64th Venice International Film Festival

The 64th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, from 29 August to 8 September 2007.

The opening film of the festival was Joe Wright's Atonement and the closing film was Alexi Tan's Blood Brothers. Italian actress Ambra Angiolini was the Host of the Festival. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement was presented to American director Tim Burton.

Once again 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.

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

Main Competition (Venezia 64)

 * Zhang Yimou, Chinese filmmaker, producer and actor - Jury President
 * Catherine Breillat, French filmmaker, novelist and professor of auteur cinema
 * Jane Campion, New Zealand filmmaker and producer
 * Emanuele Crialese, Italian filmmaker
 * Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican filmmaker and producer
 * Ferzan Özpetek, Turkish-Italian filmmaker
 * Paul Verhoeven, Dutch filmmaker and producer

Horizons (Orizzonti)

 * Gregg Araki, American filmmaker - Jury President
 * Frederick Wiseman, American filmmaker and theatre director
 * Hala Alabdalla Yakoub, Syrian director and producer
 * Giorgia Fiorio, Italian photographer
 * Ulrich Gregor, German critic

Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film)

 * Bill Mechanic, American film producer - Jury President)
 * Rupert Everett, English actor and writer
 * Randa Chahal, Lebanese filmmaker and producer
 * Liu Jie, Chinese director
 * Valeria Solarino, Italian actress

Short Films Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

 * F. J. Ossang, French director (President)
 * Yasmine Kassari, Moroccan director
 * Roberto Perpignani, Italian film editor

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

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


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

Short Films 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 the Lion for Best Short Film winner.

Retrospective - Secret History of Italian Cinema 4
Special mono-graphic sessions dedicated to the secret story of Italian cinema. This is the fourth part of the retrospective, initiated at the 61st edition of the festival; the patron of this edition, focused on Italian Spaghetti Western, was the director Quentin Tarantino.

New Versions Restored
As a pre-opening event of this future section, the restored Digital Cinema version of David Wark Griffith’s Intolerance (1916) was screened as a world premiere, in collaboration with the Le Giornate del Cinema Muto di Pordenone. "Venice Classics" which features restored classic films and documentaries on cinema, started as a new section in 2012, at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.

Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for the 22nd Venice International Film Critics’ Week:

Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 4th edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:

Official Awards
The following Official Awards were conferred at the 64th edition:

In Competition (Venezia 64)

 * Golden Lion: Lust, Caution by Ang Lee
 * Silver Lion for Best Director: Brian De Palma for Redacted
 * Special Jury Prize:
 * I'm Not There by Todd Haynes
 * The Secret of the Grain by Abdellatif Kechiche
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Brad Pitt for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There
 * Marcello Mastroianni Award: Hafsia Herzi for The Secret of the Grain
 * Golden Osella for Best Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto for Lust, Caution
 * Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: Paul Laverty for It's a Free World...
 * Special Lion: Nikita Mikhalkov

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

 * Tim Burton
 * Bernardo Bertolucci

Horizons (Orizzonti)

 * Best Film: Autumn Ball by Veiko Õunpuu
 * Best Documentary: Useless by Jia Zhangke
 * Special Mention: Death in the Land of Encantos by Lav Diaz

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

 * Silver Lion for Best Short Film: Dog Altogether by Paddy Considine
 * UIP Award for the Best European Short Film: Lightborne by Eduardo Chapero-Jackson
 * Special Mention: Stone People by Leonid Rybakov

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

 * La Zona by Rodrigo Plá

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

Venice International Film Critics' Week

 * Critics' Week Award: The Most Distant Course by Lin Jing-jie
 * Isvema Award: The Girl by the Lake by Andrea Molaioli

Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori)
 * Label Europa Cinemas: Tricks by Andrzej Jakimowski
 * FEDIC Award: Don't Think About It by Gianni Zanasi
 * Brian Award: Sympathy for the Lobster by Sabina Guzzanti
 * Laterna Magica Prize: Tricks by Andrzej Jakimowski
 * CinemaAvvenire Award: The Zone by Rodrigo Plá
 * Award of the City of Rome: The Zone by Rodrigo Plá
 * EIUC Award (Venice Days): Under the Bombs by Philippe Aractingi

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

FIPRESCI Awards

 * Best Film (Main competition): The Secret of the Grain by Abdellatif Kechiche
 * Best Film (Horizons): Jimmy Carter Man from Plains by Jonathan Demme

SIGNIS Award

 * In the Valley of Elah by Paul Haggis
 * Special Mention: The Secret of the Grain by Abdellatif Kechiche
 * Special Mention: It's a Free World... by Ken Loach

Francesco Pasinetti Awards

 * Best Film: Don't Think About It by Gianni Zanasi
 * Special Mention: Valzer by Salvatore Maira
 * Best Actor: Toni Servillo for The Girl by the Lake
 * Best Actress: Valeria Solarino for Valzer

C.I.C.A.E. Award

 * With the Girl of Black Soil by Soo-il Jeon

Prize of the Forum for Cinema and Literature

 * Atonement by Joe Wright

Little Golden Lion

 * The Darjeeling Limited by Wes Anderson

Queer Lion

 * The Speed of Life by Ed Radtke
 * Special Mention: Sleuth by Kenneth Branagh

Young Cinema Award

 * Best Film in Competition: The Secret of the Grain by Abdellatif Kechiche
 * Best Film in Parallel Sections: Under the Bombs by Philippe Aractingi
 * Best Italian Film: Don't Think About It by Gianni Zanasi

Open Prize

 * Nightwatching by Peter Greenaway

Doc/It Award

 * The Beloved by Arnaud Desplechin
 * Special Mention: Crossing the Line by Pietro Marcello

Lina Mangiacapre Award

 * With the Girl of Black Soil by Soo-il Jeon

Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award

 * A Girl Cut in Two by Claude Chabrol

Future Film Festival Digital Award

 * Redacted by Brian De Palma

Biografilm Award

 * Jimmy Carter Man from Plains by Jonathan Demme

'CinemAvvenire' Award

 * I'm Not There by Todd Haynes

EIUC Award

 * Main competition: It's a Free World... by Ken Loach
 * Horizons: Jimmy Carter Man from Plains by Jonathan Demme

Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

 * Nightwatching by Peter Greenaway