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59th Venice International Film Festival

The 59th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 8 September 2002, at Venice Lido in Italy.[1]

59th Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmFrida
Closing filmJohan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion:
The Magdalene Sisters
Artistic directorMoritz de Hadeln
Festival date29 August–8 September 2002
WebsiteWebsite
Venice Film Festival chronology

Chinese actress Gong Li was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Magdalene Sisters by Peter Mullan.[2][3]

Jury

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The following people comprised the 2001 jury:[4]

Main Competition

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Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Feature

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Controcorrente

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Official Sections

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In Competition

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The following films were selected for the main competition:[4]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Almost PeacefulUn monde presque paisibleMichel DevilleFrance
Bear's KissSergei BodrovGermany, Sweden, Russia, Spain, France, Italy
The Best of Times美麗時光Chang Tso-chiTaiwan
Dirty Pretty ThingsStephen FrearsUnited Kingdom
DollsドールズTakeshi KitanoJapan
Far from HeavenTodd HaynesUnited States
FridaJulie Taymor
Führer ExWinfried BonengelGermany, Italy
House of FoolsДом дураковAndrei KonchalovskyRussia
A Journey Called LoveUn viaggio chiamato amoreMichele PlacidoItaly
Julie Walking HomeAgnieszka HollandCanada, Germany, Poland
The Magdalene SistersPeter MullanUnited Kingdom, Ireland
The Man on the TrainL'Homme du trainPatrice LeconteFrance
Maximum Velocity (V-Max)Velocità massimaDaniele VicariItaly
My VoiceNha falaFlora GomesCape Verde, Portugal, France, Luxembourg
NakedNacktDoris DörrieGermany
Nearest to HeavenAu plus près du paradisTonie MarshallFrance, Spain, Canada
Oasis오아시스Lee Chang-dongSouth Korea
The Power of the PastLa forza del passatoPiergiorgio GayItaly
Road to PerditionSam MendesUnited States
The TrackerRolf de HeerAustralia

Out of Competition

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The following films were screened out of competition:[6]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Between StrangersEdoardo PontiCanada, Italy
Blood WorkClint EastwoodUnited States
The Dancer UpstairsPasos de baileJohn MalkovichSpain, United States
K-19: The WidowmakerKathryn BigelowUnited Kingdom, Germany, Canada, United States
The Magic BoxLa boîte magique Ridha Behi France, Tunisia
My Name Is TaninoPaolo VirzìItaly, Canada
NaqoyqatsiGodfrey ReggioUnited States
Ripley's GameLiliana CavaniItaly, United Kingdom, United States
Ten Minutes Older: The CelloMike Figgis, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jiří Menzel, István Szabó, Claire Denis, Volker Schlöndorff, Michael Radford and Jean-Luc GodardUnited Kingdom, Germany, France
Venetian Rascal Goes to AmericaJohan Padan a la descoverta de le AmericheGiulio CingoliItaly, France

Controcorrente

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The following feature films were screened in the Controcorrente (lit. 'against the current', nonconformist) section:[7]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Friday NightVendredi soirClaire DenisFrance
Full FrontalSteven SoderberghUnited States
Ken ParkLarry Clark and Edward LachmanUnited States
Lilya 4-everLukas MoodyssonSweden
Lilly's StoryRoviros ManthoulisGreece
The Missing GunXun qiangLu ChuanChina
Music for Weddings and FuneralsMusikk for bryllup og begravelserUnni StraumeNorway, Sweden
Nuomos sutartisKristijonas VildziunasLithuania
PonienteChus GutiérrezSpain
Public Toilet人民公廁Fruit ChanSouth Korea, Hong Kong, Japan
Shadow KillNizhalkuthuAdoor GopalakrishnanIndia
Rosa La ChinaValeria SarmientoCuba
A Snake of June六月の蛇Shinya TsukamotoJapan
Soul MateL'anima gemellaSergio RubiniItaly
Springtime in a Small TownXiao cheng zhi chunTian ZhuangzhuangChina
Untouched by the WestUn homme sans l'OccidentRaymond DepardonFrance
The Virgin of LustLa virgen de la lujuriaArturo RipsteinMexico
Women's Prisonزندان زنانManijeh HekmatIran

New Territories

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The following feature films were screened in the New Territories (Italian: Nuovi Territori) section:[7]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
AikiDaisuke TenganJapan
Black Tape: A Tehran DiaryFariborz KamkariIran
BlessedRachel DouglasNew Zealand
Goldfish gameJan LauwersBelgium
The JudgeSudijataZaneta VangeliMacedonia
KShoja AzariIran
Kuang wu you yuLin Tay-jouTaiwan
HerLeiTonino De BernardiItaly
London OrbitalChristopher Petit, Iain SinclairUnited Kingdom
LuparellaGiuseppe BertolucciItaly
Open My Heart Aprimi il cuoreGiada ColagrandeItaly
The Red Flag FliesHongqi piaoHongxiang ZhouChina
The RiverРекаAleksei BalabanovRussia
Sky. Plane. GirlНебо. Самолёт. ДевушкаVera StorozhevaRussia
Stones in the Sky Rocha que VoaEryk RochaBrazil
VecchieDaniele SegreItaly

Independent Sections

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Venice International Film Critics' Week

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The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[8]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Two Friends Due Amici Spiro Scimone, Francesco Sframeli Italy
The Exam Emtehan Nasser Refaie Iran
The Kite Zmej Aleksej Muradov Russia
Roger Dodger Dylan Kidd United States
Somewhere Over the Dreamland Meng huan bu luo Cheng Wen-tang Taiwan
Step by Step Un honnête commerçant Philippe Blasband Belgium
Woman of Water Mizu no onna Hidenori Sugimori Japan

Official Awards

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Main Competition

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Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

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Short Films Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

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Luigi De Laurentiis Award for Debut Feature

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Independent Awards

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San Marco Prize

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Audience Award

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Prix UIP Venice (European Short Film)

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  • Zsofia Péterffy for Kalózok szeretöje

FIPRESCI Prize

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SIGNIS Award

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Don Quixote Award

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UNICEF Award

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UNESCO Award

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Pasinetti Award

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Pietro Bianchi Award

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Isvema Award

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  • Due amici by Francesco Sframeli and Spiro Scimone

FEDIC Award

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Little Golden Lion

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Wella Prize

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Future Film Festival Digital Award

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Laterna Magica Prize

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Sergio Trasatti Award

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Rota Soundtrack Award

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Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

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Kinematrix Film Award

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References

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  1. ↑ "La Biennale di Venezia — The Recent Years: 1999 - 2020". 10 April 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "LIONS, LIONS EVERYWHERE". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "The 2000s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  4. 1 2 "59. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica - Venezia 59. Concorso". asac.labiennale.org (in Italian). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Juries for the 2000s". Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "59. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica - Fuori Concorso". asac.labiennale.org (in Italian). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Festival di Venezia: Il Cartellone". La Stampa. 27 August 2002. p. 34.
  8. ↑ "17th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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