 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | The Reluctant Fundamentalist |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Man Who Laughs |
| Location | Venice,Italy |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Pietà |
| Hosted by | Kasia Smutniak |
| Festival date | 29 August – 8 September 2012 |
| Website | Website |
| Venice Film Festival chronology | |
The69th annualVenice International Film Festival, was held from 29 August to 8 September 2012, atVenice Lido inItaly.[1]
American filmmakerMichael Mann was the jury president for the main competition. Polish actressKasia Smutniak was the Host of the opening and closing ceremonies. TheGolden Lion was awarded toPietà byKim Ki-duk.[2]
The festival opened withThe Reluctant Fundamentalist byMira Nair,[3][4] and closed withThe Man Who Laughs byJean-Pierre Ameris.[5]
The following films were selected for the main competition:[8][9]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| At Any Price | Ramin Bahrani | United States | |
| Betrayal | Измена | Kirill Serebrennikov | Russia |
| Dormant Beauty | Bella addormentata | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France |
| The Fifth Season | La cinquième saison | Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth | Belgium, Netherlands, France |
| Fill the Void | למלא את החלל | Rama Burshtein | Israel |
| It Was the Son | È stato il figlio | Daniele Ciprì | Italy |
| Lines of Wellington | Linhas de Wellington | Valeria Sarmiento | Portugal, France |
| The Master | Paul Thomas Anderson | United States | |
| Beyond Outrage | アウトレイジ ビヨンド | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
| Paradise: Faith | Paradies: Glaube | Ulrich Seidl | Austria, France, Germany |
| Passion | Brian De Palma | France, Germany | |
| Pietà | 피에타 | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| Something in the Air | Après mai | Olivier Assayas | France |
| A Special Day | Un giorno speciale | Francesca Comencini | Italy |
| Spring Breakers | Harmony Korine | United States | |
| Superstar | Xavier Giannoli | France, Belgium | |
| Thy Womb | Sinapupunan | Brillante Mendoza | Philippines |
| To the Wonder | Terrence Malick | United States | |
The following films were selected for the out of competition section:[10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | |||
| Bait 3D | Kimble Rendall | Australia, Singapore | |
| The Company You Keep | Robert Redford | United States | |
| Disconnect | Henry-Alex Rubin | ||
| Forgotten [de] | Du hast es versprochen | Alex Schmidt | Germany |
| Gebo and the Shadow | O Gebo e a Sombra | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal, France |
| The Iceman | Ariel Vromen | United States | |
| Looking for Hortense | Cherchez Hortense | Pascal Bonitzer | France |
| Love Is All You Need | Den Skaldede Frisør | Susanne Bier | Denmark, Sweden |
| The Man Who Laughs(closing film) | L’homme qui rit | Jean-Pierre Ameris | France, Czech Republic |
| Penance(episodes 1-5) | 贖罪 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
| The Reluctant Fundamentalist(opening film) | Mira Nair | India, Pakistan, United States | |
| Tai Chi 0 | 太極：從零開始 | Stephen Fung | China |
| Non-fiction | |||
| Bad 25 | Spike Lee | United States | |
| Enzo Avitabile Music Life | Jonathan Demme | Italy, United States | |
| Lullaby to My Father | Amos Gitai | Israel, France, Switzerland | |
| Peter Brook: The Tightrope | Simon Brook | United Kingdom, France, Italy | |
| Special Screenings | |||
| Anton’s Right Here | Anton tut ryadom | Lyubov Arkus | Russia |
| Clarisse | Liliana Cavani | Italy | |
| Come voglio che sia il mio futuro | Maurizio Zaccaro | ||
| The Human Cargo | La nave dolce | Daniele Vicari | Italy, Albania |
| Impenetrable | El impenetrable | Daniele Incalcaterra, Fausta Quattrini | Argentina, France |
| It Was Better Tomorrow | Ya man aach | Hinde Boujemaa | Tunisia |
| Medici con l'Africa | Carlo Mazzacurati | Italy | |
| Sfiorando Il Muro | Silvia Giralucci, Luca Ricciardi | ||
| Witness: Libya | Abdallah Omeish | United States | |
The following films were selected for theHorizons (Orizzonti) section:[11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Araf - Somewhere in Between | Araf | Yeşim Ustaoğlu | Turkey |
| Balancing Act | Gli equilibristi | Ivano De Matteo | Italy, France |
| Boxing Day | Bernard Rose | United Kingdom, United States | |
| The Cutoff Man | Menatek Ha-Maim | Idan Hubel | Israel |
| Fly with the Crane | 告訴他們，我乘白鶴去了 | Li Ruijun | China |
| A Hijacking | Kapringen | Tobias Lindholm | Denmark |
| The Interval | L'intervallo | Leonardo Di Costanzo | Italy, Switzerland, Germany |
| Lions | Leones | Jazmin Lopez | Argentina, France, Netherlands |
| Low Tide | Roberto Minervini | United States, Italy, Belgium | |
| Me Too | Ja tozhe hochu | Aleksei Balabanov | Russia |
| The Paternal House | Khanéh Pedari | Kianoosh Ayari | Iran |
| Pretty Butterflies | Bellas mariposas | Salvatore Mereu | Italy |
| Tango libre | Frédéric Fonteyne | Belgium, France, Luxembourg | |
| Three Sisters | 三姊妹 | Wang Bing | China, France, Hong Kong |
| Wadjda | وجدة | Haifaa al-Mansour | Saudi Arabia, Germany |
| Winter of Discontent | الشتا إللى فات | Ibrahim El Batout | Egypt |
| Yema | Djamila Sahraoui | Algeria, France | |
| The Millennial Rapture | Sennen no yuraku | Koji Wakamatsu | Japan |
| Short Films Competition | |||
| Cargo | Carlo Sironi | Italy | |
| Diamond Sutra | Jingang Jing | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |
| The Flute | Bansulli | Min Bham | Nepal |
| Frank-Étienne vers la béatitude | Constance Meyer | France | |
| I’m the One | Paola Morabito | Australia | |
| Invitation | Cho-De | Min-Young Yoo | South Korea |
| Living Still Life | Bertrand Mandico | France, Belgium, Germany | |
| Luisa no está en casa | Celia Rico Clavellino | Spain | |
| Out Of Frame | Titloi telous | Yorgos Zois | Greece |
| Las manos limpias | Carlos Armella | Mexico | |
| Marla | Nick King | Australia | |
| Miracle Boy | Jake Mahaffy | United States | |
| Resistance | Resistente | Renate Costa Perdomo, Salla Sorri | Denmark, Paraguay, Finland |
| La sala | Alessio Giannone | Italy | |
| The Tuner | O Afinador | Fernando Camargo, Matheus Parizi | Brazil |
The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:[12]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restored Films | |||
| The 10th Victim (1965) | La decima vittima | Elio Petri | Italy |
| American Dreams (1984) | James Benning | United States | |
| Carmen Comes Home (1951) | カルメン故郷に帰る | Kinoshita Keisuke | Japan |
| Chimes at Midnight (1965) | Campanadas a medianoche | Orson Welles | Spain |
| Fanny and Alexander (1982) | Fanny och Alexander | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) | Howard Hawks | United States | |
| The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | ||
| Heaven’s Gate (1980) | Michael Cimino | ||
| Miracle (1982) | Himala | Ishmael Bernal | Philippines |
| Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) | Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto | Elio Petri | Italy |
| The Mattei Affair (1972) | Il caso Mattei | Francesco Rosi | |
| Pigsty (1969) | Porcile | Pier Paolo Pasolini | |
| Red Shirts (1952) | Camicie rosse | Goffredo Alessandrini,Francesco Rosi | |
| Stromboli (1950) | Stromboli, terra di Dio | Roberto Rossellini | |
| Sunset Boulevard (1950) | Billy Wilder | United States | |
| Tell Me Lies (1968) | Peter Brook | United Kingdom | |
| To Be Twenty in the Aures (1972) | Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès | René Vautier | France |
| Documentaries about Cinema | |||
| Las versiones de campanadas a medianoche de Orson Welles | Luciano Berriatúa | Spain | |
| Monicelli: La versione di Mario | Mario Canale,Felice Farina, Mario Gianni,Wilma Labate, Annarosa Morri | Italy | |
| Gli anni delle immagini perdute | Adolfo Conti | ||
| Dreamers | Conteurs d'images | Noelle Deschamps | France |
| Dai nostri inviati alla Mostra di Venezia | Giuseppe Giannotti, Enrico Salvatori, Davide Savelli | Italy | |
| Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction | Sophie Huber | United States, Switzerland | |
| Miradas múltiples (La máquina loca) | Emilio Maillé | Mexico, France, Spain | |
| La guerra dei vulcani | Francesco Patierno | Italy | |
| Valentino's Ghost | Michael Singh | United States, India | |
| Sedia Elettrica: il making of del film Io e Te | Monica Strambini | Italy | |
The following rare films from the Biennale's Historical Archives were screened for this retrospective section:[13]
| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahora te vamos a llamar hermano (1971) | Raoul Ruiz | Chile | |
| A Bagful of Fleas (1963) | Pytel blech | Vera Chytilová | Czechoslovakia |
| The Brigand (1961) | Il brigante | Renato Castellani | Italy |
| God Needs Man (1950) | Dieu a besoin des hommes | Jean Delannoy | France |
| Free at Last (1968) | Gregory Shuker, James Desmond, Nicholas Proferes | United States | |
| Genghis Khan (1950) | Manuel Conde, Salvador Lou | Philippines | |
| The Last Night (1936) | Poslednjaja noc’ | Julij Jakovlevic Rajzman | Soviet Union |
| Mud-Covered City (1963) | Zablácené Mesto | Václav Táborský | Czechoslovakia |
| Pagine chiuse (1968) | Gianni Da Campo | Italy | |
| Stress Is Three (1968) | Stress-es tres-tres | Carlos Saura | Spain |
The following films of the Official Selection were presented as Special Screenings:[14]
| Original Title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|
| Carmel (2009) | Amos Gitai | Israel, France, Italy |
| Convitto Falcone | Pasquale Scimeca | Italy |
| Hommage to Simone Massi | Simone Massi |
The following films were selected for the Critics' Week:[15][16]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In competition | |||
| Eat Sleep Die | Äta sova dö | Gabriela Pichler | Sweden |
| The Ideal City | La città ideale | Luigi Lo Cascio | Italy |
| Mold | Küf | Ali Aydın | Turkey, Germany |
| A Month in Thailand | O luna in Thailandia | Paul Negoescu | Romania |
| She Doesn't Want to Sleep Alone | No quiero dormir sola | Natalia Beristain | Mexico |
| Welcome Home | Welcome Home | Tom Heene | Belgium |
| Lotus | Xiao he | Liu Shu | China |
| Out of Competition | |||
| Water(Opening film) | Nir Sa'ar, Maya Sarfaty, Mohammad Fuad, Yona Rozenkier,Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Bargouthi, Pini Tavger, Tal Haring | Israel, Palestine, France | |
| Kiss of the Damned(closing film) | Xan Cassavetes | United States | |
The following films were selected for theVenice Days section:[17][18][19]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In competition | |||
| Blondie | Jesper Ganslandt | Sweden | |
| Crawl | Hervé Lasgouttes | France | |
| Epilogue | Hayuta ve Berl | Amir Manor | Israel |
| Il Gemello | Vincenzo Marra | Italy | |
| Inheritance | Héritage | Hiam Abbass | France, Israel, Turkey |
| Keep Smiling | Gaigimet | Rusudan Chkonia | France, Georgia, Luxembourg |
| Kinshasa Kids | Marc-Henri Wajnberg | Belgium, France | |
| Pinocchio | Enzo D'Alò | Italy, France, Belgium, Luxembourg | |
| Queen of Montreuil | Sólveig Anspach | France | |
| Steel | Acciaio | Stefano Mordini | Italy |
| Stories We Tell | Sarah Polley | Canada | |
| The Weight | 무게 | Jeon Kyu-hwan | South Korea |
| Special Events | |||
| Terramatta | Costanza Quatriglio | Italy | |
| Non mi avete convinto | Filippo Vendemmiati | ||
| Bob Wilson's Life and Death of Marina Abramović | Giada Colagrande | ||
| L'uomo che amava il cinema | Marco Segato | ||
| 6 sull'autobus | Simone Dante Antonelli, Giacomo Bisordi, Rita de Donato, Irene di Lelio, Antonio Ligas, Emiliano Russo | ||
| Venice Nights | |||
| Le cose belle | Agostino Ferrente, Giovanni Piperno | Italy | |
| Francesco De Gregori. Finestre rotte | Stefano Pistolini | ||
| The Golden Temple | Enrico Masi | Italy, United Kingdom | |
| My Friend Johnny | Alessandra Cardone | Italy | |
| Nozze d'Agosto | Andrea Parena | ||
| Il risveglio del fiume segreto | Alessandro Scillitani | ||
| Tralala | Masbedo | ||
| Miu MiuWomen's Tales | |||
| It’s Getting Late | Massy Tadjedin | Italy, United States | |
| Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) | Maya Deren | United States | |
| Muta | Lucrecia Martel | Italy, Argentina, Paraguay | |
| The Powder Room | Zoe Cassavetes | Italy, United Kingdom | |
| The Woman Dress | Giada Colagrande | Italy, United States | |
| Special Projects (Cinema Corsaro) | |||
| Gli intrepidi | Giovanni Cioni | Italy | |
| Iolanda tra bimba e corsara | Tonino De Bernardi | ||
| Games | Alessio Di Zio | United States | |
| Fame in California | |||
| Tacoma | |||
| Vers Madrid: The Burning Bright | Sylvain George | Spain, France | |
| Le tigri di Mompracem(TV Mini-Series 1974) | Ugo Gregoretti | Italy | |
| Carmela, Saved by the Buccaneers | Carmela, salvata dai filibustieri | Giovanni Maderna, Mauro Santini | |
| Materiali preparatori inediti per il film: "Altrove" | Corso Salani | ||
| Egh c'è e non c'è - Carta bianca a Enrico Ghezzi | Enrico Ghezzi | ||
| Lux Prize | |||
| Just the Wind | Csak a szél | Benedek Fliegauf | Hungary |
| Shun Li and the Poet | Io sono Li | Andrea Segre | Italy |
| Tabu | Miguel Gomes | Portugal, Germany, Brazil, France | |
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[21]
The jury led by filmmakerMichael Mann originally was to award the topGolden Lion prize toPaul Thomas Anderson'sThe Master, along with the Silver Lion Best Director award and the Best Actor award.[23][24][25] However, because of festival's new rule prohibiting pairing the Golden Lion with any other prizes, the jury was asked "to re-deliberate to remove" one of the awards forThe Master, and the Golden Lion was awarded toKim Ki-duk'sPietà instead.[23][25] On the other hand, the jury was planned to award theCoppa Volpi for the Best Actress prize toJo Min-su, who acted Jang Mi-sun inPietà. However, because of the festival's new rule, the jury couldn't award a prize to Jo Min-su.[26] In the official reception which was held after the festival was over, many juries, such asSamantha Morton andPeter Chan met Jo, saying that "Jo's acting was touching that changed my life. I shed tears of Jo's play."[27][28]
