57th Venice International Film Festival

The 57th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 30 August to 9 September 2000.
Czech filmmaker Miloš Forman was the Jury President of the main competition.
The Golden Lion was awarded to the Iranian film The Circle, directed by Jafar Panahi. American filmmaker and actor Clint Eastwood was the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

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Jury

The following people comprised the 2000 jury:

Main Competition

Miloš Forman, Czech filmmaker - Jury President
Tahar Ben Jelloun, Moroccan writer
Giuseppe Bertolucci, Italian director
Claude Chabrol, French filmmaker
Andreas Kilb, Italian film critic
Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
Samira Makhmalbaf, Iranian filmmaker

Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Feature

Atom Egoyan, Armenian-Canadian director - Jury President
Mimmo Calopresti, Italian director
Bill Krohn, American critic
Chiara Mastroianni, French actress
Peter Mullan, Scottish actor and director

Short Films Competition

Georges Bollon, French founder of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
Giuseppe Piccioni, Italian director
Nina Proll, Austrian actress

Official Sections

Out of Competition

The following films were screened out of competition:

''Cinema del Presente''

An official selection of films that stand out for their "attempt at innovation, originality or innovative film style".

Dreams and Visions

The following films were selected for the section "Dreams and Visions" :

New Territories

The following films were selected for the section "New Territories" :Branca de Neve directed by João César Monteiro Endgame directed by Conor McPherson Tales of an Island directed by Dariush Mehrjui, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Shahabodin Farokh Yar Fare la vita directed by Tonino De Bernardi Happy Days directed by Patricia Rozema Invocación directed by Héctor Faver MacBeth sangrador directed by Leonardo Henríquez Mones com la Becky directed by Joaquím Jordá, Núria Villazán O Rap do Pequeno Príncipe Contra as Almas Sebosas directed by Paulo Caldas, Marcelo Luna Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story directed by Shelly Dunn Fremont, Vincent Fremont The Young and the Dead directed by Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini Une Vie de Chiens directed by Michko Netchak
; Non-fictionCurrency and Blonde directed by Rokuro Mochizuki Die Wahlkämpferin directed by Helmut Grasser Oshima'99 directed by Naoe Gozu

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:Merry Christmas by Lucho Bender Poetical Refugee by Abdellatif Kechiche Pictures Deep in One's Eyes by Giuseppe Rocca Nights by Cláudia Tomaz The Day I Became a Woman by Marzieh Meshkini Scoutman by Masato Ishioka You Can Count on Me by Kenneth Lonergan

Official Awards

Independent Awards

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

Our Lady of the Assassin by Barbet Schroeder

FIPRESCI Prize

Best First Feature: Thomas in Love by Pierre-Paul Renders
Best Feature: The Circle by Jafar Panahi

OCIC Award

Liam by Stephen Frears
*Honorable Mention: Before Night Falls by Julian Schnabel
*Honorable Mention: The Circle by Jafar Panahi

Netpac Award

Platform by Jia Zhangke
*Special Mention: Seom by Ki-duk Kim

Don Quixote Award

Protagonisti, i diritti del '900 by Daniele Segre

UNICEF Award

The Circle by Jafar Panahi

UNESCO Award

The Day i Became a Woman by Marzieh Meshkini

Pasinetti Award

Best Film: I cento passi by Marco Tullio Giordana
Best Actor: Antonio Albanese and Fabrizio Bentivoglio for Holy Tongue
Best Actress: Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee, Fatemeh Naghavi, Nargess Mamizadeh, Maryiam Palvin Almani, Mojgan Faramarzi, Elham Saboktakin, Monir Arab, Maedeh Tahmasebi, Maryam Shayegan, Khadijeh Moradi, Negar Ghadyani and Solmaz Panahi for ''The Circle''