59th Venice International Film Festival


The 59th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 8 September 2002, at Venice Lido in Italy.
Chinese actress Gong Li was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Magdalene Sisters by Peter Mullan.
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Jury

The following people comprised the 2001 jury:

Main Competition

Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Feature

Controcorrente

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

Out of Competition

The following films were screened out of competition:

Controcorrente

The following feature films were screened in the Controcorrente section:

New Territories

The following feature films were screened in the New Territories section:

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:

Official Awards

Main Competition

[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]

Short Films Competition (''Corto Cortissimo'')

''Luigi De Laurentiis'' Award for Debut Feature

Independent Awards

San Marco Prize

Audience Award

Prix UIP Venice (European Short Film)

  • Zsofia Péterffy for ''Kalózok szeretöje''

FIPRESCI Prize

SIGNIS Award

Don Quixote Award

UNICEF Award

UNESCO Award

Pasinetti Award

Pietro Bianchi Award

Isvema Award

  • Due amici by Francesco Sframeli and Spiro Scimone

FEDIC Award

Little Golden Lion

Wella Prize

Future Film Festival Digital Award

Laterna Magica Prize

Sergio Trasatti Award

Rota Soundtrack Award

Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

Kinematrix Film Award