54th Venice International Film Festival


The 54th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 27 August to 6 September 1997.
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.
Takeshi Kitano's Hana-bi was the Golden Lion winner.
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Juries

The following people comprised the 1997 jury:

Main competition

Short films competition

Official sections

The following films were selected to be screened:

Independent sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as in competition for this section:
✅ Consistent with your earlier tables:

Official awards

Main competition

''Luigi de Laurentis'' award for a debut film

[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]

Independent awards

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

Prize of the International Youth Jury

FIPRESCI Prize

OCIC Award

UNICEF Award

UNESCO Award

Pasinetti Award

Pietro Bianco Award

Isvema Award

FEDIC Award

Little Golden Lion

Anicaflash Prize

Elvira Notari Prize

Bastone Bianco Award

Sergio Trasatti Award

CinemAvvenire Award

Enzo Serafin Award

Kodak Award