The 54th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 27 August to 6 September 1997.
New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion was the Jury President of the Main Competition. The opening film was Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry, while the closing film was a restored version of 1912 silent film Richard III, accompanied live by Vittorio Gassman serving as narrator and Ennio Morricone conducing the Arturo Toscanini Orchestra. Takeshi Kitano's Hana-bi was the Golden Lion winner.
Juries The following people comprised the 1997 jury:
Main competition Jane Campion, New Zealand filmmaker and producer - Jury President Ronald Bass, American writer and producer Véra Belmont, French producer Peter Buchka, German critic Nana Jorjadze, Georgian filmmaker and actress Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabé filmmaker Charlotte Rampling, British actress Shinya Tsukamoto, Japanese filmmaker, producer and actor Francesco Rosi, Italian director
Short films competition Marco Bellocchio, Italian filmmaker - Jury President Olivier Assayas, French filmmaker and film critic Clare Peploe, British producer and screenwriter
Official sections The following films were selected to be screened:
In competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Blinded A ciegas Daniel Calparsoro Spain Chinese Box Wayne Wang United States Dry Cleaning Nettoyage à sec Anne Fontaine France Hana-bi Takeshi Kitano Japan Hardboiled Egg Ovosodo Paolo Virzì Italy The Informant Jim McBride United States, Ireland Keep Cool 有話好好說 Yimou Zhang China Love Stories Historie milosne Jerzy Stuhr Poland Niagara, Niagara Bob Gosse United States, Canada One Night Stand Mike Figgis United States Ossos Pedro Costa Portugal, France, Denmark The Oyster and the Wind A Ostra e o Vento Walter Lima Jr. Brazil Round the Moons Between Earth and Sea Giro di lune tra terra e mare Giuseppe M. Gaudino Italy, Germany Seventh Heaven Le Septième ciel Benoît Jacquot France The Thief Вор Pavel Chukhraj Russia The Vesuvians I vesuviani Pappi Corsicato, Antonio Capuano,Antonietta De Lillo, Stefano Incerti,Mario Martone Italy Wild Games Combat de fauves Benoit Lamy Belgium, Germany, France The Winter Guest Alan Rickman United Kingdom
Out of competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Deconstructing Harry (opening film) Woody Allen United StatesDanubio Ivo B. Micheli Italy Full Tilt Boogie Sarah Kelly United States The Kingdom II Riget II Lars von Trier Denmark Our God's Brother Brat naszego Boga Krzysztof Zanussi Poland, Italy, Germany Richard III (closing film) André Calmettes and James Keane France, United States
Midday (mezzogiorno)
English title Original title Director(s) Production country 100% Arabica Mahmoud Zemmouri Algeria, France Bent Familia Nouri Bouzid Tunisia Five Stormy Days Cinque giorni di tempesta Francesco Calogero Italy Go for Gold! Lucian Segura Germany, Spain, France In the Name of Innocence Im Namen der Unschuld Andreas Kleinert Germany Kokkuri-san こっくりさん Takahisa Zeze Japan The Locusts John Patrick Kelley United States The Second Civil War Joe Dante United States True Love and Chaos Stavros Kazantzidis Australia
Midnight (mezzanotte) English title Original title Director(s) Production country Affliction Paul Schrader United States Air Force One Wolfgang Petersen United States The Bride's Journey Il viaggio della sposa Sergio Rubini Italy Cop Land James Mangold United States Deceiver Jonas and Joshua Pate United States Heroines Héroïnes Gérard Krawczyk France Marquise Véra Belmont France Mimic Guillermo del Toro United States The Tango Lesson La lección de tango Sally Potter Argentina, United Kingdom
Venetian workshop English title Original title Director(s) Production country Alors, voila Michel Piccoli France The Collector Neitoperho Auli Mantila Finland Malemare Pasquale Mazzarro Italy Miramar Júlio Bressane Brazil The Night of the Painter Der tag des malers Werner Nekes Germany The Sanguinaires Les Sanguinaires Laurent Cantet France The Sticky Fingers of Time Hilary Brougher United States Strawberry Fields Rea Tajiri United States Subway Stories Bob Balaban, Patricia Benoit, Julie Dash, Jonathan Demme, Ted Demme, Abel Ferrara, Alison Maclean, Craig McKay, Lucas Platt, Seth Rosenfeld United States Tamas and Juli Tamás és Juli Ildikó Enyedi Hungary Tatuaggi Laura Angiulli Italy The Tree of Hanging Destinies L'albero dei destini sospesi Rachid Benhadj ItalyNon Fiction 4 Little Girls Spike Lee United States As Time Goes By 去日苦多 Ann Hui Taiwan HHH: Portrait de Hou Hsiao-hsien Olivier Assayas France, Taiwan In memoriam Gyöngyössy Imre Katalyn Peteny, Barna Kabay Hungary Kippur Amos Gitai Israel Still Love You After All These 念你如昔 Stanley Kwan Taiwan, China The Voice of Bergman Bergmans rost Gunnar Bergdahl Sweden The Year After Dayton Das Jahr nach Dayton Nikolaus Geyrhalter Austria
Special screenings
English title Original title Director(s) Production countryTribute to Alida Valli The Third Man Carol Reed United KingdomTribute to Gerard Depardieu Hurricane Rosy Temporale Rosy Mario Monicelli Italy, FranceTribute to Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember (long version) Mi ricordo, sì, io mi ricordo Anna Maria Tatò ItalyTribute to Roberto Rossellini Roberto Rossellini: il mestiere di uomo Beppe Cino Italy The Taking of Power by Louis XIV La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV Roberto Rossellini France
Independent sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week The following feature films were selected to be screened as in competition for this section: English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Fifth Season Fasl-e panjom Rafi Pitts IranGummo Harmony Korine United States Marie from the Bay of Angels Marie Baie des Anges Manuel Pradal FranceMasumiyet Zeki Demirkubuz Turkey Dance of the Wind Swara Mandal Rajan Khosa India To Die for Tano Tano da morire Roberta Torre ItalyUnmade Beds Nicholas Barker United Kingdom
Official awards
Main competition Golden Lion: Hana-bi by Takeshi Kitano Grand Special Jury Prize: Ovosodo by Paolo Virzi Golden Osella: Best Original Screenplay: Nettoyage à sec for Gilles Taurand Best Cinematography: Ossos for Emmanuel Machuel Best Original Music: Chinese Box for Graeme Revell Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Wesley Snipes for One Night Stand Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Robin Tunney for Niagara, Niagara
Luigi de Laurentis award for a debut film To Die for Tano by Roberta Torre
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Gérard Depardieu Stanley Kubrick Alida Valli
Independent awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal The Thief by Pavel Chukhraj
Prize of the International Youth Jury The Thief by Pavel Chukhraj
FIPRESCI Prize Love Stories by Jerzy Stuhr Twenty Four Seven by Shane Meadows Honorable Mention: Harmony Korine for Gummo
OCIC Award The Winter Guest by Alan Rickman Honorable Mention: Jerzy Stuhr by Love Stories Nouri Bouzid by Bent Familia
UNICEF Award The Thief by Pavel Chukhraj
UNESCO Award La strana storia di Banda Sonora by Francesca Archibugi)
Pasinetti Award Best Film: Giro di lune tra terra e mare Best Actor: Edoardo Gabbriellini for Ovosodo Best Actress: Emma Thompson for The Winter Guest
Pietro Bianco Award Bernardo Bertolucci
Isvema Award Giro di lune tra terra e mare by Giuseppe M. Gaudino
FEDIC Award To Die for Tano by Roberta Torre Honorable Mention: Amleto... frammenti by Bruno Bigoni
Little Golden Lion Ovosodo by Paolo Virzi
Anicaflash Prize Love Stories by Jerzy Stuhr
Elvira Notari Prize Bent Familia by Nouri Bouzid
Bastone Bianco Award Alors voilà by Michel Piccoli
Sergio Trasatti Award Love Stories by Jerzy Stuhr In memoriam Gyöngyössy Imre by Barna Kabay
CinemAvvenire Award The Winter Guest by Alan Rickman
Enzo Serafin Award Ovosodo by Italo Petriccione
Kodak Award To Die for Tano by Roberta Torre
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1997 Awards on IMDb