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
 Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet
 Ulrich Felsberg, German
 László Kovács, Hungarian cinematographer
 Francesca Neri, Italian actress
 Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkish filmmaker

Official Sections

In Competition
The following films were nominated to compete for the Golden Lion of the 59th edition of the festival:

Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition
The following films were screened as Out of Competition:

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:

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 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

References

External links 

Venice Film Festival 2002 Awards on IMDb

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