El Festival Internacional de Cine de Venecia (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica di Venezia) es un festival se cine Italiano que se lleva a cabo cada año en el Palazzo del Cinema de Venecia (donde se presentan las películas en competición).

Aunque el festival es anual, está enmarcado dentro de lo que se conoce como la Bienal de Venecia. Se trata de una exposición internacional de las artes, que como su nombre indica, se celebra cada 2 años en la ciudad italiana.

El máximo galardón del Festival es el León de Oro (Leone d'Oro), que el jurado concede a la mejor película a concurso. El jurado también concede el León de Plata (Leone d'Argento) al mejor director y el Gran Premio del Jurado. En el apartado de interpretación, el jurado otorga la Copa Volpi al mejor actor y a la mejor actriz. Solo en cuatro ediciones (entre 1993 y 1996), se otorgó la Copa Volpi tanto al mejor actor de reparto como a la mejor actriz de reparto (en este último caso, solo se otorgó hasta 1995). Además se otorga cada año uno o varios Leones de Oro especiales a distintas personalidades del mundo del cine, reconociendo su aportación a la industria.

Este año el festival tendrá lugar del 31 de agosto al 10 de septiembre.

'The Ides of March' de George Clooney es la película que abríra el festival, la noche de inaguración, y lo hará dentro del programa de competición. 'Damsels in Distress' de Whit Stillman, cerrará el festival fuera de competición.

Marco Bellocchio recibirá el León de Oro a todo su carrera. Al Pacino recibirás el Jaeger-Le Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award, premio del festival creado en colaboración con Jaeger-Le Coultre.

El pasado 28 de julio la organización del festival anunció el programa en todas sus secciones.

Venezia 68 - Largometrajes en competición (Internacional), presentados cono premieres mundiales.

TOMAS ALFREDSON - TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY - UK, Germany, 127'
ANDREA ARNOLD - WUTHERING HEIGHTS - UK, 128'
AMI CANAAN MANN - TEXAS KILLING FIELDS - USA, 109'
GEORGE CLOONEY - THE IDES OF MARCH [OPENING FILM] - USA, 98'
CRISTINA COMENCINI - QUANDO LA NOTTE - Italy, 116'
EMANUELE CRIALESE - TERRAFERMA - Italy, France, 88'
DAVID CRONENBERG - A DANGEROUS METHOD - Germany, Canada, 99'
ABEL FERRARA - 4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH - USA, 82'
WILLIAM FRIEDKIN - KILLER JOE - USA, 103'
PHILIPPE GARREL - UN ÉTÉ BRULANT - France, Italy, Switzerland, 95'
ANN HUI - TAOJIE (A SIMPLE LIFE) - China-Hong Kong, China, 117'
ERAN KOLIRIN - HAHITHALFUT (THE EXCHANGE) - Israel, Germany, 94'
YORGOS LANTHIMOS - ALPEIS (ALPS) - Greece, 93'
STEVE MCQUEEN - SHAME - United Kingdom, 99'
GIAN ALFONSO PACINOTTI [GIPI] - L'ULTIMO TERRESTRE - Italy, 100'
ROMAN POLANSKI - CARNAGE - France, Germany, Spain, Poland, 79'
MARJANE SATRAPI, VINCENT PARONNAUD - POULET AUX PRUNES - France, Belgium, Germany, 90'
ALEKSANDER SOKUROV - FAUST - Russia, 134'
TODD SOLONDZ - DARK HORSE - USA, 84'
SION SONO - HIMIZU - Japan, 129'
TE-SHENG WEI - SAIDEKE BALAI - China, Taiwan, 135'

Out of Competition Trabajos importantes de directores que han participado previamente en el Fesival.

COLLECTIF ABOUNADDARA - THE END - Syria, 3'30
COLLECTIF ABOUNADDARA - VANGUARDS - Syria, 1'30
CHANTAL AKERMAN - LA FOLIE ALMAYER - Belgium, France, 130'
MARCO BELLOCCHIO - NEL NOME DEL PADRE [GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2011] - Italy, 90'
MARCO BRAMBILLA - EVOLUTION (MEGAPLEX) [3D] - USA, 3'(película experimental)
TONY SIU-TUNG CHING - BAISH ECHUANSHUO (THE SORCERER AND THE WHITE SNAKE) - China-Hong Kong, China, 99'
ROLANDO COLLA - SUMMER GAMES (GIOCHI D'ESTATE) - Switzerland, Italy, 101'
TAMER EZZAT, AHMAD ABDALLA, AYTEN AMIN, AMR SALAMA - TAHRIR 2011 - Egypt, 90'(Doc)
PHILIPPE FAUCON - LA DÉSINTÉGRATION - France, 80'
MARY HARRON - THE MOTH DIARIES - Canada, Ireland, 85'
TODD HAYNES - MILDRED PIERCE [TRIBUTE TO TODD HAYNES] - USA, 5x60'
LISA IMMORDINO VREELAND - DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL [EVENTS] - USA, 92' (Doc)
MANI KAUL - DUVIDHA [MANI KAUL (25.12.1944-6.7.2011)] - India, 82'
VICTOR KOSSAKOVSKY - VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS! [OPENING FILM] - Germany, Argentina, Netherlands, Chile, 100' (Doc)
TOMÁS LUNÁK - ALOIS NEBEL - Czech Republic, Germany, 80'
MADONNA - W.E. - United Kingdom, 115'
KIKE MAILLO - EVA - Spain, France, 94'
PIETRO MARCELLO - MARCO BELLOCCHIO, VENEZIA 2011 - Italy, 11' (Doc)
FRANCESCO MASELLI, CARLO LIZZANI, UGO GREGORETTI, NINO RUSSO - SCOSSA - Italy, 95'
CLAUDE NURIDSANY, MARIE PERENNOU - LA CLÉ DES CHAMPS - France, 81'
ERMANNO OLMI - IL VILLAGGIO DI CARTONE - Italy, 87'
AL PACINO - WILDE SALOME - USA, 95'
ALESSANDRO PARIS, SIBYLLE RIGHETTI - QUESTA STORIA QUA [EVENTS] - Italy, 75'(Doc)
NICHOLAS RAY - WE CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN [NEW RECONSTRUCTED AND RESTORED VERSION] [NICHOLAS RAY 1911-2011] - USA, 93'
SUSAN RAY - DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH [NICHOLAS RAY 1911-2011] - USA, 70'
(Doc)
ROBERTO ROSSELLINI - INDIA, MATRI BHUMI [NEW RESTORED VERSION] [ROSSELLINI RITROVATO] - Italy, France, India, 90' (Doc)
TAKASHI SHIMIZU - TORMENTED - Japan, 83'
STEVEN SODERBERGH - CONTAGION - USA, 105'
WHIT STILLMAN - DAMSELS IN DISTRESSJOULE [3D] [PERSOL 3-D AWARD 2011] - Italy, 22'
DAVID ZAMAGNI, NADIA RANOCCHI - SPELL. THE HYPNOTIST DOG [3D] [PERSOL 3-D AWARD 2011] - Italy, 20'
DAVID ZAMAGNI, NADIA RANOCCHI - SUITE [3D] [PERSOL 3-D AWARD 2011] - Italy, 5'

Orrizonti - Las nuevas tendencias en el cine mundial

Amir NADERI - Cut (Opening Film) - Japan 131’
Yves CAUMON - L’Oiseau - France 93’
Amiel COURTIN-WILSON (debut film) - Hail - Australia 104’
Edgardo COZARINSKY - Nocturnos - Argentina 63’
Pippo DELBONO - Amore carne - Italy Switzerland 75’
Jonathan DEMME - I’m Carolyn Parker: the Good, the Mad and the Beautiful - USA 91’ (Doc)
James FRANCO - Sal - USA 103’
Michael GLAWOGGER - Whores’ Glory - Austria Germany 119’ (Doc)
Romuald KARMAKAR - Die Herde des Herrn - Germany 90’ (Doc)
KIM Kyungmook - Jultak dongshi (Stateless Things) - South Korea 115’
Helvécio MARINS JR. y Clarissa CAMPOLINA (debut film) - Girimunho (Swirl) - Brazil Spain Germany 90’
Ross McELWEE - Photographic Memory - USA 84’ (Doc)
Nicolas PROVOST (debut film) - The Invader - Belgium 95’
Simon PUMMELL (second film) - Shock Head Soul - Netherlands United Kindom 86’
Ben RIVERS (debut film) - Two Years at Sea - United Kingdom 88’
Gurvinder SINGH (debut film) - Anhey ghorhey da daan (Alms of the Blind Horse) - India 112’
Tusi TAMASESE (debut film) - O le tulafale (The Orator) - Samoa 110’
Rirkrit TIRAVANIJA (debut film) - Lung Neaw Visits His Neighbours - Thailand Mexico 149’ (Doc)
José Luis TORRES LEIVA (second film) - Verano - Chile 93’
Shinya TSUKAMOTO - Kotoko - Japan 91’
Marina de VAN - Le Petit Poucet - France 82’
Teresa VILLAVERDE - Cisne (Swan) - Portugal 104’
XU Haofeng (debut film) - Wokou de zongji (The Sword Identity) - China 108’
Yolande ZAUBERMAN - Would You Have Sex with an Arab? - France 85’ (Doc)

Orizzonti mediometrajes y cortometrajes

Gabriel ABRANTES y Daniel SCHMIDT - Palácios de Pena - Portugal 59’
Ammar AL-BEIK - Hadinat al shams (The Sun’s Incubator) - Syria 12’
Yuri ANCARANI - Piattaforma Luna - Italy 24’ (Experimental)
Mauro ANDRIZZI y Marcus LINDEEN - Accidentes gloriosos - Sweden Denmark Argentina 58’
Josef DABERNIG - Hypercrisis - Austria 17’
Felice D’AGOSTINO y Arturo LAVORATO - In attesa dell’avvento - Italy 35’ (Doc)
Mati DIOP - Snow Canon - France 33’
Amit DUTTA - Sonchidi - India 55’
Heinz EMIGHOLZ - Parabeton - Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete [work-in-progress] - Germany 25’ (Doc)
FLATFORM - Movimenti di un tempo impossibile - Italy 8’ (Experimental)
Yervant GIANIKIAN y Angela RICCI-LUCCHI - Notes sur nos voyages en Russie 1989 – 1990 - Italy 15’ (Experimental)
Christoph GIRARDET y Matthias MÜLLER - Meteor - Germany 15’ (Experimental)
Mattias GUSTAFSSON - Start - Sweden 23’
Isamu HIRABAYASHI - 663114 - Japan 7’ (Animation)
Devin HORAN - Late and Deep - Norway 14’ (Experimental)
Andrew KÖTTING - Louyre – This Our Still Life - United Kingdom 57’ (Experimental)
Charles Yi Yong LIM - All the Lines Flow Out - Singapore 21’ (Experimental)
Wattanapume LAISUWANCHAI - Passing Through the Night - Thailand 13’
Mark LEWIS - Black Mirror at the National Gallery - Canada 6’ (Experimental)
Mirai MIZUE - Modern N° 2 - Japan 7’ (Animation)
Yves NETZHAMMER - Dialogical Abrasion - Switzerland 18’ (Animation)
Oscar PEREZ y Maria DEL MAR DE RIBOT - Hollywood Talkies - Spain 52’(Doc)
Axel PETERSEN - The Tracks of my Tears 2 - Sweden 12’(Experimental)
Norbert PFAFFENBICHLER - Conference - Austria 8’ (Experimental)
Nicolas PROVOST - Moving Stories - Belgium 7’ (Experimental)
Ben RUSSELL - River Rites - USA 10’ (Experimental)
Fabio SCACCHIOLI y Vincenzo CORE -Miss Candace Hilligoss’ Flickering Halo - USA 13’ (Experimental)

Orizzonti Eventos

Eija-Liisa AHTILA - The Annunciation - Finland 36’
Pietro MARCELLO - Il silenzio di Pelesjan - Italy 52’ (Doc)
Andrey SILVESTROV y Yuri LEIDERMAN - Birmingham Ornament - Russia 68’
Wim VANDEKEYBUS - Monkey Sandwich - Belgium 84’

Controcampo Italiano Nuevas tendencias en cine Italiano

Largometrajes
Francesco BRUNI (debut film) - Scialla! - Italy 95'(Opening Film)
Fabrizio CATTANI (second film) - Maternity Blues - Italy 93’
Saverio DI BIAGIO (debut film) - Qualche nuvola - Italy 99’
Francesco PATIERNO - Cose dell’altro mondo - Italy 90’
Michele RHO (debut film) - Cavalli - Italy 120’
Ricky TOGNAZZI - Tutta colpa della musica - Italy 97’

Documentales
Carlo Augusto BACHSCHMIDT (debut film) - Black block - Italy 76’
Davide FERRARIO - Piazza Garibaldi - Italy 108’
Fiorella INFASCELLI - Pugni chiusi - Italy 60’
Monica MAGGIONI - Out of Tehran - Italy 61’
Alessandro PIVA - Pasta nera - Italy 62’
Elisabetta SGARBI - Quiproquo - Italy 85’

Cortos
Maria Grazia CUCINOTTA - Il maestro - (Opening Film) - Italy 12’
Jonas CARPIGNANO - A chjàna - Italy 18’
Roberto DE PAOLIS - Alice - Italy 13’
Stefano LORENZI - The Cricket - Italy 13’
Carlo Michele SCHIRINZI - Eco da luogo colpito - Italy 15’
Elisabetta SGARBI - Prove per un naufragio della parola - Italy 11’
Giovanni VIRGILIO - My Name is Sid - Italy 15’

Eventos
Barbara CUPISTI - Io sono. Storie di schiavitù - Italy 61’ (Doc)
Marco DENTICI (debut film) - Caldo grigio, caldo nero - Italy 80’ (Doc)
Luigi M. FACCINI - Rudolf Jacobs, l’uomo che nacque morendo - Italy 96’ (Docu-fiction)
Donatella FINOCCHIARO (debut film) - Andata e ritorno (work in progress) - Italy 45’ (Doc)
Giuseppe GIANNOTTI, Enrico SALVATORI y Davide SAVELLI - Dai nostri inviati - La RAI racconta la Mostra del cinema 1968 - 1979 - Italy 58’ (Doc)
Teresa MARCHESI - Pivano Blues - Sulla strada di Nanda - Italy 75’ (Doc)
Antonello SARNO - Schuberth – L’atelier della dolce vita - Italy 37’ (Doc)
Marco SPAGNOLI - Hollywood Invasion - Italy 60’ (Doc)
Maurizio ZACCARO - Un foglio bianco - Italy 91’ (Doc)

Orizzonti 1961-1978 Sección Retrospectiva sobre el cine experimental Italiano de los 60s y 70s

ANONYMOUS DIRECTOR - LIDO '28 (1928) [EVENTS] - Italy, 3'
CARMELO BENE - HERMITAGE (1967) - Italy, 26'
PAOLO BRECCIA - SUL DAVANTI FIORIVA UNA MAGNOLIA (1968) - Italy, 111'
PAOLO BRUNATTO - VIENI DOLCE MORTE (1967-1968) - Italy, 50'
PAOLO BRUNATTO - BIS (1966) - Italy, 20'
MARIO CARBONE - INQUIETUDINE (1960) - Italy, 12'
MARIO CARBONE - ZOOMM, TRACK! (1968) - Italy, 10'
NICO D'ALESSANDRIA - IL CANTO D'AMORE DI ALFRED PRUFROCK (1967) - Italy, 20'
NATO FRASCÀ - KAPPA (1965-1966) - Italy, 47'
NATO FRASCÀ - SOGLIE (1978) - Italy, 11'
MARIO GARRIBA - IN PUNTO DI MORTE (1971) - Italy, 57'
FABIO GARRIBA - I PARENTI TUTTI (1967) - Italy, 19'
MARIO GARRIBA - VOCE DEL VERBO MORIRE (1970) - Italy, 16'
ALBERTO GRIFI, MASSIMO SARCHIELLI - ANNA (1972-1975) - Italy, 225'
IVO ILLUMINATI - IL VETTURALE DEL SAN GOTTARDO (1942) [EVENTS] - Italy, 83'
AXEL RUPP - IL RESPIRO (1964) - Italy, 8'
AXEL RUPP - THE CITY (1961) - Italy, 8'
ROMANO SCAVOLINI - LA QUIETA FEBBRE (1964) - Italy, 10'
ROMANO SCAVOLINI - DIARIO BEAT (1967) - Italy, 11'
ROMANO SCAVOLINI - ATTACCO (1970) - Italy, 11'
ROMANO SCAVOLINI - LSD (1968-1970) - Italy, 10'
MARIO SCHIFANO - REFLEX (1964) - Italy, 8'
MARIO SCHIFANO - FERRERI (1966-1969) - Italy, 12'
MARIO SCHIFANO - SOUVENIR (1967) - Italy, 11'
MARIO SCHIFANO - FILM (1967) - Italy, 15'
MARIO SCHIFANO - FOTOGRAFO (1966-1969) - Italy, 2'
MARIO SCHIFANO - VIETNAM (1967) - Italy, 7'
AUGUSTO TRETTI - IL POTERE (1972) - Italy, 83'
FRANCO VASSAROTTI, FRANCO MANNINI - L'ACCADEMIA MUSICALE CHIGIANA [EVENTS] - Italy, 9'

International Critics’ Week Una serie de 7 películas, trabajos debut, organizado independientemente por una comision nominada por el Sindicato Nacional de Críticos de Cine Italianos Las 7 películas se muestra como premieres mundiales

HERNÁN BELÓN - EL CAMPO - Argentina, 85'
MICHALE BOGANIM - LA TERRE OUTRAGÉE - France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, 105'
GUY ÉDOIN - MARÉCAGES - Canada, 111'
SIMON KAIJSER DA SILVA - STOCKHOLM ÖSTRA [OUT OF COMPETITION] - Sweden, 95'
JESSICA KRUMMACHER - TOTEM - Germany, 86'
FRANCESCO LAGI - MISSIONE DI PACE [OUT OF COMPETITION] - Italy, 90'
GUIDO LOMBARDI - LÀ-BAS - Italy, 100'
CYRIL MENNEGUN - LOUISE WIMMER - France, 80'
KYZZA TERRAZAS - EL LENGUAJE DE LOS MACHETES - Mexico, 82'

Giornate degli Autori - Venice Days Sección independiente orgabizada por la Italian Association of Filmmakers ANAC and 100 Autori

SANTIAGO AMIGORENA - ANOTHER SILENCE - France, Canada, Brazil, Argentina,
RENZO CARBONERA - LA PENNA DI HEMINGWAY [SPAZIO APERTO] - Italy,
DUCCIO CHIARINI - HIT THE ROAD, NONNA [SPAZIO APERTO] - Italy,
LADZEK DAWID - KI (MY NAME IS KI) - Poland,
ANDREA DI BARI - DI LÀ DEL VETRO (BEYOND THE GLASS) [SPECIAL EVENTS - OPENING SHORT FILM] - Italy,
SHLOMI ELKABETZ - EDUT (TESTIMONY) [SPECIAL EVENTS] - Israel, France,
DANIELE GAGLIANONE - RUGGINE - Italy,
VINCENT GARENQ - PRÉSUMÉ COUPABLE - France,
LORENZO GARZELLA, FILIPPO MACELLONI - MUNDIAL OLVIDADO [SPAZIO APERTO] - Italy, Argentina,
PHILIPPE LIORET - TOUTES NOS ENVIES - France,
CARLO LUGLIO - RADICI [SPAZIO APERTO] - Italy,
FRANCESCO MATERA - VOI SIETE QUI [SPECIAL EVENTS - IN COLLABORATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CRITICS' WEEK] - Italy,
GIANNI MINÀ - CUBA NELL'EPOCA DI OBAMA (CUBA IN THE AGE OF OBAMA) - Italy, (Doc)
JULIA MURAT - HISTORIAS... QUE SO EXISTEM QUANDO LEMBRADAS - Brazil, France,
ANGELINA NIKONOVA - PORTRET V SUMERKAKH (TWILIGHT PORTRAIT) - Russia,
ELISABETTA PANDIMIGLIO - PIÙ COME UN ARTISTA [SPAZIO APERTO] - Italy,
GIORGIO PRESSBURGER - DIETRO IL BUIO [SPAZIO APERTO] - Italy,
PYOOR - VALDAGNO, ARIZONA [SPAZIO APERTO] - Italy, United States,
ANDREA SEGRE - IO SONO LI - Italy, France,
JOHN SHANK - HIVER DERNIER - Belgium, France,
LUIS TRENKER - DER KAISER VON KALIFORNIEN (1936) [SPECIAL EVENTS] - Germany,
JEAN-MARC VALLÉE - CAFE DE FLORE - Canada, France,
FREDERICK WISEMAN - CRAZY HORSE [SPECIAL EVENTS] - France, United States, (Doc)
LOU YE - LOVE AND BRUISES - France,
SUSAN YOUSSEF - HABIBI (HABIBI RASAK KHARBAN) - Palestine, Arab Emirates, Netherlands,

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