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkish filmmaker

In Competition
The following films were nominated to compete for the Golden Lion of the 59th edition of the festival:
 * Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition
The following films were screened as Out of Competition:

Controcorrente
The following feature films were screened in the Controcorrente (lit. 'against the current', nonconformist) section :

New Territories
The following feature films were screened in the New Territories (Italian: Nuovi Territori) section:

Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:

Main Competition

 * Golden Lion: The Magdalene Sisters by Peter Mullan
 * Grand Special Jury Prize: House of Fools by Andrei Konchalovsky
 * Silver Lion for Best Direction: Oasis by Lee Chang-dong
 * Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution: Edward Lachman, director of photography for Far from Heaven
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Stefano Accorsi for A Journey Called Love
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Far from Heaven
 * Special Mention Best Short Film: Per Carleson for Tempo
 * Marcello Mastroianni Award: Moon So-ri for Oasis
 * Silver Lion for Best Short Film
 * Clown by Irina Efteeva

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

 * Dino Risi

Luigi De Laurentis Award for Debut Feature

 * Two Friends by Francesco Sframeli and Spiro Scimone
 * Roger Dodger by Dylan Kidd

San Marco Prize

 * Tian Zhuangzhuang for Springtime in a Small Town
 * Special Jury Award: Shinya Tsukamoto for A Snake of June
 * Special Mention: Arturo Ripstein for The Virgin of Lust
 * Special Mention: Fruit Chan Public Toilet

Audience Award

 * Best Film:The Man on the Train by Patrice Leconte
 * Best Actor: Jean Rochefort for The Man on the Train
 * Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Far from Heaven

Prix UIP Venice (European Short Film)

 * Zsofia Péterffy for Kalózok szeretöje

FIPRESCI Prize

 * Competition: Oasis by Lee Chang-dong
 * Parallel Sections: Roger Dodger by Dylan Kidd
 * Best Short Film: 11'09"01 September 11 by Ken Loach's section

SIGNIS Award

 * Oasis by Lee Chang-dong
 * Honorable Mention: Far from Heaven by Todd Haynes
 * Honorable Mention: The Tracker by Rolf de Heer

Don Quixote Award

 * Roger Dodger by Dylan Kidd

UNICEF Award

 * House of Fools by Andrei Konchalovsky

UNESCO Award

 * 11'09"01 September 11 by Samira Makhmalbaf, Claude Lelouch, Youssef Chahine, Danis Tanović, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Amos Gitaï, Mira Nair, Sean Penn and Shōhei Imamura

Pasinetti Award

 * Best Film: Velocità massima by Daniele Vicari
 * Special Mention: Velocità massima by Valerio Mastandrea

Pietro Bianchi Award

 * Sophia Loren

Isvema Award

 * Due amici by Francesco Sframeli and Spiro Scimone

FEDIC Award

 * Velocità massima by Daniele Vicari

Little Golden Lion

 * Behind the Sun by Walter Salles and Arthur Cohn

Wella Prize

 * L'anima gemella by Violante Placido and Valentina Cervi

Future Film Festival Digital Award

 * Blood Work by Clint Eastwood
 * Special Mention: My Name Is Tanino by Paolo Virzì

Laterna Magica Prize

 * Nha Fala by Flora Gomes

Sergio Trasatti Award

 * Dirty Pretty Things by Stephen Frears

Rota Soundtrack Award

 * Alberto Iglesias for The Dancer Upstairs

Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

 * Frida by Julie Taymor

Kinematrix Film Award

 * Feature Films: Goldfish Game by Jan Lauwers
 * Other Formats: A Snake of June by Shinya Tsukamoto
 * Special Director's Award: Oasis by Lee Chang-dong