The 54th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 27 August to 6 September 1997.[1][2]
Location | Venice, Italy |
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Founded | 1932 |
Awards | Golden Lion: Hana-bi |
Festival date | 27 August – 6 September 1997 |
Website | Website |
New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion was the Jury President of the Main Competition. The opening film was Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry, while the closing film was a restored version of 1912 silent film Richard III, accompanied live by Vittorio Gassman serving as narrator and Ennio Morricone conducing the Arturo Toscanini Orchestra.[3] Takeshi Kitano's Hana-bi was the Golden Lion winner.
Juries edit
The following people comprised the 1997 jury:[3][4]
Main competition edit
- Jane Campion, New Zealand filmmaker and producer – jury president
- Ronald Bass, American writer and producer
- Véra Belmont, French producer
- Peter Buchka, German critic
- Nana Jorjadze, Georgian filmmaker and actress
- Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabé filmmaker
- Charlotte Rampling, British actress
- Shinya Tsukamoto, Japanese filmmaker, producer and actor
- Francesco Rosi, Italian director
Short films competition edit
- Marco Bellocchio, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
- Clare Peploe, British producer and screenwriter
- Olivier Assayas, French filmmaker and film critic
Official sections edit
The following films were selected to be screened:[3][5]
In competition edit
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Blinded | A ciegas | Daniel Calparsoro | Spain |
Chinese Box | Wayne Wang | United States | |
Dry Cleaning | Nettoyage à sec | Anne Fontaine | France |
Hana-bi | Takeshi Kitano | Japan | |
Hardboiled Egg | Ovosodo | Paolo Virzì | Italy |
The Informant | Jim McBride | United States, Ireland | |
Keep Cool | 有話好好說 | Yimou Zhang | China |
Love Stories | Historie milosne | Jerzy Stuhr | Poland |
Niagara, Niagara | Bob Gosse | United States, Canada | |
One Night Stand | Mike Figgis | United States | |
Ossos | Pedro Costa | Portugal, France, Denmark | |
The Oyster and the Wind | A Ostra e o Vento | Walter Lima Jr. | Brazil |
Round the Moons Between Earth and Sea | Giro di lune tra terra e mare | Giuseppe M. Gaudino | Italy, Germany |
Seventh Heaven | Le Septième ciel | Benoît Jacquot | France |
The Thief | Вор | Pavel Chukhraj | Russia |
The Vesuvians | I vesuviani | Pappi Corsicato, Antonio Capuano, Antonietta de Lillo, Stefano Incerti, Mario Martone |
Italy |
Wild Games | Combat de fauves | Benoit Lamy | Belgium, Germany, France |
The Winter Guest | Alan Rickman | United Kingdom |
Out of competition edit
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Deconstructing Harry (opening film) | Woody Allen | United States | |
Danubio | Ivo B. Micheli | Italy | |
Full Tilt Boogie | Sarah Kelly | United States | |
The Kingdom II | Riget II | Lars von Trier | Denmark |
Our God's Brother | Brat naszego Boga | Krzysztof Zanussi | Poland, Italy, Germany |
Richard III (closing film) | André Calmettes and James Keane | France, United States |
Midday (mezzogiorno) edit
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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100% Arabica | Mahmoud Zemmouri | Algeria, France | |
Bent Familia | Nouri Bouzid | Tunisia | |
Cinque giorni di tempesta | Francesco Calogero | Italy | |
Go for Gold! | Lucian Segura | Germany, Spain, France | |
In the Name of Innocence | Im Namen der Unschuld | Andreas Kleinert | Germany |
Kokkuri-san | こっくりさん | Takahisa Zeze | Japan |
The Locusts | John Patrick Kelley | United States | |
The Second Civil War | Joe Dante | United States | |
True Love and Chaos | Stavros Kazantzidis | Australia |
Midnight (mezzanotte) edit
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Affliction | Paul Schrader | United States | |
Air Force One | Wolfgang Petersen | United States | |
The Bride's Journey | Il viaggio della sposa | Sergio Rubini | Italy |
Deceiver | Jonas and Joshua Pate | United States | |
Heroines | Héroïnes | Gérard Krawczyk | France |
Marquise | Véra Belmont | France | |
Mimic | Guillermo del Toro | United States | |
The Tango Lesson | La lección de tango | Sally Potter | Argentina, United Kingdom |
Venetian workshop edit
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Alors, voila | Michel Piccoli | France | |
The Collector | Neitoperho | Auli Mantila | Finland |
Malemare | Pasquale Mazzarro | Italy | |
Miramar | Júlio Bressane | Brazil | |
The Night of the Painter | Der tag des malers | Werner Nekes | Germany |
The Sanguinaires | Les Sanguinaires | Laurent Cantet | France |
The Sticky Fingers of Time | Hilary Brougher | United States | |
Strawberry Fields | Rea Tajiri | United States | |
Subway Stories | Bob Balaban, Patricia Benoit, Julie Dash, Jonathan Demme, Ted Demme, Abel Ferrara, Alison Maclean, Craig McKay, Lucas Platt, Seth Rosenfeld | United States | |
Tamas and Juli | Tamás és Juli | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary |
Tatuaggi | Laura Angiulli | Italy | |
The Tree of Hanging Destinies | L'albero dei destini sospesi | Rachid Benhadj | Italy |
Non Fiction | |||
4 Little Girls | Spike Lee | United States | |
As Time Goes By | 去日苦多 | Ann Hui | Taiwan |
HHH: Portrait de Hou Hsiao-hsien | Olivier Assayas | France, Taiwan | |
In memoriam Gyöngyössy Imre | Katalyn Peteny, Barna Kabay | Hungary | |
Kippur | Amos Gitai | Isreal | |
Still Love You After All These | 念你如昔 | Stanley Kwan | Taiwan, China |
The Voice of Bergman | Bergmans rost | Gunnar Bergdahl | Sweden |
The Year After Dayton | Das Jahr nach Dayton | Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Austria |
Special screenings edit
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Tribute to Alida Valli | |||
The Third Man | Carol Reed | United Kingdom | |
Tribute to Gerard Depardieu | |||
Hurricane Rosy | Temporale Rosy | Mario Monicelli | Italy |
Tribute to Marcello Mastroianni | |||
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember (long version) | Mi ricordo, sì, io mi ricordo | Anna Maria Tatò | Italy |
Tribute to Roberto Rossellini | |||
Roberto Rossellini: il mestiere di uomo | Beppe Cino | Italy | |
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV | La presa del potere da parte di Luigi XIV | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
Independent sections edit
Venice International Film Critics' Week edit
The following feature films were selected to be screened as in competition for this section:[6]
- The Fifth Season (Fasl-e panjom) by Rafi Pitts (Iran)
- Gummo by Harmony Korine (United States)
- Marie from the Bay of Angels (Marie Baie des Anges) by Manuel Pradal (France)
- Masumiyet (en. Innocence) by Zeki Demirkubuz (Turkey)
- Dance of the Wind (Swara Mandal) by Rajan Khosa (India)
- To Die for Tano (Tano da morire) by Roberta Torre (Italy)
- Unmade Beds by Nicholas Barker (United Kingdom)
Official awards edit
Main competition edit
- Golden Lion: Hana-bi by Takeshi Kitano
- Grand Special Jury Prize: Ovosodo by Paolo Virzi
- Golden Osella:
- Best Original Screenplay: Nettoyage à sec for Gilles Taurand
- Best Cinematography: Ossos for Emmanuel Machuel
- Best Original Music: Chinese Box for Graeme Revell
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Wesley Snipes for One Night Stand
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Robin Tunney for Niagara, Niagara
Luigi de Laurentis award for a debut film edit
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement edit
Independent awards edit
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal edit
Prize of the International Youth Jury edit
FIPRESCI Prize edit
- Love Stories by Jerzy Stuhr
- Twenty Four Seven by Shane Meadows
- Honorable Mention: Harmony Korine for Gummo
OCIC Award edit
- The Winter Guest by Alan Rickman
- Honorable Mention:
UNICEF Award edit
UNESCO Award edit
- La strana storia di Banda Sonora by Francesca Archibugi)
Pasinetti Award edit
- Best Film: Giro di lune tra terra e mare
- Best Actor: Edoardo Gabbriellini for Ovosodo
- Best Actress: Emma Thompson for The Winter Guest
Pietro Bianco Award edit
Isvema Award edit
- Giro di lune tra terra e mare by Giuseppe M. Gaudino
FEDIC Award edit
- Tano da morire by Roberta Torre
- Honorable Mention: Amleto... frammenti by Bruno Bigoni
Little Golden Lion edit
Anicaflash Prize edit
Elvira Notari Prize edit
Bastone Bianco Award edit
- Alors voilà by Michel Piccoli
Sergio Trasatti Award edit
- Love Stories by Jerzy Stuhr
- In memoriam Gyöngyössy Imre by Barna Kabay
CinemAvvenire Award edit
Enzo Serafin Award edit
Kodak Award edit
References edit
- ^ "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – 1997". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "The 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ a b c Grassi, Giovanna (19 July 1997). "Mostra di Venezia, via con Allen erotico". Corriere della Sera. p. 31.
- ^ "Juries for the 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Il Programma". La Stampa. 27 August 1997. p. 23.
- ^ "12th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.