66th Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmBaarìa
Closing filmChengdu, I Love You
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden LionLebanon
Hosted byMaria Grazia Cucinotta
Festival date2–12 September 2009
WebsiteWebsite
66th Venice International Film Festival

The 66th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, was held from 2 to 12 September 2009, with Maria Grazia Cucinotta serving as the festival's hostess.[1][2] The opening film of the festival was Baarìa by Giuseppe Tornatore and the closing film was Chengdu, I Love You by Fruit Chan and Cui Jian.

The international competition jury, chaired by Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee, awarded the Golden Lion to Lebanon by Samuel Maoz.[3]

Juries

The international juries of the 66th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:[4][5][6]

Main competition (Venezia 66)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

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

Corto-Cortissimo (Short Film Competition)

  • Stuart Gordon American filmmaker, theater director and playwright - Jury President[10]
  • Steve Ricci, Italian cinematographer, screenwriter and editor
  • Sitora Alieva, Russian artistic director of the International Film Festival Kinotav

Controcampo Italiano

  • Carlo Lizzani, Italian director, screenwriter and critic - Jury President[11]
  • Giulio Questi, Italian director and screenwriter
  • Marina Sanna, Italian chief editor of cinema magazine

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films competed for the Golden Lion:[12]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Accident意外Cheang Pou-SoiChina(Hong Kong)
Around a Small Mountain36 vues du pic Saint-LoupJacques RivetteFrance, Italy
Baarìa (opening film)Giuseppe TornatoreItaly, France
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New OrleansWerner HerzogUnited States
Between Two WorldsAhasin WeteiVimukthi JayasundaraSri Lanka
The Big DreamIl grande sognoMichele PlacidoItaly, France
Capitalism: A Love StoryMichael MooreUnited States
The Double HourLa doppia oraGiuseppe CapotondiItaly
GrandmotherLolaBrillante MendozaFrance, Philippines
LebanonSamuel MaozIsrael, France, Germany, United Kingdom
Life During WartimeTodd SolondzUnited States
LourdesJessica HausnerAustria
Mr NobodyJaco van DormaelBelgium, Canada, France, Germany
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye DoneWerner HerzogUnited States
PersécutionPatrice ChéreauFrance
Prince of Tears淚王子YonfanTaiwan
The RoadJohn HillcoatUnited States
A Single ManTom Ford
Soul KitchenFatih AkınGermany
Survival of the DeadGeorge A. RomeroCanada, United States
Tetsuo: The Bullet ManTetsuo ProjectShinya TsukamotoJapan
The TravellerالمسافرAhmad MaherEgypt, Italy
White MaterialClaire DenisFrance
The White SpaceLo spazio biancoFrancesca ComenciniItaly
Women Without MenZanan-e bedun-e mardanShirin NeshatGermany, Austria, France, Italy, Ukraine, Morocco
Highlighted title indicates Golden Lion for best film.

Out of Competition

The following films were screened as Out of competition:[13]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Brooklyn's FinestAntoine FuquaUnited States
Chengdu, I Love You (closing film)成都我爱你Fruit Chan, Cui JianChina
Delhi-6Rakeysh Omprakash MehraIndia
Dev.DAnurag Kashyap
Great DirectorsAngela IsmailosUnited States
Green DaysRuzhaye SabzHana MakhmalbafIran
Gulaal गुलालAnurag KashyapIndia
The HoleJoe DanteUnited States
The Informant!Steven Soderbergh
The Men Who Stare at GoatsGrant Heslov
Napoli, Napoli, NapoliAbel FerraraItaly
L'oro di Cuba Giuliano Montaldo
Rambo (Director's Cut)Sylvester StalloneUnited States
REC 2Jaume Balagueró, Paco PlazaSpain
The Red ShadowsLe ombre rosseFrancesco MaselliItaly
Rehearsal for a Sicilian TragedyProve per una tragedia sicilianaRoman Paska, John Turturro
Scheherazade, Tell Me a Storyإحكي يا شهرزادYousry NasrallahEgypt
South of the BorderOliver StoneUnited States
Valhalla RisingNicolas Winding RefnDenmark, United Kingdom
Yona Yona PenguinよなよなペンギンRintaroJapan, France

Corto Cortissimo (Short Film Competition)

The following films were selected for the Corto Cortissimo (Short film competition) section:[14]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In competition
FelicitàSalome AleksiGeorgia
The KinematographKinematografTomek BaginskiPoland
I Know There’s a ManSo Che C'è Un UomoGianclaudio CappaiItaly
This Is Earth, My BrotherTo je zemljia, brat mojJan CvitkovičSlovenia, Italy
Still BirdsAlle FuglerSara EliassenNorway
BlissO Teu SorrisoPedro FreireBrazil
The GameIl GiocoAdriano GianniniItaly
Object #1Murad IbragimbekovRussia
GirllikemeRowland JobsonUnited Kingdom
FirstbornEersgeboreneEtienne KallosSouth Africa, United States
Mom’S VacationUmma-E HugaKwang-Bok KimSouth Korea
StorageDavid LeaUnited Kingdom
Of Clouds and HandsNuvole, ManiSimone MassiFrance
SinnerMeni PhilipIsrael
Family JewelsMartin StittUnited States, United Kingdom
For TwoEr RenShijie TanSingapore
BicycleJitenshaDean YamadaJapan, United States
KingyoEdmund YeoJapan, Malaysia
Out of Competition
Plastic Bag (Opening film) Ramin Bahrani United States
The It.Aliens (Closing Film) Clemens Klopfenstein, Lukas Klopfenstein Italy, Switzerland
Special Events
Recordare Leonardo Carrano, Alessandro Pierattini Italy
The City in the Sky La città nel cielo Giacomo Cimini United Kingdom, Italy
The Second Family La seconda famiglia Alberto Dall'Ara Italy
Earth Tzu Nyen Ho Singapore
Radio Riccardo Pugliese United States, Italy
War Uerra Paolo Sassanelli Italy
A la lune montante Annarita Zambrano France
Highlighted title indicates Corto Cortissimo Lion winner.

Horizons (Orizzonti)

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[15]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
1428Haibin DuChina
AdriftChoi voiBui Thac ChuyenVietnam
Bets and Wedding DressesTris di donne & abiti nuzialiVincenzo TerraccianoItaly
Buried SecretsDowahaRaja AmariTunisia
ClashEngkwentroPepe DioknoPhilippines
The Color of WordsIl colore delle paroleMarco Simon PuccioniItaly
Cow斗牛Guan HuChina
CrushKorotkoe zamykaniePyotr Buslov, Alexei German Jr., Boris Khlebnikov, Kirill Serebrennikov, Ivan VyrypaevRussia
Francesca (Opening film)Bobby PaunescuRomania
I Am LoveIo sono l'amoreLuca GuadagninoItaly
I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love YouViajo porque preciso, volto porque te amoMarcelo Gomes, Karim AïnouzBrazil
Judge透析Jie LiuChina
The Man’s Woman and Other StoriesAadmi ki Aurat Aur Anya KahaniyaAmit DuttaIndia
The Movie Orgy - Ultimate VersionJoe DanteUnited States
Once upon a time Proletarian曾经的无产者Xiaolu GuoChina
The One All AloneFrank SchefferNetherlands
One-ZeroWahed-SefrKamla Abou ZekryEgypt
ParaisoHéctor GálvezPeru
PeppermintaPipilotti RistSwitzerland
Repo ChickAlex CoxUnited States
SunstrokeInsolaçãoFelipe Hirsch, Daniela ThomasBrazil
Tender ParasitesZarte ParasitenChristian Becker, Oliver SchwabeGermany
TotòPeter SchreinerAustria
VillalobosRomuald KarmakarGermany
Woman on Fire Looks for WaterWoo Ming JinMalaysia, South Korea
Horizons Events
Armando Testa - Povero ma moderno Pappi Corsicato Italy
The Marriage Peter Greenaway Italy, Spain
Reading Book of Blockade Chitaem 'Blokadnuju knigu' Alexander Sokurov Russia
The Death of Pentheus Philip Haas United States
La Bohème Werner Herzog United Kingdom
Faces of Seoul Seo-wool eui ul-gul Gina Kim United States, South Korea
Hugo en Afrique Stefano Knuchel Switzerland
Via della croce Serena Nono Italy
Mudanza (short) Pere Portabella Spain
Deserto rosa. Luigi Ghirri Elisabetta Sgarbi Italy
La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet La danse - Le ballet de l'Opéra de Paris Frederick Wiseman France, United States
Cock-Crow David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi Italy
Daimon
Highlighted title indicates the Lion of the Future winner

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

As part of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2009, which was conferred to John Lasseter and the Directors of Disney-Pixar, the following American animation films were presented:[16]

Cortocampo Italiano

The following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section:[17]

English title Original title Director(s)
CosmonautCosmonautaSusanna Nicchiarelli
David's BirthdayIl CompleannoMarco Filiberti
Giuseppe De SantisCarlo Lizzani
Hollywood on the TiberHollywood sul TevereMarco Spagnoli
In the EyesNegli occhiFrancesco Del Grosso, Daniele Anzellotti
The LittleIl PiccoloMaurizio Zaccaro
PoetsPoetiToni D'Angelo
Sputnik 5Susanna Nicchiarelli
Ten WintersDieci InverniValerio Mieli

Italian Retrospective: These Phantoms 2

For this retrospective section on Italian cinema, 39 feature and 26 short films were screened, including documentaries. The films were mainly from the period 1946 - 1971, with a few only films going back to the 1930s and reaching up to 2009.[18]

English title Original title Director(s)
Accidenti alla guerra!... (1948)Giorgio Simonelli
Break Up (1965)L'uomo dei cinque palloniMarco Ferreri
Carmen di Trastevere (1963)Carmine Gallone
Death of a Friend (1959)Morte di un amicoFranco Rossi
Dreams Die at Dawn (1961)I sogni muoiono all'albaIndro Montanelli, Enrico Gras, Mario Craveri
Easy Years (1953)Anni faciliLuigi Zampa
Un eroe del nostro tempo (1960)Sergio Capogna
The Flame That Will Not Die (1949)La Fiamma che non si spegneVittorio Cottafavi
Galileo (1968)Liliana Cavani
Girl in the Window (1961)La ragazza in vetrinaLuciano Emmer
The Great War (1959)La grande guerraMario Monicelli
House of Ricordi (1954)Casa RicordiCarmine Gallone
Hurricane Rosy (1979)Temporale RosyMario Monicelli
The Invisible Ones (1988)Gli InvisibiliPasquale Squitieri
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It (1970)Uccidete il vitello grasso e arrostiteloSalvatore Samperi
Love in Rome (1960)Un amore a RomaDino Risi
The Lovemakers (1961)La viacciaMauro Bolognini
Margherita and Her Three Uncles (1942)Margherita fra i treIvo Perilli
The Naked Hours (1964)Le ore nudeMarco Vicario
Nerosubianco (1968)Tinto Brass
Noi cannibali (1953)Antonio Leonviola
One Between the Crowd (1946)Uno tra la follaEnnio Cerlesi, Piero Tellini
Princess Cinderella (1941)Cenerentola e il Signor BonaventuraSergio Tofano
A Quiet Place in the Country (1969)Un tranquillo posto di campagnaElio Petri
The Reunion (1963)La RimpatriataDamiano Damiani
The Ship of Condemned Women (1954)La nave delle donne maledetteRaffaello Matarazzo
Stories in the Sand (1963)Storie sulla sabbiaRiccardo Fellini
The Stranger's Hand (1954)La mano dello stranieroMario Soldati
Il tramontana (1965)Adriano Barbano
Tre nel mille (1971)Franco Indovina
The Wanderers (1956)I girovaghiHugo Fregonese
Women Without Names (1950)Donne senza nomeGéza von Radványi

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following films were selected for the 24th International Film Critics' Week:[19]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In competition
Cafe NoirKa-pe-neu-wa-reuJung Sung-ilSouth Korea
A Rational SolutionDet enda rationellaJörgen BergmarkSweden
DomainDomainePatric ChihaFrance, Austria
Crawfishlike KakrakiIlya DemichevRussia
FoxesLištičkyMira FornayCzech Republic, Slovakia, Ireland
TehrounTéhéranNader T. HomayounFrance, Iran
Out of competition
Metropia (opening film) Tarik Saleh Sweden
The Pothole (closing film) Chaleh Ali Karim Iran
Videocracy Erik Gandini Sweden

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 6th edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:[20][21]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In competition
The ApeApanJesper GanslandtSweden
Barking WaterSterlin HarjoUnited States
Blood and Rain La sangre y la lluvia Jorge Navas Colombia, Argentina
Cell 211Celda 211Daniel MonzónSpain, France
Desert FlowerSherry HormannUnited Kingdom, Germany, Austria, France
Fat PeopleGordosDaniel Sánchez ArévaloSpain
FranceFranciaIsrael Adrián CaetanoArgentina
HarragasMerzak AllouacheAlgeria, France
HoneymoonsGoran PaskaljevicSerbia, Albania
The HordeLa hordeYannick Dahan, Benjamin RocherFrance
Hymn to LoveL’amore e bastaStefano ConsiglioItaly
I'm Glad My Mother Is AliveJe suis heureux que ma mere soit vivanteClaude Miller, Nathan MillerFrance
The Last Days of Emma BlankDe laatste Dagen van Emma BlankAlex van WarmerdamNetherlands
Mille giorni di Vito Elisabetta Pandimiglio Italy
Poetry, You See MePoesia che mi guardiMarina Spada
Silent VoiceQu’un seul tienne et les autres suivrontLéa FehnerFrance
What Do You Know About MeDi me cosa ne saiValerio JalongoItaly
Out of competition
Ragazze la vita trema Paola Sangiovanni Italy
The Swindlers (1959) I magliari Francesco Rosi Italy, France
Teat Beat of Sex Signe Baumane United States
Videocracy Erik Gandini Sweden
Vittorio D Mario Canale, Annarosa Morri Italy

Official Awards

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 66th edition of the festival:[3]

In competition (Venezia 66)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

  • Best Film: Engkwentro by Pepe Diokno
  • Best Documentary: 1428 by Haibin Du
    • Special mention: The Man's Woman and Other Stories by Amit Dutta

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

  • Best Short Film: Firstborn by Etienne Kallos
  • Venice Nomination to the European Film Awards 2009: Sinner by Meni Philip
    • Special mention: Felicità by Salomé Aleksi

Controcampo Italiano

  • Best Feature Film: Cosmonaut by Susanna Nicchiarelli
    • Special Mention: In the Eyes by Francesco Del Grosso, Daniele Anzellotti

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Special awards

Independent Sections Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[22]

Venice International Film Critics' Week

  • "Region of Veneto for quality cinema" Award: Tehroun by Takmil Homayoun Nader
  • Future Film Festival Digital Award: Metropia by Tarik Saleh

Venice Days (Giornati degli Autori)

Independent Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[22]

FIPRESCI Award

Queer Lion

SIGNIS Award

Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI)

Leoncino d'oro Agiscuola Award

La Navicella – Venezia Cinema Award

C.I.C.T. UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award

UNICEF Award

Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award

Biografilm Lancia Award

Brian Prize by UAAR

Lanterna Magica Award (Cgs)

  • Cosmonauta by Susanna Nicchiarelli

FEDIC Award

  • The White Space by Francesca Comencini
    • Special Mention: What Do You Know About Me by Valerio Jalongo

Arca Cinemagiovani Awards

Lina Mangiacapre Award

Air For Film Fest Award

  • The White Space by Francesca Comencini

Open Award 2009

  • Capitalism: A love story by Michael Moore

Gianni Astrei Award

  • The White Space by Francesca Comencini

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