62nd Venice International Film Festival

The 62nd annual Venice International Film Festival opened on 31 August 2005 with Tsui Hark's Seven Swords and closed on 10 September 2005 with a screening of Peter Ho-sun Chan's musical Perhaps Love. The lineups were announced by the festival director Marco Müller on 28 July 2005 in Rome. The digital films competed in all categories for the first time of the festival history.

Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and Italian actress Stefania Sandrelli were both awarded a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. The Golden Lion was won by Brokeback Mountain.

During this edition of the festival, an International Design Competition of the new Palazzo del Cinema took place. The winner of the competition was 5+1 & Rudy Ricciotti. The purpose of the new building is to house the main headquarters of the Film Festival, as well as congresses and cultural events.

Juries
The international juries of the 62nd Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:

Main Competition (Venezia 62)

 * Dante Ferretti Italian production designer, art director and costume designer - Jury President
 * Ah Cheng, Chinese author and screenwriter
 * Claire Denis, French filmmaker
 * Edgar Reitz, German filmmaker and Professor of Film
 * Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress
 * Christine Vachon, American producer active in independent film sector
 * Amos Gitai, Israeli filmmaker

Horizons (Orizzonti)

 * Mimmo Rotella, Italian artist, closely related to cinema - Jury President
 * Isabel Coixet, Spanish filmmaker
 * Jean-Michel Frodon, French film critic
 * Valerio Mastandrea, Italian actor
 * Shinya Tsukamoto, Japanese director and actor

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

 * Chema Prado, Spanish film critic - Jury President
 * Giovanna Gagliardo, Italian filmmaker
 * Clemens Klopfenstein, Swiss film director

Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film)
In a contest that examines all feature-length films that are first works present in the various sections of the Festival, this jury assigns the "Lion of the Future - Luigi De Laurentis award for best debut work" to one film, as well as a prize of Euro 100,000 put forward by Filmauro and of 20,000 metres of film stock offered by Kodak.
 * Guy Maddin, Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer and editor - Jury President
 * Peter Cowie, British film historian and author
 * Isabella Ferrari, Italian actress
 * Ismaël Ferroukhi, French-Moroccan film director
 * Renata Litvinova, Russian actress, director and screenwriter

In competition
The competitive section of the official selection is an international competition of feature films in 35mm and digital HD format, running for the Golden Lion.
 * Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition
Non-competitive section of highly spectacular films. Works by directors already established in past editions of the Festival, and films deemed appropriate for a midnight screening.

Horizons
A section aiming to provide a picture of the new trends in cinema. Documentaries are now included in this section, in order to render the programme more legible and avoid any confusion between different rich and complex sections.


 * Highlighted titles indicate the Horizons Awards for Best Film and Best Documentary respectively.

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)
The following films in 35mm, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the short film competition (Corto Cortissimo):


 * Highlighted title indicates Lion for Best Short Film

Retrospective - The Secret History of Asian Cinema
This is a retrospective section on Chinese cinema (1934 to 1990) and Japanese cinema (1926 to 1978). The films are listed here in chronological order.

Retrospective - The Secret History of Italian Cinema 2
A retrospective section on Italian film (1946 to 1976). This section is part of a planned 4-year retrospective on some lesser known sides of Italian Cinema that started on the 61st edition of the festival.

Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for the 20th Venice International Film Critics’ Week:

Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 2nd edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:

Official Awards
The following Official Awards were conferred at the 62nd edition:

In Competition

 * Golden Lion: Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee
 * Silver Lion for Best Director: Regular Lovers by Philippe Garrel
 * Grand Special Jury Prize: Mary by Abel Ferrara
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actor: David Strathairn for Good Night, and Good Luck
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Giovanna Mezzogiorno for The Beast in the Heart
 * Marcello Mastroianni Award: Ménothy Cesar for Heading South
 * Golden Osella for Best Cinematography: William Lubtchansky for Regular Lovers
 * Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: George Clooney and Grant Heslov for Good Night, and Good Luck

Special Awards

 * Special Lion: Isabelle Huppert

Horizons (Orizzonti)

 * Best Film: First on the Moon by Aleksei Fedorchenko
 * Best Documentary: East of Paradise by Lech Kowalski

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo Lion)

 * Citroen Short Super-Short Lion for Best Short Film: Small Station by Lin Chien-ping
 * Special Mention: Layla Afel by Leon Prudovsky
 * UIP Prize for Best European Short Film: Butterflies by Max Jacoby

Lion of the Future - "Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film

 * 13 Tzameti by Gela Babluani

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

Venice International Film Critics' Week

 * Audience Award: Mother Nature by Massimo Andrei
 * Isvema Award: Mother Nature by Massimo Andrei
 * FEDIC Award: Mother Nature by Massimo Andrei

Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori)

 * Netpac Award: 13 Tzameti by Gela Babluani
 * UNESCO Award: La passione di Giosué l'Ebreo by Pasquale Scimeca
 * Pasinetti Awards (Venice Days): Elio Petri. Notes on a Filmmaker by Federico Bacci, Stefano Leone, Nicola Guarneri
 * Label Europa Cinemas: The Young Lieutenant by Xavier Beauvois
 * "Lino Miccichè" First Feature Award: Craj - Domani by Davide Marengo
 * Venice Authors Prize: Love by Vladan Nikolic

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

FIPRESCI Award

 * Best Film (Main competition): Good Night, and Good Luck by George Clooney
 * Best Film (Horizons): The Wild Blue Yonder by Werner Herzog

SIGNIS Award

 * Mary by Abel Ferrara

C.I.C.A.E. Award

 * Dam Street by Li Yu (Horizons)

UNICEF Award

 * The Beast in the Heart by Cristina Comencini

Pasinetti Awards

 * Best Film (Main competition): Good Night, and Good Luck by George Clooney
 * Best Film (Horizons): Texas by Fausto Paravidino

Little Golden Lion

 * Lady Vengeance by Park Chan-wook

Jameson Short Film Award

 * Aria by Claudio Noce

Young Cinema Award

 * Alternatives: Lady Vengeance by Park Chan-wook
 * Best International Film: The Constant Gardener by Fernando Meirelles
 * Best Italian Film: The Beast in the Heart by Cristina Comencini

Wella Prize

 * The Beast in the Heart by Cristina Comencini

Open Prize

 * Everlasting Regret by Stanley Kwan

Doc/It Award

 * East of Paradise by Lech Kowalski
 * The Dignity of the Nobodies by Fernando Solanas

Lina Mangiacapre Award

 * The Secret Life of Words by Isabel Coixet

Future Film Festival Digital Award

 * Corpse Bride by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson

Laterna Magica Prize

 * Everything Is Illuminated by Liev Schreiber

Sergio Trasatti Award

 * Mary by Abel Ferrara

Biografilm Award

 * Everything Is Illuminated by Liev Schreiber

'CinemAvvenire' Award

 * Best Film in Competition: Lady Vengeance by Park Chan-wook
 * Cinema for Peace: Heading South by Laurent Cantet

Award of the City of Rome

 * The Beast in the Heart by Cristina Comencini
 * The Dignity of the Nobodies by Fernando Solanas (Horizons)

Human Rights Film Network Award

 * The Dignity of the Nobodies by Fernando Solanas
 * Special mention: Good Night, and Good Luck by George Clooney

EIUC Award

 * Giulio Manfredonia, Giobbe Covatta

Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

 * Mary by Abel Ferrara