The 60th annual

Venice International Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

was held from 27 August to 6 September 2003. The festival opened with

Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...

's Out of Competition film ''

Anything Else ''Anything Else'' is a 2003 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen, produced by Letty Aronson, and starring Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Allen, Stockard Channing, Danny DeVito, Jimmy Fallon, Erica Leerhsen and KaDee Stri ...

''.

Juries

The following people comprised the 2003 jury for the feature films of the main competition and for the short films of the official selection: Main Competition (Venezia 60) *

Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the ''Commedia all'Italiana'' (Comedy Italian style). He was nominated six times for an Oscar, and was awa ...

(Italy), Jury President *

Stefano Accorsi Stefano Lelio Beniamino Accorsi (; born 2 March 1971) is an Italian actor. Early life and background Accorsi was born in Bologna. He graduated from Bologna's Theatrical School in 1993, and acted in the theatre for several years before moving to ...

(Italy) * Michael Ballhaus (Germany) *

Ann Hui Ann Hui On-wah, (; born 23 May 1947) is a film director, producer, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong who is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave. She is known for her films about social issues in Hon ...

(Hong Kong, China) *

Pierre Jolivet Pierre Jolivet (; born 9 October 1952) is a French director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. His film '' Zim and Co.'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and his film '' The Night Watchman'' won the ...

(France) * Monty Montgomery (USA) *

Assumpta Serna María Asunción Rodés Serna (born 16 September 1957), better known as Assumpta Serna, is a Spanish actress and author. Born in Barcelona, Serna has performed in 20 countries in six languages and is the recipient of more than 20 international ...

(Spain) Upstream (''Controcorrente'')
The following people were selected to confer the San Marco Prize for best film, the Special Director's Award, an Upstream Prize for Best Actor, and one for Best Actress: *

Laure Adler Laure Adler ( née Laure Clauzet; born 11 March 1950, in Caen) is a French journalist, writer, publisher and radio/TV producer. Works Biographies * 1986: ''L'Amour à l'arsenic : histoire de Marie Lafarge'', Denoël. * 1998: ''Marguerite ...

, President * Vito Amoruso *

Samir Farid Samir Farid ( ar, سمير فريد, ) (December 1, 1943 – April 4, 2017) was an Egyptian writer and a world renowned film critic, journalist and film historian based in Cairo. He authored and/or translated over 60 books since 1966 on Egyptian, ...

* Rene Liu * Ulrich Tukur "Luigi De Laurentiis" Award for a First Feature
The following people were selected to confer the Lion of the Future. *

Lia van Leer Lia van Leer (née Greenberg; he, ליה ון ליר; August 8, 1924 – March 13, 2015) was a pioneer in the field of art film programming and film archiving in Israel. She was the founder of the Haifa Cinematheque, the Jerusalem Cinematheque, t ...

, President * Jannike Ahlund * Pierre-Henri Deleau * Stefan Kitanov * Peter Scarlet

Official selection

In competition

The following films were nominated to compete for the

Golden Lion The Golden Lion ( it, Leone d'oro) is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguishe ...

of the 60th edition of the festival: :Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of competition

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

'' by

(United States) * ''

Coffee and Cigarettes ''Coffee and Cigarettes'' is the title of three short films and a 2003 feature-length anthology film by independent film director Jim Jarmusch. The feature film consists of 11 short stories which share coffee and cigarettes as a common thread ...

'' by

Jim Jarmusch James Robert Jarmusch (; born January 22, 1953) is an American film director and screenwriter. He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s, directing films including '' Stranger Than Paradise'' (1984), '' Down by Law'' ( ...

(United States) * '' Intolerable Cruelty'' by

Joel Coen Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957),State of Minnesota. ''Minnesota Birth Index, 1935–2002''. Minnesota Department of Health. collectively known as the Coen brothers (), are American film ...

(United States) * ''

Le Divorce ''Le Divorce'' is a 2003 romantic comedy-drama film directed by James Ivory from a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and Ivory, based on the 1997 novel of the same name by Diane Johnson. Plot Isabel Walker travels to Paris to visit her siste ...

'' by

James Ivory James Francis Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. For many years, he worked extensively with Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, his domestic as well as professional partner, and with screen ...

(United Kingdom) * ''

Matchstick Men ''Matchstick Men'' is a 2003 black comedy film directed by Ridley Scott and based on Eric Garcia's 2002 novel of the same name. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, and Alison Lohman. The film premiered on September 2, 2003 at the 60th Venic ...

'' by

Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is a British film director and producer. Directing, among others, science fiction films, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott has received many accolades thr ...

(United States) * '' Monsieur Ibrahim'' (''Monsieur Ibrahim et le fleurs du Coran'') by François Dupeyron (France) * '' Once Upon a Time in Mexico'' by Robert Rodriguez (United States) * '' The Dreamers'' by Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy, UK, France) * '' The Human Stain'' by Robert Benton (United States) Special Event * ''The Blues (film series)#Feel Like Going Home, The Blues: Feel Like Going Home'' by Martin Scorsese (United States) * ''The Blues (film series)#Godfathers and Sons, The Blues: Godfathers and Sons'' by Marc Levin (United States) * ''The Blues (film series)#Red, White and Blues, The Blues: Red, White and Blues'' by Mike Figgis (United Kingdom) * '' The Blues: The Road To Memphis'' by Richard Pearce (United States)

Short film competition

The following films, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the short film competition: :Highlighted title indicates the winner of the Silver Lion for Best Short Film.

Upstream

A section of the official selection for feature films that stand out for their "innovative intent, creative originality or alternative cinematographic languages" :Highlighted title indicates the San Marco Prize winner.

New Territories

The following films were selected for the New Territories (''Nuovi Territori'') section:

Autonomous sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as ''In Competition'' for this section: * '' Ana and the Others'' (''Ana y los otros'') by Celina Murga (Argentina) * ''Three-Step Dance'' (''Ballo a tre passi'') by Salvatore Mereu (Italy) * '' Matrubhoomi'' (en. ''Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women'') by Manish Jha (India) * ''

Mr. Butterfly ''Mr. Butterfly'' (''Nabi'') is a 2003 South Korean action film. The film is the writing and directorial debut (and, as of 2011, only) film of Kim Hyeon-seong, sometimes credited outside Korea as Marc Kim. As the distinction between singular and ...

'' (''Nabi'') by

Kim Hyeon-seong Kim or KIM may refer to: Names * Kim (given name) * Kim (surname) ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese fo ...

(South Korea) * ''

Twist Twist may refer to: In arts and entertainment Film, television, and stage * ''Twist'' (2003 film), a 2003 independent film loosely based on Charles Dickens's novel ''Oliver Twist'' * ''Twist'' (2021 film), a 2021 modern rendition of ''Olive ...

'' by Jacob Daniel Tierney (Canada) * ''Variété Française'' by

Frédéric Videau Frédéric and Frédérick are the French language, French versions of the common male given name Frederick (given name), Frederick. They may refer to: In artistry: * Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator * Frédéric Bartholdi, French ...

(France) * '' 15'' by Royston Tan (Singapore)

Awards

Official selection

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 60th edition: *

:''

The Return The Return may refer to: Print media * ''Nostoi'' or ''Returns'', a lost poem in ancient Greek, thought to have been completed in the sixth or seventh century BC *The Return, a 1987 children book by Sonia Levitin * ''The Return'' (de la Mare n ...

'' (''Vozvrashcheniye'') by Andrey Zvyagintsev * Silver Lion for Best Director: Takeshi Kitano for ''

Zatōichi is a fictional character created by Japanese novelist Kan Shimozawa. He is an itinerant blind masseur and swordsman of Japan's late Edo period (1830s and 1840s). He first appeared in the 1948 essay , part of Shimozawa's ''Futokoro Techō'' serie ...

'' * Special Jury Prize: '' The Kite'' by

Randa Chahal Randa Chahal Sabbagh (Arabic: رندا شهال صباغ) was a Lebanese film director, producer and screenwriter. Chahal was born December 11, 1953 in Tripoli, Lebanon to an Iraqi mother and a Lebanese father. She died of cancer August 25, 200 ...

* Volpi Cup for Best Actor:

Sean Penn Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama ''Mystic River'' (2003) and the biopic ''Milk'' (2008). Penn began his acting career in televisi ...

for ''

21 Grams ''21 Grams'' is a 2003 American psychological drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu from a screenplay by Guillermo Arriaga. The film stars Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Danny Huston and Benicio Del Toro. The seco ...

'' *

Volpi Cup for Best Actress The Volpi Cup for Best Actress is an award presented by the Venice Film Festival. It is given by the festival jury in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance from the films in the competition slate. It is named in honor o ...

Katja Riemann Katja Hannchen Leni Riemann (, born 1 November 1963) is a German actress. The daughter of two teachers, Riemann grew up in Weyhe, near Bremen. After high school she went to Hamburg to study music and theater. She is the mother of actress Paula ...

for '' Rosenstrasse'' *

Marcello Mastroianni Award The Marcello Mastroianni Award (Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian la ...

(for the best emerging actor or actress): Najat Benssallem for ''Raja'' Special Awards * Golden Lion Honorary Award: Dino De Laurentiis and

Omar Sharif Omar Sharif ( ar, عمر الشريف ; born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub , 10 April 193210 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He began his career in his native country in the ...

Short Film awards * Silver Lion for Best Short Film: ''Neft'' (''The Oil'') by Murad Ibragimbekov * UIP Award for Best European Short Film: ''The Trumouse Show'' by Julio Robledo * Special mention: ''Hochbetrieb'' by Andreas Krein

Other collateral awards

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

FIPRESCI The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

Award: ** Venezia 60: '' Goodbye Dragon Inn'' (Bu san) by Tsai Ming-liang (Taiwan 2003) **Parallel Section: '' Matrubhoomi'' by Manish Jha (India 2003)

References

External links

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Venice Film Festival 2003 Awards
on IMDb
New Territories - 60th Venice Film Festival 2003
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