72Nd Venice International Film Festival
The 72nd annual Venice International Film Festival took place from 2 to 12 September 2015.
Alfonso Cuarón served as the president of the jury for the main competition. A restored version of Federico Fellini's film Amarcord was shown at the festival. The Venezuelan film From Afar by Lorenzo Vigas won the Golden Lion award.
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Everest |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Mr. Six |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: From Afar |
| Hosted by | Elisa Sednaoui |
| Festival date | 2 – 12 September 2015 |
| Website | Website |
Everest was selected as the festival's opening night film, while Guan Hu's drama film Mr. Six served as the closing night film. Actress and director Elisa Sednaoui hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the festival.
The festival poster featured Nastassja Kinski in front as reminiscent of Wim Wenders's Faraway, So Close!, while in the background it featured the character of Antoine Doinel portrayed by Jean-Pierre Léaud from François Truffaut's 1959 drama film The 400 Blows, which also appeared on the 71st Venice International Film Festival poster.
The festival honoured Brian De Palma with Glory to the Filmmaker Award and a documentary film titled De Palma by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow also screened at the festival. Jonathan Demme received the Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award, who also served as the President of Horizons (Orizzonti) section jury.
Juries
The following people formed the 2015 juries:
Main competition (Venezia 72)
- Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican filmmaker - Jury President
- Elizabeth Banks, American actress and director
- Diane Kruger, German actress
- Emmanuel Carrère, French author, screenwriter and director
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkish director
- Pawel Pawlikowski, Polish filmmaker
- Francesco Munzi, Italian director
- Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwanese filmmaker
- Lynne Ramsay, Scottish filmmaker
Horizons (Orizzonti)
- Jonathan Demme, American director - Jury President
- Alix Delaporte, French director and screenwriter
- Paz Vega, Spanish actress
- Fruit Chan, Hong Kong director
- Anita Caprioli, Italian actress
Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)
- Saverio Costanzo, Italian director - Jury President
- Roger Garcia, Hong Kong producer
- Natacha Laurent, French film critic and historian
- Charles Burnett, American director
- Daniela Michel, Mexican journalist
Official Sections
In Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:
- Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | |||
| Afternoon | 那日下午 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |
| Black Mass | Scott Cooper | United States | |
| Bleak Street | La calle de la Amargura | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico, Spain |
| Don't Be Bad | Non essere cattivo | Claudio Caligari | Italy |
| Everest (opening film) | Baltasar Kormákur | United Kingdom, United States, Iceland | |
| Blackway | Go with Me | Daniel Alfredson | Canada, United States, Sweden |
| Mr. Six (closing film) | 老炮儿 | Guan Hu | China |
| Spotlight | Tom McCarthy | United States | |
| Non Fiction | |||
| De Palma | Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow | United States | |
| L'esercito piu piccolo del mondo | Gianfranco Pannone | Vatican, Italy | |
| The Event | Событие | Sergei Loznitsa | Netherlands, Belgium |
| I ricordi del fiume | Franco Maresco | Italy | |
| In Jackson Heights | Frederick Wiseman | United States, France | |
| Janis: Little Girl Blue | Amy J. Berg | United States | |
| Gli uomini di questa città io non li conosco | Franco Maresco | Italy | |
| Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | Зима у вогні: Боротьба України за свободу | Evgeny Afineevsky | Ukraine, United States, United Kingdom |
| Special Screening | |||
| Human | Yann Arthus-Bertrand | France | |
Horizons
The following feature films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Burning Love | Pecore In Erba | Alberto Caviglia | Italy |
| The Childhood of a Leader | Brady Corbet | United States, United Kingdom, Hungary, Sweden, France, Canada, Belgium | |
| A Copy of My Mind | Joko Anwar | Indonesia, South Korea | |
| A War | Krigen | Tobias Lindholm | Denmark |
| Neon Bull | Boi Neon | Gabriel Mascaro | Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands |
| Wednesday, May 9 | چهارشنبه ۱۹ اردیبهشت | Vahid Jalilvand | Iran |
| Free in Deed | Jake Mahaffy | United States, New Zealand | |
| Visaranai | விசாரணை | Vetrimaaran | India |
| Interruption | Yorgos Zois | Greece, France, Croatia | |
| Italian Gangsters | Renato De Maria | Italy | |
| Kill Me Please | Mate-Me Por Favor | Anita Rocha Da Silveira | Brazil, Argentina |
| Land Legs | Tempête | Samuel Collardey | France |
| Madame Courage | Merzak Allouache | Algeria, France, United Arab Emirates | |
| Man Down | Dito Montiel | United States | |
| A Monster with a Thousand Heads | Un monstruo de mil cabezas | Rodrigo Plá | Mexico |
| Mountain | Ha'har | Yaelle Kayam | Israel |
| Taj Mahal | Nicolas Saada | France, Belgium | |
| Tharlo | 塔洛 | Pema Tseden | China |
| Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me | Lama Azavtani | Hadar Morag | Israel, France |
| Short Films - Competition | |||
| 55 Pills | 55 Pastillas | Sebastián Muro | Argentina |
| Backyards | Dvorišta | Ivan Salatic | Montenegro |
| Chatting | Lonce Marlonce | Singapore | |
| Champ des possibles | Cristina Picchi | Canada | |
| En defensa Propia | Mariana Arriaga | Mexico | |
| E.T.E.R.N.I.T. | Giovanni Aloi | France | |
| It Seems to Hang on | Kevin Jerome Everson | United States | |
| Monkey | Hou | Jie Shen | China |
| New Eyes | Hiwot Admasu Getaneh | France, Germany, United Kingdom | |
| Oh Gallow Lay | Julian Wayser | United States | |
| Tarântula | Aly Muritiba, Marja Calafanje | Brazil | |
| Violences en Réunion | Karim Boukercha | France | |
| The Young Man Who Came from the Chee River | Jer gun muer rao jer gun | Wichanon Somunjarn | Thailand |
| Short Films - Out of Competition | |||
| Zero | David Victori | United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Mexico | |
- Highlighted title indicate the Orizzonti Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film respectively.
Venice Classics
The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restored Films | |||
| Alexander Nevsky (1938) | Александр Невский | Sergei Eisenstein | Soviet Union |
| Amarcord (1973) | Federico Fellini | Italy | |
| Le Beau Serge (1958) | Claude Chabrol | France | |
| The Boys from Fengkuei (1983) | 風櫃來的人 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| Hardly a Criminal (1949) | Apenas un delincuente | Hugo Fregonese | Argentina |
| Heaven Can Wait (1943) | Ernst Lubitsch | United States | |
| Léon Morin, Priest (1961) | Léon Morin, prêtre | Jean-Pierre Melville | France |
| La lupa (1953) | Alberto Lattuada | Italy | |
| A Matter of Life and Death (1946) | Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom | |
| The Merchant of Venice (1969) | Orson Welles | United States | |
| I Mostri (aka Opiate '67, 1963) | Dino Risi | Italy | |
| Othello (1951) | The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice | Orson Welles | Italy, France, United States |
| The Power and the Glory (1933) | William K. Howard | United States | |
| Ray of Sunshine (1933) | Sonnenstrahl | Paul Fejos | Germany, Austria |
| Red Beard (1965) | 赤ひげ | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) | Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy |
| The Thirsty One (1957) | प्यासा / Pyaasa | Guru Dutt | India |
| To Sleep with Anger (1990) | Charles Burnett | United States | |
| The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932) | William K. Howard | ||
| Umut (1970) | Yilmaz Güney | Turkey | |
| We Want the Colonels (1973) | Vogliamo i colonnelli | Mario Monicelli | Italy |
| White Paws (1949) | Pattes blanches | Jean Grémillon | France |
| Documentaries about cinema | |||
| The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Maddin | Yves Montmayeur | France | |
| Alfredo Bini, the Unexpected Guest | Alfredo Bini, ospite inatteso | Simone Isola | Italy |
| Behind the White Glasses | Dietro gli occhiali bianchi | Valerio Ruiz | |
| A Flickering Truth | Pietra Brettkelly | New Zealand, Afghanistan | |
| For the Love of a Man | Rinku Kalsy | India | |
| Helmut Berger, Actor | Andreas Horvath | Austria | |
| Jacques Tourneur le médium: filmer l'invisible | Alain Mazars | France | |
| Mifune: The Last Samurai | Steven Okazaki | Japan | |
| Venise (1912) | (Unknown) | France | |
- Highlighted titles indicate the Best Restored Film and Best Documentary on Cinema official awards respectively.
Biennale College - Cinema
The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baby Bump | Kuba Czekaj | Poland | |
| Blanka | Kohki Hasei | Japan, Italy | |
| The Fits | Anna Rose Holmer | United States | |
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:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ali, the Goat, and Ibrahim | Ali Mea'za We Ibrahim | Sherif Elbendary | Egypt |
| House in the Fields | Tigmi Nigren | Tala Hadid | Morocco |
| Path of Paradise | Tarik Al-Jenah | Atia Al-Daradji | Iraq |
| Rooster of Beirut | Deek Beirut | Ziad Kalthoum | Syria |
| Separation | Havibon | Hakar Abdulqadir | Iraq |
| Zaineb Hates the Snow | Zaineb Takrahou Ethelj | Kaouther Ben Hania | Tunisia |
Il Cinema nel Giardino
The following feature films were selected for the Il Cinema nel Giardino section:
| Screening | Title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Sep | Carlo Lizzani, Il mio cinema | Roberto Torelli, Cristina Torelli, Paolo Luciani | Italy |
| 6 Sep | Al centro del cinema | Gianandrea Caruso, Chiara Dainese, Davide Minotti, Bernardo Pellegrini, Maria Tilli | |
| 8 Sep | ZAC - I Fiori del MALE | Massimo Denaro | |
| 9 Sep | Torn (Torn - Strappati) | Alessandro Gassmann | |
| 10 Sep | Where is the Goldfish? (Il pesce rosso dov'è?) | Elisabetta Sgarbi | |
| 11 Sep | Il decalogo di Vasco | Fabio Masi |
Independent Sections
International Critics’ Week
The following films were selected for the 29th Venice International Film Critics' Week:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In competition | |||
| Banat (The Journey) | Banat | Adriano Valerio | Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia |
| Kalo Pothi: The Black Hen | Kalo Pothi | Min Bahadur Bham | Nepal, France, Germany |
| Light Years | Esther May Campbell | United Kingdom | |
| Mountain | Montanha | João Salaviza | Portugal, France |
| Motherland | Ana Yurdu | Senem Tüzen | Turkey, Greece |
| The Return | Green Zeng | Singapore | |
| Tanna | Martin Butler | Australia | |
| Special Events - Out of competition | |||
| The Family (Pre-Opening) | Jia | Shumin Liu | China, Australia |
| Orphan (Opening Film) | Peter Mullan | United Kingdom | |
| Bagnoli Jungle (Closing Film) | Antonio Capuano | Italy | |
Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 12th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Arianna | Carlo Lavagna | Italy | |
| As I Open My Eyes | À peine j'ouvre les yeux | Leyla Bouzid | France, Tunisia, Belgium, United Arab Emirates |
| The Daughter | Simon Stone | Australia | |
| Early Winter | Michael Rowe | Australia, Canada | |
| First Light | La prima luce | Vincenzo Marra | Italy |
| Island City | Ruchika Oberoi | India | |
| Klezmer | Piotr Chrzan | Poland | |
| Lolo | Julie Delpy | France | |
| Long Live the Bride | Viva la sposa | Ascanio Celestini | Italy, France, Belgium |
| The Memory of Water | La memoria del agua | Matías Bize | Chile, Spain, Argentina, Germany |
| Retribution | El desconocido | Dani de la Torre | Spain |
| Underground Fragrance | Pengfei | France, China | |
| Special events | |||
| Argentina | Zonda, folclore argentino | Carlos Saura | Argentina, Spain, France |
| Harry's Bar | Carlotta Cerquetti | Italy | |
| Innocence of Memories - Orhan Pamuk's Museum and Istanbul | Grant Gee | United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy | |
| Ma | Celia Rowlson-Hall | United States | |
| Milano 2015 | Elio, Roberto Bolle, Silvio Soldini, Walter Veltroni, Cristiana Capotondi, Giorgio Diritti | Italy | |
| Viva Ingrid! | Alessandro Rossellini | ||
| Miu Miu Women's Tales | |||
| Les 3 Boutons | Agnès Varda | France, Italy | |
| De Djess | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy | |
| Special projects | |||
| Bangland | Lorenzo Berghella | Italy | |
| The Country Where Trees Fly. Eugenio Barba and the Days of Odin | Il paese dove gli alberi volano. Eugenio Barba e i giorni dell'Odin | Davide Barletti, Jacopo Quadri | |
| Dreams of the Salt Lake | I sogni del lago salato | Andrea Segre | |
| Lux Prize | |||
| Mediterranea | Jonas Carpignano | Italy, United States, Germany, France, Qatar | |
| Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | France, Germany, Turkey, Qatar | |
| The Lesson | Urok | Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov | Bulgaria, Greece |
- Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.
Official Awards
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The following Official Awards were presented at the 72nd edition:
In Competition (Venezia 72)
- Golden Lion: From Afar by Lorenzo Vigas
- Silver Lion for Best Director: Pablo Trapero for The Clan
- Grand Jury Prize: Anomalisa by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Fabrice Luchini for Courted
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Valeria Golino for Per amor vostro
- Marcello Mastroianni Award: Abraham Attah for Beasts of No Nation
- Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: Christian Vincent for Courted
- Special Jury Prize: Frenzy by Emin Alper
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Horizons (Orizzonti)
- Best Film: Free in Deed by Jake Mahaffy
- Best Director: Brady Corbet for The Childhood of a Leader
- Special Jury Prize: Neon Bull by Gabriel Mascaro
- Special Prize For Best Actor or Actress: Dominique Leborne for Tempête
- Horizons Prize for Best Short: Chatting by Lonce Marlonce
Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film
- The Childhood of a Leader by Brady Corbet
Venice Classics Awards
- Best Documentary on Cinema: The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Maddin by Yves Montmayeur
- Best Restored Film: Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Special Awards
- Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Brian De Palma
- Persol Tribute To Visionary Talent Award: Jonathan Demme
- L'Oréal Paris per il Cinema Award: Valentina Corti
Independent Sections Awards
The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:
30th Venice International Critics' Week
- Audience Award Pietro Barzisa: Tanna by Bentley Dean and Martin Butler
Venice Days
- Venice Days Award: Early Winter by Michael Rowe
- BNL People's Choice Award: As I Open My Eyes by Leyla Bouzid
- Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film: As I Open My Eyes by Leyla Bouzid
- Laguna Sud Award
- Best Film: Lolo by Jullie Delpy
- Best Italian Discovery: Arianna by Carlo Lavagna
Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award - Special mentions
- First Light by Vincenzo Marra
- Vincenzo Marra (director) and Riccardo Scamarcio (leading actor) for First Light
Independent Awards
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:
FIPRESCI Awards
- Best Film (Main competition): Blood of My Blood by Marco Bellocchio
- Best Film (Horizons): Wednesday, 9 May by Vahid Jalilvand
- Special mention: The Childhood of a Leader by Brady Corbet
SIGNIS Award
- Behemoth by Zhao Liang
- Special mention: The Wait by Piero Messina
Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award
- Best Film: Don't Be Bad by Claudio Caligari
- Best Actor: Luca Marinelli for Don't Be Bad
- Best Actress: Valeria Golino for For Your Love
Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award
- The Wait by Piero Messina
Brian Award
Queer Lion
- The Danish Girl by Tom Hooper
- Special mention: Baby Bump by Kuba Czekaj
Arca CinemaGiovani Award
- Best Film of Venezia 72: Frenzy by Emin Alper
- Best Italian Film: Burning Love by Albert Caviglia
FEDIC Award
- Don't Be Bad directed by Claudio Caligari
- Special mention: The Wait by Piero Messina
Fedeora Awards
- Best Film (Critics' Week): The Black Hen by Min Bahadur Bham
- Best Cinematography (Critics' Week): Bentley Dean for Tanna
- Best Film (Venice Days): Underground Fragrance by Pengfei
- Best Director of a Debut Film (Venice Days): Ruchika Oberoi for Island City
- Best Actress in a Debut Film (Venice Days): Ondina Quadri for Arianna
- Best Euro-Mediterranean film: Francofonia by Alexander Sokurov
Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award
- Alexander Sokurov for Francofonia
- Special Award: Johnny Depp and Terry Gilliam
2nd Starlight Cinema Awards
- Career Award: Lina Wertmuller
- International Award: Paz Vega
- Best Film: Matteo Garrone's Tale of Tales
- Best breakthrough actress of the year: Silvia D’Amico
- Best breakthrough actor of the year: Giovanni Anzaldo
- Humanitarian Award: Myriam Catania
- Special Mention: Lucana Film Commission
- Best breakthrough production: Buena Onda by Riccardo Scamarcio
- Intercultural Award: Reynaldo Gianecchini
Green Drop Award
Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Young Jury award
- Remember by Atom Egoyan
- Special mention: 11 Minutes by Jerzy Skolimowski
Gold Mouse
- Rabin, the Last Day by Amos Gitai
- Silver Mouse: Spotlight by Tom McCarthy
Future Film Festival Digital Award
- Anomalisa by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
- Special mention: Heart of a Dog by Laurie Anderson
P. Nazareno Taddei Award
Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award
- Blanka by Kohki Hasei
Open Award
- Carlotta Cerquetti for Harry’s Bar
Lina Mangiacapre Award
Gillo Pontecorvo - Arcobaleno Latino Award
INTERFILM Award
"Civitas Vitae prossima" Award
- Alberto Caviglia for Pecore in erba
Soundtrack Stars Award
- A Bigger Splash by Luca Guadagnino
- Equals by Drake Doremus
- Award for Lifetime Achievement: Nicola Piovani
Schermi di Qualità – Carlo Mazzacurati Award
Human Rights Nights Award
AssoMusica "Ho visto una Canzone" Award
- The song "A cuor leggero" by Riccardo Sinigallia, from the film Don't Be Bad
Sorriso diverso Venezia 2015 Award
- Best Italian film: Don't Be Bad by Claudio Caligari
- Best Film in a Foreign Language: Blanka by Kohki Hasei
Amnesty International Italia "Il cinema per i diritti umani" Award
CITC – UNESCO 2015 Award
NuovoImaie Talent Award
- Best Actress in a Debut Film: Ondina Quadri for Arianna
- Best Italian actor in a Debut Film: Alessandro Borghi for Don't Be Bad
Best Innovative Budget Award
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