55th Venice International Film Festival
The 55th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 3 and 13 September 1998. The Golden Lion was awarded to Così ridevano by Gianni Amelio.[1][2]
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Festival date | 3 – 13 September 1998 |
| Website | Website |
Jury
The following people comprised the 1998 jury:[3]
- Ettore Scola (Italy) (head of jury)
- Hector Babenco (Argentina)
- Sharunas Bartas (Lithuania)
- Kathryn Bigelow (USA)
- Reinhard Hauff (Germany)
- Danièle Heymann (France)
- Ismail Merchant (India)
- Luis Sepúlveda (Chile)
- Tilda Swinton (UK)
- Georges Benayoun (Morocco) (short films) (head of jury)
- Chiara Caselli (Italy) (short films)
- Abel Ferrara (USA) (short films)
Official selection
In competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Tale | Conte d'automne | Eric Rohmer | France |
| Black Cat, White Cat | Crna macka, beli macor | Emir Kusturica | France, Germany, FR Yugoslavia |
| Bulworth | Warren Beatty | United States | |
| Clouds | La Nube | Fernando E. Solanas | France, Argentina |
| Dancing at Lughnasa | Pat O'Connor | Ireland, United States | |
| The Garden of Eden | I giardini dell'Eden | Alessandro D'Alatri | Italy |
| Hilary and Jackie | Anand Tucker | United Kingdom | |
| Hurlyburly | Anthony Drazan | United States | |
| Little Teachers | I piccoli maestri | Daniele Luchetti | Italy |
| Lovers of the Arctic Circle | Los amantes del círculo polar | Julio Medem | Spain |
| New Rose Hotel | Abel Ferrara | United States | |
| Next Stop Paradise | Terminus Paradis | Lucian Pintilie | Romania |
| Place Vendôme | Nicole Garcia | France | |
| Rounders | John Dahl | United States | |
| Run Lola Run | Lola rennt | Tom Tykwer | Germany |
| Shooting the Moon | L'Albero delle pere | Francesca Archibugi | Italy |
| The Silence | Sokout | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Iran, Tajikistan, France |
| Stolen Life | Voleur de vie | Yves Angelo | France |
| Traffic (aka) | Tráfico | João Botelho | Portugal, France, Denmark |
| The Way We Laughed | Così ridevano | Gianni Amelio | Italy |
Autonomous sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]
- Beat by Amon Miyamoto (Japan)
- Ghodoua Nahrek (fr. Demain, je brûle..., en. Tomorrow I Burn) by Mohamed Ben Smàil (Tunisia)[5]
- La Mère Christian (en. Mother Christian) by Myriam Boyer (France)
- The Scent of the Night (L'odore della notte) by Claudio Caligari (Italy)
- Orphans by Peter Mullan (United Kingdom)
- The Opposite of Sex by Don Roos (United States)
- The Iron Heel of Oligarchy (Zheleznaya pyata oligarkhii) by Aleksandr Bashirov (Russia)
Awards
- Golden Lion:
- Grand Special Jury Prize:
- Silver Lion:
- Golden Osella:
- Best Screenplay: (Eric Rohmer) Conte d'automne
- Best Cinematography: (Luca Bigazzi) Così ridevano
- Best Score: (Gerardo Gandini) La Nube
- Volpi Cup:
- Best Actor: Sean Penn Hurlyburly
- Best Actress: Catherine Deneuve Place Vendôme
- The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal:
- Marcello Mastroianni Award:
- L'albero delle pere (Niccolò Senni)
- Career Golden Lion:
- FIPRESCI Prize:
- Best First Feature: Train of Life (Radu Mihăileanu)
- Best Feature: Cabaret Balkan (Goran Paskaljević)
- OCIC Award:
- L'albero delle pere (Francesca Archibugi)
- UNICEF Award:
- L'albero delle pere (Francesca Archibugi)
- UNESCO Award:
- Colonel Bunker (Kujtim Çashku)
- Special Mention: La Nube (Fernando Solanas)
- Pasinetti Award:
- Best Actor: The Garden of Eden (Kim Rossi Stuart)
- Best Actress: Del perduto amore (Giovanna Mezzogiorno)
- Pietro Bianchi Award:
- Isvema Award:
- FEDIC Award:
- Del perduto amore (Michele Placido)
- Special Mention: Ospiti (Matteo Garrone)
- Special Mention: Sto lavorando? (Daniele Segre)
- Little Golden Lion:
- Anicaflash Prize:
- Elvira Notari Prize:
- Trap, Trap, Little Trap (Věra Chytilová)
- Special Mention: New Rose Hotel (Abel Ferrara)
- Cult Network Italia Prize:
- FilmCritica "Bastone Bianco" Award:
- Laterna Magica Prize:
- Sergio Trasatti Award:
- The Garden of Eden (Alessandro D'Alatri)
- Special Mention: Autumn Tale (Éric Rohmer)
- Special Mention: Così ridevano (Gianni Amelio)
- Special Mention: The Silence (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
- CinemAvvenire Award:
- Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature: The Silence (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
- Best Film: La Nube (Fernando Solanas)
- Best First Film: Vivre au paradis (Bourlem Guerdjou)
- Kodak Award:
- Orphans (Peter Mullan)
- IN-COMPETITION: Ospiti (Matteo Garrone)
- Prix Pierrot:
- Max Factor Award:
References
- "VENICE – 1998 – SPEARS OF LIGHT". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- "The 1990s". Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- "Juries for the 1990s". Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- "13th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- Ben Smaïl on IMDb
External links
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