72nd Venice International Film Festival
The 72nd annual Venice International Film Festival took place from 2 to 12 September 2015. Alfonso Cuarón served as the President of the Jury for the main competition. A restored version of Federico Fellini's film "Amarcord" was shown at the festival. The Venezuelan film "From Afar" by Lorenzo Vigas won the Golden Lion award. "Everest" was selected as the festival's opening night film, while Guan Hu's drama film "Mr. Six" served as the closing night film. Actress and director Elisa Sednaoui hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the festival. The festival  poster featured Nastassja Kinski in front as reminiscent of Wim Wenders's "Faraway, So Close!", while in the background it featured the character of Antoine Doinel portrayed by Jean-Pierre Léaud from François Truffaut's 1959 drama film "The 400 Blows", which also appeared on the 71st Venice International Film Festival poster. The festival honoured Brian De Palma with "Glory to the Filmmaker Award" and a documentary film titled "De Palma" by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow also screened at the festival. Jonathan Demme received the Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award, who also served as the President of "Horizons  (Orizzonti)" section jury. Juries. The following people formed the 2015 juries: Main competition (Venezia 72) Horizons (Orizzonti) Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film) Official selection. In Competition. The following films were selected for the main competition: Out of competition. The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: Horizons. The following feature films were selected for the "Horizons (Orizzonti)" section: Venice Classics. The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section: 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: Il Cinema nel Giardino. The following feature films were selected for the "Il Cinema nel Giardino" section: Autonomous sections. International Critics’ Week. The following films were selected for the 29th Venice International Film Critics' Week: Venice Days. The following films were selected for the 12th edition of the "Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori)" section: Awards. Official selection. The following Official Awards were presented at the 72nd edition : In Competition (Venezia 72) Horizons (Orizzonti) Lion of the Future Venice Classics Awards Special Awards Autonomous sections. The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections: 30th Venice International Critics' Week Venice Days Other collateral awards. The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection: