The 60th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 27 August to 6 September 2003, at Venice Lido in Italy.
Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Return by Andrey Zvyagintsev.
The festival opened with Anything Else by Woody Allen.
Juries Main Competition (Venezia 60) Mario Monicelli, Italian filmmaker - Jury President Stefano Accorsi, Italian actor Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer Ann Hui, Chinese director Pierre Jolivet, French director, actor, screenwriter, and producer Monty Montgomery, American actor and filmmaker Assumpta Serna, Spanish actress
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, French Journalist - Jury President Vito Amoruso, Italian literary critic Samir Farid, Egyptian film critic Rene Liu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter, actress, director and writer Ulrich Tukur, German actor
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Feature Lia van Leer, Israeli founder of the Haifa Cinematheque, the Jerusalem Cinematheque's Israel Film Archive, and the Jerusalem Film Festival - Jury President Jannike Ahlund, Swedish film critic Pierre-Henri Deleau, French film producer and actor Stefan Kitanov, Bulgarian film producer Peter Scarlet, executive director of Tribeca Festival
Official Sections In Competition The following films were nominated to compete for the Golden Lion of the 60th edition of the festival: English title Original title Director(s) Production country 21 Grams Alejandro González Iñárritu United States Alila Amos Gitai Israel, France Code 46 Michael Winterbottom United Kingdom Feelings Les Sentiments Noémie Lvovsky France The Floating Landscape 戀之風景 Carol Lai Hong Kong, France A Good Lawyer's Wife 바람난 가족 Im Sang-soo South Korea Good Morning, Night Buongiorno, notte Marco Bellocchio Italy Goodbye, Dragon Inn 不散 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan Imagining Argentina Christopher Hampton Spain, United Kingdom, United States The Kite طيّارة من ورق Randa Chahal Sabag Lebanon Loving Glances Sjaj u očima Srđan Karanović Serbia and Montenegro, United Kingdom The Miracle Il Miracolo Edoardo Winspeare Italy Pornografia Jan Jakub Kolski Poland, France Raja Jacques Doillon France, Morocco The Return Возвращение Andrey Zvyagintsev Russia Rosenstrasse Margarethe von Trotta Germany, Netherlands Secret File Segreti di Stato Paolo Benvenuti Italy A Talking Picture Um Filme Falado Manoel de Oliveira Portugal Twentynine Palms Bruno Dumont France, Germany, United States Zatôichi 座頭市 Takeshi Kitano Japan
Out of Competition The following films were screened as Out of Competition: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryAnything Else (opening film)Woody AllenUnited StatesCoffee and Cigarettes Jim JarmuschIntolerable CrueltyJoel CoenLe DivorceJames IvoryUnited Kingdom, United States, FranceMatchstick MenRidley ScottUnited States, United KingdomMonsieur IbrahimMonsieur Ibrahim et le fleurs du CoranFrançois DupeyronFranceOnce Upon a Time in MexicoRobert RodriguezUnited StatesThe DreamersBernardo BertolucciItaly, United Kingdom, FranceThe Human StainRobert BentonUnited States, GermanySpecial EventsThe Blues - Feel Like Going HomeMartin ScorseseUnited StatesThe Blues - Godfathers and SonsMarc LevinThe Blues - Red, White and BluesMike FiggisThe Blues - The Road To MemphisRichard Pearce
Upstream (Controcorrente) A section of the official selection for feature films that stand out for their "innovative intent, creative originality or alternative cinematographic languages"
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Antenna Antena Kazuyoshi Kumakiri Japan The Assassinated Sun Le soleil assassiné Abdelkrim Bahloul France Break Free Liberi Gianluca Maria Tavarelli Italy Casa de los babys John Sayles United States, Mexico The Chimera of Heroes La quimera de los heroes Daniel Rosenfeld Argentina, France, Denmark The First Letter Abjad Abolfazl Jalili Iran, France, Italy The Five Obstructions De Fem Benspaend Jørgen Leth and Lars Von Trier Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, France In the Forest... Again Abar Aranye Goutam Ghose India Last Life in the Universe เรื่องรัก น้อยนิด มหาศาล Pen-ek Ratanaruang Thailand, Hong Kong, Netherlands, United States, Japan Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola United States, Japan Mud Çamur Derviş Zaim Italy, Cyprus A Place Among the Living Une place parmi les vivants Raoul Ruiz France, Romania The Python Pitons Laila Pakalnina Latvia The Return of Cagliostro Il ritorno di Cagliostro Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco Italy Schultze Gets the Blues Germany Silence Between Two Thoughts Sokoote beine do fekr Babak Payami Iran Travellers and Magicians ཆང་ཧུབ་ཐེངས་གཅིག་གི་འཁྲུལ་སྣང Khyentse Norbu Bhutan, United Kingdom Vodka Lemon Hiner Saleem France, Italy, Switzerland, ArmeniaSpecial EventThe Tulse Luper Suitcases: AntwerpPeter GreenawayUnited Kingdom
New Territories The following films were selected for the New Territories (Nuovi Territori) section:
Feature films - Fiction English title Original title Director(s) Production country Pequeña paloma blanca Christian Barbe Chile, United Kingdom Threads Khahit errouh Hakim Belabbes Morocco, United States Vibrator ヴァイブレータ Ryūichi Hiroki Japan L'ultimo piano Paolo Scarfò Italy Le dernier des immobiles Nicola Sornaga France Chemical Hunger Fame chimica Antonio Bocola, Paolo Vari Italy, SwitzerlandFeature films - Non FictionMattatoioAkab (Gabriele Di Benedetto)ItalyL'uomo segretoNino BizzarriBack to KotelnichRetour à KotelnitchEmmanuel CarrèreFranceMistsBrumasRicardo CostaPortugalAt SchoolA scuolaLeonardo Di CostanzoFrance, ItalyWarGuerraPippo DelbonoItaly, Israel, PalestineItalian sud estFluid Video CrewItalyMateriali a confrontoGiuseppe M. GaudinoUn instante en la vida ajenaJose Luis López-LinaresSpainCounter SiteContr@siteFausta Quattrini, Daniele IncalcaterraArgentina, SwitzerlandPrisoner of the Iron BarsO Prisioneiro da Grade de FerroPaulo SacramentoBrazilOn n'est pas des marques de véloJean-Pierre ThornFranceBarefoot to HeratPaberahne Ta HaratMajid MajidiIranMedium-length FilmsUnited We StandMatteo BarziniItalyUn filsAmal BedjaouiFranceSorriso amaroMatteo BellizziItaly, Finland, SwitzerlandSegni particolari - Appunti per un film sull'Emilia RomagnaGiuseppe BertolucciItalyMy Father's GardenMatthew BrownItaly, South AfricaIl senso del misteroPaolo BrunattoItalyPicciriddaAlberto CastiglioneStessa rabbia, stessa primaveraStefano IncertiMaledetta miaWilma LabateThe Malady of DeathLa Maladie de la MortAsa MaderFrance, United StatesPaesaggio a SudVincenzo MarraItalyMargherita. Ritratto ConfidenzialeGiuseppe PiccioniSenza treguaMarco PozziShort FilmsPoemCarlos ArmellaUnited KingdomChaplin Aujourd'hui - The KidAlain BergalaFranceJapan-eno - Stornmi # 3 - Clessiquidre hz FX - China #4 FX - A...B...C...cletta - CoplanDesideri - Occhi di-visi Occhi di-versiErmanno De BiagiItalyThe Time We LostTommaso CammaranoItaly, United StatesLo stuoino di pietraGina CarducciPequeñas vocesEduardo CarrilloColombia, United Kingdom, SpainSsstPietro Durante, Lisa Ferlazzo NatoliItalyStructural Filmwaste. Dissolution 1Siegfried A. FruhaufAustriaLa recherche de ma mèrePaola Gandolfi, Francesca RavelloItalyNe dites pas à ma mèreSarah Moon HoweBelgium, FranceLibberatoDavide LombardiItalyLa spia che era in meMario MateriaPrises de vuesSebastian MeiseAustriaRelojes de arenaJosé Francisco Ortuno, Laura AlveaSpainThe Affirmation of Jimmy BrownRobert PasternakCanadaMy McQueenLourdes PortilloUnited StatesRacconti per l'isolaCostanza QuatriglioItalyGrande anarcaAlvise RenziniFantasmi di voce - Antonio StagnoliElisabetta SgarbiYou Are EvilLouis TaylorCanadaShen-ZiNell Yen-ni Wang, Jin-yi LiuTaiwanSpecial EventsThe AgronomistJonathan DemmeUnited StatesThe Saddest Music in the WorldGuy MaddinCanadaPersona non grataOliver StoneUnited States, France, Spain
Short Film Competition The following films, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the short film competition:
Title Director(s) Production country In competition El excusado Lorenza Manrique Mexico From Where I'm Standing Annalise Patterson New Zealand God's Kitchen Paki Smith Ireland Hochbetrieb Andreas Krein Germany Match Jef Nassenstein Netherlands Neft (The Oil) Murad Ibragimbekov Russia, Azerbaijan Neon Eyes Thomas Gerhold, Markus Wambsganss Germany Ore 2 Calma Piatta Marco Pontecorvo Italy Ritterschlag Sven Martin Germany Solitaire Thor Bekkavik Norway The Trumouse Show Julio Robledo Spain Zippo Stefano Sollima ItalyOut of CompetitionDestinoDominique MonféryFrance, United StatesLe lion volatilAgnès VardaFrance
Independent Sections Venice International Film Critics' Week The following feature films were selected to be screened In Competition for this section: English title Original title Director(s) Production country 15 Royston Tan Singapore Ana and the Others Ana y los otros Celina Murga Argentina Matrubhoomi Manish Jha India Mr. Butterfly Nabi Kim Hyeon-Seong South Korea Three-Step Dance Ballo a tre passi Salvatore Mereu Italy Twist Jacob Daniel Tierney Canada Variété Française Frédéric Videau France
Official Awards Golden Lion:The Return by Andrey Zvyagintsev Silver Lion for Best Director: Takeshi Kitano for Zatōichi Grand Special Jury Prize: The Kite by Randa Chahal Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Sean Penn for 21 Grams Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Katja Riemann for Rosenstrasse Marcello Mastroianni Award: Najat Benssallem for Raja
Golden Lion Honorary Award Dino De Laurentiis Omar Sharif
Short Film Competition 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
Independent Awards The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:
FIPRESCI Award Venezia 60: Goodbye Dragon Inn by Tsai Ming-liang Parallel Section: Matrubhoomi by Manish Jha
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 2003 Awards on IMDb New Territories - 60th Venice Film Festival 2003