The 75th Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 8 September 2018, at Venice Lido in Italy.
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | First Man |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Driven |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Roma |
| Hosted by | Michele Riondino |
| Artistic director | Alberto Barbera |
| Festival date | 29 August – 8 September 2018 |
| Website | Website |
Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was the jury president for the main competition.[1][2] Italian actor Michele Riondino hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.[3] The Golden Lion was awarded to Roma by Alfonso Cuarón.[4]
The festival poster was made by Italian artist Lorenzo Mattotti, who designed it in the way "that attracts the eye, that attracts thought, but without revealing too much."[5]
The festival opened with First Man by Damien Chazelle,[6] and closed with Driven by Nick Hamm.
Juries
editThe juries of the 75th Venice Festival consist of:[7]
Main Competition (Venezia 75)
edit- Guillermo del Toro, Mexican filmmaker - Jury President[8]
- Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress, writer, singer, producer and director
- Trine Dyrholm, Danish actress, singer and songwriter
- Nicole Garcia, French actress, film director and screenwriter
- Paolo Genovese, Italian director and screenwriter
- Małgorzata Szumowska, Polish film director, screenwriter and producer
- Taika Waititi, New Zealand film director, screenwriter and actor
- Christoph Waltz, Austrian actor
- Naomi Watts, British actress
Orizzonti
edit- Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greek filmmaker - Jury President
- Michael Almereyda, American filmmaker
- Frédéric Bonnaud, French journalist and head of the Cinémathèque française
- Mohamed Hefzy, Egyptian film producer
- Alison Maclean, Canadian filmmaker
- Andrea Pallaoro, Italian filmmaker
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film
edit- Ramin Bahrani, American filmmaker - Jury President
- Carolina Crescentini, Italian actress
- Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisian filmmaker
- Hayashi Kanako, Japanese performance and video artist
- Gastón Solnicki, Argentine filmmaker
Venice Virtual Reality
edit- Susanne Bier, Danish filmmaker - Jury President
- Alessandro Baricco, Italian writer and filmmaker
- Clémence Poésy, French actress
Venice Classics
edit- Salvatore Mereu, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
Official Sections
editIn Competition
editThe following films were selected for the main competition:[9][10]
Out of Competition
editThe following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | |||
| Dragged Across Concrete | S. Craig Zahler | Canada, United States | |
| Driven (closing film) | Nick Hamm | United Kingdom, United States, Puerto Rico | |
| My Brilliant Friend (series) | L’amica geniale | Saverio Costanzo | Italy, Belgium |
| My Masterpiece | Mi Obra Maestra | Gastón Duprat | Argentina, Spain |
| One Nation, One King | Un Peuple et Son Roi | Pierre Schoeller | France, Belgium |
| The Quietude | La Quietud | Pablo Trapero | Argentina |
| Shadow | 影 | Zhang Yimou | China |
| A Star Is Born | Bradley Cooper | United States | |
| The Stolen Caravaggio | Una storia senza nome | Roberto Andò | Italy, France |
| The Summer House | Les Estivants | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | France, Italy |
| A Tramway in Jerusalem | Amos Gitai | Israel, France | |
| Non Fiction | |||
| 1938 Different | 1938 Diversi | Giorgio Treves | Italy |
| A Letter to a Friend in Gaza | Amos Gitai | Israel | |
| American Dharma | Errol Morris | United States, United Kingdom | |
| Aquarela | Victor Kossakovsky | United Kingdom, Germany | |
| Carmine Street Guitars | Ron Mann | Canada | |
| El Pepe: A Supreme Life | El Pepe: Una Vida Suprema | Emir Kusturica | Argentina, Uruguay, Serbia |
| Introduction to the Dark | Introduzione All'Oscuro | Gastón Solnicki | Argentina, Austria |
| ISIS, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls of Mosul | Francesca Mannocchi Alessio Romenzi |
Italy, Germany | |
| Monrovia, Indiana | Frederick Wiseman | United States | |
| Process | Sergei Loznitsa | Netherlands | |
| Your Face | Ni De Lian | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |
| Special Events | |||
| I diari di Angela - Noi due cineasti | Yervant Gianikian | Italy | |
| The Other Side of the Wind | Orson Welles | United States, Iran, France | |
| They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Morgan Neville | United States | |
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[9][10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Amanda | Mikhaël Hers | France | |
| The Announcement | Anons | Mahmut Fazil Coşkun | Turkey, Bulgaria |
| As I Lay Dying | Hamchenan ke mimordam | Mostafa Sayari | Iran |
| Charlie Says | Mary Harron | United States | |
| The Day I Lost My Shadow | يوم أضعت ظلي | Soudade Kaadan | Syria, Lebanon, France, Qatar |
| L'Enkas | Sarah Marx | France | |
| If Life Gives You Lemons | Un giorno all'improvviso | Ciro D'Emilio | Italy |
| Jinpa | 撞死了一只羊 | Pema Tseden | China |
| Manta Ray | กระเบนราหู | Phuttiphong Aroonpheng | Thailand, France, China |
| The Man Who Surprised Everyone | Человек, который удивил всех | Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov | Russia, Estonia, France |
| Memories of My Body | Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku | Garin Nugroho | Indonesia, Australia |
| On My Skin | Sulla mia pelle | Alessio Cremonini | Italy |
| La profezia dell'armadillo | Emanuele Scaringi | Italy | |
| The River | Ózen | Emir Baigazin | Kazakhstan, Poland, Norway |
| Soni | Ivan Ayr | India | |
| Stripped | Erom (The Love Trilogy: Stripped) | Yaron Shani | Israel, Germany |
| Tel Aviv On Fire | תל אביב על האש | Sameh Zoabi | Luxembourg, France, Israel, Belgium |
| A Twelve-Year Night | La noche de 12 años | Álvaro Brechner | Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, France |
| Unremember | Deslembro | Flavia Castro | Brazil, France, Qatar |
| Short Films Competition | |||
| A Gift | Kado | Aditya Ahmad | Indonesia |
| Staircase | Mohsen Banihashemi | Iran | |
| L'été et tout le reste | Sven Bresser | Netherlands | |
| Gli anni | Sara Fgaier | Italy, France | |
| Manila Is Full of Men Named Boy | Andrew Stephen Lee | Philippines, United States | |
| Patision Avenue | Leoforos Patision | Thanasis Neofotistos | Greece |
| Los bastardos | Tomas Posse | Argentina | |
| All Inclusive | Corina Schwingruber Ilić | Switzerland | |
| Sex, Fear, and Hamburgers | Sex, strakh i gamburgery | Eldar Shibanov | Kazakhstan |
| Ninfe | Isabella Torre | Italy | |
| Down There | Na li | Zhengfan Yang | China, France |
| Foreign Body | Strano telo | Dušan Zorić | Serbia |
| Short Films – Out of Competition | |||
| Blu | Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti | Italy | |
Venice Classics
editThe following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section:[12]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restored films | |||
| Adieu Philippine (1962) | Jacques Rozier | France, Italy | |
| The Ascent (1976) | Восхождение | Larisa Shepitko | Soviet Union |
| Brick and Mirror (1964) | خشت و آینه | Ebrahim Golestan | Iran |
| Death in Venice (1971) | Morte a Venezia | Luchino Visconti | Italy, France, United States |
| The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920) | Der Golem – Wie er in die Welt kam | Paul Wegener | Germany |
| Il posto (1962) | Ermanno Olmi | Italy | |
| The Killers (1946) | Robert Siodmak | United States | |
| The Killers (1964) | Don Siegel | ||
| Last Year at Marienbad (1961) | L'année dernière à marienbad | Alain Resnais | France, Italy |
| Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow aka The Mad Fox (1962) | 恋や恋なすな恋 | Tomu Uchida | Japan |
| The Naked City (1948) | Jules Dassin | United States | |
| The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) | La notte di San Lorenzo | Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani | Italy |
| The Night Porter (1974) | Il portiere di notte | Liliana Cavani | Italy |
| Nothing Sacred (1937) | William A. Wellman | United States | |
| The Place Without Limits (1977) | El lugar sin límites | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
| Some Like It Hot (1959) | Billy Wilder | United States | |
| Street of Shame (1956) | 赤線地帯 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan |
| They Live (1988) | John Carpenter | United States | |
| Documentaries about Cinema | |||
| The Great Buster: A Celebration | Peter Bogdanovich | United States | |
| Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema | Mark Cousins | United Kingdom | |
| Humberto Mauro | André Di Mauro | Brazil | |
| Living the Light – Robby Müller | Claire Pijman | Netherlands, Germany | |
| 24/25 Il fotogramma in più | Giancarlo Rolandi, Federico Pontiggia | Italy | |
| Nice Girls Don't Stay For Breakfast | Bruce Weber | United States | |
| Friedkin Uncut | Francesco Zippel | Italy | |
Sconfini
editThe following films were selected for the Sconfini section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Kin | Ramin Bahrani | United States | |
| Il banchiere anarchico | Giulio Base | Italy | |
| The Happiest Man in the World | Il ragazzo più felice del mondo | Gipi | |
| Arrivederci Saigon | Wilma Labate | ||
| The Tree of Life | Terrence Malick | United States | |
| School's Out | L'heure de la sortie | Sébastien Marnier | France |
| Magic Lantern | Amir Naderi | United States | |
| Camorra | Francesco Patierno | Italy | |
Independent Sections
editVenice International Critics' Week
editThe following films were selected for the 33th Venice International Critics' Week (Italian: Settimana Internazionale della Critica):[13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In competition | |||
| Adam & Evelyn | Adam und Evelyn | Andreas Goldstein | Germany |
| Akasha | Hajooj Kuka | Sudan, South Africa, Qatar, Germany | |
| Blonde Animals | Bêtes blondes | Alexia Walther, Maxime Matray | France |
| M | Anna Eriksson | Finland | |
| Still Recording | Saaed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub | Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, France | |
| We'll Be Young and Beautiful | Saremo giovani e bellissimi | Letizia Lamartire | Italy |
| You Have the Night | Ti imas noc | Ivan Salatic | Montenegro, Serbia |
| Special events – Out of competition | |||
| Dachra | Abdelhamid Bouchnak | Tunisia | |
| Tumbbad | Rahi Anil Barve, Adesh Prasad | India, Sweden | |
Giornate degli Autori
editThe following films were selected for the 15th edition of the Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days) section:[14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Domingo | Clara Linhart, Fellipe Barbosa | Brazil, France | |
| Graves Without a Name (opening film) | Les tombeaux sans noms | Rithy Panh | Cambodia, France |
| José | Li Cheng | Guatemala, United States | |
| Joy | Sudabeh Mortezai | Austria | |
| Keep Going | Continuer | Joachim Lafosse | Belgium, France |
| Pearl | Elsa Amiel | France, Switzerland | |
| Real Love | C'est ça l'amour | Claire Burger | France |
| Remember? | Ricordi? | Valerio Mieli | Italy, France |
| Screwdriver | Mafax | Bassam Jarbawi | Palestine, United States, Qatar |
| Three Adventures of Brooke | 星溪的三次奇遇 | Yuan Qing | China, Malaysia |
| Ville Neuve | Félix Dufour-Laperrière | Canada | |
| Out of competition | |||
| Emma Peeters (closing film) | Nicole Palo | Belgium, Canada | |
| Special events | |||
| As We Were Tunas | Francesco Zizola | United States, Italy | |
| Dead Women Walking | Hagar Ben-Asher | United States | |
| Goodbye Marilyn | Maria Di Razza | Italy | |
| Happy Lamento | Alexander Kluge | Germany | |
| My Own Good | Il bene mio | Pippo Mezzapesa | Italy |
| The Ghost of Peter Sellers | Peter Medak | Cyprus | |
| Why Are We Creative? | Hermann Vaske | Germany | |
| Miu Miu Women's Tales | |||
| #15 Hello Apartment | Dakota Fanning | Italy, United States | |
| #16 The Wedding Singer's Daughter | Haifaa Al-Mansour | ||
Official Awards
edit
In Competition (Venezia 75)
edit- Golden Lion: Roma by Alfonso Cuarón[4]
- Grand Jury Prize: The Favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos
- Silver Lion: The Sisters Brothers by Jacques Audiard
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Olivia Colman for The Favourite
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Willem Dafoe for At Eternity's Gate
- Best Screenplay: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs by Joel and Ethan Coen
- Special Jury Prize: The Nightingale by Jennifer Kent
- Marcello Mastroianni Award: Baykali Ganambarr for The Nightingale
- Best Film: Manta Ray by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
- Best Director: The River by Emir Baigazin
- Special Jury Prize: The Announcement by Mahmut Fazil Coşkun
- Best Actress: Natalia Kudryashova for The Man Who Surprised Everyone
- Best Actor: Kais Nashef for Tel Aviv On Fire
- Best Screenplay: Jinpa by Pema Tseden
- Horizons Prize for Best Short: A Gift by Aditya Ahmad
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film (Lion of the Future)
edit- The Day I Lost My Shadow by Soudade Kaadan
Venice Classics (Venezia Classici)
edit- Best Documentary on Cinema: The Great Buster: A Celebration by Peter Bogdanovich
- Best Restored Film: The Night of the Shooting Stars by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani
Independent Sections Awards
editThe following collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:
Venice International Critics' Week
edit- Sun Film Group Audience Award: Still Recording by Saeed Al Batal and Ghiath Ayoub[17]
- Verona Film Club Award: Blonde Animals by Maxime Matray and Alexia Walther
- Mario Serandrei – Hotel Saturnia Award for the Best Technical Contribution: Still Recording by Saeed Al Batal and Ghiath Ayoub
- SIAE Award: Mario Martone for his artistic career and for his last picture, Capri-Revolution[18]
- GdA Director's Award: Real Love by Claire Burger[19]
- BNL People's Choice Award: Ricordi? by Valerio Mieli[20]
- Europa Cinemas Label Award: Joy by Sudabeh Mortezai[21]
- Hearst Film Award: Joy by Sudabeh Mortezai[22]
Independent Awards
editThe following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[23]
Arca CinemaGiovani Award
edit- Best Italian Film: Capri-Revolution by Mario Martone
- Venezia 75 Best Film: Never Look Away by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Brian Award
edit- On My Skin by Alessio Cremonini
Enrico Fulchignoni – CICT-UNESCO Award
edit- El Pepe: Una Vida Suprema by Emir Kusturica
FEDIC (Federazione Italiana dei Cineclub) Award
edit- On My Skin by Alessio Cremonini
- Special mention: Ricordi? by Valerio Mieli
- Mention FEDIC Il Giornale del Cibo: I villani by Daniele De Michele
- Best Film (main competition): Sunset by László Nemes
- Best Film (other sections): Still Recording by Saeed Al Batal and Ghiath Ayoub
Gillo Pontecorvo Award (Best co-production for a debut film)
edit- The Road Not Taken by Tang Gaopeng
Green Drop Award
editLanterna Magica Award (CGS)
edit- Amanda by Mikhael Hers
Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola per il Cinema Award
edit- Never Look Away by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Cinema for UNICEF Award
edit- Josè by Li Cheng[24]
SIGNIS Award
edit- Roma by Alfonso Cuarón
- Special mention: 22 July by Paul Greengrass
C. Smithers Foundation Award – CICT-UNESCO
edit- A Star Is Born by Bradley Cooper
- Special mention: The Mountain by Rick Alverson
Robert Bresson Award
editFranca Sozzani Award
editCampari Passion for the Cinema Award
editPietro Bianchi Award
editFondazione Mimmo Rotella Award
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