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72nd Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmEverest
Closing filmMr. Six
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion:
From Afar
Hosted byElisa Sednaoui
Artistic directorAlberto Barbera
Festival date2 – 12 September 2015
WebsiteWebsite
Venice Film Festival chronology
72nd Venice International Film Festival

The 72nd annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 2 to 12 September 2015, at Venice Lido in Italy.[1]

Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón was the jury president for the main competition.[2] French-Italian actress Elisa Sednaoui hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the festival.[3] The Golden Lion was awarded to From Afar by Lorenzo Vigas.[4]

The festival poster featured Nastassja Kinski in front as reminiscent of Wim Wenders's Faraway, So Close!,[5] while in the background it featured the character of Antoine Doinel portrayed by Jean-Pierre Léaud from François Truffaut's 1959 drama film The 400 Blows, which also appeared on the 71st Venice International Film Festival poster.[6]

The festival opened with Everest by Baltasar Kormákur,[7] and closed with Mr. Six by Guan Hu.[8]

Juries

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Main competition (Venezia 72)

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Horizons (Orizzonti)

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Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)

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  • Saverio Costanzo, Italian director - Jury President
  • Charles Burnett, American director
  • Roger Garcia, Hong Kong producer
  • Natacha Laurent, French film critic and historian
  • Daniela Michel, Mexican journalist

Official Sections

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In Competition

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The following films were selected for the main competition:[12][13][14]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
11 Minutes11 minutJerzy SkolimowskiPoland, Ireland
AnomalisaCharlie Kaufman and Duke JohnsonUnited States
Beasts of No NationCary Joji Fukunaga
Behemoth悲兮魔兽Zhao LiangChina
A Bigger SplashLuca GuadagninoItaly, France
Blood of My BloodSangue del mio sangueMarco BellocchioItaly
The ClanEl ClanPablo TraperoArgentina, Spain
CourtedL'HermineChristian VincentFrance
The Danish GirlTom HooperUnited Kingdom, United States
The Endless RiverOliver HermanusSouth Africa, France
EqualsDrake DoremusUnited States
Per amor vostroGiuseppe M. GaudinoItaly, France
FrancofoniaAlexander SokurovFrance, Germany, Netherlands
FrenzyAblukaEmin AlperTurkey, France, Qatar
From AfarDesde alláLorenzo VigasVenezuela
Heart of a DogLaurie AndersonUnited States
Looking for GraceSue BrooksAustralia
MargueriteXavier GiannoliFrance, Czech Republic, Belgium
Rabin, the Last DayAmos GitaiIsrael, France
RememberAtom EgoyanCanada, Germany
The WaitL'attesaPiero MessinaItaly, France

Out of Competition

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The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[13][14][15][16]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Fiction
Afternoon那日下午Tsai Ming-liangTaiwan
Black MassScott CooperUnited States
Bleak StreetLa calle de la AmarguraArturo RipsteinMexico, Spain
Don't Be BadNon essere cattivoClaudio CaligariItaly
Everest (opening film)Baltasar KormákurUnited Kingdom, United States, Iceland
Blackway Go with MeDaniel AlfredsonCanada, United States, Sweden
Mr. Six (closing film)老炮儿Guan HuChina
SpotlightTom McCarthyUnited States
Non Fiction
De Palma Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow United States
L'esercito piu piccolo del mondo Gianfranco Pannone Vatican, Italy
The Event Событие Sergei Loznitsa Netherlands, Belgium
I ricordi del fiume Gianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De Serio Italy
In Jackson Heights Frederick Wiseman United States, France
Janis: Little Girl Blue Amy J. Berg United States
Gli uomini di questa città io non li conosco Franco Maresco Italy
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom Зима у вогні: Боротьба України за свободу Evgeny Afineevsky Ukraine, United States, United Kingdom
Special Screening
Human Yann Arthus-Bertrand France

The following feature films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[13][14][17]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
Burning LovePecore In ErbaAlberto CavigliaItaly
The Childhood of a LeaderBrady CorbetUnited States, United Kingdom, Hungary, Sweden, France, Canada, Belgium
A Copy of My MindJoko AnwarIndonesia, South Korea
A WarKrigenTobias LindholmDenmark
Neon BullBoi NeonGabriel MascaroBrazil, Uruguay, Netherlands
Wednesday, May 9چهارشنبه ۱۹ اردیبهشتVahid JalilvandIran
Free in DeedJake MahaffyUnited States, New Zealand
VisaranaiவிசாரணைVetrimaaranIndia
InterruptionYorgos ZoisGreece, France, Croatia
Italian GangstersRenato De MariaItaly
Kill Me PleaseMate-Me Por FavorAnita Rocha da SilveiraBrazil, Argentina
Land LegsTempêteSamuel CollardeyFrance
Madame CourageMerzak AllouacheAlgeria, France, United Arab Emirates
Man DownDito MontielUnited States
A Monster with a Thousand HeadsUn monstruo de mil cabezasRodrigo PláMexico
MountainHa'harYaelle KayamIsrael
Taj MahalNicolas SaadaFrance, Belgium
Tharlo 塔洛Pema TsedenChina
Why Hast Thou Forsaken MeLama AzavtaniHadar MoragIsrael, France
Short Films - Competition
55 Pills 55 Pastillas Sebastián Muro Argentina
Backyards Dvorišta Ivan Salatic Montenegro
Chatting Lonce Marlonce Singapore
Champ des possibles Cristina Picchi Canada
En defensa Propia Mariana Arriaga Mexico
E.T.E.R.N.I.T. Giovanni Aloi France
It Seems to Hang on Kevin Jerome Everson United States
Monkey Hou Jie Shen China
New Eyes Hiwot Admasu Getaneh France, Germany, United Kingdom
Oh Gallow Lay Julian Wayser United States
Tarântula Aly Muritiba, Marja Calafanje Brazil
Violences en Réunion Karim Boukercha France
The Young Man Who Came from the Chee River Jer gun muer rao jer gun Wichanon Somunjarn Thailand
Short Films - Out of Competition
Zero David Victori United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Mexico

Venice Classics

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The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:[18][19]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Restored Films
Alexander Nevsky (1938)Александр НевскийSergei EisensteinSoviet Union
Amarcord (1973)Federico FelliniItaly
Le Beau Serge (1958)Claude ChabrolFrance
The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)風櫃來的人Hou Hsiao-hsienTaiwan
Hardly a Criminal (1949)Apenas un delincuenteHugo FregoneseArgentina
Heaven Can Wait (1943)Ernst LubitschUnited States
Léon Morin, Priest (1961)Léon Morin, prêtreJean-Pierre MelvilleFrance
La lupa (1953)Alberto LattuadaItaly
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)Michael Powell & Emeric PressburgerUnited Kingdom
The Merchant of Venice (1969)Orson WellesUnited States
I Mostri (aka Opiate '67, 1963)Dino RisiItaly
Othello (1951) The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of VeniceOrson WellesItaly, France, United States
The Power and the Glory (1933)William K. HowardUnited States
Ray of Sunshine (1933)SonnenstrahlPaul FejosGermany, Austria
Red Beard (1965)赤ひげAkira KurosawaJapan
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)Salò o le 120 giornate di SodomaPier Paolo PasoliniItaly
The Thirsty One (1957)प्यासा / PyaasaGuru DuttIndia
To Sleep with Anger (1990)Charles BurnettUnited States
The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932)William K. Howard
Umut (1970)Yilmaz GüneyTurkey
We Want the Colonels (1973)Vogliamo i colonnelliMario MonicelliItaly
White Paws (1949)Pattes blanchesJean GrémillonFrance
Documentaries about cinema
The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Maddin Yves Montmayeur France
Alfredo Bini, the Unexpected Guest Alfredo Bini, ospite inatteso Simone Isola Italy
Behind the White Glasses Dietro gli occhiali bianchi Valerio Ruiz
A Flickering Truth Pietra Brettkelly New Zealand, Afghanistan
For the Love of a Man Rinku Kalsy India
Helmut Berger, Actor Andreas Horvath Austria
Jacques Tourneur le médium: filmer l'invisible Alain Mazars France
Mifune: The Last Samurai Steven Okazaki Japan
Venise (1912) (Unknown) France

Biennale College - Cinema

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The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films:[20]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Baby BumpKuba CzekajPoland
BlankaKohki HaseiJapan, Italy
The FitsAnna Rose HolmerUnited States

Final Cut in Venice

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The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa:[21]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Ali, the Goat, and IbrahimAli Mea'za We IbrahimSherif ElbendaryEgypt
House in the FieldsTigmi NigrenTala HadidMorocco
Path of ParadiseTarik Al-JenahAtia Al-DaradjiIraq
Rooster of BeirutDeek BeirutZiad KalthoumSyria
SeparationHavibonHakar AbdulqadirIraq
Zaineb Hates the SnowZaineb Takrahou EtheljKaouther Ben HaniaTunisia

Il Cinema nel Giardino

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The following feature films were selected for the Il Cinema nel Giardino section:[22]

Screening Title Director(s) Production country
3 Sep Carlo Lizzani, Il mio cinemaRoberto Torelli, Cristina Torelli, Paolo Luciani Italy
6 Sep Al centro del cinemaGianandrea Caruso, Chiara Dainese, Davide Minotti, Bernardo Pellegrini, Maria Tilli
8 Sep ZAC - I Fiori del MALEMassimo Denaro
9 Sep Torn (Torn - Strappati)Alessandro Gassmann
10 Sep Where is the Goldfish? (Il pesce rosso dov'è?)Elisabetta Sgarbi
11 Sep Il decalogo di VascoFabio Masi

Independent Sections

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International Critics’ Week

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The following films were selected for the 29th Venice International Film Critics' Week:[23][24]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In competition
Banat (The Journey)BanatAdriano ValerioItaly, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia
Kalo Pothi: The Black HenKalo PothiMin Bahadur BhamNepal, France, Germany
Light YearsEsther May CampbellUnited Kingdom
MountainMontanhaJoão SalavizaPortugal, France
MotherlandAna YurduSenem TüzenTurkey, Greece
The ReturnGreen ZengSingapore
TannaMartin ButlerAustralia
Special Events - Out of competition
The Family (Pre-Opening) Jia Shumin Liu China, Australia
Orphans (Opening Film) Peter Mullan United Kingdom
Bagnoli Jungle (Closing Film) Antonio Capuano Italy

Venice Days

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The following films were selected for the 12th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[25][26]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
AriannaCarlo LavagnaItaly
As I Open My EyesÀ peine j'ouvre les yeuxLeyla BouzidFrance, Tunisia, Belgium, United Arab Emirates
The DaughterSimon StoneAustralia
Early WinterMichael RoweAustralia, Canada
First LightLa prima luceVincenzo MarraItaly
Island CityRuchika OberoiIndia
KlezmerPiotr ChrzanPoland
LoloJulie DelpyFrance
Long Live the BrideViva la sposaAscanio CelestiniItaly, France, Belgium
The Memory of WaterLa memoria del aguaMatías BizeChile, Spain, Argentina, Germany
RetributionEl desconocidoDani de la TorreSpain
Underground FragrancePengfeiFrance, China
Special events
Argentina Zonda, folclore argentino Carlos Saura Argentina, Spain, France
Harry's Bar Carlotta Cerquetti Italy
Innocence of Memories - Orhan Pamuk's Museum and Istanbul Grant Gee United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy
Ma Celia Rowlson-Hall United States
Milano 2015 Elio, Roberto Bolle, Silvio Soldini, Walter Veltroni, Cristiana Capotondi, Giorgio Diritti Italy
Viva Ingrid! Alessandro Rossellini
Miu Miu Women's Tales
Les 3 Boutons Agnès Varda France, Italy
De Djess Alice Rohrwacher Italy
Special projects
Bangland Lorenzo Berghella Italy
The Country Where Trees Fly. Eugenio Barba and the Days of Odin Il paese dove gli alberi volano. Eugenio Barba e i giorni dell'Odin Davide Barletti, Jacopo Quadri
Dreams of the Salt Lake I sogni del lago salato Andrea Segre
Lux Prize
Mediterranea Jonas Carpignano Italy, United States, Germany, France, Qatar
Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven France, Germany, Turkey, Qatar
The Lesson Urok Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov Bulgaria, Greece

Official Awards

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Lorenzo Vigas with the Golden Lion for From Afar
Valeria Golino, winner of the Coppa Volpi
Abraham Attah, winner of the Marcello Mastroianni Award

In Competition (Venezia 72)

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Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

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Venice Classics Awards

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Special awards

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Independent Sections Awards

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The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[32]

30th Venice International Critics' Week

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Venice Days

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Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award - Special mentions

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Independent Awards

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The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[32]

Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award

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Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award

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  • The Wait by Piero Messina

Brian Award

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Arca CinemaGiovani Award

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FEDIC Award

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Fedeora Awards

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  • Best Film (Venice Days): Underground Fragrance by Pengfei
  • Best Director of a Debut Film (Venice Days): Ruchika Oberoi for Island City
  • Best Actress in a Debut Film (Venice Days): Ondina Quadri for Arianna

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

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2nd Starlight Cinema Awards

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Green Drop Award

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Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Young Jury award

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Gold Mouse

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Future Film Festival Digital Award

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P. Nazareno Taddei Award

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Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award

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  • Blanka by Kohki Hasei

Open Award

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  • Carlotta Cerquetti for Harry’s Bar

Lina Mangiacapre Award

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Gillo Pontecorvo - Arcobaleno Latino Award

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INTERFILM Award

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"Civitas Vitae prossima" Award

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Soundtrack Stars Award

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Schermi di Qualità – Carlo Mazzacurati Award

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Human Rights Nights Award

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AssoMusica "Ho visto una Canzone" Award

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Sorriso diverso Venezia 2015 Award

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Amnesty International Italia "Il cinema per i diritti umani" Award

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CITC – UNESCO 2015 Award

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NuovoImaie Talent Award

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Best Innovative Budget Award

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