The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 28 August to 7 September 2013, at Venice Lido in Italy.
Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci was the jury president for the main competition. He was previously the president of the jury at the 40th edition in 1983. Italian actress Eva Riccobono hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.
The Golden Lion was awarded to Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi, marking the first documentary film to ever win it.
American filmmaker William Friedkin received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.
The festival opened with Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón, and closed with Amazonia by Thierry Ragobert.
Juries Main competition (Venezia 70) Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian filmmaker - Jury President Andrea Arnold, English filmmaker Renato Berta, Swiss-France director of photography Carrie Fisher, American actress, screenwriter and novelist Martina Gedeck, German actress Jiang Wen, Chinese actor and director Pablo Larraín, Chilean filmmaker Virginie Ledoyen, French actress Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer
Orizzonti Paul Schrader, American screenwriter, film director and critic - Jury President Catherine Corsini, French filmmaker, screenwriter and actress Leonardo Di Costanzo, Italian director, screenwriter and cinematographer Golshifteh Farahani, Iranian actress, musician and singer Frédéric Fonteyne, Belgian film director Kseniya Rappoport, Russian actress Amr Waked, Egyptian actor
Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film) Haifaa Al Mansour, Saudi Arabian filmmaker - Jury President Amat Escalante, Mexican filmmaker, producer Alexej German Jr., Russian filmmaker Geoffrey Gilmore, director of Tribeca Film Festival Ariane Labed, Greek-French actress Maria Sole Tognazzi, Italian film director
Official Sections In Competition The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Ana Arabia Amos Gitai Israel, France Child of God James Franco United States L'intrepido Gianni Amelio Italy Jealousy La Jalousie Philippe Garrel France Joe David Gordon Green United States Miss Violence Alexandros Avranas Greece Night Moves Kelly Reichardt United States Parkland Peter Landesman Philomena Stephen Frears United Kingdom The Police Officer's Wife Die Frau des Polizisten Philip Gröning Germany The Rooftops لسطوح Merzak Allouache Algeria, France Sacro GRA Gianfranco Rosi Italy Stray Dogs 郊遊 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan, France A Street in Palermo Via Castellana Bandiera Emma Dante Italy, Switzerland, France Tom at the Farm Tom à la ferme Xavier Dolan Canada, France Tracks John Curran United Kingdom, Australia Under the Skin Jonathan Glazer United Kingdom, United States The Unknown Known Errol Morris United States The Wind Rises 風立ちぬ Hayao Miyazaki Japan The Zero Theorem Terry Gilliam United Kingdom, United States
Out of Competition The following films were selected for the out of competition section:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Amazonia (closing film) Thierry Ragobert France, Brazil The Canyons Paul SchraderUnited StatesCon il fiato sospesoCostanza QuatriglioItaly Disney Mickey Mouse - O' Sole Minnie (season 1, episode 12) Paul Rudish, Aaron Springer, Clay Morrow United States Gravity (opening film) Alfonso Cuarón United States Home from Home Die andere Heimat — Chronik einer Sehnsucht Edgar Reitz Germany Locke Steven Knight United Kingdom Moebius 뫼비우스 Kim Ki-duk South Korea A Promise Une promesse Patrice Leconte France Redemption Miguel Gomes Portugal, France, Germany, Italy Harlock: Space Pirate 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック Aramaki Shinji Japan Unforgiven 許されざる者 Lee Sang-Il Japan Walesa: Man of Hope Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei Andrzej Wajda Poland Wolf Creek 2 Greg McLean AustraliaNon Fiction The Armstrong Lie Alex Gibney United States At Berkeley Frederick Wiseman How Strange to Be Named Federico Che strano chiamarsi Federico - Scola racconta Fellini Ettore Scola Italy Pine Ridge Anna Eborn Denmark Summer 82 When Zappa Came to Sicily Salvo Cuccia Italy, United States 'Til Madness Do Us Part 瘋愛 Wang Bing Hong Kong, France Ukraine Is Not a Brothel Ukraina ne Bordel Kitty Green AustraliaThe Voice of BerliguerLa voce di BerlinguerMario Sesti, Teho TeardoItaly
Horizons (Orizzonti) The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Feature films Eastern Boys Robin Campillo France First Snowfall La prima neve Andrea Segre Italy Fish & Cat Mahi Va Gorbeh Shahram Mokri Iran The Life After La vida después David Pablos Mexico Little Brother Bauyr Serik Aprymov Kazakhstan Medeas Andrea Pallaoro United States, Italy My Name Is Hmmm... Je m'appelle Hmmm... Agnès B. France Palo Alto Gia Coppola United States Ruin Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Michael Cody Australia The Sacrament Ti West United States Small Homeland Piccola patria Alessandro Rossetto Italy Some Girls Algunas chicas Santiago Palavecino Argentina Still Life Uberto Pasolini United Kingdom, Italy The Third Half Il terzo tempo Enrico Maria Artale Italy We Are the Best! Vi Är Bäst! Lukas Moodysson Sweden, Denmark Why Don't You Play in Hell? Jigoku de naze warui Sion Sono Japan Wolfskinder GermanyShort Films CompetitionAningaaqJonas CuarónUnited StatesThe AuditionMichael HaussmanItalyBallkoniLendita ZeqirajKosovoBlancoIgnacio GaticaArgentinaCold SnapLeo WoodheadNew ZealandDeath For a UnicornRiccardo Bernasconi, Francesca ReverditoSwitzerlandLa gallinaManel RagaSpainHouses With Small WindowsBülent ÖztürkBelgiumKushShubhashish BhutianiIndiaMineshShalin SirkarSouth Africa, Germany, DenmarkUn pensiero KalašnikovGiorgio BosisioItaly, United KingdomQuello Che RestaValeria AllieviItalySishui (Stagnant Water)Xiaowei WangChinaToutes les belles chosesCécile BiclerFrance
Venice Classics The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Restored FilmsLe 15/8 (1973)Chantal Akerman, Samy SzlingerbaumBelgium The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) Don Weis United States Il Bacio di Tosca (aka Tosca's Kiss) (1984) Daniel Schmid Switzerland La Bête humaine (aka The Human Beast) (1938) Jean Renoir France Bread and Chocolate (1974) Pane e cioccolata Franco Brusati Italy A Bullet For The General (1966) Quién Sabe? Damiano Damiani Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996) 甜蜜蜜 Peter Ho-Sun Chan Hong Kong Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) Сјећаш ли се Доли Бел? Emir Kusturica Yugoslavia Equinox Flower (1958) 彼岸花 Yasujirō Ozu Japan Hands Over the City (1963) Le mani sulla città Francesco Rosi Italy, France Hotel Monterey (1972) Chantal Akerman Belgium, United States In the Heat of the Sun (1993) 陽光燦爛的日子 Jiang Wen China, Hong Kong Kapurush (1965) কাপুরুষ Satyajit Ray India Let's Get Lost (1988) Bruce Weber United States Little Fugitive (1953) Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, Ray Ashley Mahapurush (1965) Satyajit Ray India Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) 戦場のメリークリスマス Nagisa Ôshima United Kingdom, Japan The Most Dangerous Game (1932) Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack United States My Darling Clementine (1946) John Ford My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1984) Мой друг Иван Лапшин Aleksey German Sr. Soviet Union Mysterious Object at Noon (2000) ดอกฟ้าในมือมาร Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand Nidhanaya (1970) Lester James Peries Sri Lanka Paisan (1946) Paisà Roberto Rossellini Italy Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973)|| La proprietà non è più un furto Elio Petri Italy Providence (1977) Alain Resnais France, Switzerland, United Kingdom Sandra (1965) Vaghe stelle dell'orsa... Luchino Visconti Italy The Shape of Night (1964) 夜の片鱗 Noboru Nakamura Japan Sorcerer (1977) William Friedkin United States White Rock (1977) Tony Maylam United KingdomDocumentaries about cinemaIl Bacio di Tosca, Une restauration numériqueRichard SzotyoriSwitzerlandBertolucci on BertolucciLuca Guadagnino, Walter FasanoItalyDouble Play: James Benning and Richard LinklaterGabe KlingerUnited States, Portugal, FranceA Fuller LifeSamantha FullerUnited StatesIstintobrassMassimiliano ZaninItalyLino Micciché, Mio padre. Una visione del mondoFrancesco MiccichéNice Girls Don't Stay for BreakfastBruce WeberUnited StatesNon Eravamo Solo... Ladri Di Biciclette. Il NeorealismoGianni BozzacchiItalyTrespassing BergmanJane Magnusson, Hynek PallasSweden, France
Biennale College - Cinema The following films were screened for the "Biennale College - Cinema" section, a higher education training workshop for micro-budget feature films:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Yuri Esposito Alessio Fava Italy Memphis Tim Sutton United States Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit Thailand
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:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Challatt Tunes Le Challat de Tunis Kaouther Ben Hania Tunisia The Cat El Ott Ibrahim El-Batout Egypt With Almost Nothing Avec presque rien... Nantenaina Lova Madagascar Territorial Pissings Sibs Shongwe-La Mer South Africa
Special Screenings The following films were the Special Screenings of the Official Selection: Dietro le quinte di otto e 1/2 by Gideon Bachmann (Italy) Dai Nostri Inviati – La RAI racconta la mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 by Enrico Salvatori, Giuseppe Giannotti, Davide Savelli (Italy)
Venice 70 - Future Reloaded Under the project title Venice 70 - Future Reloaded, 70 top film directors were each invited to make a 60-90 second short film, as "both a collective tribute to the Festival (the first festival in the world to reach the milestone of 70 editions) and a reflection on the future of cinema".
Independent Sections Venice International Film Critics' Week The following films were selected for the Critics' Week:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country In competition Salvation Army L’armée du salut Abdellah Taïa France, Morocco The Reunion Återträffen Anna Odell Sweden The Quispe Girls Las niñas Quispe Sebastián Sepúlveda Chile, France, Argentina Class Enemy Razredni Sovražnik Rok Biček Slovenia White Shadow Noaz Deshe Italy, Germany, Tanzania Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot Zoran, il mio nipote scemo Matteo Oleotto Italy, Slovenia Trap Street Shuiyin jie Vivian Qu ChinaSpecial Events - Out of competitionThe Art of Happiness (opening film)L’arte della felicitàAlessandro RakItalyIlliterate (closing film)Las analfabetasMoisés SepúlvedaChile Venice Days The following films were selected for the 10th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section: Starting from this edition, Venice Days has created its own international award "for a film from the entire Official Selection".