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| Location | Venice, Italy |
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| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion:The Circle |
| Festival date | 30 August – 9 September 2000 |
| Website | Website |
| Venice Film Festival chronology | |
The57th annualVenice International Film Festival was held between 30 August to 9 September 2000.[1]
Czech filmmakerMiloš Forman was the Jury President of the main competition.
TheGolden Lion was awarded to the Iranian filmThe Circle, directed byJafar Panahi.[2] American filmmaker and actorClint Eastwood was the recipient of theGolden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
The following people comprised the 2000 jury:[3][4]
The following films were screened out of competition:[5]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brother | ブラザー | Takeshi Kitano | Japan, France, United States, United Kingdom |
| Calle 54 | Fernando Trueba | Spain | |
| My Voyage to Italy | Il mio viaggio in Italia | Martin Scorsese | Italy, United States |
| Nightcap | Merci pour le Chocolat | Claude Chabrol | France |
| Small Time Crooks | Woody Allen | United States | |
| Vengo | Tony Gatlif | France, Spain, Germany, Japan | |
An official selection of films that stand out for their "attempt at innovation, originality or innovative film style".[6]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adanggaman | Roger Gnoan M'Bala | Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Switzerland, Italy, France | |
| Animali che attraversano la strada | Isabella Sandri | Italy | |
| Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Bruce Ricker | United States | |
| Everybody's Famous! | Iedereen Beroemd! | Dominique Deruddere | Belgium |
| Last Resort | Paweł Pawlikowski | United Kingdom | |
| Memento | Christopher Nolan | United States | |
| Moscow | Moskva | Alexander Zeldovich | Russia |
| My Generation | Barbara Kopple | United States | |
| Little Otik | Otesánek | Jan Svankmajer | Czech Republic, United Kingdom |
| Placido Rizzotto | Pasquale Scimeca | Italy | |
| Pollock | Ed Harris | United States | |
| Possible Worlds | Robert Lepage | Canada | |
| Roman Summer | Estate romana | Matteo Garrone | Italy |
| Samia | Philippe Faucon | France | |
| Suspicious River | Lynne Stopkewich | Canada | |
| The Prime Gig | Gregory Mosher | United States | |
| The State I Am In | Die Innere Sicherheit | Christian Petzold | Germany |
| The Town Is Quiet | La ville est tranquille | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Thomas in Love | Thomas est amoureux | Pierre-Paul Renders | Belgium, France |
| Together | Tillsammans | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden, Denmark, Italy |
| Waiting for the Messiah | Esperando al Mesías | Daniel Burman | Argentina |
The following films were selected for the section "Dreams and Visions" ('Sogni e Visioni'):[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnt Money | Plata quemada | Marcelo Piñeyro | Argentina |
| The Cell | Tarsem Singh | United States | |
| The Princess and the Warrior | Der Krieger und die Kaiserin | Tom Tykwer | Germany |
| Sade | Benoît Jacquot | France | |
| Sud Side Stori | Roberta Torre | Italy | |
| Time and Tide | Shun Liu Ni Liu | Tsui Hark | Hong Kong |
| U-571 | Jonathan Mostow | United States, France | |
| What Lies Beneath | Robert Zemeckis | United States | |
The following films were selected for the section "New Territories" ('Nuovi Territori'):[8]
The following feature films were selected to be screened asIn Competition for this section:[10]