57th Venice International Film Festival

57th Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmSpace Cowboys
Closing filmVengo
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: The Circle
Hosted byChiara Caselli
Artistic directorAlberto Barbera
Festival date30 August – 9 September 2000
WebsiteWebsite

The 57th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 30 August to 9 September 2000.[1]

Czech filmmaker Miloš Forman was the Jury President of the main competition.

The Golden Lion was awarded to the Iranian film The Circle, directed by Jafar Panahi.[2] American filmmaker and actor Clint Eastwood was the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

Jury

The following people comprised the 2000 jury:[3][4]

Main Competition

Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Feature

Short Films Competition

  • Georges Bollon, French founder of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
  • Giuseppe Piccioni, Italian director
  • Nina Proll, Austrian actress

Official Sections

In Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Before Night FallsJulian SchnabelUnited States
The CircleدایرهJafar PanahiIran, Italy, Switzerland
Comedy of InnocenceComédie de l'innocenceRaoul RuizFrance
Teeth DentiGabriele SalvatoresItaly
Dr. T & the WomenRobert AltmanUnited States, Germany
Durian Durian榴槤飄飄Fruit ChanHong Kong
The Phantom / The Ghost O FantasmaJoão Pedro RodriguesPortugal
FreedomLaisvėSharunas BartasLithuania, France, Portugal
The Goddess of 1967Clara LawAustralia
Holy TongueLa lingua del santoCarlo MazzacuratiItaly
The Isle섬Ki-duk KimSouth Korea
Johnny the PartisanIl partigiano JohnnyGuido ChiesaItaly
LiamStephen FrearsUnited States, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France
The Man Who CriedSally PotterUnited Kingdom, France
One Hundred StepsI cento passiMarco Tullio GiordanaItaly
Our Lady of the AssassinsLa virgen de los sicariosBarbet SchroederColombia, Spain, France
Platform站台Jia ZhangkeChina
To MatthieuSelon MatthieuXavier BeauvoisFrance
Uttara উত্তরাBuddhadev DasguptaIndia
Word and UtopiaPalavra e UtopiaManoel de OliveiraPortugal

Out of Competition

The following films were screened out of competition:[5]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
BrotherブラザーTakeshi KitanoJapan, France, United States, United Kingdom
Calle 54Fernando TruebaSpain
My Voyage to ItalyIl mio viaggio in ItaliaMartin ScorseseItaly, United States
NightcapMerci pour le ChocolatClaude ChabrolFrance
Small Time CrooksWoody AllenUnited States
Space CowboysClint EastwoodUnited States
VengoTony GatlifFrance, Spain, Germany, Japan

Cinema del Presente

An official selection of films that stand out for their "attempt at innovation, originality or innovative film style".[6]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Adanggaman Roger Gnoan M'Bala Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Switzerland, Italy, France
Animali che attraversano la strada Isabella Sandri Italy
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows Bruce Ricker United States
Everybody's Famous! Iedereen Beroemd! Dominique Deruddere Belgium
Last Resort Paweł Pawlikowski United Kingdom
Memento Christopher Nolan United States
Moscow Moskva Alexander Zeldovich Russia
My Generation Barbara Kopple United States
Little Otik Otesánek Jan Svankmajer Czech Republic, United Kingdom
Placido Rizzotto Pasquale Scimeca Italy
Pollock Ed Harris United States
Possible Worlds Robert Lepage Canada
Roman Summer Estate romana Matteo Garrone Italy
Samia Philippe Faucon France
Suspicious River Lynne Stopkewich Canada
The Prime Gig Gregory Mosher United States
The State I Am In Die Innere Sicherheit Christian Petzold Germany
The Town Is Quiet La ville est tranquille Robert Guédiguian France
Thomas in Love Thomas est amoureux Pierre-Paul Renders Belgium, France
Together Tillsammans Lukas Moodysson Sweden, Denmark, Italy
Waiting for the Messiah Esperando al Mesías Daniel Burman Argentina

Dreams and Visions

The following films were selected for the section "Dreams and Visions" ('Sogni e Visioni'):[7]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Burnt Money Plata quemada Marcelo Piñeyro Argentina
The Cell Tarsem Singh United States
The Princess and the Warrior Der Krieger und die Kaiserin Tom Tykwer Germany
Sade Benoît Jacquot France
Sud Side Stori Roberta Torre Italy
Time and Tide Shun Liu Ni Liu Tsui Hark Hong Kong
U-571 Jonathan Mostow United States, France
What Lies Beneath Robert Zemeckis United States

New Territories

The following films were selected for the section "New Territories" ('Nuovi Territori'):[8]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Branca de NeveJoão César MonteiroPortugal
EndgameConor McPhersonUnited Kingdom
Tales of an IslandDastan Hay-e JazirehDariush Mehrjui, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Shahabodin Farokh YarIran
Fare la vitaTonino De BernardiItaly
Happy DaysPatricia RozemaIreland
InvocaciónHéctor FaverSpain
MacBeth sangradorLeonardo HenríquezVenezuela
Mones com la BeckyJoaquím Jordá, Núria VillazánSpain
O Rap do Pequeno Príncipe Contra as Almas SebosasPaulo Caldas, Marcelo LunaBrasil
Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin StoryShelly Dunn Fremont, Vincent FremontUnited States
The Young and the DeadShari Springer Berman, Robert PulciniUnited States
Une Vie de ChiensMichko NetchakFrance
Non-fiction
Currency and BlondeRokuro MochizukiJapan
Die WahlkämpferinHelmut GrasserAustria
Oshima'99Naoe GozuJapan

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[9]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Merry ChristmasFelicidadesLucho BenderArgentina
Poetical RefugeeLa Faute à VoltaireAbdellatif KechicheFrance
Pictures Deep in One's EyesLontano in fondo agli occhiGiuseppe RoccaItaly
NightsNoitesCláudia TomazPortugal
The Day I Became a WomanRoozi ke zan shodamMarzieh MeshkiniIran
ScoutmanPainMasato IshiokaJapan
You Can Count on MeKenneth LonerganUnited States

Official Awards

Main Competition

Luigi De Laurentis Award for Debut Feature

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Independent Awards

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

FIPRESCI Prize

OCIC Award

Netpac Award

Don Quixote Award

  • Protagonisti, i diritti del '900 by Daniele Segre

UNICEF Award

UNESCO Award

Pasinetti Award

Pietro Bianchi Award

Isvema Award

FEDIC Award

Little Golden Lion

Cult Network Italia Prize

  • Noites by Cláudia Tomaz

FilmCritica "Bastone Bianco" Award

Future Film Festival Digital Award

Laterna Magica Prize

Sergio Trasatti Award

CinemAvvenire Award

Children and Cinema Award

Rota Soundtrack Award

Special Director's Award

References

  1. ↑ "The 2000s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "OF GOLDEN LIONS – VENICE 2000". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Juries for the 2000s". Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "57. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica". labiennale.org. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "59. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica - Fuori Concorso". asac.labiennale.org (in Italian). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "57th Mostra - Cinema del Presente". labiennale.org. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "57th Mostra - Sogni e visioni". labiennale.org. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "57º Mostra - Nuovi Territori". labiennale.org. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "15th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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