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.
Jury
The following people were selected for the main competition jury:Main competition
- Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director
- Andrea Arnold, English director
- Renato Berta, Swiss-France director of photography
- Carrie Fisher, American actress, screenwriter and novelist
- Martina Gedeck, German actress
- Pablo Larraín, Chilean director
- Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
- Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer
- Jiang Wen, Chinese actor and director
- Paul Schrader, American screenwriter, film director and critic
- Catherine Corsini, French film director, 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 film, TV and stage actor
- Haifaa Al Mansour, Saudi Arabian film director
- Amat Escalante, Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter
- Alexej German Jr., Soviet and Russian director and screenwriter
- Geoffrey Gilmore, director of Tribeca Film Festival
- Ariane Labed, Greek-born French actress
- Maria Sole Tognazzi, Italian film director
Official selection
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
The following films were selected for the Horizons section:Venice Classics
The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section: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
- Dai Nostri Inviati – La RAI racconta la mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 by Enrico Salvatori, Giuseppe Giannotti, Davide Savelli
''Venice 70 - Future Reloaded''
Autonomous sections
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 section: Starting from this edition, Venice Days has created its own international award "for a film from the entire Official Selection".Awards
Official selection
The following Official Awards were conferred at the 70th edition:In Competition
- 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
- Award for Best Screenplay: Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope for Philomena
- Special Jury Prize: The Police Officer's Wife by Philip Gröning
- 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
- 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
- Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement: William Friedkin
- 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
Autonomous sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
- Lion of the Future
- FIPRESCI Awards - Best Film : The Reunion by Anna Odell
- Arca CinemaGiovani Award - Best Italian film: The Art of Happiness by Alessandro Rak
- FEDIC Award: Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot by Matteo Oleotto
- Fedeora Awards:
- *Best Film: Class Enemy by Rok Bicek
- *Award for Best Cinematography: Inti Briones for The Quispe Girls by Sebastián Sepúlveda
- "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 Award: Kill Your Darlings by John Krokidas
- Label Europa Cinemas Award: The Good Life by Jean Denizot
- Open Award: Serena Nono for directing Venezia salva
- 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
- Europa Cinemas Label Award: The Good Life by Jean Denizot
Other collateral awards
- FIPRESCI Awards - Best Film : Tom at the Farm by Xavier Dolan
- SIGNIS Award: Philomena by Stephen Frears
- Francesco Pasinetti Award:
- *Best Film: Still Life by Uberto Pasolini
- *Best Actors: Elena Cotta, Alba Rohrwacher, Antonio Albanese
- Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award: Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi
- Brian Award: Philomena by Stephen Frears
- Queer Lion 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
- P. Nazareno Taddei Award: Philomena by Stephen Frears
- Lanterna Magica Award: L'intrepido by Gianni Amelio
- Lina Mangiacapre Award: Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante
- Golden Mouse: Philomena by Stephen Frears
- Silvier Mouse: At Berkeley by Frederick Wiseman
- 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
- "Civitas Vitae prossima" Award: Still Life by Uberto Pasolini
- Soundtrack Stars Award*
- *Best Soundtrack Award: Via Castellana Bandiera'' by Emma Dante
- Ambiente WWF Award: Amazonia by Thierry Ragobert
- Bianchi Award: Enzo d’Aló