# 64th Venice International Film Festival

The 64th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, from 29 August to 8 September 2007.
The opening film of the festival was Joe Wright's Atonement and the closing film was Alexi Tan's Blood Brothers. Italian actress Ambra Angiolini was the Host of the Festival. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement was presented to American director Tim Burton.
Once again all the films running the contest were shown for the first time as world premieres in keeping with the festival tradition since the Second World War.

## Juries

The international juries of the 64th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:

### Main Competition (Venezia 64)

* Zhang Yimou, Chinese filmmaker, producer and actor - Jury President
* Catherine Breillat, French filmmaker, novelist and professor of auteur cinema
* Jane Campion, New Zealand filmmaker and producer
* Emanuele Crialese, Italian filmmaker
* Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican filmmaker and producer
* Ferzan Özpetek, Turkish-Italian filmmaker
* Paul Verhoeven, Dutch filmmaker and producer

### Horizons (Orizzonti)

* Gregg Araki, American filmmaker - Jury President
* Giorgia Fiorio, Italian photographer
* Ulrich Gregor, German critic
* Frederick Wiseman, American filmmaker and theatre director
* Hala Alabdalla Yakoub, Syrian director and producer

### Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film)

* Bill Mechanic, American film producer - Jury President
* Randa Chahal, Lebanese filmmaker and producer
* Rupert Everett, English actor and writer
* Liu Jie, Chinese director
* Valeria Solarino, Italian actress

### Short Films Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

* F. J. Ossang [fr], French director (President)
* Yasmine Kassari, Moroccan director
* Roberto Perpignani, Italian film editor

## Official Sections
### In Competition

The competitive section of the official selection is an international competition of feature films in 35mm and digital HD format, running for the Golden Lion.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| 12 | 12 | Nikita Mihalkov | Russia |
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Andrew Dominik | United States |
| Atonement (opening film) | Atonement (opening film) | Joe Wright | United Kingdom |
| Chaos, This Is | هي فوضى | Youssef Chahine | Egypt |
| The Darjeeling Limited | The Darjeeling Limited | Wes Anderson | United States |
| Fallen Heroes | Nessuna qualità agli eroi | Paolo Franchi | Italy, Switzerland, France |
| Help Me Eros | 幫幫我，愛神 | Lee Kang-sheng | Taiwan |
| I'm Not There | I'm Not There | Todd Haynes | United States |
| In the City of Sylvia | En la ciudad de Sylvia | José Luis Guerín | Spain |
| In the Valley of Elah | In the Valley of Elah | Paul Haggis | United States |
| It's a Free World... | It's a Free World... | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland |
| Lust, Caution | 色，戒 | Ang Lee | United States, China, Taiwan |
| Mad Detective | 神探 | Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai | China（Hong Kong） |
| Michael Clayton | Michael Clayton | Tony Gilroy | United States |
| Nightwatching | Nightwatching | Peter Greenaway | United Kingdom, Poland, Canada, Netherlands |
| Redacted | Redacted | Brian De Palma | United States |
| The Romance of Astrea and Celadon | Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon | Éric Rohmer | France, Italy, Spain |
| The Secret of the Grain | La graine et le mulet | Abdellatif Kechiche | France |
| Sleuth | Sleuth | Kenneth Branagh | United Kingdom, United States |
| Sukiyaki Western Django | スキヤキ・ウエスタン ジャンゴ | Takashi Miike | Japan |
| The Sun Also Rises | 太阳照常升起 | Jiang Wen | China（Hong Kong） |
| The Sweet and the Bitter | Il dolce e l'amaro | Andrea Porporati | Italy |
| The Trial Begins | L'ora di punta | Vincenzo Marra | Italy |
    Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

### Out of Competition

Shown below are new works by authors who were honored in past festivals, as well as movies shown in the midnight time band.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Venezia Maestri ||||
| Beyond the Years | 천년학 | Im Kwon Taek | South Korea |
| Blood Brothers (closing film) | 天堂口 | Alexi Tan | China, Taiwan, China（Hong Kong） |
| Cassandra's Dream | Cassandra's Dream | Woody Allen | United Kingdom, United States |
| Christopher Columbus – The Enigma | Cristovão Colombo – O enigma | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal, France |
| Cleopatra | Cleópatra | Júlio Bressane | Brazil |
| Disengagement | Désengagement | Amos Gitai | Germany, Italy, Israel, France |
| A Fistfull of Dollars (1964) | Per un pugno di dollari | Sergio Leone | Italy, Spain, Germany |
| A Girl Cut in Two | La Fille coupée en deux | Claude Chabrol | France |
| Glory to the Filmmaker! | 監督·ばんざい! | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
| REC | REC | Paco Plaza, Jaume Balagueró | Spain |
| Venezia Notte (Midnight) ||||
| Far North | Far North | Asif Kapadia | United Kingdom, France |
| Blade Runner: The Final Cut | Blade Runner: The Final Cut | Ridley Scott | United States |
| The Hunting Party | The Hunting Party | Richard Shepard | United States, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| The Nanny Diaries | The Nanny Diaries | Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | United States |
| Nocturna | Nocturna | Adrià Garcìa, Víctor Maldonado | Spain, France |
Special Events and Homages :
| Occasion / Director | Title | Production country |
| Special Event: Wes Anderson | Hotel Chevalier | United States |
| 75th Anniversary Golden Lion: Bernardo Bertolucci | La via del petrolio (1967) | Italy |
| 75th Anniversary Golden Lion: Bernardo Bertolucci | The Spider's Stratagem (Strategia del ragno) (1970) | Italy |
| Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Tim Burton | The Nightmare Before Christmas | United States |
| Special Events of the 75th Anniversary: Alexander Kluge | Mein Jahrhundert, mein Tier! | Germany |
| Special Events of the 75th Anniversary: Alexander Kluge | Das Phänomen der Oper | Germany |
| Special Events of the 75th Anniversary: Alexander Kluge | Im Sturm der Zeit (Facts and Fakes) | Germany |
| Special Events of the 75th Anniversary: Alexander Kluge | Die poetische Kraft der Theorie | Germany |
| Special Events of the 75th Anniversary: Alexander Kluge | Der Zauber der verdunkelten Seele | Germany |
| Venezia Giubileo (1932–2007): Homage to Carlo Lizzani | Hotel Meina | Italy |
| Venezia Giubileo (1932–2007): Mario Camerini | What Scoundrels Men Are! (Gli uomini che mascalzoni...) (1932) | Italy |

### Horizons

New trends of cinema with full-length films in 35mm and digital format, and documentary-movies.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Fiction ||||
| Autumn Ball | Sügisball | Veiko Õunpuu | Estonia |
| Cochochi | Cochochi | Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán | Mexico, United Kingdom, Canada |
| Death in the Land of Encantos | Kagadanan sa banwaan ning mga engkanto | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
| Exodus | Exodus | Penny Woolcock | United Kingdom |
| Misbegotten | Mal Nascida | João Canijo | Portugal |
| Medea Miracle | Médée Miracle | Tonino De Bernardi | Italy, France |
| The Obscure | 小说 | Lü Yue | China |
| Crossing the Line | Il passaggio della linea | Pietro Marcello | Italy |
| Sad Vacation | サッド ヴァケイション | Shinji Aoyama | Japan |
| Searchers 2.0 | Searchers 2.0 | Alex Cox | United States |
| The Silence Before Bach | Die stille vor Bach | Pere Portabella | Spain |
| The Story of Richard O | L'Histoire de Richard O. | Damien Odoul | France |
| With a Girl of Black Soil | Geomen tangyi sonyeo oi | Soo-il Jeon | South Korea, France |
| Documentaries ||||
| Anabazys | Anabazys | Joel Pizzini, Paloma Rocha | Brazil |
| The Beloved | L'Aimèe | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| Drifter | Andarilho | Cao Guimarães | Brazil |
| Dust | Staub | Hartmut Bitomsky | Germany |
| Lou Reed's Berlin | Lou Reed's Berlin | Julian Schnabel | United Kingdom, United States |
| Man from Plains | Man from Plains | Jonathan Demme | United States |
| Mothers | Madri | Barbara Cupisti | Italy |
| Umbrella | 伞 | Du Haibin | China |
| Useless | 无用 | Jia Zhangke | China |
| Horizons Events ||||
| Callas assoluta | Callas assoluta | Philippe Kohly | France, Greece |
| Carlo Goldoni Venezian | Carlo Goldoni Venezian | Leonardo Autera, Alberto Caldana | Italy |
| Dall’altra parte della luna | Dall’altra parte della luna | Dario Baldi, Davide Marengo | Italy |
| Empire II | Empire II | Amos Poe | United States |
    Highlighted title indicate the Horizons Awards for Best Film and Best Documentary respectively.

### Short Films Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

The following films in 35mm, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the short film competition (Corto Cortissimo):
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| In competition ||||
| Lightborne | Alumbramiento | Eduardo Chapero-Jackson | Spain |
| Dog Altogether | Dog Altogether | Paddy Considine | United Kingdom |
| Fritt Fall | Fritt Fall | Caroline Cowan | Sweden |
| Friends Forever | Friends Forever | Marçal Forés | United Kingdom |
| Dans la peau | Dans la peau | Zoltán Horváth | Switzerland, France |
| Fish | Mul-Go-Gi | Juhn Jai-hong | South Korea, United States |
| What Do I Know | Sta ja znam | Sejla Kameric, Timur Makarevic | Bosnia, Slovenia |
| Crossbow | Crossbow | David Michôd | Australia |
| With a Little Patience | Türelem | László Nemes | Hungary |
| Adil e Yusuf | Adil e Yusuf | Claudio Noce | Italy |
| Dragonflies | Wazki | Justyna Nowak | Poland |
| Tony Zoreil | Tony Zoreil | Valentin Potier | France |
| Stone People | Lyudi iz kamnya | Leonid Rybakov | Russia |
| Blind Man’s Eye | Blind Man’s Eye | Matthew Talbot-Kelly | Ireland |
| Skyggen af Tvivl | Skyggen af Tvivl | Esben Tønnesen | Denmark |
| Coffee and Allah | Coffee and Allah | Sima Urale | New Zealand |
| Cargo | Cargo | Leo Woodhead | Czech Republic, New Zealand |
| Guodao | 国道 | Zhang Yue | China |
    Highlighted title indicates the Lion for Best Short Film winner.

### Retrospective - Secret History of Italian Cinema 4

Special mono-graphic sessions dedicated to the secret story of Italian cinema. This is the fourth part of the retrospective, initiated at the 61st edition of the festival; the patron of this edition, focused on Italian Spaghetti Western, was the director Quentin Tarantino.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Seven from Texas (1964) | Antes llega la muerte | Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent | Spain, Italy |
| $100,000 for Ringo (1965) | 100.000 dollari per Ringo | Alberto De Martino | Italy, Spain |
| The Return of Ringo (1965) | Il ritorno di Ringo | Duccio Tessari | Italy, Spain |
| Savage Gringo (1966) | Ringo del Nebraska | Antonio Román, Mario Bava | Spain, Italy |
| Blood for a Silver Dollar (1965) | Un dollaro bucato | Giorgio Ferroni | Italy, France |
| Django (1966) | Django (1966) | Sergio Corbucci | Italy, Spain |
| The Ugly Ones (1966) | El precio de un hombre | Eugenio Martín | Spain, Italy |
| The Big Gundown (1966) | La resa dei conti | Sergio Sollima | Italy, Spain |
| Navajo Joe (1966) | Navajo Joe (1966) | Sergio Corbucci | Italy, Spain |
| Sugar Colt (1966) | Sugar Colt (1966) | Franco Giraldi | Italy, Spain |
| The Hills Run Red (1966) | Un fiume di dollari | Carlo Lizzani | Italy, Spain |
| Yankee (1967) | Yankee (1967) | Tinto Brass | Italy, Spain |
| Ten Thousand Dollars for a Massacre (1967) | 10.000 dollari per un massacro | Romolo Guerrieri | Italy |
| The Dirty Outlaws (1967) | El Desperado | Franco Rossetti | Italy, Spain |
| Last of the Badmen (1967) | Il tempo degli avvoltoi | Nando Cicero | Italy |
| Death at Owell Rock (1967) | La morte non conta i dollari | Riccardo Freda | Italy |
| Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967) | Se sei vivo spara | Giulio Questi | Italy, Spain |
| The Ruthless Four (1969) | Ognuno per sé | Giorgio Capitani | Italy, West Germany |
| Django, Prepare a Coffin (1968) | Preparati la bara! | Ferdinando Baldi | Italy |
| Tepepa (1968) | Tepepa (1968) | Giulio Petroni | Italy, Spain |
| A Noose for Django (1969) | Una lunga fila di croci | Sergio Garrone | Italy |
| The Reward's Yours... The Man's Mine (1969) | La taglia è tua... l'uomo l'ammazzo io | Edoardo Mulargia | Italy, Spain |
| They Call Me Trinity (1970) | Lo chiamavano Trinità | Enzo Barboni | Italy |
| Matalo! (1970) | Matalo! (1970) | Cesare Canevari | Italy, Spain |
| Compañeros (1970) | Vamos a matar compañeros | Sergio Corbucci | Italy, Spain, West Germany |
| Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold (1971) | La vendetta è un piatto che si serve freddo | Pasquale Squitieri | Italy |
| The Grand Duel (1972) | Il grande duello | Giancarlo Santi | Italy, West Germany, France |
| The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe (1973) | Il mio nome è Shangai Joe | Mario Caiano | Italy |
| A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972) | Una ragione per vivere e una per morire | Tonino Valerii | Italy, Spain, France, West Germany |
| Four of the Apocalypse (1975) | I quattro dell'apocalisse | Lucio Fulci | Italy |
| Keoma (1976) | Keoma (1976) | Enzo G. Castellari | Italy |
| Retrospective events ||||
| Una Questione poco privata – Conversazione con Giulio Questi (2007) | Una Questione poco privata – Conversazione con Giulio Questi (2007) | Gianfranco Pannone | Italy |
| The Fort of Death (1969) | 五人の賞金稼ぎ | Eiichi Kudo | Japan |

### New Versions Restored

As a pre-opening event of this future section, the restored Digital Cinema version of David Wark Griffith’s Intolerance (1916) was screened as a world premiere, in collaboration with the Le Giornate del Cinema Muto di Pordenone. "Venice Classics" which features restored classic films and documentaries on cinema, started as a new section in 2012, at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.

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

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for the 22nd Venice International Film Critics’ Week:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| In competition ||||
| 24 Bars | 24 measures | Jalil Lespert | France |
| The Girl by the Lake | La ragazza del lago | Andrea Molaioli | Italy |
| Karoy | Karoy | Zhanna Issabaeva | Kazakhstan |
| The Most Distant Course | 最遙遠的距離 | Lin Jing-jie | Taiwan |
| The Nines | The Nines | John August | United States |
| Small Gods | Small Gods | Dimitri Karakatsanis | Belgium |
| Soaring | Otryv | Aleksandr Mindadze | Russia |
| Homage to Ousmane Sembene ||||
| Black Girl | La noire de… | Ousmane Sembene | Senegal |
| The Wagoner | Borom Sarret | Ousmane Sembene | Senegal |
| Special Event ||||
| Year of the Nail | Año Uña | Jonás Cuarón | United States |

### Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 4th edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Andalucia | Andalucia | Alain Gomis | France |
| Bianciardi! | Bianciardi! | Massimo Coppola | Italy |
| Born Without | Nacido sin | Eva Norvind | Mexico |
| Cargo 200 | Груз 200 | Aleksei Balabanov | Russia |
| Continental, a Film Without Guns | Continental, un film sans fusil | Stéphane Lafleur | Canada |
| Don't Think About It | Non pensarci | Gianni Zanasi | Italy |
| Head Under Water | Freischwimmer | Andreas Kleinert | Germany |
| Plum Rain | La pluie des prunes | Frédéric Fisbach | France |
| Shall We Kiss? | Un baiser s'il vous plaît | Emmanuel Mouret | France |
| The Speed of Life | The Speed of Life | Ed Radtke | United States |
| Sympathy for the Lobster | Le ragioni dell'aragosta | Sabina Guzzanti | Italy |
| Tricks | Sztuczki | Andrzej Jakimowski | Poland |
| Under the Bombs | Sous les bombes | Philippe Aractingi | France, Lebanon, United Kingdom |
| Valzer | Valzer | Salvatore Maira | Italy |
| Viaggio in corso nel cinema di Carlo Lizzani | Viaggio in corso nel cinema di Carlo Lizzani | Francesca Del Sette | Italy |
| The Zone | La zona | Rodrigo Plá | Spain, Mexico |

## Official Awards

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 64th edition:

### In Competition (Venezia 64)

* Golden Lion: Lust, Caution by Ang Lee
* Silver Lion for Best Director: Brian De Palma for Redacted
* Special Jury Prize:
** I'm Not There by Todd Haynes
** The Secret of the Grain by Abdellatif Kechiche
* Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Brad Pitt for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
* Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There
* Marcello Mastroianni Award: Hafsia Herzi for The Secret of the Grain
* Golden Osella for Best Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto for Lust, Caution
* Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: Paul Laverty for It's a Free World...
* Special Lion: Nikita Mikhalkov

### Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

* Tim Burton
* Bernardo Bertolucci

### Horizons (Orizzonti)

* Best Film: Autumn Ball by Veiko Õunpuu
* Best Documentary: Useless by Jia Zhangke
** Special Mention: Death in the Land of Encantos by Lav Diaz

### Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

* Silver Lion for Best Short Film: Dog Altogether by Paddy Considine
* UIP Award for the Best European Short Film: Lightborne by Eduardo Chapero-Jackson
** Special Mention: Stone People by Leonid Rybakov

### Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

* La Zona by Rodrigo Plá

## Independent Sections Awards

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

### Venice International Film Critics' Week

* Critics' Week Award: The Most Distant Course by Lin Jing-jie
* Isvema Award: The Girl by the Lake by Andrea Molaioli
Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori)
* Label Europa Cinemas: Tricks by Andrzej Jakimowski
* FEDIC Award: Don't Think About It by Gianni Zanasi
* Brian Award: Sympathy for the Lobster by Sabina Guzzanti
* Laterna Magica Prize: Tricks by Andrzej Jakimowski
* CinemaAvvenire Award: The Zone by Rodrigo Plá
* Award of the City of Rome: The Zone by Rodrigo Plá
* EIUC Award (Venice Days): Under the Bombs by Philippe Aractingi

## Independent Awards

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

### FIPRESCI Awards

* Best Film (Main competition): The Secret of the Grain by Abdellatif Kechiche
* Best Film (Horizons): Jimmy Carter Man from Plains by Jonathan Demme

### SIGNIS Award

* In the Valley of Elah by Paul Haggis
** Special Mention: The Secret of the Grain by Abdellatif Kechiche
** Special Mention: It's a Free World... by Ken Loach

### Francesco Pasinetti Awards

* Best Film: Don't Think About It by Gianni Zanasi
** Special Mention: Valzer by Salvatore Maira
* Best Actor: Toni Servillo for The Girl by the Lake
* Best Actress: Valeria Solarino for Valzer

### C.I.C.A.E. Award

* With the Girl of Black Soil by Soo-il Jeon

### Prize of the Forum for Cinema and Literature

* Atonement by Joe Wright

### Little Golden Lion

* The Darjeeling Limited by Wes Anderson

### Queer Lion

* The Speed of Life by Ed Radtke
** Special Mention: Sleuth by Kenneth Branagh

### Young Cinema Award

* Best Film in Competition: The Secret of the Grain by Abdellatif Kechiche
* Best Film in Parallel Sections: Under the Bombs by Philippe Aractingi
* Best Italian Film: Don't Think About It by Gianni Zanasi

### Open Prize

* Nightwatching by Peter Greenaway

### Doc/It Award

* The Beloved by Arnaud Desplechin
** Special Mention: Crossing the Line by Pietro Marcello

### Lina Mangiacapre Award

* With the Girl of Black Soil by Soo-il Jeon

### Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award

* A Girl Cut in Two by Claude Chabrol

### Future Film Festival Digital Award

* Redacted by Brian De Palma

### Biografilm Award

* Jimmy Carter Man from Plains by Jonathan Demme

### 'CinemAvvenire' Award

* I'm Not There by Todd Haynes

### EIUC Award

* Main competition: It's a Free World... by Ken Loach
* Horizons: Jimmy Carter Man from Plains by Jonathan Demme

### Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

* Nightwatching by Peter Greenaway