# 59th Venice International Film Festival

The 59th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 29 August to 8 September 2002.
The Golden Lion was awarded to The Magdalene Sisters directed by Peter Mullan.

## Jury
### Main Competition

The following people comprised the 2002 jury:
* Gong Li, Chinese actress - Jury President
* Jacques Audiard, French filmmaker
* Ulrich Felsberg [de], German film producer
* László Kovács, Hungarian cinematographer
* Francesca Neri, Italian actress
* Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkish filmmaker
* Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet

## Official Sections
### In Competition

The following films were nominated to compete for the Golden Lion of the 59th edition of the festival:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Almost Peaceful | Un monde presque paisible | Michel Deville | France |
| Bear's Kiss | Bear's Kiss | Sergei Bodrov | Germany, Sweden, Russia, Spain, France, Italy |
| The Best of Times | 美麗時光 | Chang Tso-chi | Taiwan |
| Dirty Pretty Things | Dirty Pretty Things | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom |
| Dolls | ドールズ | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
| Far from Heaven | Far from Heaven | Todd Haynes | United States |
| Frida | Frida | Julie Taymor | United States |
| Führer Ex | Führer Ex | Winfried Bonengel | Germany, Italy |
| House of Fools | Дом дураков | Andrei Konchalovsky | Russia |
| A Journey Called Love | Un viaggio chiamato amore | Michele Placido | Italy |
| Julie Walking Home | Julie Walking Home | Agnieszka Holland | Canada, Germany, Poland |
| The Magdalene Sisters | The Magdalene Sisters | Peter Mullan | United Kingdom, Ireland |
| The Man on the Train | L'Homme du train | Patrice Leconte | France |
| Maximum Velocity (V-Max) | Velocità massima | Daniele Vicari | Italy |
| My Voice | Nha fala | Flora Gomes | Cape Verde, Portugal, France, Luxembourg |
| Naked | Nackt | Doris Dörrie | Germany |
| Nearest to Heaven | Au plus près du paradis | Tonie Marshall | France, Spain, Canada |
| Oasis | 오아시스 | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea |
| The Power of the Past | La forza del passato | Piergiorgio Gay | Italy |
| Road to Perdition | Road to Perdition | Sam Mendes | United States |
| The Tracker | The Tracker | Rolf de Heer | Australia |
    Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

### Out of Competition

The following films were screened as Out of Competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Between Strangers | Between Strangers | Edoardo Ponti | Canada, Italy |
| Blood Work | Blood Work | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| La boîte magique | La boîte magique | Ridha Behi | France, Tunisia |
| The Dancer Upstairs | Pasos de baile (festival title) | John Malkovich | Spain, United States |
| Venetian Rascal Goes to America | Johan Padan a la descoverta de le Americhe | Giulio Cingoli | Italy, France |
| K-19: The Widowmaker | K-19: The Widowmaker | Kathryn Bigelow | United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, United States |
| My Name Is Tanino | My Name Is Tanino | Paolo Virzì | Italy, Canada |
| Naqoyqatsi | Naqoyqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | United States |
| Ripley's Game | Ripley's Game | Liliana Cavani | Italy, United Kingdom, United States |
| Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | Mike Figgis, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jiří Menzel, István Szabó, Claire Denis, Volker Schlöndorff, Michael Radford, Jean-Luc Godard | United Kingdom, Germany, France |

### Controcorrente

The following feature films were screened in the Controcorrente (lit. 'against the current', nonconformist) section :
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Friday Night | Vendredi Soir | Claire Denis | France |
| Full Frontal | Full Frontal | Steven Soderbergh | United States |
| Ken Park | Ken Park | Larry Clark, Edward Lachman | United States |
| Lilya 4-ever | Lilja 4-ever | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden |
| Lilly's Story | Lilly's Story | Roviros Manthoulis | Greece |
| The Missing Gun | Xun qiang | Lu Chuan | China |
| Music for Weddings and Funerals | Musikk for bryllup og begravelser | Unni Straume | Sweden |
| Nuomos sutartis | Nuomos sutartis | Kristijonas Vildziunas | Lithuania |
| Poniente | Poniente | Chus Gutiérrez | Spain |
| Public Toilet | Hwajangshil eodieyo? | Fruit Chan | South Korea |
| Shadow Kill | Nizhalkuthu | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | India |
| Rosa La China | Rosa La China | Valeria Sarmiento | Cuba |
| A Snake of June | 六月の蛇 | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan |
| Soul Mate | L'anima gemella | Sergio Rubini | Italy |
| Springtime in a Small Town | Xiao cheng zhi chun | Tian Zhuangzhuang | China |
| Untouched by the West | Un homme sans l'Occident | Raymond Depardon | France |
| The Virgin of Lust | La virgen de la lujuria | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
| Women's Prison | زندان زنان | Manijeh Hekmat | Iran |

### New Territories

The following feature films were screened in the New Territories (Italian: Nuovi Territori) section:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Aiki | Aiki | Daisuke Tengan | Japan |
| Black Tape: A Tehran Diary | Black Tape: A Tehran Diary | Fariborz Kamkari | Iran |
| Blessed | Blessed | Rachel Douglas | New Zealand |
| Goldfish game | Goldfish game | Jan Lauwers | Belgium |
| The Judge | Sudijata | Zaneta Vangeli | Macedonia |
| K | K | Shoja Azari | Iran |
| Kuang wu you yu | Kuang wu you yu | Lin Tay-jou | Taiwan |
| Her | Lei | Tonino De Bernardi | Italy |
| London Orbital | London Orbital | Christopher Petit, Iain Sinclair | United Kingdom |
| Luparella | Luparella | Giuseppe Bertolucci | Italy |
| Open My Heart | Aprimi il cuore | Giada Colagrande | Italy |
| The Red Flag Flies | Hongqi piao | Hongxiang Zhou | China |
| The River | Река | Aleksei Balabanov | Russia |
| Sky. Plane. Girl | Небо. Самолёт. Девушка | Vera Storozheva | Russia |
| Stones in the Sky | Rocha que Voa | Eryk Rocha | Brazil |
| Vecchie | Vecchie | Daniele Segre | Italy |

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

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Two Friends | Due Amici | Spiro Scimone, Francesco Sframeli | Italy |
| The Exam | Emtehan | Nasser Refaie | Iran |
| The Kite | Zmej | Aleksej Muradov | Russia |
| Roger Dodger | Roger Dodger | Dylan Kidd | United States |
| Somewhere Over the Dreamland | Meng huan bu luo | Cheng Wen-tang | Taiwan |
| Step by Step | Un honnête commerçant | Philippe Blasband | Belgium |
| Woman of Water | Mizu no onna | Hidenori Sugimori | Japan |

## Official Awards
### Main Competition

* Golden Lion: The Magdalene Sisters by Peter Mullan
* Grand Special Jury Prize: House of Fools by Andrei Konchalovsky
* Silver Lion for Best Direction: Oasis by Lee Chang-dong
* Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution: Edward Lachman, director of photography for Far from Heaven
* Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Stefano Accorsi for A Journey Called Love
* Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Far from Heaven
** Special Mention Best Short Film: Per Carleson for Tempo
* Marcello Mastroianni Award: Moon So-ri for Oasis
* Silver Lion for Best Short Film
** Clown by Irina Efteeva

### Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

* Dino Risi

### Luigi De Laurentis Award for Debut Feature

* Two Friends by Francesco Sframeli and Spiro Scimone
* Roger Dodger by Dylan Kidd

## Independent Awards
### San Marco Prize

* Tian Zhuangzhuang for Springtime in a Small Town
* Special Jury Award: Shinya Tsukamoto for A Snake of June
** Special Mention: Arturo Ripstein for The Virgin of Lust
** Special Mention: Fruit Chan for Public Toilet

### Audience Award

* Best Film:The Man on the Train by Patrice Leconte
* Best Actor: Jean Rochefort for The Man on the Train
* Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Far from Heaven

### Prix UIP Venice (European Short Film)

* Zsofia Péterffy for Kalózok szeretöje

### FIPRESCI Prize

* Competition: Oasis by Lee Chang-dong
* Parallel Sections: Roger Dodger by Dylan Kidd
* Best Short Film: 11'09"01 September 11 by Ken Loach's section

### SIGNIS Award

* Oasis by Lee Chang-dong
** Honorable Mention: Far from Heaven by Todd Haynes
** Honorable Mention: The Tracker by Rolf de Heer

### Don Quixote Award

* Roger Dodger by Dylan Kidd

### UNICEF Award

* House of Fools by Andrei Konchalovsky

### UNESCO Award

* 11'09"01 September 11 by Samira Makhmalbaf, Claude Lelouch, Youssef Chahine, Danis Tanović, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Amos Gitaï, Mira Nair, Sean Penn and Shōhei Imamura

### Pasinetti Award

* Best Film: Velocità massima by Daniele Vicari
** Special Mention: Velocità massima by Valerio Mastandrea

### Pietro Bianchi Award

* Sophia Loren

### Isvema Award

* Due amici by Francesco Sframeli and Spiro Scimone

### FEDIC Award

* Velocità massima by Daniele Vicari

### Little Golden Lion

* Behind the Sun by Walter Salles and Arthur Cohn

### Wella Prize

* L'anima gemella by Violante Placido and Valentina Cervi

### Future Film Festival Digital Award

* Blood Work by Clint Eastwood
** Special Mention: My Name Is Tanino by Paolo Virzì

### Laterna Magica Prize

* Nha Fala by Flora Gomes

### Sergio Trasatti Award

* Dirty Pretty Things by Stephen Frears

### Rota Soundtrack Award

* Alberto Iglesias for The Dancer Upstairs

### Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

* Frida by Julie Taymor

### Kinematrix Film Award

* Feature Films: Goldfish Game by Jan Lauwers
* Other Formats: A Snake of June by Shinya Tsukamoto
* Special Director's Award: Oasis by Lee Chang-dong