The 60th annual
Venice International Film Festival
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was held from 27 August to 6 September 2003, at
Venice Lido in
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
.
Italian filmmaker
Mario Monicelli
Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the ''commedia all'italiana'' ("Italian-style comedy"). He was nominated six times for an Academy Awards, Os ...
was the Jury President of the main competition. The
Golden Lion
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was awarded to ''
The Return'' by
Andrey Zvyagintsev.
The festival opened with ''
Anything Else'' by
Woody Allen
Heywood Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades. Allen has received many List of awards and nominations received by Woody Allen, accolade ...
.
Juries
Main Competition (''Venezia 60'')
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Mario Monicelli
Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the ''commedia all'italiana'' ("Italian-style comedy"). He was nominated six times for an Academy Awards, Os ...
, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
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Stefano Accorsi, Italian actor
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Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer
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Ann Hui
Ann Hui On-wah, (; born 23 May 1947) is a film director, producer, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong who is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave. She is known for her films about social issues in ...
, Chinese director
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Pierre Jolivet
Pierre Jolivet (; born 9 October 1952) is a French director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. His film ''Zim and Co.'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and his film ''The Night Watchman (2015 film) ...
, French director, actor, screenwriter, and producer
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Monty Montgomery, American actor and filmmaker
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Assumpta Serna, Spanish actress
Upstream (''Controcorrente'')
The following people were selected to confer the San Marco Prize for best film, the Special Director's Award, an Upstream Prize for Best Actor, and one for Best Actress:
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Laure Adler, French Journalist - Jury President
* Vito Amoruso, Italian literary critic
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Samir Farid
Samir Farid (, ) (December 1, 1943 – April 4, 2017) was an Egyptian writer and a world renowned film critic, journalist and film historian based in Cairo. He authored and/or translated over 60 books since 1966 on Egyptian, Arab and World cinema ...
, Egyptian film critic
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Rene Liu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter, actress, director and writer
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Ulrich Tukur
Ulrich Tukur (born Ulrich Gerhard Scheurlen; 29 July 1957) is a German actor and musician. He is known for his roles in Michael Haneke, Michael Haneke's ''The White Ribbon'', Steven Soderbergh, Steven Soderbergh's ''Solaris (2002 film), Solaris' ...
, German actor
''Luigi De Laurentiis'' Award for a Debut Feature
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Lia van Leer, Israeli founder of the
Haifa Cinematheque,
the Jerusalem Cinematheque's Israel Film Archive, and the
Jerusalem Film Festival
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- Jury President
* Jannike Ahlund, Swedish film critic
* Pierre-Henri Deleau, French film producer and actor
* Stefan Kitanov, Bulgarian film producer
* Peter Scarlet, executive director of
Tribeca Festival
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Official Sections
In Competition
The following films were nominated to compete for the
Golden Lion
The Golden Lion () is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguished prizes. In 1970, a ...
of the 60th edition of the festival:
Out of Competition
The following films were screened as ''Out of Competition'':
Short Film Competition
The following films, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the short film competition:
Upstream (''Controcorrente'')
A section of the official selection for feature films that stand out for their "innovative intent, creative originality or alternative cinematographic languages"
New Territories
The following films were selected for the New Territories (''Nuovi Territori'') section:
Independent Sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened ''In Competition'' for this section:
* ''
Ana and the Others'' (''Ana y los otros'') by
Celina Murga (Argentina)
* ''
Three-Step Dance'' (''Ballo a tre passi'') by
Salvatore Mereu (Italy)
* ''
Matrubhoomi'' (en. ''Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women'') by
Manish Jha (India)
* ''
Mr. Butterfly'' (''Nabi'') by Kim Hyeon-Seong (South Korea)
* ''
Twist'' by
Jacob Daniel Tierney (Canada)
* ''Variété Française'' by Frédéric Videau (France)
* ''
15'' by
Royston Tan (Singapore)
Official Awards
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Golden Lion
The Golden Lion () is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguished prizes. In 1970, a ...
:''
The Return'' by
Andrey Zvyagintsev
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Silver Lion for Best Director:
Takeshi Kitano
, also known as in Japan, is a Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host.
During hi ...
for ''
Zatōichi''
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Grand Special Jury Prize: ''
The Kite'' by
Randa Chahal
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Volpi Cup for Best Actor:
Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He is known for his intense leading man roles in film. List of awards and nominations received by Sean Penn, His accolades include two Academy Awards, a Golden Gl ...
for ''
21 Grams
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''
*
Volpi Cup for Best Actress:
Katja Riemann for ''
Rosenstrasse''
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Marcello Mastroianni Award: Najat Benssallem for ''Raja''
Golden Lion Honorary Award
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Dino De Laurentiis
Agostino "Dino" De Laurentiis (; 8 August 1919 – 10 November 2010) was an Italian film producer and businessman who held both Italian and American citizenship. Following a brief acting career in the late 1930s and early 1940s, he moved into f ...
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Omar Sharif
Omar Sharif (, ; born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub ; 10 April 1932 – 10 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He began his career in his native country in the 1950s. He is bes ...
Short Film Competition
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Silver Lion for Best Short Film: ''Neft'' (''The Oil'') by Murad Ibragimbekov
* UIP Award for Best European Short Film: ''The Trumouse Show'' by Julio Robledo
** Special mention: ''Hochbetrieb'' by Andreas Krein
Independent Awards
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:
FIPRESCI
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Award
* Venezia 60: ''
Goodbye Dragon Inn'' by
Tsai Ming-liang
Tsai Ming-liang (; born 27 October 1957) is a Malaysian filmmaker based in Taiwan. Tsai has written and directed 11 feature films, many short films, and television films. He is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of T ...
*Parallel Section: ''
Matrubhoomi'' by
Manish Jha
References
External links
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Venice Film Festival 2003 Awardson IMDb
New Territories - 60th Venice Film Festival 2003
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