# 54th Venice International Film Festival

The 54th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 27 August to 6 September 1997.
New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion was the Jury President of the Main Competition. The opening film was Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry, while the closing film was a restored version of 1912 silent film Richard III, accompanied live by Vittorio Gassman serving as narrator and Ennio Morricone conducing the Arturo Toscanini Orchestra. Takeshi Kitano's Hana-bi was the Golden Lion winner.

## Juries

The following people comprised the 1997 jury:

### Main competition

* Jane Campion, New Zealand filmmaker and producer - Jury President
* Ronald Bass, American writer and producer
* Véra Belmont, French producer
* Peter Buchka, German critic
* Nana Jorjadze, Georgian filmmaker and actress
* Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabé filmmaker
* Charlotte Rampling, British actress
* Shinya Tsukamoto, Japanese filmmaker, producer and actor
* Francesco Rosi, Italian director

### Short films competition

* Marco Bellocchio, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
* Olivier Assayas, French filmmaker and film critic
* Clare Peploe, British producer and screenwriter

## Official sections

The following films were selected to be screened:

### In competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Blinded | A ciegas | Daniel Calparsoro | Spain |
| Chinese Box | Chinese Box | Wayne Wang | United States |
| Dry Cleaning | Nettoyage à sec | Anne Fontaine | France |
| Hana-bi | Hana-bi | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
| Hardboiled Egg | Ovosodo | Paolo Virzì | Italy |
| The Informant | The Informant | Jim McBride | United States, Ireland |
| Keep Cool | 有話好好說 | Yimou Zhang | China |
| Love Stories | Historie milosne | Jerzy Stuhr | Poland |
| Niagara, Niagara | Niagara, Niagara | Bob Gosse | United States, Canada |
| One Night Stand | One Night Stand | Mike Figgis | United States |
| Ossos | Ossos | Pedro Costa | Portugal, France, Denmark |
| The Oyster and the Wind | A Ostra e o Vento | Walter Lima Jr. | Brazil |
| Round the Moons Between Earth and Sea | Giro di lune tra terra e mare | Giuseppe M. Gaudino | Italy, Germany |
| Seventh Heaven | Le Septième ciel | Benoît Jacquot | France |
| The Thief | Вор | Pavel Chukhraj | Russia |
| The Vesuvians | I vesuviani | Pappi Corsicato, Antonio Capuano, Antonietta De Lillo, Stefano Incerti, Mario Martone | Italy |
| Wild Games | Combat de fauves | Benoit Lamy | Belgium, Germany, France |
| The Winter Guest | The Winter Guest | Alan Rickman | United Kingdom |

### Out of competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Deconstructing Harry (opening film) | Deconstructing Harry (opening film) | Woody Allen | United States |
| Danubio | Danubio | Ivo B. Micheli | Italy |
| Full Tilt Boogie | Full Tilt Boogie | Sarah Kelly | United States |
| The Kingdom II | Riget II | Lars von Trier | Denmark |
| Our God's Brother | Brat naszego Boga | Krzysztof Zanussi | Poland, Italy, Germany |
| Richard III (closing film) | Richard III (closing film) | André Calmettes and James Keane | France, United States |

### Midday (mezzogiorno)

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| 100% Arabica | 100% Arabica | Mahmoud Zemmouri | Algeria, France |
| Bent Familia | Bent Familia | Nouri Bouzid | Tunisia |
| Cinque giorni di tempesta | Cinque giorni di tempesta | Francesco Calogero | Italy |
| Go for Gold! | Go for Gold! | Lucian Segura | Germany, Spain, France |
| In the Name of Innocence | Im Namen der Unschuld | Andreas Kleinert | Germany |
| Kokkuri-san | こっくりさん | Takahisa Zeze | Japan |
| The Locusts | The Locusts | John Patrick Kelley | United States |
| The Second Civil War | The Second Civil War | Joe Dante | United States |
| True Love and Chaos | True Love and Chaos | Stavros Kazantzidis | Australia |

### Midnight (mezzanotte)

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Affliction | Affliction | Paul Schrader | United States |
| Air Force One | Air Force One | Wolfgang Petersen | United States |
| The Bride's Journey | Il viaggio della sposa | Sergio Rubini | Italy |
| Deceiver | Deceiver | Jonas and Joshua Pate | United States |
| Heroines | Héroïnes | Gérard Krawczyk | France |
| Marquise | Marquise | Véra Belmont | France |
| Mimic | Mimic | Guillermo del Toro | United States |
| The Tango Lesson | La lección de tango | Sally Potter | Argentina, United Kingdom |

### Venetian workshop

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Alors, voila | Alors, voila | Michel Piccoli | France |
| The Collector | Neitoperho | Auli Mantila | Finland |
| Malemare | Malemare | Pasquale Mazzarro | Italy |
| Miramar | Miramar | Júlio Bressane | Brazil |
| The Night of the Painter | Der tag des malers | Werner Nekes | Germany |
| The Sanguinaires | Les Sanguinaires | Laurent Cantet | France |
| The Sticky Fingers of Time | The Sticky Fingers of Time | Hilary Brougher | United States |
| Strawberry Fields | Strawberry Fields | Rea Tajiri | United States |
| Subway Stories | Subway Stories | Bob Balaban, Patricia Benoit, Julie Dash, Jonathan Demme, Ted Demme, Abel Ferrara, Alison Maclean, Craig McKay, Lucas Platt, Seth Rosenfeld | United States |
| Tamas and Juli | Tamás és Juli | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary |
| Tatuaggi | Tatuaggi | Laura Angiulli | Italy |
| The Tree of Hanging Destinies | L'albero dei destini sospesi | Rachid Benhadj | Italy |
| Non Fiction ||||
| 4 Little Girls | 4 Little Girls | Spike Lee | United States |
| As Time Goes By | 去日苦多 | Ann Hui | Taiwan |
| HHH: Portrait de Hou Hsiao-hsien | HHH: Portrait de Hou Hsiao-hsien | Olivier Assayas | France, Taiwan |
| In memoriam Gyöngyössy Imre | In memoriam Gyöngyössy Imre | Katalyn Peteny, Barna Kabay | Hungary |
| Kippur | Kippur | Amos Gitai | Israel |
| Still Love You After All These | 念你如昔 | Stanley Kwan | Taiwan, China |
| The Voice of Bergman | Bergmans rost | Gunnar Bergdahl | Sweden |
| The Year After Dayton | Das Jahr nach Dayton | Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Austria |

### Special screenings

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Tribute to Alida Valli ||||
| The Third Man | The Third Man | Carol Reed | United Kingdom |
| Tribute to Gerard Depardieu ||||
| Hurricane Rosy | Temporale Rosy | Mario Monicelli | Italy |
| Tribute to Marcello Mastroianni ||||
| Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember (long version) | Mi ricordo, sì, io mi ricordo | Anna Maria Tatò | Italy |
| Tribute to Roberto Rossellini ||||
| Roberto Rossellini: il mestiere di uomo | Roberto Rossellini: il mestiere di uomo | Beppe Cino | Italy |
| The Taking of Power by Louis XIV | La presa del potere da parte di Luigi XIV | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |

## Independent sections
### Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as in competition for this section:
* The Fifth Season (Fasl-e panjom) by Rafi Pitts (Iran)
* Gummo by Harmony Korine (United States)
* Marie from the Bay of Angels (Marie Baie des Anges) by Manuel Pradal (France)
* Masumiyet (en. Innocence) by Zeki Demirkubuz (Turkey)
* Dance of the Wind (Swara Mandal) by Rajan Khosa (India)
* To Die for Tano (Tano da morire) by Roberta Torre (Italy)
* Unmade Beds by Nicholas Barker (United Kingdom)

## Official awards
### Main competition

* Golden Lion: Hana-bi by Takeshi Kitano
* Grand Special Jury Prize: Ovosodo by Paolo Virzi
* Golden Osella:
** Best Original Screenplay: Nettoyage à sec for Gilles Taurand
** Best Cinematography: Ossos for Emmanuel Machuel
** Best Original Music: Chinese Box for Graeme Revell
* Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Wesley Snipes for One Night Stand
* Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Robin Tunney for Niagara, Niagara

### Luigi de Laurentis award for a debut film

* Tano da morire by Roberta Torre

### Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

* Gérard Depardieu
* Stanley Kubrick
* Alida Valli

## Independent awards
### The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

* The Thief by Pavel Chukhraj

### Prize of the International Youth Jury

* The Thief by Pavel Chukhraj

### FIPRESCI Prize

* Love Stories by Jerzy Stuhr
* Twenty Four Seven by Shane Meadows
** Honorable Mention: Harmony Korine for Gummo

### OCIC Award

* The Winter Guest by Alan Rickman
** Honorable Mention:
*** Jerzy Stuhr by Love Stories
*** Nouri Bouzid by Bent Familia

### UNICEF Award

* The Thief by Pavel Chukhraj

### UNESCO Award

* La strana storia di Banda Sonora by Francesca Archibugi)

### Pasinetti Award

* Best Film: Giro di lune tra terra e mare
* Best Actor: Edoardo Gabbriellini for Ovosodo
* Best Actress: Emma Thompson for The Winter Guest

### Pietro Bianco Award

* Bernardo Bertolucci

### Isvema Award

* Giro di lune tra terra e mare by Giuseppe M. Gaudino

### FEDIC Award

* Tano da morire by Roberta Torre
** Honorable Mention: Amleto... frammenti by Bruno Bigoni

### Little Golden Lion

* Ovosodo by Paolo Virzi

### Anicaflash Prize

* Love Stories by Jerzy Stuhr

### Elvira Notari Prize

* Bent Familia by Nouri Bouzid

### Bastone Bianco Award

* Alors voilà by Michel Piccoli

### Sergio Trasatti Award

* Love Stories by Jerzy Stuhr
* In memoriam Gyöngyössy Imre by Barna Kabay

### CinemAvvenire Award

* The Winter Guest by Alan Rickman

### Enzo Serafin Award

* Ovosodo by Italo Petriccione

### Kodak Award

* Tano da morire by Roberta Torre