# 68th Venice International Film Festival

The 68th annual Venice International Film Festival was held in Venice, Italy between 31 August and 10 September 2011. American film director Darren Aronofsky was announced as the Head of the Jury. American actor and film director Al Pacino was presented with the Glory to the Film-maker award on 4 September, prior to the premiere of his upcoming film Wilde Salomé. Marco Bellocchio was awarded with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in September. The festival opened with the American film The Ides of March, directed by George Clooney, and closed with Damsels in Distress by Whit Stillman.

## Juries

The international juries of the 68th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:

### Main competition (Venezia 68)

* Darren Aronofsky, American director - Jury President
* Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Finnish visual artist and filmmaker
* David Byrne, British-American musician
* Todd Haynes, American filmmaker
* Mario Martone, Italian filmmaker
* Alba Rohrwacher, Italian actress
* André Téchiné, French filmmaker

### Horizons (Orizzonti)

* Jia Zhangke, Chinese filmmaker - Jury President
* Stuart Comer, British Curator of Film at Tate Modern
* Odile Decq, French architect
* Marianne Khoury, Egyptian director
* Jacopo Quadri, Italian film editor

### Controcampo Italiano

* Stefano Incerti, Italian author - Jury President
* Aureliano Amadei, Italian actor
* Cristiana Capotondi, Italian actress

### Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)

* Carlo Mazzacurati, Italian director - Jury President
* Aleksei Fedorchenko, Russian director
* Fred Roos, American producer
* Charles Tesson, French Artistic Director of the International Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival
* Serra Yilmaz, Turkish actress

## Official Sections
### In Competition

The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Lion:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| 4:44 Last Day on Earth | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | Abel Ferrara | United States, Switzerland, France |
| Alps | Άλπεις | Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece |
| A Burning Hot Summer (That Summer) | Un été brûlant | Philippe Garrel | France |
| Carnage | Carnage | Roman Polanski | France, Germany, Spain, Poland |
| Chicken with Plums | Poulet aux prunes | Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud | France, Belgium, Germany |
| A Dangerous Method | A Dangerous Method | David Cronenberg | Canada, Germany, United Kingdom |
| Dark Horse | Dark Horse | Todd Solondz | United States |
| The Exchange | ההתחלפות | Eran Kolirin | Israel, Germany |
| Faust | Фауст | Alexander Sokurov | Russia |
| Himizu | ヒミズ | Sion Sono | Japan |
| The Ides of March (opening film) | The Ides of March (opening film) | George Clooney | United States |
| Killer Joe | Killer Joe | William Friedkin | United States |
| The Last Man on Earth | L'Ultimo Terrestre | Gipi | Italy |
| Life Without Principle | 奪命金 | Johnnie To | Hong Kong |
| People Mountain People Sea | 人山人海 | Cai Shangjun | China, Hong Kong |
| Seediq Bale | 賽德克·巴萊 | Wei Te-sheng | Taiwan |
| Shame | Shame | Steve McQueen | United Kingdom |
| A Simple Life | 桃姐 | Ann Hui | Hong Kong |
| Terraferma | Terraferma | Emanuele Crialese | Italy |
| Texas Killing Fields | Texas Killing Fields | Ami Canaan Mann | United States |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Tomas Alfredson | United Kingdom, France |
| When the Night | Quando la notte | Cristina Comencini | Italy |
| Wuthering Heights | Wuthering Heights | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom |
    Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

### Out of Competition

The following films were shown out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Almayer's Folly | La Folie Almayer | Chantal Akerman | France, Belgium |
| Alois Nebel | Alois Nebel | Tomáš Luňák | Czech Republic, Germany |
| The Cardboard Village | Il Villaggio di Cartone | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
| Contagion | Contagion | Steven Soderbergh | United States |
| Damsels in Distress (closing film) | Damsels in Distress (closing film) | Whit Stillman | United States |
| The Disintegration | La Désintégration | Philippe Faucon | France, Belgium |
| Eva | Eva | Kike Maillo | Spain, France |
| The Field of Enchantment | La clé des champs | Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou | France |
| Long Live the Antipodes! | Vivan las Antipodas! | Viktor Kossakovsky | Germany, Argentina, Netherlands, Chile, Russia |
| The Moth Diaries | The Moth Diaries | Mary Harron | Canada, Ireland |
| Scossa | Scossa | Francesco Maselli, Carlo Lizzani, Ugo Gregoretti, Nino Russo | Italy |
| The Sorcerer and the White Snake | 白蛇傳說之法海 | Ching Siu-tung | China, Hong Kong |
| Summer Games | Giochi d'estate | Rolando Colla | Switzerland, Italy |
| Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician | تحرير 2011: الطيب والشرس والسياسي | Tamer Ezzat, Ahmad Abdalla, Ayten Amin, Amr Salama | Egypt |
| Tormented | ラビット・ホラー3D | Takashi Shimizu | Japan |
| W.E | W.E | Madonna | United Kingdom |
| Wilde Salomé | Wilde Salomé | Al Pacino | United States |
| Short films ||||
| The End | The End | Collectif Abounaddara | Syria |
| Syria ||
| Evolution (Megaplex) | Evolution (Megaplex) | Marco Brambilla | United States |
| Marco Bellocchio, Venezia 2011 | Marco Bellocchio, Venezia 2011 | Pietro Marcello | Italy |
| La meditazione di Hayez | La meditazione di Hayez | Mario Martone | Italy |
| Joule | Joule | David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi | Italy |
| Italy ||
| Italy ||
| Special Events ||||
| Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | Lisa Immordino Vreeland | United States |
| Don't Expect too Much | Don't Expect too Much | Susan Ray | United States |
| Duvidha | Duvidha | Mani Kaul | India |
| In the Name of the Father | Nel nome del padre | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
| India: Matri Bhumi | India: Matri Bhumi | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
| Mildred Pierce | Mildred Pierce | Todd Haynes | United States |
| Questa storia qua | Questa storia qua | Alessandro Paris, Sibylle Righetti | Italy |
| We Can't Go Home Again (1973) | We Can't Go Home Again (1973) | Nicholas Ray | United States |

### Horizons (Orizzonti)

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Main Competition ||||
| Alms of the Blind Horse | Anhe Ghore Da Daan | Gurvinder Singh | India |
| The Bird | L'Oiseau | Yves Caumon | France |
| Cut | Cut | Amir Naderi | Japan |
| The Flock of the Lord | Die Herde des Herrn | Romuald Karmakar | Germany |
| Hail | Hail | Amiel Courtin-Wilson | Australia |
| Hollywood Talkies | Hollywood Talkies | Óscar Pérez, Mia de Ribot | Spain |
| Hop-o'-My-Thumb | Le petit poucet | Marina de Van | France |
| The Invader | L'envahisseur | Nicolas Provost | Belgium |
| Kotoko | Kotoko | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan |
| Love Flesh | Amore Carne | Pippo Delbono | Italy, Switzerland |
| Lung Neaw Visits His Neighbours | Lung Neaw Visits His Neighbours | Rirkrit Tiravanija | Thailand, Mexico |
| Nocturnos | Nocturnos | Edgardo Cozarinsky | Argentina |
| The Orator | O le tulafale | Tusi Tamasese | New Zealand, Samoa |
| P-047 | Tae peang phu deaw | Kongdej Jaturanrasmee | Thailand |
| Photographic Memory | Photographic Memory | Ross McElwee | United States, France |
| Sal | Sal | James Franco | United States |
| Shock Head Soul | Shock Head Soul | Simon Pummel | Netherlands, United Kingdom |
| Stateless Things | Jool-tak-dong-si | Kim Kyung-mook | South Korea |
| Summer | Verano | José Luis Torres Leiva | Chile |
| Swan | Cisne | Teresa Villaverde | Portugal |
| Swirl | Girimunho | Helvécio Marins, Jr., Clarissa Campolina | Brazil, Spain, Germany |
| The Sword Identity | Wokou de zongji | Xu Haofeng | China |
| Two Years at Sea | Two Years at Sea | Ben Rivers | United Kingdom |
| Whores' Glory | Whores' Glory | Michael Glawogger | Austria, Germany |
| Would You Have Sex with an Arab? | Would You Have Sex with an Arab? | Yolande Zauberman | France |
| Short Films Competition ||||
| 663114 | 663114 | Isamu Hirabayashi | Japan |
| Accidentes gloriosos | Accidentes gloriosos | Mauro Andrizzi, Marcus Lindeen | Sweden, Denmark, Argentina |
| All the Lines Flow Out | All the Lines Flow Out | Charles Lim Yi Yong | Singapore |
| Black Mirror at the National Gallery | Black Mirror at the National Gallery | Mark Lewis | Canada |
| Conference: Notes on Film 05 | Conference: Notes on Film 05 | Norbert Pfaffenbichler | Austria |
| Dialogical Abrasion | Dialogischer Abrieb | Yves Netzhammer | Switzerland |
| The Golden Bird | Sonchidi | Amit Dutta | India |
| Hypercrisis | Hypercrisis | Josef Dabernig | Austria |
| In attesa dell'avvento | In attesa dell'avvento | Felice D'Agostino, Arturo Lavorato | Italy |
| From Tokyo | Iz Tokio | Aleksej German, Jr. | Russia |
| Late and Deep | Late and Deep | Devin Horan | Norway |
| Louyre – This Our Still Life | Louyre – This Our Still Life | Andrew Kötting | United Kingdom |
| Meteor | Meteor | Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller | Germany |
| Miss Candace Hilligoss' Flickering Halo | Miss Candace Hilligoss' Flickering Halo | Fabio Scacchioloi, Vincenzo Core | Italy |
| Modern N° 2 | Modern N° 2 | Mirai Mizue | Japan |
| Movements of an Impossible Time | Movimenti di un tempo impossible | Flatform | Italy |
| Moving Stories | Moving Stories | Nicolas Provost | Belgium |
| Notes sur nos voyages en Russie 1989–1990 | Notes sur nos voyages en Russie 1989–1990 | Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci-Lucchi | Italy |
| Palaces of Pity | Palácios de pena | Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt | Portugal |
| Parabeton – Pier Luigi Nervi und Römischer Beton | Parabeton – Pier Luigi Nervi und Römischer Beton | Heinz Emigholz | Germany |
| Passing Through the Night | Passing Through the Night | Wattanapume Laisuwanchai | Thailand |
| Piattaforma Luna | Piattaforma Luna | Yuri Ancarani | Italy |
| River Rites | River Rites | Ben Russell | United States |
| Snow Canon | Snow Canon | Mati Diop | France |
| Start | Start | Mattias Gustafsson | Sweden |
| The Sun's Incubator | Hadinat al shams | Ammar Al-Beik | Syria |
| The Tracks of My Tears 2 | The Tracks of My Tears 2 | Axel Petersén | Sweden |
| Special Events ||||
| The Annunciation | Marian Ilmestys | Eija-Liisa Ahtila | Finland |
| Birmingham Ornament | Birmingemskiy ornament | Andrey Silvestrov, Yuri Leiderman | Russia |
| Century of Birthing | Siglo ng pagluluwal | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
| Monkey Sandwich | Monkey Sandwich | Wim Vandekeybus | Belgium, France |
| The Silence of Pelesjan | Il silenzio di Pelesjan | Pietro Marcello | Italy |
    Highlighted title indicates the Orizzonti Award for Best Feature Film winner.

### Controcampo Italiano

The following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section:
In competition
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) |
| Fiction |||
| Easy! | Scialla! | Francesco Bruni |
| Maternity Blues | Maternity Blues | Fabrizio Cattani |
| Qualche nuvola | Qualche nuvola | Saverio Di Biagio |
| The Arrival of Wang | L'arrivo di Wang | Manetti Bros. |
| Things from Another World | Cose dell'altro mondo | Francesco Patierno |
| Horses | Cavalli | Michele Rho |
| Tutta colpa della musica | Tutta colpa della musica | Ricky Tognazzi |
| Feature documentaries |||
| Black Block | Black Block | Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt |
| Piazza Garibaldi | Piazza Garibaldi | Davide Ferrario |
| Pugni chiusi | Pugni chiusi | Fiorella Infascelli |
| Out of Tehran | Out of Tehran | Monica Maggioni |
| Pasta nera | Pasta nera | Alessandro Piva |
| Quiproquo | Quiproquo | Elisabetta Sgarbi |
| Short films |||
| Il maestro | Il maestro | Maria Grazia Cucinotta |
| A chjàna | A chjàna | Jonas Carpignano |
| Alice | Alice | Roberto De Paolis |
| The Cricket | The Cricket | Stefano Lorenzi |
| Eco da luogo colpito | Eco da luogo colpito | Carlo Michele Scririnzi |
| Prove per un naufragio della parola | Prove per un naufragio della parola | Elisabetta Sgarbi |
| My Name is Sid | My Name is Sid | Giovanni Virgilio |
| Out of Competition |||
| Io Sono. Storie di Schiavitù | Io Sono. Storie di Schiavitù | Barbara Cupisti |
| Caldo grigio, caldo nero | Caldo grigio, caldo nero | Marco Dentici |
| Rudolf Jacobs, l'uomo che nacque morendo | Rudolf Jacobs, l'uomo che nacque morendo | Luigi M. Faccini |
| Andata e ritorno | Andata e ritorno | Donatella Finocchiaro |
| Dai nostri inviati – La RAI racconta la Mostra del cinema 1968 – 1979 | Dai nostri inviati – La RAI racconta la Mostra del cinema 1968 – 1979 | Giuseppe Gianotti, Enrico Salvatori, Davide Savelli |
| Pivano Blues. Sulla strada di Nanda | Pivano Blues. Sulla strada di Nanda | Teresa Marchesi |
| Schuberth – L'atelier della dolce vita | Schuberth – L'atelier della dolce vita | Antonello Sarno |
| Hollywood Invasion | Hollywood Invasion | Marco Spagnoli |
| Un foglio bianco | Un foglio bianco | Maurizio Zaccaro |

### Italian avant-garde retrospective

The following films were shown as part of a retrospective section on Italian avant-garde films, titled Orizzonti 1961-1978, spanning the years 1961 to 1978.
| English Title | Original title | Director(s) |
| Anna (1975) | Anna (1975) | Alberto Grifi |
| Il potere (1972) | Il potere (1972) | Augusto Tretti |
| On the Point of Death (1971) | In punto di morete | Mario Garriba |
| I parenti tutti (1967) | I parenti tutti (1967) | Fabio Garriba |
| Voce del verbo morire | Voce del verbo morire | Mario Garriba |
| Sul davanti fioriva una magnolia (1968) | Sul davanti fioriva una magnolia (1968) | Paolo Breccia |
| La quieta febbre (1964) | La quieta febbre (1964) | Romano Scavolini |
| Romano Scavolini ||
| Romano Scavolini ||
| Romano Scavolini ||
| Reflex (1964) | Reflex (1964) | Mario Schifano |
| Mario Schifano ||
| Mario Schifano ||
| Mario Schifano ||
| Mario Schifano ||
| Mario Schifano ||
| Vieni dolce morte (dell'ego) (1969) | Vieni dolce morte (dell'ego) (1969) | Paolo Brunatto |
| Paolo Brunatto ||
| Hermitage (1967) | Hermitage (1967) | Carmelo Bene |
| Il canto d'amore di Alfred Prufrock (1967) | Il canto d'amore di Alfred Prufrock (1967) | Nico D'Alessandria |
| Il respiro (1964) | Il respiro (1964) | Alex Rupp |
| Alex Rupp ||
| Zoommm, Track! (1968) | Zoommm, Track! (1968) | Mario Carbone |
| Kappa (1965-1966) | Kappa (1965-1966) | Nato Frascà |
| Nato Frascà ||
| Events of the Retrospective |||
| Il vetturale del San Gottardo (1941) | Il vetturale del San Gottardo (1941) | Hans Hinrich and Ivo Illuminati |
| L'Accademia Musicale Chigiana (1950) | L'Accademia Musicale Chigiana (1950) | Franco Zeffirelli |

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

The following films were screened for this section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| In competition ||||
| In The Open | El Campo | Hernán Belón | Argentina |
| Land of Oblivion | La Terre outragée | Michale Boganim | France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine |
| Là-bas: A Criminal Education | Là-bas: Educazione criminale | Guido Lombardi | Italy |
| Louise Wimmer | Louise Wimmer | Cyril Mennegun | France |
| Machete Language | El Lenguaje de los Machetes | Kyzza Terrazas | Mexico |
| Totem [de] | Totem [de] | Jessica Krummacher | Germany |
| Wetlands | Marécages | Guy Édoin | Canada |
| Out of Competition ||||
| Mission Of Peace | Missione di pace | Francesco Lagi | Italy |
| Stockholm East | Stockholm Östra | Simon Kaijser da Silva | Sweden |
| Special Event in collaboration with Venice Days ||||
| You Are Here | Voi Siete Qui | Francesco Matera | Italy |

### Venice Days

The following films were screened as part of the Venice Days section The three nominees for the European Parliament's 2011 Lux Prize received screenings as part of this section.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| In competition ||||
| All Our Desires | Toutes nos envies | Philippe Lioret | France |
| Another Silence | Another Silence | Santiago Amigorena | France, Canada, Brazil, Argentina |
| Beyond the Glass (short) | Di là del vetro | Andrea di Bari | Italy |
| Café de Flore | Café de Flore | Jean-Marc Vallée | Canada, France |
| Found Memories | Histórias que Só Existem Quando Lembradas | Júlia Murat | Brazil, France |
| Guilty | Présumé coupable | Vincent Garenq | France |
| Habibi | Habibi Rasak Kharban | Susan Youssef | Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands |
| Last Winter | Hiver dernier | John Shank | Belgium, France |
| Love and Bruises | Love and Bruises | Lou Ye | France |
| My Name Is Ki | Ki | Leszek Dawid | Poland |
| Rust | Ruggine | Daniele Gaglianone | Italy |
| Shun Li and the Poet | Io sono Li | Andrea Segre | Italy, France |
| Twilight Portrait | Portret v sumerkakh | Angelina Nikonova | Russia |
| Special Events ||||
| Crazy Horse | Crazy Horse | Frederick Wiseman | France, United States |
| Cuba in the Age of Obama | Cuba Nell'Epoca di Obama | Gianni Minà | Italy |
| The Kaiser of California | Der Kaiser von Kalifornien | Luis Trenker | Germany |
| Testimony | Edut | Shlomi Elkabetz | Israel |
| Open Space ||||
| La Penna di Hemingway | La Penna di Hemingway | Renzo Carbonera | Italy |
| Hit the Road, Nonna | Hit the Road, Nonna | Duccio Chiarini | Italy |
| The Forgotten World Cup | Mundial olvidado | Lorenzo Garzella, Filippo Macelloni | Italy, Argentina |
| Radici | Radici | Carlo Luglio | Italy |
| More as an artist | Più come un artista | Elisabetta Pandimiglio | Italy |
| Dietro il buio | Dietro il buio | Giorgio Pressburger | Italy |
| Valdagno, Arizona | Valdagno, Arizona | Pyoor | Italy, United States |
| Lux Prize ||||
| Attenberg | Attenberg | Athina Rachel Tsangari | Greece |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Play | Play | Ruben Östlund | Sweden |

## Official Awards

The following Official selection awards were conferred at the festival:

### In Competition (Venezia 68)

* Golden Lion: Faust by Alexander Sokurov
* Silver Lion for Best Director: Cai Shangjun, for People Mountain People Sea
* Special Jury Prize: Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese
* Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Michael Fassbender for Shame
* Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Deanie Ip for A Simple Life
* Marcello Mastroianni Award: Shōta Sometani and Fumi Nikaidō for Himizu
* Golden Osella for Best Cinematography: Robbie Ryan for Wuthering Heights
* Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou for Alps

### Horizons (Orizzonti)

* Horizons Award: Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto
* Special Horizons jury prize: Whores' Glory by Michael Glawogger
* Horizons Award for medium-length film: Accidentes Gloriosos by Mauro Andrizzi and Marcus Lindeen
* Horizons Award for short film: In attesa dell'avvento by Felice D'Agostino and Arturo Lavorato
** Special mentions:
*** O Le Tulafale by Tusi Tamasese
*** All The Lines Flow Out by Charles LIM Yi Yong

### Controcampo Italiano

* Best Feature film: Scialla! by Francesco Bruni
* Best Short film: A Chjàna by Jonas Carpignano
* Best Documentary: Pugni chiusi by Fiorella Infascelli
** Special Mentions:
** Black Block by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt
** Franco Di Giacomo (cinematography) for Pugni chiusi

### "Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film

* Là-bas: A Criminal Education by Guido Lombardi

### Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

* Marco Bellocchio

### Special Awards

* Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Al Pacino
* Persol 3D Award for the Most Creative Stereoscopic Film: Zapruder Filmmakers Group (David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi & Monaldo Moretti)
* L'Oréal Paris Award for Cinema: Nicole Grimaudo

## Independent Sections Awards

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

### Venice International Film Critics' Week

* Critics' Week Audience Award: Là-bas by Guido Lombardi

### Venice Days (Giornati degli Autori)

* Label Europa Cinemas Award: Guilty by Vincent Garenq
* Lina Mangiacapre Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre
* Laterna Magica Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre
* FEDIC Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre

## Independent Awards

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

### FIPRESCI Award

* Best Film (Main competition): Shame by Steve McQueen
* Best Film (Horizons): Two Years at Sea by Ben Rivers

### Queer Lion

* Wilde Salomé by Al Pacino

### SIGNIS Award

* Faust by Alexander Sokurov
** Special mention: A Simple Life by Ann Hui

### Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI)

* Best Film: Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese
* Best Debut (or Special mention): The Last Man on Earth by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti

### Cicae Prize

* The Orator by Tusi Tamasese

### Leoncino d'oro Agiscuola Award

* Carnage by Roman Polanski

### Cinema for UNICEF Award

* Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese

### C.I.C.T. UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award

* Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician by Tamer Ezzat, Ahmad Abdalla, Ayten Amin, Amr Salama

### Nazareno Taddei Award

* A Simple Life by Ann Hui

### CinemAvvenire Award – Best Film

* Shame by Steve McQueen

### Best Film – Il cerchio non è rotondo Award

* The Orator by Tusi Tamasese

### Equal Opportunity Award

* A Simple Life by Ann Hui

### Future Film Festival Digital Award

* Faust by Alexander Sokurov
** Special mention: Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto

### Gianni Astrei Award

* A Simple Life by Ann Hui

### Brian Award

* The Ides of March by George Clooney

### Lina Mangiacapre Award – Special mention

* Maternity Blues by Fabrizio Cattani

### AIF Forfilmfest Award

* Easy! (Scialla!) by Francesco Bruni

### Biografilm Lancia Award

* Black Block by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt

### Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

* The Last Man on Earth by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti
** Special mention: Pasta nera by Alessandro Piva (Controcampo Italiano)

### Golden Mouse

* Killer Joe by William Friedkin

### Premio Open

* Marco Müller