60th Venice International Film Festival
The 60th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 27 August to 6 September 2003, at Venice Lido in Italy.
Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Return by Andrey Zvyagintsev.
The festival opened with Anything Else by Woody Allen.
Juries
Main Competition (''Venezia 60'')
- Mario Monicelli, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
- Stefano Accorsi, Italian actor
- Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer
- Ann Hui, Chinese director
- Pierre Jolivet, French director, actor, screenwriter, and producer
- Monty Montgomery, American actor and filmmaker
- Assumpta Serna, Spanish actress
Upstream (''Controcorrente'')
The following people were selected to confer the San Marco Prize for best film, the Special Director's Award, an Upstream Prize for Best Actor, and one for Best Actress:- Laure Adler, French Journalist - Jury President
- Vito Amoruso, Italian literary critic
- Samir Farid, Egyptian film critic
- Rene Liu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter, actress, director and writer
- Ulrich Tukur, German actor
''Luigi De Laurentiis'' Award for a Debut Feature
- Lia van Leer, Israeli founder of the Haifa Cinematheque, the Jerusalem Cinematheque's Israel Film Archive, and the Jerusalem Film Festival - Jury President
- Jannike Ahlund, Swedish film critic
- Pierre-Henri Deleau, French film producer and actor
- Stefan Kitanov, Bulgarian film producer
- Peter Scarlet, executive director of Tribeca Festival
Official Sections
In Competition
The following films were nominated to compete for the Golden Lion of the 60th edition of the festival:Out of Competition
The following films were screened as Out of Competition:Upstream (''Controcorrente'')
A section of the official selection for feature films that stand out for their "innovative intent, creative originality or alternative cinematographic languages"New Territories
The following films were selected for the New Territories section:Short Film Competition
The following films, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the short film competition:Independent Sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened In Competition for this section:Official Awards
- Golden Lion:The Return by Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Silver Lion for Best Director: Takeshi Kitano for Zatōichi
- Grand Special Jury Prize: The Kite by Randa Chahal
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Sean Penn for 21 Grams
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Katja Riemann for Rosenstrasse
- Marcello Mastroianni Award: Najat Benssallem for ''Raja''
Golden Lion Honorary Award">Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement">Golden Lion Honorary Award
Short Film Competition
- Silver Lion for Best Short Film: Neft by Murad IbragimbekovUIP Award for Best European Short Film: The Trumouse Show by Julio Robledo
- * Special mention: Hochbetrieb by Andreas Krein
Independent Awards
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[FIPRESCI] Award
Venezia 60: Goodbye Dragon Inn by Tsai Ming-liang- Parallel Section: Matrubhoomi by Manish Jha