70th Venice International Film Festival

The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival took place in Venice, Italy from 28 August to 7 September 2013. American film director William Friedkin was presented with a lifetime achievement award. Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci was the president of the jury. He was previously the president of the jury at the 40th edition in 1983. Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, was the opening film of the festival. Italian actress Eva Riccobono hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.

The Golden Lion was awarded to the Italian documentary film Sacro GRA. It was the first documentary film to win the award at the Venice Festival.

Juries
The following people were selected for the main competition jury:

Main competition (Venezia 70)

 * Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
 * Andrea Arnold, English filmmaker
 * Renato Berta, Swiss-France director of photography
 * Carrie Fisher, American actress, screenwriter and novelist
 * Martina Gedeck, German actress
 * Pablo Larraín, Chilean filmmaker
 * Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
 * Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer
 * Jiang Wen, Chinese actor and director

Horizons (Orizzonti)

 * Paul Schrader, American screenwriter, film director and critic - Jury President
 * Catherine Corsini, French filmmaker, screenwriter and actress
 * Leonardo Di Costanzo, Italian director, screenwriter and cinematographer
 * Golshifteh Farahani, Iranian actress, musician and singer
 * Frédéric Fonteyne, Belgian film director
 * Kseniya Rappoport, Russian actress
 * Amr Waked, Egyptian actor

Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)

 * Haifaa Al Mansour, Saudi Arabian filmmaker - Jury President
 * Amat Escalante, Mexican filmmaker, producer
 * Alexej German Jr., Russian filmmaker
 * Geoffrey Gilmore, director of Tribeca Film Festival
 * Ariane Labed, Greek-French actress
 * Maria Sole Tognazzi, Italian film director

In Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:

Out of Competition
The following films were selected for the out of competition section:

Horizons (Orizzonti)
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:


 * Highlighted titles indicate the Orizzonti Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film respectively.

Venice Classics
The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:


 * Highlighted titles indicate the Venice Classics Awards for Best Restored Film and Best Documentary on Cinema respectively.

Biennale College - Cinema
The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films:

Final Cut in Venice
The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa:

Special Screenings
The following films were the Special Screenings of the Official Selection:
 * Dietro le quinte di otto e 1/2 by Gideon Bachmann (Italy)
 * Dai Nostri Inviati – La RAI racconta la mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 by Enrico Salvatori, Giuseppe Giannotti, Davide Savelli (Italy)

Venice 70 - Future Reloaded
Under the project title Venice 70 - Future Reloaded, 70 top film directors were each invited to make a 60-90 second short film, as "both a collective tribute to the Festival (the first festival in the world to reach the milestone of 70 editions) and a reflection on the future of cinema".

Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following films were selected for the Critics' Week:

Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 10th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section: Starting from this edition, Venice Days has created its own international award "for a film from the entire Official Selection".


 * Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.

Official Awards
The following Official Awards were conferred at the 70th edition:

In Competition (Venezia 70)

 * Golden Lion: Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi
 * Silver Lion for Best Director: Alexandros Avranas for Miss Violence
 * Grand Jury Prize: Stray Dogs by Tsai Ming-liang
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Themis Panou for Miss Violence
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Elena Cotta for Via Castellana Bandiera
 * Marcello Mastroianni Award: Tye Sheridan for Joe
 * Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope for Philomena
 * Special Jury Prize: The Police Officer's Wife by Philip Gröning

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

 * William Friedkin

Horizons (Orizzonti)

 * Best Film: Eastern Boys by Robin Campillo
 * Best Director: Uberto Pasolini for Still Life
 * Special Jury Prize: Ruin by Amiel Courtin-Wilson & Michael Cody
 * Special Award for Innovative Content: Shahram Mokri for Fish & Cat
 * Horizons Award for Best Short Film: Kush by Shubhashish Bhutiani

Venice Classics Awards

 * Best Restored Film: Property Is No Longer a Theft by Elio Petri
 * Best Documentary on Cinema: Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater by Gabe Klinger

Luigi De Laurentis Venice Award For A Debut Film

 * White Shadow by Noaz Deshe

Special Awards

 * Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award: Andrzej Wajda
 * Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Ettore Scola
 * L’Oréal Paris per il Cinema Award: Eugenia Costantini

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

Venice International Film Critics' Week

 * Arca CinemaGiovani Award – Best Italian film: The Art of Happiness by Alessandro Rak
 * FEDIC Award: Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot by Matteo Oleotto
 * Special mention: The Art of Happiness by Alessandro Rak


 * Fedeora Awards
 * Best Film: Class Enemy by Rok Bicek
 * Award for Best Cinematography: Inti Briones for The Quispe Girls by Sebastián Sepúlveda
 * Special mention: Giuseppe Battiston for his role in Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot
 * Special mention: Anna Odell for complete author’s work in the film The Reunion


 * "RaroVideo" Audience Award: Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot by Matteo Oleotto
 * Schermi di Qualità Award: Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot by Matteo Oleotto

Venice Days (Giornati degli Autori)

 * Venice Days Award: Kill Your Darlings by John Krokidas
 * Label Europa Cinemas Award: The Good Life by Jean Denizot
 * Special mention: Alienation by Milko Lazarov
 * Lina Mangiacapre Award – Special mention: Traitors by Sean Gullette
 * Fedeora Awards:
 * Best Film: Bethlehem by Yuval Adler
 * Best director of a debut film: Milko Lazarov for Alienation
 * Special mention: The Good Life by Jean Denizo

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

FIPRESCI Awards

 * Best Film (Main competition): Tom at the Farm by Xavier Dolan
 * Best Film (Critics' Week): The Reunion by Anna Odell

Queer Lion

 * Philomena by Stephen Frears

SIGNIS Award

 * Philomena by Stephen Frears
 * Special mention: Ana Arabia by Amos Gitai

Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award

 * Best Film: Still Life by Uberto Pasolini
 * Best Actors: Elena Cotta, Alba Rohrwacher, Antonio Albanese
 * Special mention: Maria Rosaria Omaggio in Walesa. Man of Hope
 * Special mention: The Third Half by Enrico Maria Artale

Open Award

 * Serena Nono for directing Venezia salva

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award

 * Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi

Cinema for UNICEF mention

 * Philomena by Stephen Frears

Brian Award

 * Philomena by Stephen Frears

Arca CinemaGiovani Award - Venezia 70

 * Miss Violence by Alexandros Avranas

Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Award

 * Joe by David Gordon Green

CICT - UNESCO "Enrico Fulchignoni" Award

 * At Berkeley by Frederick Wiseman

CICAE - Cinema d’Arte e d’Essai Award

 * Still Life by Uberto Pasolini

Fedeora Award for Best Euro-Mediterranean film

 * Miss Violence by Alexandros Avranas

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

 * L'intrepido by Gianni Amelio

Future Film Festival Digital Award

 * Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón
 * Special mention: The Zero Theorem by Terry Gilliam

P. Nazareno Taddei Award

 * Philomena by Stephen Frears

Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award

 * L'intrepido by Gianni Amelio

Lina Mangiacapre Award

 * Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante
 * Special mention: Femen’s activists of Ukraine Is Not a Brothel by Kitty Green

Golden Mouse

 * Philomena by Stephen Frears
 * Special mention: Stray Dogs by Tsai Ming-liang


 * Silvier Mouse: At Berkeley by Frederick Wiseman
 * Special mention: Home from Home by Edgar Reitz

UK-ITALY Creative Industries Award – Best Innovative Budget

 * The Third Half by Enrico Maria Artale
 * Medeas by Andrea Pallaoro
 * Kush by Shubhashish Bhutiani

Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue

 * Philomena by Stephen Frears

Gillo Pontecorvo Award

 * Con il fiato sospeso by Costanza Quatriglio

Green Drop Award

 * Ana Arabia by Amos Gitai

Young Jury Members of the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival

 * Philomena by Stephen Frears
 * Special mention for a debut film: Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante

"Civitas Vitae prossima" Award

 * Still Life by Uberto Pasolini

Soundtrack Stars Award

 * Best Soundtrack Award: Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante
 * Special mention for Best Contemporary Actor: Ryuchi Sakamoto (Venezia 70 Jury member)

Ambiente WWF Award

 * Amazonia by Thierry Ragobert

Bianchi Award

 * Enzo d’Aló