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The 72nd annual Venice International Film Festival took place from 2 to 12 September 2015.[1] Alfonso Cuarón served as the president of the jury for the main competition.[2] A restored version of Federico Fellini's film Amarcord was shown at the festival.[3] The Venezuelan film From Afar by Lorenzo Vigas won the Golden Lion award.[4]
Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Everest |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Mr. Six |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: From Afar |
| Hosted by | Elisa Sednaoui |
| Festival date | 2 – 12 September 2015 |
| Website | Website |
Everest was selected as the festival's opening night film,[5] while Guan Hu's drama film Mr. Six served as the closing night film.[6] Actress and director Elisa Sednaoui hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the festival.[7]
The festival poster featured Nastassja Kinski in front as reminiscent of Wim Wenders's Faraway, So Close!,[8] while in the background it featured the character of Antoine Doinel portrayed by Jean-Pierre Léaud from François Truffaut's 1959 drama film The 400 Blows, which also appeared on the 71st Venice International Film Festival poster.[9]
The festival honoured Brian De Palma with Glory to the Filmmaker Award and a documentary film titled De Palma by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow also screened at the festival.[10] Jonathan Demme received the Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award, who also served as the President of Horizons (Orizzonti) section jury.[11]
The following people formed the 2015 juries:[12][13]
The following films were selected for the main competition:[14][15][16]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[15][16][17][18]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | |||
| Afternoon | 那日下午 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |
| Black Mass | Scott Cooper | United States | |
| Bleak Street | La calle de la Amargura | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico, Spain |
| Don't Be Bad | Non essere cattivo | Claudio Caligari | Italy |
| Everest (opening film) | Baltasar Kormákur | United Kingdom, United States, Iceland | |
| Blackway | Go with Me | Daniel Alfredson | Canada, United States, Sweden |
| Mr. Six (closing film) | 老炮儿 | Guan Hu | China |
| Spotlight | Tom McCarthy | United States | |
| Non Fiction | |||
| De Palma | Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow | United States | |
| L'esercito piu piccolo del mondo | Gianfranco Pannone | Vatican, Italy | |
| The Event | Событие | Sergei Loznitsa | Netherlands, Belgium |
| I ricordi del fiume | Franco Maresco | Italy | |
| In Jackson Heights | Frederick Wiseman | United States, France | |
| Janis: Little Girl Blue | Amy J. Berg | United States | |
| Gli uomini di questa città io non li conosco | Franco Maresco | Italy | |
| Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | Зима у вогні: Боротьба України за свободу | Evgeny Afineevsky | Ukraine, United States, United Kingdom |
| Special Screening | |||
| Human | Yann Arthus-Bertrand | France | |
The following feature films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[15][16][19]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Burning Love | Pecore In Erba | Alberto Caviglia | Italy |
| The Childhood of a Leader | Brady Corbet | United States, United Kingdom, Hungary, Sweden, France, Canada, Belgium | |
| A Copy of My Mind | Joko Anwar | Indonesia, South Korea | |
| A War | Krigen | Tobias Lindholm | Denmark |
| Neon Bull | Boi Neon | Gabriel Mascaro | Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands |
| Wednesday, May 9 | چهارشنبه ۱۹ اردیبهشت | Vahid Jalilvand | Iran |
| Free in Deed | Jake Mahaffy | United States, New Zealand | |
| Visaranai | விசாரணை | Vetrimaaran | India |
| Interruption | Yorgos Zois | Greece, France, Croatia | |
| Italian Gangsters | Renato De Maria | Italy | |
| Kill Me Please | Mate-Me Por Favor | Anita Rocha Da Silveira | Brazil, Argentina |
| Land Legs | Tempête | Samuel Collardey | France |
| Madame Courage | Merzak Allouache | Algeria, France, United Arab Emirates | |
| Man Down | Dito Montiel | United States | |
| A Monster with a Thousand Heads | Un monstruo de mil cabezas | Rodrigo Plá | Mexico |
| Mountain | Ha'har | Yaelle Kayam | Israel |
| Taj Mahal | Nicolas Saada | France, Belgium | |
| Tharlo | 塔洛 | Pema Tseden | China |
| Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me | Lama Azavtani | Hadar Morag | Israel, France |
| Short Films - Competition | |||
| 55 Pills | 55 Pastillas | Sebastián Muro | Argentina |
| Backyards | Dvorišta | Ivan Salatic | Montenegro |
| Chatting | Lonce Marlonce | Singapore | |
| Champ des possibles | Cristina Picchi | Canada | |
| En defensa Propia | Mariana Arriaga | Mexico | |
| E.T.E.R.N.I.T. | Giovanni Aloi | France | |
| It Seems to Hang on | Kevin Jerome Everson | United States | |
| Monkey | Hou | Jie Shen | China |
| New Eyes | Hiwot Admasu Getaneh | France, Germany, United Kingdom | |
| Oh Gallow Lay | Julian Wayser | United States | |
| Tarântula | Aly Muritiba, Marja Calafanje | Brazil | |
| Violences en Réunion | Karim Boukercha | France | |
| The Young Man Who Came from the Chee River | Jer gun muer rao jer gun | Wichanon Somunjarn | Thailand |
| Short Films - Out of Competition | |||
| Zero | David Victori | United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Mexico | |
The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:[20]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restored Films | |||
| Alexander Nevsky (1938) | Александр Невский | Sergei Eisenstein | Soviet Union |
| Amarcord (1973) | Federico Fellini | Italy | |
| Le Beau Serge (1958) | Claude Chabrol | France | |
| The Boys from Fengkuei (1983) | 風櫃來的人 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| Hardly a Criminal (1949) | Apenas un delincuente | Hugo Fregonese | Argentina |
| Heaven Can Wait (1943) | Ernst Lubitsch | United States | |
| Léon Morin, Priest (1961) | Léon Morin, prêtre | Jean-Pierre Melville | France |
| La lupa (1953) | Alberto Lattuada | Italy | |
| A Matter of Life and Death (1946) | Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom | |
| The Merchant of Venice (1969) | Orson Welles | United States | |
| I Mostri (aka Opiate '67, 1963) | Dino Risi | Italy | |
| Othello (1951) | The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice | Orson Welles | Italy, France, United States |
| The Power and the Glory (1933) | William K. Howard | United States | |
| Ray of Sunshine (1933) | Sonnenstrahl | Paul Fejos | Germany, Austria |
| Red Beard (1965) | 赤ひげ | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) | Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy |
| The Thirsty One (1957) | प्यासा / Pyaasa | Guru Dutt | India |
| To Sleep with Anger (1990) | Charles Burnett | United States | |
| The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932) | William K. Howard | ||
| Umut (1970) | Yilmaz Güney | Turkey | |
| We Want the Colonels (1973) | Vogliamo i colonnelli | Mario Monicelli | Italy |
| White Paws (1949) | Pattes blanches | Jean Grémillon | France |
| Documentaries about cinema | |||
| The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Maddin | Yves Montmayeur | France | |
| Alfredo Bini, the Unexpected Guest | Alfredo Bini, ospite inatteso | Simone Isola | Italy |
| Behind the White Glasses | Dietro gli occhiali bianchi | Valerio Ruiz | |
| A Flickering Truth | Pietra Brettkelly | New Zealand, Afghanistan | |
| For the Love of a Man | Rinku Kalsy | India | |
| Helmut Berger, Actor | Andreas Horvath | Austria | |
| Jacques Tourneur le médium: filmer l'invisible | Alain Mazars | France | |
| Mifune: The Last Samurai | Steven Okazaki | Japan | |
| Venise (1912) | (Unknown) | France | |
The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films:[21]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baby Bump | Kuba Czekaj | Poland | |
| Blanka | Kohki Hasei | Japan, Italy | |
| The Fits | Anna Rose Holmer | United States | |
The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa:[22]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ali, the Goat, and Ibrahim | Ali Mea'za We Ibrahim | Sherif Elbendary | Egypt |
| House in the Fields | Tigmi Nigren | Tala Hadid | Morocco |
| Path of Paradise | Tarik Al-Jenah | Atia Al-Daradji | Iraq |
| Rooster of Beirut | Deek Beirut | Ziad Kalthoum | Syria |
| Separation | Havibon | Hakar Abdulqadir | Iraq |
| Zaineb Hates the Snow | Zaineb Takrahou Ethelj | Kaouther Ben Hania | Tunisia |
The following feature films were selected for the Il Cinema nel Giardino section:[23]
| Screening | Title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Sep | Carlo Lizzani, Il mio cinema | Roberto Torelli, Cristina Torelli, Paolo Luciani | Italy |
| 6 Sep | Al centro del cinema | Gianandrea Caruso, Chiara Dainese, Davide Minotti, Bernardo Pellegrini, Maria Tilli | |
| 8 Sep | ZAC - I Fiori del MALE | Massimo Denaro | |
| 9 Sep | Torn (Torn - Strappati) | Alessandro Gassmann | |
| 10 Sep | Where is the Goldfish? (Il pesce rosso dov'è?) | Elisabetta Sgarbi | |
| 11 Sep | Il decalogo di Vasco | Fabio Masi |
The following films were selected for the 29th Venice International Film Critics' Week:[24][25]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In competition | |||
| Banat (The Journey) | Banat | Adriano Valerio | Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia |
| Kalo Pothi: The Black Hen | Kalo Pothi | Min Bahadur Bham | Nepal, France, Germany |
| Light Years | Esther May Campbell | United Kingdom | |
| Mountain | Montanha | João Salaviza | Portugal, France |
| Motherland | Ana Yurdu | Senem Tüzen | Turkey, Greece |
| The Return | Green Zeng | Singapore | |
| Tanna | Martin Butler | Australia | |
| Special Events - Out of competition | |||
| The Family (Pre-Opening) | Jia | Shumin Liu | China, Australia |
| Orphan (Opening Film) | Peter Mullan | United Kingdom | |
| Bagnoli Jungle (Closing Film) | Antonio Capuano | Italy | |
The following films were selected for the 12th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[26][27]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Arianna | Carlo Lavagna | Italy | |
| As I Open My Eyes | À peine j'ouvre les yeux | Leyla Bouzid | France, Tunisia, Belgium, United Arab Emirates |
| The Daughter | Simon Stone | Australia | |
| Early Winter | Michael Rowe | Australia, Canada | |
| First Light | La prima luce | Vincenzo Marra | Italy |
| Island City | Ruchika Oberoi | India | |
| Klezmer | Piotr Chrzan | Poland | |
| Lolo | Julie Delpy | France | |
| Long Live the Bride | Viva la sposa | Ascanio Celestini | Italy, France, Belgium |
| The Memory of Water | La memoria del agua | Matías Bize | Chile, Spain, Argentina, Germany |
| Retribution | El desconocido | Dani de la Torre | Spain |
| Underground Fragrance | Pengfei | France, China | |
| Special events | |||
| Argentina | Zonda, folclore argentino | Carlos Saura | Argentina, Spain, France |
| Harry's Bar | Carlotta Cerquetti | Italy | |
| Innocence of Memories - Orhan Pamuk's Museum and Istanbul | Grant Gee | United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy | |
| Ma | Celia Rowlson-Hall | United States | |
| Milano 2015 | Elio, Roberto Bolle, Silvio Soldini, Walter Veltroni, Cristiana Capotondi, Giorgio Diritti | Italy | |
| Viva Ingrid! | Alessandro Rossellini | ||
| Miu Miu Women's Tales | |||
| Les 3 Boutons | Agnès Varda | France, Italy | |
| De Djess | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy | |
| Special projects | |||
| Bangland | Lorenzo Berghella | Italy | |
| The Country Where Trees Fly. Eugenio Barba and the Days of Odin | Il paese dove gli alberi volano. Eugenio Barba e i giorni dell'Odin | Davide Barletti, Jacopo Quadri | |
| Dreams of the Salt Lake | I sogni del lago salato | Andrea Segre | |
| Lux Prize | |||
| Mediterranea | Jonas Carpignano | Italy, United States, Germany, France, Qatar | |
| Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | France, Germany, Turkey, Qatar | |
| The Lesson | Urok | Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov | Bulgaria, Greece |
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The following Official Awards were presented at the 72nd edition:[28][4]
The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[33]
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[33]
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