10-09-2012

FNE at Venice FF 2012: Venice Film Festival Prize Winners

By Anna Franklin
    FNE at Venice FF 2012: Venice Film Festival Prize Winners Kim Ki-duk

    VENICE: Korean director Kim Ki-duk collected the Golden Lion for Best film for his ultra violent Pieta in a year that saw Ulrich Seidl’s Paradies: Glaube as the only film from central Europe to take hope a prize from the Lido.

    Seidl’s film, the second in his Paradies trilogy, won the Special Jury Prize. The film split critics into strongly opposing groups who either loved or hated the film with its uniquely Seidl style. Many had tipped its leading actress, Maria Hofstatter, for the best actress prize but the Austrian actress went home empty handed.

    Controversy erupted around the main prize winner when the Hollywood Reporter published an article saying that the Silver Lion winner The Master by Paul Thomas Anderson had originally been tipped by the jury to win the top prize but as the film’s two leading actors had also been selected by the jury for the best actor prize the jury was asked to chose another film for the Golden Lion. The festival’s regulations prohibit both prizes going to the same film. The Master also won the FIPRESCI award for Best Film.

    Alberto Barbera’s return to the Lido as festival director was marked by a strong programme with a reduced number of films in competition but critics and participants agreed that the new leaner lineup made it easier to see the main competitions.

    This year also saw the launch of the festival’s first film market with most participants praising the market’s organisation and easy access to screenings although few deals were reported with most buyers saying they would tie up deals later in Toronto. The first edition was helmed by Pascal Diot who invited 250 international buyers and sales agents to a digital library and screening rooms set up in the nearby Excelsior Hotel.

     

    Official Awards of the 69th Venice Film Festival


    VENEZIA 69

     

    GOLDEN LION for Best Film to PIETA by Kim Ki-duk (Republic of Korea)

     

    SILVER LION for Best Director to THE MASTER by Paul Thomas Anderson (USA)

     

    SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to Paradies: Glaube by Ulrich Seidl (Austria, Germany, France)

     

    COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor to Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix

    in the film THE MASTER by Paul Thomas Anderson (USA)

     

    COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress Hadas Yaron

    in the film LEMALE ET HA’CHALAL by Rama Bursthein (Israel)

     

    MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best New Young Actor or Actress to Fabrizio Falco

    in the films BELLA ADDORMENTATA by Marco Bellocchio (Italy) and È STATO IL FIGLIO by Daniele Ciprí (Italy)

     

    AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to Olivier Assayas

    for the film APRES MAI by Olivier Assayas (France)

     

    AWARD FOR THE BEST TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION (CINEMATOGRAPHY) to Daniele Ciprì

    for the film È STATO IL FIGLIO by Daniele Ciprì (Italy)
     

      

    LION OF THE FUTURE – “LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM to KÜF (MOLD) by Ali Aydin (Turkey, Germany) VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS’ WEEK

    as well as a prize of 100,000 USD, donated by Filmauro di Aurelio e Luigi De Laurentiis to be divided equally between director and producer

     

     

     

    ORIZZONTI

     

    ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST FILM (full-length films) to

    SAN ZIMEI by Wang Bing (France, Hong Kong)

     

    SPECIAL ORIZZONTI JURY PRIZE (full-length films) to

    TANGO LIBRE by Frédéric Fonteyne (France, Belgium, Luxembourg)

     

    ORIZZONTI YOUTUBE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM to

    CHO-DE by Yoo Min-young (South Korea)

     

    EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2012-EFA to

    TITLOI TELOUS by Yorgos Zois (Greece)

     


    GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2012

    to Francesco Rosi

     

    JAEGER-LECOULTRE GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER AWARD

    to Spike Lee

     

    PERSOL AWARD

    to Michael Cimino

     

    L’ORÉAL PARIS PER IL CINEMA AWARD

    to Giulia Bevilacqua

     

     

    Collateral Awards

     

    FIPRESCI Award

    Best Film of Venezia 69 to The Master by Paul Thomas Anderson

    Best Film of Orizzonti and Settimana Internazionale della Critica to L’intervallo by Leonardo Di Costanzo

     

    SIGNIS Award

    to To The Wonder by Terrence Malick

    Special Mention to Fill The Void by Rama Burshtein

     

    “RaroVideo” – Settimana della Critica. Awarded by the audience

    to Äta Sova Dö (Eat Sleep Die) by Gabriela Pichler

     

    Label Europa Cinemas Award

    to Crawl by Hervé Lasgouttes

     

    Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award

    to Pieta by Kim Ki-duk

    Cinema for UNICEF mention to È stato il figlio by Daniele Ciprì

     

    Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award

    to L’intervallo by Leonardo Di Costanzo

    Best Documentary: La nave dolce (The Human Cargo)  by Daniele Vicari

    Best Actor: Valerio Mastandrea in Gli Equilibristi

    Pasinetti Speciale to Clarisse by Liliana Cavani

     

    Brian Award

    to Bella Addormentata by Marco Bellocchio

     

    Queer Lion Award (Associazione Cinemarte)

    to The Weight by Jeon Kyu-Hwan

     

    Arca CinemaGiovani Award

    Best Film of Venezia 69 to La Cinquième saison by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth

    Best Italian film to La città ideale by Luigi Lo Cascio

     

    Biografilm Lancia Award

    to both La nave dolce (The Human Cargo) by Daniele Vicari and Bad25 by Spike Lee

     

    CICT - UNESCO “Enrico Fulchignoni” Award

    to L’intervallo by Leonardo Di Costanzo
     

    CICAE - Cinema d’Arte e d’Essai Award

    to Wadjda by Haifaa Al Mansour

     

    CinemAvvenire Award

    Best film of Venezia 69 to Paradies: Glaube by Ulrich Seidl

    Best film - Il cerchio non è rotondo (Cinema per la pace e la ricchezza delle diversità)

    to Wadjda by Haifaa Al Mansour

     

    FEDIC Award

    to L’intervallo by Leonardo Di Costanzo

    Special Mention to Bellas Mariposas by Salvatore Mereu

     

    Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

    to Après Mai by Olivier Assayas

     

    Future Film Festival Digital Award

    to Bad25 by Spike Lee

    Special Mention to Spring Breakers by Harmony Korine

     

    P. Nazareno Taddei Award

    to Pieta by Kim Ki-duk

    Special Mention to Sinapupunan (Thy Womb) by Brillante Mendoza

     

    Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award

    to L’intervallo by Leonardo Di Costanzo

     

    Open Award

    to The Company You Keep by Robert Redford

     

    La Navicella – Venezia Cinema Award

    to Sinapupunan (Thy Womb) by Brillante Mendoza

     

    Lina Mangiacapre Award

    to Queen Of Montreuil by Sòlveig Anspach

     

    AIF - FORFILMFEST  Award

    to L’intervallo by Leonardo Di Costanzo

     

    Mouse d'Oro Award

    to Pieta by Kim Ki-duk

    Mouse d’Argento to Anton tut ryadom (Anton's Right Here) by Lyubov Arkus

     

    UK - Italy Creative Industries Award – Best Innovative Budget Award

    to L’intervallo by Leonardo Di Costanzo

     

    Gillo Pontecorvo - Arcobaleno Latino Award

    to Laura Delli Colli

     

    Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Award

    to Low Tide by Roberto Minervini
     

    Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue

    to Wadjda by Haifaa Al Mansour

     

    Giovani Giurati del Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award

    to The Company You Keep by Robert Redford

    Special Mention to Toni Servillo

     

    Premio Cinematografico “Civitas Vitae prossima” Award

    to Terramatta by Costanza Quatriglio

     

    Green Drop Award

    to La cinquième saison by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth