61st Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmThe Terminal by Steven Spielberg
Closing filmSteamboy by Katsuhiro Otomo
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: Vera Drake
Festival date1–11 September 2004
WebsiteWebsite
Venice Film Festival chronology

The 61st annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 1 and 11 September 2004. The festival opened with Steven Spielberg's The Terminal,[1] and closed with Katsuhiro Otomo's Steamboy.[2] The Golden Lion was awarded to Vera Drake, directed by Mike Leigh.[3][4]

On this edition, a new independent section, Venice Days (Giornate degli autori), was created "for free cinema, new talents and new stories". This section is organized by the ANAC (National Association of Cinematographic Authors) and the API (Independent Authors & Producers).[5]

Also in this edition, The Secret History of Italian Cinema was launched, a new official retrospective section, with the aim of restoring and systematically rediscovering sides of the Italian cinema that have been "forgotten, invisible, unknown or misunderstood". The retrospective was planned for the following four editions (61st to 64th editions), later was extended with the These Phantoms: Italian Cinema Rediscovered (65th edition), and the Italian Comedy Retrospective (66th edition). The Fondazione Prada was the main sponsor/partner of this section.[6]

Juries

The following people comprised the 2004 juries:[7][8]

Main Competition (Venezia 61)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Venezia Cinema Digitale

Official Sections

In Competition

The main competitive section of the official selection is an international competition of feature films running for the Golden Lion.[9]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
3-Iron 빈집 Kim Ki-duk South Korea, Japan
5x2 Cinq fois deux François Ozon France
Another Life Ovunque sei Michele Placido Italy
Birth Jonathan Glazer United States
Café Lumière 珈琲時光 Hou Hsiao-hsien Japan, Taiwan
Delivery Nikos Panayotopoulos Greece
Howl's Moving Castle ハウルの動く城 Hayao Miyazaki Japan
The Intruder L'intrus Claire Denis France
The Keys to the House Le chiavi di casa Gianni Amelio Italy, France, Germany
Kings and Queen Rois et reine Arnaud Desplechin France
Land of Plenty Wim Wenders United States
Low Life 하류인생 Im Kwon-taek South Korea
One Long Winter Without Fire † Tout un hiver sans feu Greg Zglinski Switzerland
Palindromes Todd Solondz United States
Promised Land הארץ המובטחת Amos Gitai Israel, France
Remote Access Удалённый доступ Svetlana Proskurina Russia
The Sea Inside Mar adentro Alejandro Amenábar Spain, France, Italy
Stray Dogs Sag-haye velgard Marzieh Meshkini Iran, France, Afghanistan
Vanity Fair Mira Nair United Kingdom, United States
Vera Drake Mike Leigh United Kingdom
Working Slowly (Radio Alice) Lavorare con lentezza Guido Chiesa Italy
The World 世界 Jia Zhangke China
Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.
† indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.[10]

Out of Competition

The following films of the official selection were screened as "out of competition":[11]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Bridesmaid La demoiselle d'honneur Claude Chabrol France, Italy, Germany
Collateral Michael Mann United States
Eros Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh, Wong Kar-wai France, Hong Kong, Italy, United States
The Fifth Empire O quinto imperio Manoel de Oliveira Portugal, France
Finding Neverland Marc Forster United States
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio Come inguaiammo il cinema italiano Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco Italy
An Italian Romance L'amore ritrovato Carlo Mazzacurati
The Manchurian Candidate Jonathan Demme United States
The Merchant of Venice Michael Radford United Kingdom, Italy
The Remains of Nothing Il resto di niente Antonietta De Lillo Italy
She Hate Me Spike Lee United States
Steamboy (closing film) スチームボーイ Katsuhiro Otomo Japan
The Terminal (opening film) Steven Spielberg United States
Throw Down 柔道龍虎榜 Johnnie To Hong Kong
The Tuner Настройщик Kira Muratova Russia, Ukraine
Special Event
Shark Tale Victoria Jenson, Bibo Bergeron United States

Horizons (Orizzonti)

A section aiming to provide a picture of the new trends in cinema.[12]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia Melancholian 3 huonetta Pirjo Honkasalo Finland, Sweden, Denmark
Agnes and His Brothers Agnes und seine Brüder Oskar Roehler Germany
Ambasadori, cautam patrie Mircea Daneliuc Romania
Criminal † Gregory Jacobs United States
Gilles' Wife La femme de Gilles Frédéric Fonteyne Belgium, France, Luxembourg
The Grand Sons Les petits fils Ilan Duran Cohen France
I Can See It in Your Eyes † Te lo leggo negli occhi Valia Santella Italy
Izo Takashi Miike Japan
A Less Bad World Un mundo menos peor Alejandro Agresti Argentina
A Love Song for Bobby Long † Shainee Gabel United States
Mysterious Skin Gregg Araki United States, Netherlands
Rolling Family Familia rodante Pablo Trapero Argentina, Spain
Saimir † Francesco Munzi Italy
The Sleeping Child † L'enfant endormi Yasmine Kassari Morocco, Belgium
Stryker Noam Gonick Canada
They Came Back † Les revenants Robin Campillo France
Vento di terra Vincenzo Marra Italy
Vital ヴィタール Shinya Tsukamoto Japan
Yesterday Darrell Roodt South Africa
Zulu Love Letter Lettre d'amour zoulou Ramadan Suleman South Africa, France, Germany
Special Events
L’ami y’a bon Rachid Bouchareb France, Algeria, Germany
Come Back, Africa (1959) Lionel Rogosin United States
The Hamburg Cell Antonia Bird United Kingdom
Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginning (6 episodes) Heimat 3 - Chronik einer Zeitenwende Edgar Reitz Germany
Música cubana German Kral
Tell Them Who You Are Mark S. Wexler United States
Tide Table William Kentridge South Africa
Highlighted title indicates the Horizons Awards for Best Film.
† indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.[10]

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

The following films, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo):[13]

Title Director(s Production country
In competition
A occhi aperti Lorenza Indovina Italy
Agna niata Ektoras Lyghizos Greece
Aïsha Newton I. Aduaka Nigeria, Senegal
The Arsonist Myles Sorensen United States
The Carpenter and his Clumsy Wife Peter Foott Ireland
Chamaco Tim Parsa Mexico
Close Tom Hopkins Ireland
La culpa del alpinista Daniel Sánchez Arévalo Spain
Dim Ann-Kristin Wecker Germany
Il dio della pioggia Angelo Amoroso D'Aragona Italy
Goodbye Steve Hudson Germany
Határontúl Árpád Schilling Hungary
Last Night Sean Mewshaw United States
Moustache Vicki Sugars Australia
Passatempo Francesco Lagi Italy
A piscina Iana Joao Viana Portugal
Rain Is Falling Holger Ernst Germany, Morocco
Resurrection Mitchell Lichtenstein United States
Shengri Bertrand Lee Singapore
Signe d'appartenance Kamel Cherif Belgium, Tunisia
Silent Companion Elham Hosseinzade Iran
Sous le bleu David Oelhoffen France
Srce je kos Mesa (aka The Heart Is a Piece of Meat) Jan Cvitkovic Slovenia
Streets Jon Howe United Kingdom
Trofast Trond Fausa Aurvaag Norway
White on Blue Ramunas Greicius Lithuania
Out of Competition
Coleridge's Couch Angeles Woo United States
Special Events 1 - Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia: Scuola Nazionale di Cinema
Il potere sottile Diego Ronsisvalle Italy
Special Events - Ipotesi Cinema: Bologna
Postazioni della memoria Ermanno Olmi and the students of Ipotesi Cinema Italy
Special Events 2 - Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia: Scuola Nazionale di Cinema
I gabbiani - studio su "Il gabbiano" di Anton Cecov Francesca Archibugi Italy
Postazioni della memoria Ermanno Olmi and the students of Ipotesi Cinema
Special Events 3 - Corto d'autore: Italia
Too Short for Sky Pappi Corsicato Italy
Body & Soul Theo Eshetu
Corpo/Immagine Marco Puccioni
Highlighted title indicates Lion for Best Short Film winner.

Venetian Nights

The following films were screened for the Venetian Nights section (Venezia Mezzanotte):[14]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Art of Losing Perder es cuestión de método Sergio Cabrera Colombia, Spain
Enduring Love Roger Michell United Kingdom
Eyes of Crystal Occhi di cristallo Eros Puglielli Italy
A Home at the End of the World † Michael Mayer United States
Howrah Bridge / The Youth of the Land Yuva Mani Ratnam India
Man on Fire Tony Scott United States
Puteri Gunung Ledang Saw Teong Hin Malaysia
Three... Extremes 三更2 / 쓰리, 몬스터 / 美しい夜、残酷な朝 Park Chan-Wook, Miike Takashi, Fruit Chan Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan
To Sleep Next To Her † Volevo solo dormirle addosso Eugenio Cappuccio Italy
Titanus's one hundredth year
The Demon Il demonio (1963) Brunello Rondi Italy
† indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.[10]

Venice Digital Cinema

A section intended to provide an overview of the new expressive possibilities granted by digital technologies.[15]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
20 Fingers † 20 angosht Mania Akbari Iran, United Kingdom
Impermanence Goutam Ghose India
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish Peter Greenaway United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Cuoco contadino Luca Guadagnino Italy
Homecoming Jon Jost United States
Letters to Ali Clara Law Australia
La vita è breve ma la giornata è lunghissima Lucio Pellegrini, Gianni Zanasi Italy
Pin Boy Parapalos Ana Poliak Argentina
Un silenzio particolare Stefano Rulli Italy
Marebito 稀人 Takashi Shimizu Japan
Special Events
L'ora della lucertola Mimmo Calopresti Italy
Bellissime Giovanna Gagliardo
Killer Shrimps † Piero Golia Switzerland
The Take Avi Lewis Canada
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children ファイナルファンタジーVII アドベントチルドレン, Tetsuya Nomura Japan
Embedded Tim Robbins United States
Colpi di Luce Matteo Spinola, Stefano della Casa, Francesca Calvelli Italy
Digital Africa
Yizo Yizo Angus Gibson, Andrew Dosunmu, Teboho Mahlatsi South Africa
† indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.[10]

Retrospective - The Secret History of Italian Cinema 1

A new retrospective section on Italian Cinema aiming to restore and systematically rediscover sides of the Italian cinema That Have Been "Forgotten, Invisible, Unknown Or Misunderstood". This first edition of the retrospective is titled Italian Kings of the B's.[16]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Italian Kings of the B's
100 Horsemen (1961) I cento cavalieri Vittorio Cottafavi Italy, Spain, West Germany
The Beyond (1981) ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà Lucio Fulci Italy
The Big Gundown (1966) La resa dei conti Sergio Sollima Italy, Spain
Blindman (1972) Il pistolero cieco Ferdinando Baldi Italy, United States
The Boss (1973) Il Boss Fernando Di Leo Italy
A Bullet for the General (1967) Quien sabe? Damiano Damiani
Caliber 9 (1972) Milano calibro 9 Fernando Di Leo
Cannibal Holocaust (1979) Ruggero Deodato
Castle of Blood (1964) Danza macabra Antonio Margheriti Italy, France
Coup D'État (1969) Colpo di stato Luciano Salce Italy
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) Non si sevizia un paperino Lucio Fulci
The Dynamite Brothers (1949) I fratelli Dinamite Nino and Toni Pagot
The God Snake (1970) Il dio serpente Piero Vivarelli Italy, Venezuela
Goliath and the Dragon (1960) La vendetta di Ercole Vittorio Cottafavi Italy, France
Col cuore in gola (1967) Tinto Brass
The Inglorious Bastards (1977) Quel maledetto treno blindato Enzo G. Castellari Italy
The Italian Connection (1972) La mala ordina Fernando Di Leo Italy, West Germany
Mister Scarface (1976) I padroni della citta
Naked Violence (1969) I ragazzi del massacro Italy
Orgasm (1969) Orgasmo Umberto Lenzi Italy, France
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1970) Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh Sergio Martino Italy, Spain, Austria
The Syndicate: A Death in the Family (1969) Colpo rovente Piero Zuffi Italy
Tragic Ceremony (1972) Estratto dagli archivi segreti della polizia di una capitale europea Riccardo Freda Italy, Spain
The Trojan Horse (1961) La guerra di Troia Giorgio Ferroni Italy, France, Yugoslavia
W la foca (1982) Nando Cicero Italy
Underground Italia - Shards of utopia
La verifica incerta (1964) Gianfranco Baruchello, Alberto Grifi Italy
Transfert per kamera verso Virulentia (1975) Alberto Grifi
The Blind Fly (1966) A mosca cieca Romano Scavolini
Portrait of Gianfranco Barucchello Ritratto di Gianfranco Barucchello Paolo Brunatto
Portrait of Alberto Grifi Ritratto di Alberto Grifi
Portrait of Romano Scovolini Ritratto di Romano Scovolini

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[17]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
From Land of Silence Sakenine Sarzamine Sokoot Saman Salur Iran
The Great Journey Le Grand Voyage Ismaël Ferroukhi France
Les liens Aymeric Mesa-Juan France
One or the Other Una de dos Alejo Hernán Taube Argentina
Otakus in Love 恋の門 Suzuki Matsuo Japan
To Take a Wife Ve Lakachta Lecha Isha Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz Israel, France
Uninhibited Kuang Fang Leste Chen Taiwan
Out of Competition
P.S. (opening film) Dylan Kidd United States
Butterfly Hu die Yan Yan Mak China
The Love (Part One) El Amor (Primera Parte) Alejandro Fadel, Martin Mauregui, Santiago Mitre, Juan Schnitman Argentina

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 1st edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:[18]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
4 Ilya Khrzhanovsky Russia, Netherlands
Caro Vittorio Marco Risi Italy
Changing Destiny Nemmeno il destino Daniele Gaglianone
Darwin's Nightmare Hubert Sauper Austria, Belgium, France, Germany
Dead Man's Shoes Shane Meadows United Kingdom
Il giorno del falco Rodolfo Bisatti Italy
L'imperatore di Roma Nico D'Alessandria
In Kurdistan e' difficile Giuliana Gamba
Morasseix Damien Odoul France
Murmuring Coast A costa dos murmúrios Margarida Cardoso Portugal
Now and Then L'oeil de l'autre John Lvoff France
Strings Anders Rønnow Klarlund Denmark, Sweden, Norway, United Kingdom
Suburbs Predmestje Vinko Möderndorfer Slovenia
Sweet Jam Confituur Lieven Debrauwer Belgium, Switzerland
Tartarughe sul dorso Stefano Pasetto Italy

Official Awards

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 61st edition:[19]

In Competition (Venezia 61)

Golden Lion for lifetime achievement

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Digital Cinema Award

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

"Luigi de Laurentis" Award For A Debut Film (Lion of the Future)

Independents Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[20]

Venice International Film Critics' Week

FIPRESCI Prize

SIGNS Award

C.I.C.A.E. Award

UNICEF Award

UNESCO Award

Pasinetti Award

Isvema Award

FEDIC Award

Little Golden Lion

Venice Days - Label Europa Cinemas

Young Cinema Award

"Lino Miccichè" First Feature Award

Open Prize

Lina Mangiacapre Award

Future Film Festival Digital Award

Laterna Magica Prize

Sergio Trasatti Award

CinemAvvenire Award

Award of the City of Rome

International Peace Award

Human Rights Film Network Award

EIUC Award

Special Director's Award

Special Pasinetti Award

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