70th Venice International Film Festival


The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 28 August to 7 September 2013, at Venice Lido in Italy.
Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci was the jury president for the main competition. He was previously the president of the jury at the 40th edition in 1983. Italian actress Eva Riccobono hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.
The Golden Lion was awarded to Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi, marking the first documentary film to ever win it.
American filmmaker William Friedkin received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.
The festival opened with Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón, and closed with Amazonia by Thierry Ragobert.
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Juries

Main competition (''Venezia 70'')

''[Orizzonti]''

Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

Out of Competition

The following films were selected for the out of competition section:

Horizons ''(Orizzonti)''

The following films were selected for the Horizons section:

Venice Classics

The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:

Biennale College - Cinema

The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films:

Final Cut in Venice

The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa:

Special Screenings

The following films were the Special Screenings of the Official Selection:Dietro le quinte di otto e 1/2 by Gideon Bachmann Dai Nostri Inviati – La RAI racconta la mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 by Enrico Salvatori, Giuseppe Giannotti, Davide Savelli

''Venice 70 - Future Reloaded''

Under the project title Venice 70 - Future Reloaded, 70 top film directors were each invited to make a 60-90 second short film, as "both a collective tribute to the Festival and a reflection on the future of cinema".

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following films were selected for the Critics' Week:

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 10th edition of the Venice Days section: Starting from this edition, Venice Days has created its own international award "for a film from the entire Official Selection".

Official Awards

In Competition (''Venezia 70'')

[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]

''[Orizzonti]''

Best Film: Eastern Boys by Robin CampilloBest Director: Uberto Pasolini for Still LifeSpecial Jury Prize: Ruin by Amiel Courtin-Wilson & Michael CodySpecial Award for Innovative Content: Shahram Mokri for Fish & CatHorizons Award for Best Short Film: Kush by Shubhashish Bhutiani

Venice Classics Awards

Best Restored Film: Property Is No Longer a Theft by Elio PetriBest Documentary on Cinema: Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater by Gabe Klinger

''Luigi De Laurentiis'' Venice Award For A Debut Film

White Shadow by Noaz Deshe

Special Awards

Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award: Andrzej WajdaJaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Ettore ScolaL’Oréal Paris per il Cinema Award: Eugenia Costantini

Independent Sections Awards

Venice International Film Critics' Week

Arca CinemaGiovani Award – Best Italian film: The Art of Happiness by Alessandro RakFEDIC Award: Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot by Matteo Oleotto

Venice Days (''Giornati degli Autori">Giornate degli Autori">Giornati degli Autori'')

Venice Days Award: Kill Your Darlings by John KrokidasLabel Europa Cinemas Award: The Good Life by Jean Denizot
  • * Special mention: Alienation by Milko LazarovLina Mangiacapre Award – Special mention: Traitors by Sean GulletteFedeora Awards:
  • *Best Film: Bethlehem by Yuval Adler
  • *Best director of a debut film: Milko Lazarov for Alienation
  • **Special mention: The Good Life by Jean Denizo

Independent Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:

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Best Film : Tom at the Farm by Xavier DolanBest Film : The Reunion by Anna Odell

[Queer Lion]

Philomena by Stephen Frears

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Philomena by Stephen Frears

Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award

Open Award

  • Serena Nono for directing ''Venezia salva''

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award

Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi

Cinema for UNICEF mention

Philomena by Stephen Frears

Brian Award

Philomena by Stephen Frears

Arca CinemaGiovani Award - Venezia 70

Miss Violence by Alexandros Avranas

Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Award

Joe by David Gordon Green

CICT - UNESCO "Enrico Fulchignoni" Award

At Berkeley by Frederick Wiseman

CICAE - Cinema d’Arte e d’Essai Award

Still Life by Uberto Pasolini

Fedeora Award for Best Euro-Mediterranean film

Miss Violence by Alexandros Avranas

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

L'intrepido by Gianni Amelio

Future Film Festival Digital Award

Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón

P. Nazareno Taddei Award

Philomena by Stephen Frears

Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award

L'intrepido by Gianni Amelio

Lina Mangiacapre Award

Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante

Golden Mouse

Philomena by Stephen Frears

UK-ITALY Creative Industries Award – Best Innovative Budget

Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue

Philomena by Stephen Frears

Gillo Pontecorvo Award

Con il fiato sospeso by Costanza Quatriglio

Green Drop Award

Ana Arabia by Amos Gitai

Young Jury Members of the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival

Philomena by Stephen Frears
  • * Special mention for a debut film: Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante

"Civitas Vitae prossima" Award

Still Life by Uberto Pasolini

Soundtrack Stars Award

  • Best Soundtrack Award: Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante
  • *Special mention for Best Contemporary Actor: Ryuchi Sakamoto

Ambiente WWF Award

Bianchi Award

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