# 55th Venice International Film Festival

The 55th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 3 and 13 September 1998.
Italian filmmaker Ettore Scola was the Jury President of the Main Competition.
The Golden Lion was awarded to The Way We Laughed by Gianni Amelio.

## Juries
### Main Competition

The following people comprised the 1998 jury:
* Ettore Scola, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
* Héctor Babenco, Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker
* Sarunas Bartas, Lithuanian filmmaker
* Kathryn Bigelow, American filmmaker and producer
* Reinhard Hauff, German director
* Danièle Heymann, French film critic and journalist
* Ismail Merchant, Indian director and producer
* Luis Sepúlveda, Chilean writer
* Tilda Swinton, British actress

### Short Films Competition

* Georges Benayoun, Moroccan - Jury President
* Chiara Caselli, Italian actress
* Abel Ferrara, American filmmaker and actor

## Official Sections

The following films were selected to be screened:

### In Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Autumn Tale | Conte d'automne | Eric Rohmer | France |
| Black Cat, White Cat | Crna mačka, beli mačor | Emir Kusturica | France, Germany, FR Yugoslavia |
| Bulworth | Bulworth | Warren Beatty | United States |
| Clouds | La nube | Fernando Solanas | France, Argentina |
| Dancing at Lughnasa | Dancing at Lughnasa | Pat O'Connor | Ireland, United States |
| The Garden of Eden | I giardini dell'Eden | Alessandro D'Alatri | Italy |
| Hilary and Jackie | Hilary and Jackie | Anand Tucker | United Kingdom |
| Hurlyburly | 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 | New Rose Hotel | Abel Ferrara | United States |
| Next Stop Paradise | Terminus Paradis | Lucian Pintilie | Romania |
| Place Vendôme | Place Vendôme | Nicole Garcia | France |
| Rounders | 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 | سکوت | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Iran, Tajikistan, France |
| Stolen Life | Voleur de vie | Yves Angelo | France |
| Traffic | Tráfico | João Botelho | Portugal, France, Denmark |
| The Way We Laughed | Così ridevano | Gianni Amelio | Italy |

### Out of Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Am I Beautiful? (closing film) | Bin ich schön? | Doris Dörrie | Germany |
| The Ballad of the Windshield Washers | La ballata dei lavavetri | Peter Del Monte | Italy |
| Celebrity | Celebrity | Woody Allen | United States |
| Chance or Coincidence | Hasards ou coïncidences | Claude Lelouch | France |
| Elizabeth | Elizabeth | Shekhar Kapur | United Kingdom |
| Incontri proibiti | Incontri proibiti | Alberto Sordi | Italy |
| Of Lost Love | Del perduto amore | Michele Placido | Italy |
| Saving Private Ryan (opening film) | Saving Private Ryan (opening film) | Steven Spielberg | United States |
| A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | James Ivory | United Kingdom |
| You Laugh | Tu ridi | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Italy |

### Prospectives (Prospettive)

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Americanka | Americanka | Dmitry Meskhiev | Russia |
| L'anniversario | L'anniversario | Mario Orfini | Italy |
| Bullet Ballet | バレット・バレエ | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan |
| Buena Vista Social Club | Buena Vista Social Club | Wim Wenders | Germany |
| Cabaret Balkan | Буре барута | Goran Paskaljević | Yugoslavia |
| Connection by Fate | 超級公民 | Wan Jen | Taiwan |
| Crush Proof | Crush Proof | Paul Tickell | Ireland |
| Endurance | Endurance | Leslie Woodhead | United States, United Kingdom, Germany |
| L'Ennui | L'Ennui | Cédric Kahn | France |
| Far from One's Eyes | Longe da vista | João Mário Grilo | Italy |
| Friendly Fire | Ação Entre Amigos | Beto Brant | Brazil |
| Guests | Ospiti | Matteo Garrone | Italy |
| Into My Heart | Into My Heart | Anthony Stark, Sean Smith | United States |
| Liv | Liv | Edoardo Ponti | United States |
| Living in Paradise | Vivre au paradis | Bourlem Guerdjou | Algeria |
| The Loss of Sexual Innocence | The Loss of Sexual Innocence | Mike Figgis | United States |
| Lucky and Zorba | La gabbianella e il gatto | Enzo D'Alò | Italy |
| The Second Wife | La seconda moglie | Ugo Chiti | Italy |
| Shadrach | Shadrach | Susanne Styron | United States |
| Shattered Image | Shattered Image | Raúl Ruiz | United States |
| Side Streets | Side Streets | Tony Gerber | United Kingdom |
| Speak Like a Child | Speak Like a Child | John Akomfrah | United Kingdom |
| State of Dogs | Нохойн орон | Peter Brosens, Dorjkhandyn Turmunkh | Mongolia |
| Sun Bird | 太阳鸟 | Wang Xueqi, Yang Liping | China |
| Train of Life | Train de vie | Radu Mihăileanu | France, Belgium, Netherlands, Israel, Romania |
| Traps | Pasti, pasti, pasticky | Věra Chytilová | Czech Republic |
| Viol@ | Viol@ | Donatella Maiorca | Italy |
| Vite in sospeso | Vite in sospeso | Marco Turco | Italy |
| Yara | Yara | Yılmaz Arslan | Turkey, Germany |
| Yom Yom | Yom Yom | Amos Gitai | Israel |

### Nights and Stars (Notti e Stelle)

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Another Day in Paradise | Another Day in Paradise | Larry Clark | United States |
| Apt Pupil | Apt Pupil | Bryan Singer | United States |
| He Got Game | He Got Game | Spike Lee | United States |
| Lautrec | Lautrec | Roger Planchon | France |
| Out of Sight | Out of Sight | Steven Soderbergh | United States |
| A Perfect Murder | A Perfect Murder | Andrew Davis | United States |
| Poodle Springs | Poodle Springs | Bob Rafelson | United States |
| Radiofreccia | Radiofreccia | Luciano Ligabue | Italy |
| The Red Violin | The Red Violin | François Girard | Canada |
| Ronin | Ronin | John Frankenheimer | United States |
| The Truman Show | The Truman Show | Peter Weir | United States |

### Special screenings

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Tribute to Totò ||||
| Totomodo: l'arte spiegata anche ai bambini | Totomodo: l'arte spiegata anche ai bambini | Achille Bonito Oliva | Italy |
| Sessantotto e dintorni ||||
| Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed | Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos | Alexander Kluge | West Germany |
| Il cinema ritrovato ||||
| Adua and Her Friends | Adua e le compagne | Antonio Pietrangeli | Italy |
| The General of the Dead Army | l generale dell'armata morta | Luciano Tovoli | Italy |
| Stranger on the Prowl | Imbarco a mezzanotte | Joseph Losey | Italy |
| Paisan | Paisà | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
| The Singing Princess | La Rosa di Bagdad | Anton Gino Domenighini | Italy |

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

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
* Beat by Amon Miyamoto (Japan)
* Ghodoua Nahrek (fr. Demain, je brûle..., en. Tomorrow I Burn) by Mohamed Ben Smàil (Tunisia)
* La mère Christain (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)

## Official Awards
### Main Competition

* Golden Lion: The Way We Laughed by Gianni Amelio
* Grand Special Jury Prize: Next Stop Paradise by Lucian Pintilie
* Silver Lion: Black Cat, White Cat by Emir Kusturica
* Golden Osella:
** Best Screenplay: Eric Rohmer for Autumn Tale
** Best Cinematography: Luca Bigazzi for The Way We Laughed
** Best Score: Gerardo Gandini for La Nube
* Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Sean Penn for Hurlyburly
* Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Catherine Deneuve for Place Vendôme
* Marcello Mastroianni Award: Niccolò Senni for Shooting the Moon

### Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

* Sophia Loren
* Andrzej Wajda
* Warren Beatty

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

* The Silence by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

### FIPRESCI Prize

* Best First Feature: Train of Life by Radu Mihăileanu
* Best Feature: Cabaret Balkan by Goran Paskaljević

### OCIC Award

* Shooting the Moon by Francesca Archibugi

### UNICEF Award

* Shooting the Moon by Francesca Archibugi

### UNESCO Award

* Colonel Bunker by Kujtim Çashku
** Special Mention: La Nube by Fernando Solanas

### Pasinetti Award

* Best Actor: The Garden of Eden by Kim Rossi Stuart
* Best Actress: Del perduto amore by Giovanna Mezzogiorno

### Pietro Bianchi Award

* Michelangelo Antonioni

### Isvema Award

* Orphans by Peter Mullan

### FEDIC Award

* Del perduto amore by Michele Placido
** Special Mention: Ospiti by Matteo Garrone
** Special Mention: Sto lavorando? by Daniele Segre

### Little Golden Lion

* Crna macka, beli macor by Emir Kusturica

### Anicaflash Prize

* Train of Life by Radu Mihăileanu

### Elvira Notari Prize

* Trap, Trap, Little Trap by Věra Chytilová
** Special Mention: New Rose Hotel (Abel Ferrara)

### Cult Network Italia Prize

* Orphans by Peter Mullan

### FilmCritica "Bastone Bianco" Award

* New Rose Hotel by Abel Ferrara

### Laterna Magica Prize

* Crna macka, beli macor by Emir Kusturica

### Sergio Trasatti Award

* The Garden of Eden by Alessandro D'Alatri
** Special Mention: Autumn Tale by Éric Rohmer
** Special Mention: Così ridevano by Gianni Amelio
** Special Mention: The Silence by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

### CinemAvvenire Award

* Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature: The Silence by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
* Best Film: La Nube by Fernando Solanas
* Best First Film: Vivre au paradis by Bourlem Guerdjou

### Kodak Award

* Orphans by Peter Mullan
* IN-COMPETITION: Ospiti by Matteo Garrone

### Prix Pierrot

* Orphans by Peter Mullan

### Max Factor Award

* Elizabeth by Jenny Shircore