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The 73rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2016.[1]
Festival poster | |
| Opening film | La La Land |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Magnificent Seven |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: The Woman Who Left |
| Hosted by | Sonia Bergamasco |
| Festival date | 31 August – 10 September 2016 |
| Website | Website |
English filmmaker Sam Mendes was the Jury President of the main competition.[2] The opening night film was Damien Chazelle's musical La La Land, and Antoine Fuqua's western The Magnificent Seven was the closing film.[3]
The Golden Lion was awarded to Lav Diaz's film The Woman Who Left.[4]
A new project named Venice Production Bridge was introduced in this edition of the festival. The new project is intended to attract industry professionals and focus on original projects for films, internet, series, virtual reality, and works in progress, in order to help their development and production. It is also meant to work in conjunction with the Venice Film Market which started in 2012. Such projects as Final Cut in Venice, meant to help finance original films from African countries, and the Venice Gap-Financing Market will come under its scope.[5]
The following people formed the 2016 juries:[6][7]
The following films were selected for the main competition:[8][9][10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrival | Denis Villeneuve | United States | |
| The Bad Batch | Ana Lily Amirpour | ||
| The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez | Les Beaux Jours d'Aranjuez | Wim Wenders | France, Germany |
| The Blind Christ | El Cristo ciego | Christopher Murray | Chile |
| Brimstone | Martin Koolhoven | Netherlands, France, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom | |
| The Distinguished Citizen | El ciudadano ilustre | Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat | Argentina, Spain |
| Frantz | François Ozon | France, Germany | |
| Jackie | Pablo Larraín | United States, Chile, France, Italy | |
| La La Land | Damien Chazelle | United States | |
| The Light Between Oceans | Derek Cianfrance | United Kingdom, United States, India, Canada | |
| Nocturnal Animals | Tom Ford | United States | |
| On the Milky Road | Lungo la Via Lattea | Emir Kusturica | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mexico, Serbia, United Kingdom, United States |
| Paradise | Рай | Andrei Konchalovsky | Russia |
| Piuma | Roan Johnson | Italy | |
| These Days | Questi giorni | Giuseppe Piccioni | |
| Spira Mirabilis | Massimo D'Anolfi & Martina Parenti | ||
| The Untamed | La Region Salvaje | Amat Escalante | Mexico, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland |
| Voyage of Time | Terrence Malick | United States | |
| The Woman Who Left | Ang Babaeng Humayo | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
| A Woman's Life | Une Vie | Stéphane Brizé | France, Belgium |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition[11][9][10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Age of Shadows | 밀정 | Kim Jee-woon | South Korea |
| Chuck | The Bleeder | Philippe Falardeau | United States |
| Gantz: O | Yasushi Kawamura | Japan | |
| Hacksaw Ridge | Mel Gibson | United States, Australia | |
| The Journey | Nick Hamm | United Kingdom | |
| The Magnificent Seven | Antoine Fuqua | United States | |
| Monte | Amir Naderi | Italy, United States, France | |
| Never Ever | À jamais | Benoît Jacquot | France, Portugal |
| Planetarium | Rebecca Zlotowski | France, Belgium | |
| Tommaso | Kim Rossi Stuart | Italy | |
| The Young Pope (series) | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy, France, Spain, United Kingdom, United States | |
| Non Fiction | |||
| American Anarchist | Charlie Siskel | United States | |
| Assault to the Sky | Assalto al cielo | Francesco Munzi | Italy |
| Austerlitz | Sergei Loznitsa | Germany | |
| I Called Him Morgan | Kasper Collin | Sweden, United States | |
| One More Time With Feeling | Andrew Dominik | United Kingdom | |
| Our War | La nostra guerra | Bruno Chiaravalloti, Claudio Jampaglia, Benedetta Argentieri | Italy, United States |
| Safari | Ulrich Seidl | Austria, Denmark | |
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[12]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Big Big World | Koca Dünya | Reha Erdem | Turkey |
| Bitter Money | 苦钱 | Wang Bing | Hong Kong |
| Bluebeard | Kékszakállú | Gastón Solnicki | Argentina |
| Boys in the Trees | Nicholas Verso | Australia | |
| Dark Night | Tim Sutton | United States | |
| Dawson City: Frozen Time | Bill Morrison | France, United States | |
| The Eremites | Die Einsiedler | Ronny Trocker | Austria, Germany |
| The Fury of a Patient Man | Tarde para la ira | Raúl Arévalo | Spain |
| The Greatest Dream | Il più grande sogno | Michele Vannucci | Italy |
| Gukoroku - Traces of Sin | Gukoroku | Kei Ishikawa | Japan |
| Heal the Living | Réparer les vivants | Katell Quillévéré | Belgium, France |
| Home | Fien Troch | Belgium | |
| King of the Belgians | Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth | Belgium, Bulgaria, Netherlands | |
| Libera Nos | Liberami | Federica Di Giacomo | Italy, France |
| Malaria | مالاریا | Parviz Shahbazi | Iran |
| Saint George | São Jorge | Marco Martins | France, Portugal |
| Shambles | Maudite poutine | Karl Lemieux | Canada |
| The Wedding Plan | לעבור את הקיר | Rama Burshtein | Israel |
| White Sun | सेतो सुर्य | Deepak Rauniyar | Nepal, Netherlands, Qatar, United States |
| Short films | |||
| 500,000 Years | 500,000 Pee | Chai Siris | Thailand |
| Amalimbo | Juan Pablo Libossart | Sweden, Estonia | |
| Ce qui nous éloigne | Wei Hu | France | |
| Colombi | Luca Ferri | Italy | |
| Dadyaa | Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung | Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung | Nepal, France |
| First Night | Prima Noapte | Andrei Tanase | Romania, Germany |
| Good Luck, Orlo! | Srecno, Orlo! | Sara Kern | Slovenia, Croatia, Austria |
| Good News | Giovanni Fumu | South Korea, Italy | |
| Midwinter | Jake Mahaffy | United States, New Zealand | |
| Molly Bloom | Chiara Caselli | Italy | |
| On the Origin of Fear | Bayu Prihantoro Filemon | Indonesia | |
| Le reste est l’oeuvre de l’homme | Doria Achour | France, Tunisia | |
| Ruah | Flurin Giger | Switzerland | |
| Samedi Cinema | Mamadou Dia | Senegal | |
| Stanza 52 | Maurizio Braucci | Italy | |
| La voz perdida | Marcelo Martinessi | Paraguay, Venezuela, Cuba | |
The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section:[13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restored classic films | |||
| 1848 (1948) | Dino Risi | Italy | |
| An American Werewolf In London (1981) | John Landis | United Kingdom | |
| L'Argent (aka Money) (1983) | L'argent | Robert Bresson | France, Switzerland |
| The Battle of Algiers (1966) | La battaglia di Algeri | Gillo Pontecorvo | Italy, Algeria |
| The Brat (1931) | John Ford | United States | |
| Break Up (1965) | L'uomo dei cinque palloni | Marco Ferreri | Italy, France |
| The City Stands Trial (1952) | Processo alla città | Luigi Zampa | Italy |
| Dark Eyes (1987) | Oci ciornie | Nikita Mikhalkov | Italy, Soviet Union |
| Dawn of the Dead (1978) | George A. Romero | United States, Italy | |
| Everybody Go Home (1960) | Tutti a casa | Luigi Comencini | Italy, France |
| The Great Sacrifice (1943) | Opfergang | Veit Harlan | Germany |
| Legend of the Mountain (1979) | 山中傳奇 | King Hu | Taiwan, Hong Kong |
| Manhattan (1979) | Woody Allen | United States | |
| Nights of Zayandeh Rood (1990) (Opening film) | شبهای زاینده رود | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Iran |
| The Ondekoza (1981) | ざ・鬼太鼓座 | Tai Kato | Japan |
| Pretty Poison (1968) | Noel Black | United States | |
| Scent of a Woman (1974) | Profumo di donna | Dino Risi | Italy |
| Seven Samurai (1954) | 七人の侍 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| Stalker (1979) | Сталкер | Andrei Tarkovsky | Soviet Union |
| The Thief of Paris (1967) | Le Voleur | Louis Malle | France, Italy |
| Twentieth Century (1934) | Howard Hawks | United States | |
| Documentaries on cinema | |||
| Acqua e zucchero. Carlo Di Palma, i colori della vita | Fariborz Kamkari | Italy | |
| Along for the Ride | Nick Ebeling | United States | |
| Bozzetto non troppo | Marco Bonfanti | Italy | |
| Cinema Futures | Michael Palm | Austria | |
| David Lynch: The Art Life | Jon Nguyen, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Rick Barnes | United States, Denmark | |
| E venne l’uomo – Un dialogo con Ermanno Olmi | Alessandro Bignami | Italy | |
| Events in a Cloud Chamber | Ashim Ahluwalia | India | |
| The Graduation | Le Concours | Claire Simon | France |
| Perché sono un genio! Lorenza Mazzetti | Stefano Della Casa, Francesco Frisari | Italy | |
| Viaggio nel cinema in 3D. Una storia Vintage | Jesus Garcès Lambert | ||
The following films were selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section.[14]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ears | Orecchie | Alessandro Aronadio | Italy |
| Hotel Salvation | Mukti Bhawan | Shubhashish Bhutiani | India |
| La Soledad | Jorge Thielen Armand | Venezuela | |
| One Sister | Una Hermana | Sofia Brockenshire, Verena Kuri | Argentina |
The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa:[15]
| Original Title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|
| Félicité | Alain Gomis | France, Senegal, Belgium |
| Ghost Hunting | Raed Andoni | Palestine, France, Switzerland |
| Obscure (Documentary) | Soudade Kaadan | Syria, Lebanon |
| One of These Days | Nadim Tabet | Lebanon |
| Poisonous Roses | Fawzi Saleh | Egypt, France, Qatar |
| The Wound | John Trengove | South Africa, Germany, Netherlands, France |
The following feature films were selected for the Il Cinema nel Giardino section:[16][17]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franca: Chaos and Creation (documentary) | Francesco Carrozzini | Italy, United States | |
| In Dubious Battle | James Franco | United States | |
| Inseparables | Marcos Carnevale | Argentina | |
| My Art | Laurie Simmons | United States | |
| The Net | 그물 | Kim Ki-Duk | South Korea |
| Robinù (documentary) | Michele Santoro | Italy | |
| The Secret Life of Pets | Chris Renaud, Yarrow Cheney | United States | |
| Summertime | L'estate addosso | Gabriele Muccino | Italy |
The following film was presented as a Special Screening of the Official Selection:[18]
The following films were selected for the International Critics' Week section:[19][20]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In competition | |||
| Days of France | Jours de France | Jérôme Reybaud | France |
| Drum | Tabl | Keywan Karimi | France, Iran |
| The Last of Us | Akher Wahed Fina | Ala Eddine Slim | Lebanon, Qatar, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates |
| The Last Things | Le Ultime Cose | Irene Dionisio | France, Italy, Switzerland |
| The Nobodies | Los Nadie | Juan Sebastián Mesa | Colombia |
| Prank | Vincent Biron | Canada | |
| Singing in the Graveyards | Singing sa mga Dakong Libingan | Bradley Liew | Malaysia, Philippines |
| Special Events - Out of competition | |||
| Prevenge (Opening film) | Alice Lowe | United Kingdom | |
| Are We Not Cats (Closing film) | Xander Robin | United States | |
The following films were selected for the 13th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[21][22]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Guilty Men | Pariente | Ivan D. Gaona | Colombia |
| Heartstone | Hjartasteinn | Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Iceland |
| Hounds of Love | Ben Young | Australia | |
| Indivisible | Indivisibili | Edoardo De Angelis | Italy |
| Ordinary People | Pamilya Ordinaryo | Eduardo Roy Jr. | Philippines |
| Polina | Polina, danser sa vie | Angelin Preljocaj, Valérie Müller | France |
| Quit Staring at My Plate | Ne gledaj mi u pijat | Hana Jušić | Croatia, Denmark |
| The Road to Mandalay | Midi Z | Taiwan, Myanmar, France, Germany | |
| Sami Blood | Sameblod | Amanda Kernell | Sweden |
| The War Show | Andreas Dalsgaard and Obadiah Zytoon | Syria | |
| The War Within | Ombre dal fondo | Paola Piacenza | Italy |
| Worldly Girl | La ragazza del mondo | Marco Danieli | |
| Special Events | |||
| Always Shine | Sophia Takal | United States | |
| Coffee | Caffè | Cristiano Bortone | Belgium, China, Italy |
| Il profumo del tempo delle favole | Mauro Caputo | Italy | |
| Rocco | Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai | France | |
| L'uomo che non cambiò la storia | Enrico Caria | Italy | |
| Vangelo | Pippo Delbono | Italy, Belgium, Switzerland | |
| You Never Had It. An Evening with Bukowski | Matteo Borgardt | United States, Italy, Mexico | |
| Miu Miu Women's Tales | |||
| Seed | Naomi Kawase | Japan | |
| That One Day | Crystal Moselle | United States | |
| Lux Award | |||
| Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Germany, Austria, Monaco, Romania, France | |
| My Life as a Courgette | Ma vie de Courgette | Claude Barras | Switzerland, France |
| As I Open My Eyes | À peine j'ouvre les yeux | Leyla Bouzid | Tunisia, France, Belgium, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland |
The following official awards were presented at the 73rd edition:[23][24]
The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[25]
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[25]
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