The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival took place in Venice, Italy from 28 August to 7 September 2013. American film director William Friedkin was presented with a lifetime achievement award. Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci was the President of the Jury. He was previously the President of the Jury at the 40th edition in 1983. Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, was the opening film of the festival. Italian actress Eva Riccobono hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.

The Golden Lion was awarded to the Italian documentary film Sacro GRA. It was the first documentary film to win the award at the Venice Festival.

Juries
The following people were selected for the main competition jury:

Main competition (Venezia 70) 
 Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
 Andrea Arnold, English filmmaker
 Renato Berta, Swiss-France director of photography
 Carrie Fisher, American actress, screenwriter and novelist
 Martina Gedeck, German actress
 Pablo Larraín, Chilean filmmaker
 Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer
 Jiang Wen, Chinese actor and director

Horizons (Orizzonti) 
 Paul Schrader, American screenwriter, film director and critic - Jury President
 Catherine Corsini, French filmmaker, screenwriter and actress
 Leonardo Di Costanzo, Italian director, screenwriter and cinematographer 
 Golshifteh Farahani, Iranian actress, musician and singer
 Frédéric Fonteyne, Belgian film director
 Kseniya Rappoport, Russian actress
 Amr Waked, Egyptian actor

Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film) 
 Haifaa Al Mansour, Saudi Arabian filmmaker - Jury President
 Amat Escalante, Mexican filmmaker, producer
 Alexej German Jr., Russian filmmaker
 Geoffrey Gilmore, director of Tribeca Film Festival
 Ariane Labed, Greek-French actress
 Maria Sole Tognazzi, Italian film director

Official Sections

In Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:

Out of Competition
The following films were selected for the out of competition section:

Horizons (Orizzonti) 
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:

Highlighted titles indicate the Orizzonti Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film respectively.

Venice Classics
The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:

Highlighted titles indicate the Venice Classics Awards for Best Restored Film and Best Documentary on Cinema respectively.

Biennale College - Cinema
The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films:

Final Cut in Venice
The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa:

Special Screenings
The following films were the Special Screenings of the Official Selection:
 Dietro le quinte di otto e 1/2 by Gideon Bachmann (Italy)
 Dai Nostri Inviati – La RAI racconta la mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 by Enrico Salvatori, Giuseppe Giannotti, Davide Savelli (Italy)

Venice 70 - Future Reloaded 
Under the project title Venice 70 - Future Reloaded, 70 top film directors were each invited to make a 60-90 second short film, as "both a collective tribute to the Festival (the first festival in the world to reach the milestone of 70 editions) and a reflection on the future of cinema".

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following films were selected for the Critics' Week:

Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 10th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section: Starting from this edition, Venice Days has created its own international award "for a film from the entire Official Selection".

Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.

Official Awards
The following Official Awards were conferred at the 70th edition:

In Competition (Venezia 70) 
 Golden Lion: Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi
 Silver Lion for Best Director: Alexandros Avranas for Miss Violence
 Grand Jury Prize: Stray Dogs by Tsai Ming-liang
 Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Themis Panou for Miss Violence
 Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Elena Cotta for Via Castellana Bandiera
 Marcello Mastroianni Award: Tye Sheridan for Joe
 Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope for Philomena
 Special Jury Prize: The Police Officer's Wife by Philip Gröning

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 

 William Friedkin

Horizons (Orizzonti) 
 Best Film: Eastern Boys by Robin Campillo
 Best Director: Uberto Pasolini for Still Life
 Special Jury Prize: Ruin by Amiel Courtin-Wilson & Michael Cody
 Special Award for Innovative Content: Shahram Mokri for Fish & Cat
 Horizons Award for Best Short Film: Kush by Shubhashish Bhutiani

Venice Classics Awards 
 Best Restored Film: Property Is No Longer a Theft by Elio Petri
 Best Documentary on Cinema: Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater by Gabe Klinger

Luigi De Laurentis Venice Award For A Debut Film 

 White Shadow by Noaz Deshe

Special Awards 
 Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award: Andrzej Wajda
 Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Ettore Scola
 L’Oréal Paris per il Cinema Award: Eugenia Costantini

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

Venice International Film Critics' Week 
 Arca CinemaGiovani Award - Best Italian film: The Art of Happiness by Alessandro Rak
 FEDIC Award: Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot by Matteo Oleotto
 Special mention: The Art of Happiness by Alessandro Rak

 Fedeora Awards
Best Film: Class Enemy by Rok Bicek
Award for Best Cinematography: Inti Briones for The Quispe Girls by Sebastián Sepúlveda
Special mention: Giuseppe Battiston for his role in Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot
Special mention: Anna Odell for complete author’s work in the film The Reunion

 "RaroVideo" Audience Award: Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot by Matteo Oleotto
 Schermi di Qualità Award: Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot by Matteo Oleotto

Venice Days (Giornati degli Autori) 
 Venice Days Award: Kill Your Darlings by John Krokidas
 Label Europa Cinemas Award: The Good Life by Jean Denizot
 Special mention: Alienation by Milko Lazarov
 Lina Mangiacapre Award - Special mention: Traitors by Sean Gullette
 Fedeora Awards:
Best Film: Bethlehem by Yuval Adler
Best director of a debut film: Milko Lazarov for Alienation
Special mention: The Good Life by Jean Denizo

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

FIPRESCI Awards 
 Best Film (Main competition): Tom at the Farm by Xavier Dolan
 Best Film (Critics' Week): The Reunion by Anna Odell

Queer Lion 
 Philomena by Stephen Frears

SIGNIS Award 
 Philomena by Stephen Frears
 Special mention: Ana Arabia by Amos Gitai

Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award 
Best Film: Still Life by Uberto Pasolini
Best Actors: Elena Cotta, Alba Rohrwacher, Antonio Albanese
Special mention: Maria Rosaria Omaggio in Walesa. Man of Hope
Special mention: The Third Half by Enrico Maria Artale

Open Award 
 Serena Nono for directing Venezia salva

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award 
 Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi

Cinema for UNICEF mention 
 Philomena by Stephen Frears

Brian Award 
 Philomena by Stephen Frears

Arca CinemaGiovani Award - Venezia 70 
 Miss Violence by Alexandros Avranas

Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Award 
 Joe by David Gordon Green

CICT - UNESCO "Enrico Fulchignoni" Award 
 At Berkeley by Frederick Wiseman

CICAE - Cinema d’Arte e d’Essai Award 
 Still Life by Uberto Pasolini

Fedeora Award for Best Euro-Mediterranean film 
 Miss Violence by Alexandros Avranas

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award 
 L'intrepido by Gianni Amelio

Future Film Festival Digital Award 
 Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón
 Special mention: The Zero Theorem by Terry Gilliam

P. Nazareno Taddei Award 
 Philomena by Stephen Frears

Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award 
 L'intrepido by Gianni Amelio

Lina Mangiacapre Award 
 Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante
 Special mention: Femen’s activists of Ukraine Is Not a Brothel by Kitty Green

Golden Mouse 
 Philomena by Stephen Frears
 Special mention: Stray Dogs by Tsai Ming-liang

 Silvier Mouse: At Berkeley by Frederick Wiseman
 Special mention: Home from Home by Edgar Reitz

UK-ITALY Creative Industries Award – Best Innovative Budget 
The Third Half by Enrico Maria Artale
Medeas by Andrea Pallaoro
Kush by Shubhashish Bhutiani

Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue 
 Philomena by Stephen Frears

Gillo Pontecorvo Award 
 Con il fiato sospeso by Costanza Quatriglio

Green Drop Award 
 Ana Arabia by Amos Gitai

Young Jury Members of the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival 
 Philomena by Stephen Frears
 Special mention for a debut film: Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante

"Civitas Vitae prossima" Award 
 Still Life by Uberto Pasolini

Soundtrack Stars Award 
Best Soundtrack Award: Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante
Special mention for Best Contemporary Actor: Ryuchi Sakamoto (Venezia 70 Jury member)

Ambiente WWF Award 
 Amazonia by Thierry Ragobert

Bianchi Award 
 Enzo d’Aló

References

External links

Venice Film Festival 2013 Awards on IMDb

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