60th Venice International Film Festival

The 60th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 27 August to 6 September 2003.[1][2][3] The festival opened with Woody Allen's Out of Competition film Anything Else.[4]

60th Venice International Film Festival
Festival Poster
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
Festival date27 August – 6 September 2003
WebsiteWebsite

Juries

The following people comprised the 2003 jury for the feature films of the main competition and for the short films of the official selection:[5][6]

Main Competition (Venezia 60)

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:[5][7]

"Luigi De Laurentiis" Award for a First Feature
The following people were selected to confer the Lion of the Future.[5][7]

  • Lia van Leer, President
  • Jannike Ahlund
  • Pierre-Henri Deleau
  • Stefan Kitanov
  • Peter Scarlet

Official selection

In competition

The following films were nominated to compete for the Golden Lion of the 60th edition of the festival:[8]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
21 GramsAlejandro González IñárrituUnited States
AlilaAmos GitaiIsrael, France
Code 46Michael WinterbottomUnited Kingdom
FeelingsLes SentimentsNoémie LvovskyFrance
The Floating LandscapeLian zhi feng jingMiu-suet LaiHong Kong
A Good Lawyer's WifeBaramnan gajokIm Sang-sooSouth Korea
Good Morning, NightBuongiorno, notteMarco BellocchioItaly
Goodbye, Dragon InnBú sànMing-liang TsaiTaiwan
Imagining ArgentinaChristopher HamptonSpain, UK, United States
The KiteLe cerf-volant / Tayyara men waraRanda ChahalLebanon
Loving GlancesSjaj u očimaSrđan KaranovićSerbia and Montenegro, UK
The MiracleIl MiracoloEdoardo WinspeareItaly
PornographyPornografiaJan Jakub KolskiPoland, France
RajaJacques DoillonFrance, Morocco
The ReturnVozvrashcheniyeAndrey ZvyagintsevRussia
RosenstrasseMargarethe von TrottaGermany, Netherlands
Secret FileSegreti di StatoPaolo BenvenutiItaly
A Talking PictureUm Filme FaladoManoel de OliveiraPortugal
Twentynine PalmsBruno DumontFrance, Germany, United States
ZatôichiTakeshi KitanoJapan
Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of competition

The following films were screened as Out of Competition:[9]

Special Event

Short film competition

The following films, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the short film competition:[10]

In competition
Title Director(s) Production country
El excusadoLorenza ManriqueMexico
From Where I'm StandingAnnalise PattersonNew Zealand
God's KitchenPaki SmithIreland
HochbetriebAndreas KreinGermany
MatchJef NassensteinNetherlands
Neft (The Oil)Murad IbragimbekovRussia, Azerbaijan
Neon EyesThomas Gerhold, Markus WambsganssGermany
Ore 2 Calma PiattaMarco PontecorvoItaly
RitterschlagSven MartinGermany
SolitaireThor BekkavikNorway
The Trumouse ShowJulio RobledoSpain
ZippoStefano SollimaItaly
Out of competition
Title Director(s) Production country
DestinoDominique MonféryFrance, United States
Le lion volatilAgnès VardaFrance
Highlighted title indicates the winner of the Silver Lion for Best Short Film.

Upstream

A section of the official selection for feature films that stand out for their "innovative intent, creative originality or alternative cinematographic languages" [11][12]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
AntennaAntenaKazuyoshi KumakiriJapan
Break FreeLiberiGianluca Maria TavarelliItaly
Casa de los BabysJohn SaylesUnited States, Mexico
The Chimera of HeroesLa quimera de los heroesDaniel RosenfeldArgentina, France, Denmark
The First LetterAbjadAbolfazl JaliliIran, France, Italy
The Five ObstructionsDe Fem BenspaendJørgen Leth, Lars Von TrierDenmark, Switzerland, Belgium, France
In the Forest... AgainAbar AranyeGoutam GhoseIndia
Last Life in the UniverseRuang rak noi nid mahasanPen-ek RatanaruangThailand, Hong Kong, Netherlands, United States, Japan
Lost in TranslationSofia CoppolaUnited States, Japan
MudÇamurDerviş ZaimItaly, Cyprus
A Place Among the LivingUne place parmi les vivantsRaoul RuizFrance, Romania
The PythonPitonsLaila PakalninaLatvia
The Return of CagliostroIl ritorno di CagliostroDaniele Ciprì, Franco MarescoItaly
Schultze Gets the BluesMichael SchorrGermany
Silence Between Two ThoughtsSokoote beine do fekrBabak PayamiIran
The Sun Assassinated (aka)Le soleil assassinéAbdelkrim BahloulFrance
Travellers and MagiciansChang hup the gi tril nungKhyentse NorbuBhutan, United Kingdom
Vodka LemonHiner SaleemFrance, Italy, Switzerland, Armenia
Special Event
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: AntwerpPeter GreenawayUnited Kingdom
Highlighted title indicates the San Marco Prize winner.

New Territories

The following films were selected for the New Territories (Nuovi Territori) section:[13]

Feature films - Fiction[14]
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
N/APequeña paloma blancaChristian BarbeChile, UK
ThreadsKhahit errouhHakim BelabbesMorocco, United States
VibratorRyūichi HirokiJapan
N/AL'ultimo pianoPaolo ScarfòItaly
N/ALe dernier des immobilesNicola SornagaFrance
Chemical HungerFame chimicaAntonio Bocola, Paolo VariItaly, Switzerland
Feature films - Non-fiction[15]
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
N/AMattatoioAkab (Gabriele Di Benedetto)Italy
N/AL'uomo segretoNino BizzarriItaly
N/ARetour à KotelnitchEmmanuel CarrèreFrance
MistsBrumasRicardo CostaPortugal
At SchoolA scuolaLeonardo Di CostanzoFrance, Italy
War (aka)GuerraPippo DelbonoItaly, Israel, Palestine
Italian sud estFluid Video CrewItaly
N/AMateriali a confrontoGiuseppe M. GaudinoItaly
N/AUn instante en la vida ajenaJose Luis López-LinaresSpain
Counter SiteContr@siteFausta Quattrini, Daniele IncalcaterraArgentina, Switzerland
Prisoner of the Iron BarsO Prisioneiro da Grade de FerroPaulo SacramentoBrazil
N/AOn n'est pas des marques de véloJean-Pierre ThornFrance
Barefoot to HeratPaberahne Ta HaratMajid MajidiIran
Feature films - Medium-length Films[16]
Title Duration Director(s) Production country
United We Stand41'Matteo BarziniItaly
Un fils58'Amal BedjaouiFrance
Sorriso amaro56'Matteo BellizziItaly, Finland, Switzerland
Segni particolari - Appunti per un film sull'Emilia Romagna53'Giuseppe BertolucciItaly
My Father's Garden30'Matthew BrownItaly, South Africa
Il senso del mistero30'Paolo BrunattoItaly
Picciridda32'Alberto CastiglioneItaly
Stessa rabbia, stessa primavera65'Stefano IncertiItaly
Maledetta mia55'Wilma LabateItaly
La Maladie de la Mort / The Malady of Death39'Asa MaderFrance, United States
Paesaggio a Sud30'Vincenzo MarraItaly
Margherita. Ritratto Confidenziale48'Giuseppe PiccioniItaly
Senza tregua25'Marco PozziItaly
Short Films[17]
Title Duration Director(s) Production country
Poem03'Carlos ArmellaUK
Chaplin Aujourd'hui - The Kid26'Alain BergalaFrance
Japan-eno - Stornmi # 3 - Clessiquidre hz FX - China #4 FX - A...B...C...cletta - CoplanDesideri - Occhi di-visi Occhi di-versiErmanno De BiagiItaly
The Time We Lost15'Tommaso CammaranoItaly, United States
Lo stuoino di pietra06'Gina CarducciItaly, United States
Pequeñas voces19'Eduardo CarrilloColombia, UK, Spain
Ssst05'Pietro Durante, Lisa Ferlazzo NatoliItaly
Structural Filmwaste. Dissolution 104'Siegfried A. FruhaufAustria
La recherche de ma mère04'Paola Gandolfi, Francesca RavelloItaly
Ne dites pas à ma mère27'Sarah Moon HoweBelgium, France
Libberato08'Davide LombardiItaly
La spia che era in me15'Mario MateriaItaly
Prises de vues11'Sebastian MeiseAustria
Relojes de arena04'José Francisco Ortuno, Laura AlveaSpain
The Affirmation of Jimmy Brown06'Robert PasternakCanada
My McQueen17'Lourdes PortilloUnited States
Racconti per l'isola25'Costanza Quatriglio
Grande anarca18'Alvise RenziniItaly
Fantasmi di voce - Antonio Stagnoli28'Elisabetta SgarbiItaly
You Are Evil05'Louis TaylorCanada
Shen-Zi11'Nell Yen-ni Wang, Jin-yi LiuTaiwan
Special Events[18]
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The AgronomistJonathan DemmeUnited States
The Saddest Music in the WorldGuy MaddinCanada
Persona non grataOliver StoneUnited States, France, Spain

Autonomous sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[19]

Awards

Official selection

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 60th edition:[7]

Special Awards

Short Film awards

Special mention: Hochbetrieb by Andreas Krein

Other collateral awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[23]

References

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  20. Salvatore Mereu on IMDb
  21. Marc Kim on IMDb
  22. Frédéric Videau on IMDb
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