The 61st annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 1 and 11 September 2004. The festival opened with Steven Spielberg's ''

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'', and closed with Katsuhiro Otomo's '' Steamboy''. The Golden Lion was awarded to the film '' Vera Drake'', directed by Mike Leigh. On this edition of the festival, a new independent section, Venice Days (''Giornate degli autori''), has started "for free cinema, new talents and new stories". This section is organized by the ANAC (National Association of Cinematographic Authors) and the API (Independent Authors & Producers). Also in this edition, ''The Secret History of Italian Cinema'' was launched, a new section of the official selection, with the aim of restoring and systematically rediscovering sides of the Italian cinema that have been "forgotten, invisible, unknown or misunderstood". The retrospective was planned for four years, which was extended by a two-year retrospective called '' These Phantoms: Italian Cinema Rediscovered'', followed by one edition of '' Italian Comedy Retrospective''. The

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was the private sector partner of this series.

Juries

The following people comprised the 2004 juries: Main Competition (''Venezia 61'') * John Boorman (UK) Jury President * Wolfgang Becker (Germany) *

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(Italy) *

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(USA) * Spike Lee (USA) * Dusan Makavejev (Serbia and Montenegro) * Helen Mirren (UK) *

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(Italy) *

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(Taiwan) Horizons (''Orizzonti'') * Nicolas Philibert (France) President *

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(USA) * Fiorella Infascelli (Italy) Venezia Cinema Digitale *

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(UK) President * Shozo Ichiyama (Japan) * Claire Simon (Morocco-France)

Official selection

In competition

The main competitive section of the official selection is an international competition of feature films running for the Golden Lion. :Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner. † indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.

Out of competition

The following films of the official selection were screened as "out of competition":

Horizons

A section aiming to provide a picture of the new trends in cinema. :Highlighted title indicates the Horizons Awards for Best Film. † indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.

Short film competition

The following films, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the short film competition (Corto Cortissimo): :Highlighted title indicates Lion for Best Short Film winner.

Venetian Nights

The following films were screened for the Venetian Nights section (Venezia Mezzanotte): : † indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.

Venice Digital Cinema

A section intended to provide an overview of the new expressive possibilities granted by digital technologies. : † indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.

The Secret History of Italian Cinema 1

A new retrospective section on Italian Cinema aiming to restore and systematically rediscover sides of the Italian cinema That Have Been "Forgotten, Invisible, Unknown Or Misunderstood". This first edition of the retrospective is titled ''Italian Kings of the B's''.

Autonomous sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as ''In Competition'' for this section: : † indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 1st edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:

Awards

Official selection

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 61st edition: * Golden Lion: '' Vera Drake'' by Mike Leigh * Silver Lion for Best Director: '' 3-Iron'' by

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* Grand Jury Prize: '' The Sea Inside'' (''Mar adentro'') by

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Volpi Cup for Best Actor The Volpi Cup for Best Actor ( it, Coppa Volpi per la migliore interpretazione maschile) is the principal award given to actors at the Venice Film Festival and is named in honor of Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, the founder of the Venice Film ...

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for ''The Sea Inside'' * Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Imelda Staunton for '' Vera Drake'' * Marcello Mastroianni Award (for the best emerging actor or actress): Tommaso Ramenghi and Marco Luisi for '' Lavorare con lentezza'' * Golden Osella:

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for '' Howl's Moving Castle'' (''Hauru no ugoku shiro'') Special Awards * Special Lion for Overall Work: Manoel de Oliveira and

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Horizons awards (Premi Orizzonti) * Best Film: ''Les petits fils'' by Ilan Duran Cohen ::Special mention: ''Vento di terra'' by Vincenzo Marra Digital Cinema Award * '' 20 Fingers'' (''20 angosht'') by Mania Akbari ::Special Mention: ''La vita è breve ma la giornata è lunghissima'' by Gianni Zanasi and Lucio Pellegrini Short Film awards (Corto Cortissimo Lion) * Citroen Short Super-Short Lion for Best Short Film: ''Signe d'appartenence'' by Kamel Cherif ::Special mention: ''The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife'' by Peter Foot * UIP Prize for Best European Short Film: ''Goodbye'' by Steve Hudson

Autonomous sections

The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections: Venice International Film Critics' Week * Lion Of The Future : "Luigi de Laurentiis" Award For A Debut Film: '' Le Grand Voyage'' by Ismaël Ferroukhi and

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::Special Mention: '' Saimir'' by Francesco Munzi

Other collateral awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection: *FIPRESCI Prize: **Competition: '' Bin-jip'' (

) **Parallel Sections: '' Vento di terra'' ( Vincenzo Marra) *SIGNIS Award: **'' Tout un hiver sans feu'' ( Greg Zglinski) **Honorable Mention: '' Bin-jip'' (

) *C.I.C.A.E. Award: **''

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'' ( Frédéric Fonteyne) *UNICEF Award: **'' Dom durakov'' (

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) *UNESCO Award: **'' Land of Plenty'' ( Wim Wenders) *Pasinetti Award: **Best Film: '' Le chiavi di casa'' (

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) **Best Actor: '' Le chiavi di casa'' ( Kim Rossi Stuart) **Best Actress: '' 5x2'' ( Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) *Audience Award (Critics' Week): **'' To Take a Wife'' ( Ronit Elkabetz and

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) *Isvema Award: **'' To Take a Wife'' ( Ronit Elkabetz and

) *FEDIC Award: **'' Volevo solo dormirle addosso'' ( Eugenio Cappuccio) *Little Golden Lion: **'' Bin-jip'' (

) *Label Europa Cinemas: **'' Darwin's Nightmare'' ( Hubert Sauper) *Young Cinema Award: **Best Italian Film: '' Nemmeno il destino'' ( Daniele Gaglianone) **Best Digital Film: '' Un silenzio particolare'' ( Stefano Rulli) **Best International Film: '' Mar adentro'' (

) *"Lino Miccichè" First Feature Award: **'' Nemmeno il destino'' ( Daniele Gaglianone) *Open Prize: **'' Sag-haye velgard'' ( Marzieh Makhmalbaf) *Lina Mangiacapre Award: **'' Melancholian 3 huonetta'' ( Pirjo Honkasalo) *Future Film Festival Digital Award: **''

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'' ( Michael Mann) *Laterna Magica Prize: **'' Finding Neverland'' ( Marc Forster) *Sergio Trasatti Award: **'' Le chiavi di casa'' (

) *CinemAvvenire Award: **Best Film: '' Le chiavi di casa'' (

) **Best First Film: '' Tout un hiver sans feu'' ( Greg Zglinski) **Cinema for Peace Award: '' Promised Land'' (

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) *Award of the City of Rome: **Best Film: '' Un mundo menos peor'' (

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) *International Peace Award: **Best Film: '' Jeruzalemski sindrom'' ( Jakov Sedlar) *Human Rights Film Network Award: **'' Melancholian 3 huonetta'' ( Pirjo Honkasalo) *EIUC Award: **'' Yesterday'' (

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) **Special Mention: '' Melancholian 3 huonetta'' ( Pirjo Honkasalo) *Special Director's Award: **'' Bin-jip'' (

) *Special Pasinetti Award: **'' Vento di terra'' ( Vincenzo Marra) (For an innovative film)

References

External links

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