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The 54th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 27 August to 6 September 1997.


Jury

The following people comprised the 1997 jury: *
Jane Campion Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films ''The Piano'' (1993) and '' The Power of the Dog'' (2021), for which she has received a tot ...
(New Zealand) (head of jury) *
Ronald Bass Ronald Jay Bass (born March 26, 1942), sometimes credited as Ron Bass, is an American screenwriter and film producer. He won an Academy Award for writing the screenplay for Barry Levinson's film ''Rain Man'', and films that Bass is associated ...
(USA) *
Véra Belmont Véra Belmont (born 17 November 1932) is a French film producer, director and screenwriter. Since 1960, she has produced 45 films, directed 5 films, and written 8 films. Her films were greatly inspired by François Truffaut and other members of ...
(France) * Peter Buchka (Germany) (critic) *
Nana Dzhordzhadze Nana Jorjadze ( ka, ნანა ჯორჯაძე; born 24 August 1948) is an Academy Award nominated film director, scriptwriter and actress. Jorjadze was born in Tbilisi, and graduated first from a local musical school (1966), and then from ...
(Georgia) *
Idrissa Ouedraogo Idrissa is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Idrissa Adam (born 1984), Cameroonian sprinter * Idrissa Camara, Guinean-born dancer and choreographer * Idrissa Camará (born 1992), Bissau-Guinean footballer * Idrissa Cou ...
(Burkina Faso) * Charlotte Rampling (UK) *
Shinya Tsukamoto is a Japanese filmmaker, film producer, screenwriter, editor, director, cinematographer, art director, production designer and actor. With a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad, Tsukamoto is best known for his body horro ...
(Japan) *
Francesco Rosi Francesco Rosi (; 15 November 1922 – 10 January 2015) was an Italian film director. His film '' The Mattei Affair'' won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, often appeared to ha ...
(Italy) *
Marco Bellocchio Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and career Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schoolt ...
(Italy) (short films) (head of jury) *
Clare Peploe Clare Peploe (20 October 1941 – 23 June 2021) was a British-Italian screenwriter, producer, and film director. Biography Peploe was born in Tanzania but grew up in the United Kingdom and Italy. William Peploe, her father, worked as a Brit ...
(UK) (short films) * Olivier Assayas (France) (short films)


Official selection


In competition


Autonomous sections


Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as ''In Competition'' for this section: * ''The Fifth Season'' (''Fasl-e panjom'') by
Rafi Pitts Rafi Pitts ( fa, رفیع پیتز, born 1967) is an Iranian film director. Life and career Pitts was born in Mashad, Iran. Rafi spent his childhood in Tehran, where he lived in a basement flat underneath a post-production studio. He came to Eng ...
(Iran) * ''
Gummo ''Gummo'' is a 1997 American experimental drama film written and directed by Harmony Korine, starring Jacob Reynolds, Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell, and Chloë Sevigny. The film is set (but was not filmed) in Xenia, Ohio, a Midwestern American tow ...
'' by
Harmony Korine Harmony Korine (born January 4, 1973, some sources report September 1, 1974)
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(United States) * '' Marie from the Bay of Angels'' (''Marie Baie des Anges'') by Manuel Pradal (France) * '' Masumiyet'' (en. ''Innocence'') by
Zeki Demirkubuz Zeki Demirkubuz (born 1 October 1964 in Isparta, Turkey) is a contemporary Turkish film director, screenwriter, producer and film editor. Biography Demirkubuz dropped out of high school and started working in a textile workshop. He then wor ...
(Turkey) * '' Dance of the Wind'' (''Swara Mandal'') by
Rajan Khosa Rajan Khosa is an Indian writer-director-producer who has worked between the UK, Europe and India for much of his career. He is best known for his directorial venture ''Gattu'', which won at Berlin Film Festival. It won a Screen Award in India ...
(India) * '' To Die for Tano'' (''Tano da morire'') by
Roberta Torre Roberta Torre (born 21 September 1962) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In 1997 she won the Nastro d'argento for best new director with her first film, ''Tano da morire'' ("To Die for Tano"). The film entered the 54th Venice Interna ...
(Italy) * '' Unmade Beds'' by
Nicholas Barker Nicholas Howard Barker (born 1973) is an English extreme metal drummer best known as for his work in Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir. Currently he is the drummer for Brujeria and Shining. Biography Barker was born on 25 April 1973. He join ...
(United Kingdom)


Awards

* Golden Lion: **'' Hana-bi'' (
Takeshi Kitano is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, actor, filmmaker, and author. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. With th ...
) * Grand Special Jury Prize: **''
Ovosodo Ovosodo (from ''Ovosodo'', a quarter in the historic center of Livorno, the city where the story takes place), also known as ''Hardboiled Egg'', is a 1997 Italian comedy film, written and directed by Paolo Virzì. Cast * Edoardo Gabbriellini: Pi ...
'' ( Paolo Virzi) *
Golden Osella The Golden Osella is the name of several awards given at the Venice Film Festival. They are awarded irregularly and in various categories such as directing, screenwriting, cinematography, and technical contributions. The name derives from the ''o ...
: **Best Original Screenplay: ''
Nettoyage à sec ''Dry Cleaning'' (french: Nettoyage à sec, links=no) is a 1997 French-Spanish drama film directed by Anne Fontaine and written by Fontaine and Gilles Taurand which stars Miou-Miou, Charles Berling, and Stanislas Merhar Stanislas Merhar (born 2 ...
'' ( Gilles Taurand) **Best Cinematography: '' Ossos'' (
Emmanuel Machuel Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the H ...
) **Best Original Music: ''
Chinese Box ''Chinese Box'' is a 1997 movie directed by Wayne Wang and starring Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung and Michael Hui. The movie is set and was made at the time of Hong Kong's handover to the People's Republic of China on June 30, 199 ...
'' (
Graeme Revell Graeme Revell (born 23 October 1955) is a New Zealand musician and composer. He came to prominence in the 1980s as the leader of the industrial/electronic group SPK. Since the 1990s he has worked primarily as a film score composer. Some of ...
) *
Volpi Cup 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 ...
: **Best Actor: ''
Wesley Snipes Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor, film producer, and martial artist. His prominent film roles include '' Major League'' (1989), ''New Jack City'' (1991), '' White Men Can't Jump'' (1992), '' Passenger 57'' (1992), '' ...
'' ( One Night Stand) **Best Actress: ''
Robin Tunney Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American actress. Tunney made her film debut in the comedy ''Encino Man'' (1992) and rose to prominence with leading roles in the cult films ''Empire Records'' (1995) and '' The Craft'' (1996). Her performa ...
'' ( Niagara, Niagara) *The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal: **'' The Thief'' (
Pavel Chukhraj Pavel Grigoryevich Chukhray (russian: Па́вел Григо́рьевич Чухра́й; Bykovo, Moscow Oblast, October 14, 1946) is a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. He is the son of the prominent Russian film directo ...
) *Luigi de Laurentiis Award: **''
Tano da morire ''Tano da morire'' (internationally released as ''To Die for Tano'') is a 1997 Italian musical comedy film written and directed by Roberta Torre. It is loosely inspired by actual life events of Tano Guarrasi, a butcher and a jealous brother of fou ...
'' (
Roberta Torre Roberta Torre (born 21 September 1962) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In 1997 she won the Nastro d'argento for best new director with her first film, ''Tano da morire'' ("To Die for Tano"). The film entered the 54th Venice Interna ...
) *Career Golden Lion: ** Gérard Depardieu ** Stanley Kubrick **
Alida Valli Alida Maria Laura, '' Freiin'' Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli (or simply Valli), was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, ...
*Prize of the International Youth Jury: **'' The Thief'' (
Pavel Chukhraj Pavel Grigoryevich Chukhray (russian: Па́вел Григо́рьевич Чухра́й; Bykovo, Moscow Oblast, October 14, 1946) is a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. He is the son of the prominent Russian film directo ...
) *FIPRESCI Prize: **''
Love Stories Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the lov ...
'' ( Jerzy Stuhr) **'' Twenty Four Seven'' (
Shane Meadows Shane Meadows (born 26 December 1972) is an English director, screenwriter and actor, known for his work in independent film, most notably the cult film '' This Is England'' (2006) and its three sequels (2010–2015). Meadows' other films i ...
) *FIPRESCI Prize - Honorable Mention: **''
Harmony Korine Harmony Korine (born January 4, 1973, some sources report September 1, 1974)
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is an Ame ...
'' (
Gummo ''Gummo'' is a 1997 American experimental drama film written and directed by Harmony Korine, starring Jacob Reynolds, Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell, and Chloë Sevigny. The film is set (but was not filmed) in Xenia, Ohio, a Midwestern American tow ...
) *OCIC Award: **''
The Winter Guest ''The Winter Guest'' is a 1997 drama film directed by Alan Rickman and starring Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson. Plot Set in Scotland on one wintry day, the film focuses on eight people; a mother and daughter, Elspeth (Phyllida Law) and Fra ...
'' (
Alan Rickman Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director. Known for his deep, languid voice, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and became a member of the Royal Shakespe ...
) *OCIC Award - Honorable Mention: **'' Jerzy Stuhr'' (
Love Stories Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the lov ...
) **'' Nouri Bouzid'' ( Bent Familia) *UNICEF Award: **'' The Thief'' (
Pavel Chukhraj Pavel Grigoryevich Chukhray (russian: Па́вел Григо́рьевич Чухра́й; Bykovo, Moscow Oblast, October 14, 1946) is a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. He is the son of the prominent Russian film directo ...
) *UNESCO Award: **'' La strana storia di Banda Sonora'' (
Francesca Archibugi Francesca Archibugi (; born 16 May 1960) is an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Life and career Born and raised in Rome in an intellectual family (her elder brother is the political and economic theorist Daniele Archibugi), she started t ...
) *Pasinetti Award: **Best Film: '' Giro di lune tra terra e mare'' **Best Actor:
Edoardo Gabbriellini Edoardo Gabbriellini (born 16 July 1975) is an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Life and career Born in Livorno, at 18 years old Gabbriellini was chosen by Paolo Virzì to star in his film ''Ovosodo''. For his performance he won the ...
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Ovosodo Ovosodo (from ''Ovosodo'', a quarter in the historic center of Livorno, the city where the story takes place), also known as ''Hardboiled Egg'', is a 1997 Italian comedy film, written and directed by Paolo Virzì. Cast * Edoardo Gabbriellini: Pi ...
'') **Best Actress: Emma Thompson (''
The Winter Guest ''The Winter Guest'' is a 1997 drama film directed by Alan Rickman and starring Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson. Plot Set in Scotland on one wintry day, the film focuses on eight people; a mother and daughter, Elspeth (Phyllida Law) and Fra ...
'') *Pietro Bianco Award: **
Bernardo Bertolucci Bernardo Bertolucci (; 16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in Italian cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved international ...
*Isvema Award: **'' Giro di lune tra terra e mare'' ( Giuseppe M. Gaudino) *FEDIC Award: **''
Tano da morire ''Tano da morire'' (internationally released as ''To Die for Tano'') is a 1997 Italian musical comedy film written and directed by Roberta Torre. It is loosely inspired by actual life events of Tano Guarrasi, a butcher and a jealous brother of fou ...
'' (
Roberta Torre Roberta Torre (born 21 September 1962) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In 1997 she won the Nastro d'argento for best new director with her first film, ''Tano da morire'' ("To Die for Tano"). The film entered the 54th Venice Interna ...
) *FEDIC Award - Honorable Mention: **'' Amleto... frammenti'' ( Bruno Bigoni) *Little Golden Lion: **''
Ovosodo Ovosodo (from ''Ovosodo'', a quarter in the historic center of Livorno, the city where the story takes place), also known as ''Hardboiled Egg'', is a 1997 Italian comedy film, written and directed by Paolo Virzì. Cast * Edoardo Gabbriellini: Pi ...
'' ( Paolo Virzi) *Anicaflash Prize: **''
Love Stories Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the lov ...
'' ( Jerzy Stuhr) *Elvira Notari Prize: **'' Bent Familia'' ( Nouri Bouzid) *Bastone Bianco Award: **'' Alors voilà'' (
Michel Piccoli Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide vari ...
) *Sergio Trasatti Award: **''
Love Stories Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the lov ...
'' ( Jerzy Stuhr) **'' In memoriam Gyöngyössy Imre'' (
Barna Kabay Barna Kabay (born 15 August 1948, Budapest) is a Hungarian people, Hungarian film director, screenwriter and film producer. His film ''The Revolt of Job'' (1983), which he co-directed with Imre Gyöngyössy, was nominated for the Academy Award fo ...
) *CinemAvvenire Award: **''
The Winter Guest ''The Winter Guest'' is a 1997 drama film directed by Alan Rickman and starring Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson. Plot Set in Scotland on one wintry day, the film focuses on eight people; a mother and daughter, Elspeth (Phyllida Law) and Fra ...
'' (
Alan Rickman Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director. Known for his deep, languid voice, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and became a member of the Royal Shakespe ...
) *Enzo Serafin Award: **''
Ovosodo Ovosodo (from ''Ovosodo'', a quarter in the historic center of Livorno, the city where the story takes place), also known as ''Hardboiled Egg'', is a 1997 Italian comedy film, written and directed by Paolo Virzì. Cast * Edoardo Gabbriellini: Pi ...
'' (
Italo Petriccione Italo Petriccione is a multi-award winning Italian cinematographer who has worked with directors such as Gabriele Salvatores, Paolo Virzì, and Leonardo Pieraccioni, during a career spanning more than three decades. He has been nominated six tim ...
) *Kodak Award: **''
Tano da morire ''Tano da morire'' (internationally released as ''To Die for Tano'') is a 1997 Italian musical comedy film written and directed by Roberta Torre. It is loosely inspired by actual life events of Tano Guarrasi, a butcher and a jealous brother of fou ...
'' (
Roberta Torre Roberta Torre (born 21 September 1962) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In 1997 she won the Nastro d'argento for best new director with her first film, ''Tano da morire'' ("To Die for Tano"). The film entered the 54th Venice Interna ...
)


References


External links

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