73rd Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmLa La Land
Closing filmThe Magnificent Seven
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: The Woman Who Left
Hosted bySonia Bergamasco
Festival date31 August – 10 September 2016
WebsiteWebsite
Venice Film Festival chronology

The 73rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2016.[1]

English filmmaker Sam Mendes was the Jury President of the main competition.[2] The opening night film was Damien Chazelle's musical La La Land, and Antoine Fuqua's western The Magnificent Seven was the closing film.[3]

The Golden Lion was awarded to Lav Diaz's film The Woman Who Left.[4]

A new project named Venice Production Bridge was introduced in this edition of the festival. The new project is intended to attract industry professionals and focus on original projects for films, internet, series, virtual reality, and works in progress, in order to help their development and production. It is also meant to work in conjunction with the Venice Film Market which started in 2012. Such projects as Final Cut in Venice, meant to help finance original films from African countries, and the Venice Gap-Financing Market will come under its scope.[5]

Juries

The following people formed the 2016 juries:[6][7]

Main competition (Venezia 73)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

Official Sections

In competition (Venezia 73)

The following films were selected for the main competition:[8][9][10]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Arrival Denis Villeneuve United States
The Bad Batch Ana Lily Amirpour
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez Les Beaux Jours d'Aranjuez Wim Wenders France, Germany
The Blind Christ El Cristo ciego Christopher Murray Chile
Brimstone Martin Koolhoven Netherlands, France, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom
The Distinguished Citizen El ciudadano ilustre Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat Argentina, Spain
Frantz François Ozon France, Germany
Jackie Pablo Larraín United States, Chile, France, Italy
La La Land Damien Chazelle United States
The Light Between Oceans Derek Cianfrance United Kingdom, United States, India, Canada
Nocturnal Animals Tom Ford United States
On the Milky Road Lungo la Via Lattea Emir Kusturica Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mexico, Serbia, United Kingdom, United States
Paradise Рай Andrei Konchalovsky Russia
Piuma Roan Johnson Italy
These Days Questi giorni Giuseppe Piccioni
Spira Mirabilis Massimo D'Anolfi & Martina Parenti
The Untamed La Region Salvaje Amat Escalante Mexico, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland
Voyage of Time Terrence Malick United States
The Woman Who Left Ang Babaeng Humayo Lav Diaz Philippines
A Woman's Life Une Vie Stéphane Brizé France, Belgium
Highlighted title indicates Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition[11][9][10]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Age of Shadows 밀정 Kim Jee-woon South Korea
Chuck The Bleeder Philippe Falardeau United States
Gantz: O Yasushi Kawamura Japan
Hacksaw Ridge Mel Gibson United States, Australia
The Journey Nick Hamm United Kingdom
The Magnificent Seven Antoine Fuqua United States
Monte Amir Naderi Italy, United States, France
Never Ever À jamais Benoît Jacquot France, Portugal
Planetarium Rebecca Zlotowski France, Belgium
Tommaso Kim Rossi Stuart Italy
The Young Pope (series) Paolo Sorrentino Italy, France, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Non Fiction
American Anarchist Charlie Siskel United States
Assault to the Sky Assalto al cielo Francesco Munzi Italy
Austerlitz Sergei Loznitsa Germany
I Called Him Morgan Kasper Collin Sweden, United States
One More Time With Feeling Andrew Dominik United Kingdom
Our War La nostra guerra Bruno Chiaravalloti, Claudio Jampaglia, Benedetta Argentieri Italy, United States
Safari Ulrich Seidl Austria, Denmark

Horizons (Orizzonti)

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:[12]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
Big Big World Koca Dünya Reha Erdem Turkey
Bitter Money 苦钱 Wang Bing Hong Kong
Bluebeard Kékszakállú Gastón Solnicki Argentina
Boys in the Trees Nicholas Verso Australia
Dark Night Tim Sutton United States
Dawson City: Frozen Time Bill Morrison France, United States
The Eremites Die Einsiedler Ronny Trocker Austria, Germany
The Fury of a Patient Man Tarde para la ira Raúl Arévalo Spain
The Greatest Dream Il più grande sogno Michele Vannucci Italy
Gukoroku - Traces of Sin Gukoroku Kei Ishikawa Japan
Heal the Living Réparer les vivants Katell Quillévéré Belgium, France
Home Fien Troch Belgium
King of the Belgians Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth Belgium, Bulgaria, Netherlands
Libera Nos Liberami Federica Di Giacomo Italy, France
Malaria مالاریا Parviz Shahbazi Iran
Saint George São Jorge Marco Martins France, Portugal
Shambles Maudite poutine Karl Lemieux Canada
The Wedding Plan לעבור את הקיר Rama Burshtein Israel
White Sun सेतो सुर्य Deepak Rauniyar Nepal, Netherlands, Qatar, United States
Short films
500,000 Years 500,000 Pee Chai Siris Thailand
Amalimbo Juan Pablo Libossart Sweden, Estonia
Ce qui nous éloigne Wei Hu France
Colombi Luca Ferri Italy
Dadyaa Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung Nepal, France
First Night Prima Noapte Andrei Tanase Romania, Germany
Good Luck, Orlo! Srecno, Orlo! Sara Kern Slovenia, Croatia, Austria
Good News Giovanni Fumu South Korea, Italy
Midwinter Jake Mahaffy United States, New Zealand
Molly Bloom Chiara Caselli Italy
On the Origin of Fear Bayu Prihantoro Filemon Indonesia
Le reste est l’oeuvre de l’homme Doria Achour France, Tunisia
Ruah Flurin Giger Switzerland
Samedi Cinema Mamadou Dia Senegal
Stanza 52 Maurizio Braucci Italy
La voz perdida Marcelo Martinessi Paraguay, Venezuela, Cuba
Highlighted titles indicate Horizons Prize for Best Feature Film

Venice Classics

The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section:[13]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Restored classic films
1848 (1948) Dino Risi Italy
An American Werewolf In London (1981) John Landis United Kingdom
L'Argent (aka Money) (1983) L'argent Robert Bresson France, Switzerland
The Battle of Algiers (1966) La battaglia di Algeri Gillo Pontecorvo Italy, Algeria
The Brat (1931) John Ford United States
Break Up (1965) L'uomo dei cinque palloni Marco Ferreri Italy, France
The City Stands Trial (1952) Processo alla città Luigi Zampa Italy
Dark Eyes (1987) Oci ciornie Nikita Mikhalkov Italy, Soviet Union
Dawn of the Dead (1978) George A. Romero United States, Italy
Everybody Go Home (1960) Tutti a casa Luigi Comencini Italy, France
The Great Sacrifice (1943) Opfergang Veit Harlan Germany
Legend of the Mountain (1979) 山中傳奇 King Hu Taiwan, Hong Kong
Manhattan (1979) Woody Allen United States
The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood (1990) (Opening film) شبهای زاینده رود Mohsen Makhmalbaf Iran
The Ondekoza (1981) ざ・鬼太鼓座 Tai Kato Japan
Pretty Poison (1968) Noel Black United States
Scent of a Woman (1974) Profumo di donna Dino Risi Italy
Seven Samurai (1954) 七人の侍 Akira Kurosawa Japan
Stalker (1979) Сталкер Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union
The Thief of Paris (1967) Le Voleur Louis Malle France, Italy
Twentieth Century (1934) Howard Hawks United States
Documentaries on cinema
Acqua e zucchero. Carlo Di Palma, i colori della vita Fariborz Kamkari Italy
Along for the Ride Nick Ebeling United States
Bozzetto non troppo Marco Bonfanti Italy
Cinema Futures Michael Palm Austria
David Lynch: The Art Life Jon Nguyen, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Rick Barnes United States, Denmark
E venne l’uomo – Un dialogo con Ermanno Olmi Alessandro Bignami Italy
Events in a Cloud Chamber Ashim Ahluwalia India
The Graduation Le Concours Claire Simon France
Perché sono un genio! Lorenza Mazzetti Stefano Della Casa, Francesco Frisari Italy
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D. Una storia Vintage Jesus Garcès Lambert
Highlighted titles indicate the Best Restored Film and Best Documentary on Cinema official awards respectively.

Biennale College - Cinema

The following films were selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section.[14]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Ears Orecchie Alessandro Aronadio Italy
Hotel Salvation Mukti Bhawan Shubhashish Bhutiani India
La Soledad Jorge Thielen Armand Venezuela
One Sister Una Hermana Sofia Brockenshire, Verena Kuri Argentina

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:[15]

Original Title Director(s) Production country
Félicité Alain Gomis France, Senegal, Belgium
Ghost Hunting Raed Andoni Palestine, France, Switzerland
Obscure (Documentary) Soudade Kaadan Syria, Lebanon
One of These Days Nadim Tabet Lebanon
Poisonous Roses Fawzi Saleh Egypt, France, Qatar
The Wound John Trengove South Africa, Germany, Netherlands, France

Il Cinema nel Giardino

The following feature films were selected for the Il Cinema nel Giardino section:[16][17]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Franca: Chaos and Creation (documentary) Francesco Carrozzini Italy, United States
In Dubious Battle James Franco United States
Inseparables Marcos Carnevale Argentina
My Art Laurie Simmons United States
The Net 그물 Kim Ki-Duk South Korea
Robinù (documentary) Michele Santoro Italy
The Secret Life of Pets Chris Renaud, Yarrow Cheney United States
Summertime L'estate addosso Gabriele Muccino Italy

Special screenings

The following film was presented as a Special Screening of the Official Selection:[18]

Independent Sections

International Critics Week

The following films were selected for the International Critics Week section:[19][20]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In competition
Days of France Jours de France Jérôme Reybaud France
Drum Tabl Keywan Karimi France, Iran
The Last of Us Akher Wahed Fina Ala Eddine Slim Lebanon, Qatar, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates
The Last Things Le Ultime Cose Irene Dionisio France, Italy, Switzerland
The Nobodies Los Nadie Juan Sebastián Mesa Colombia
Prank Vincent Biron Canada
Singing in the Graveyards Singing sa mga Dakong Libingan Bradley Liew Malaysia, Philippines
Special Events - Out of competition
Prevenge (Opening film) Alice Lowe United Kingdom
Are We Not Cats (Closing film) Xander Robin United States

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 13th edition of the Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) section:[21][22]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
Guilty Men Pariente Ivan D. Gaona Colombia
Heartstone Hjartasteinn Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson Iceland
Hounds of Love Ben Young Australia
Indivisible Indivisibili Edoardo De Angelis Italy
Ordinary People Pamilya Ordinaryo Eduardo Roy Jr. Philippines
Polina Polina, danser sa vie Angelin Preljocaj, Valérie Müller France
Quit Staring at My Plate Ne gledaj mi u pijat Hana Jušić Croatia, Denmark
The Road to Mandalay Midi Z Taiwan, Myanmar, France, Germany
Sami Blood Sameblod Amanda Kernell Sweden
The War Show Andreas Dalsgaard and Obadiah Zytoon Syria
The War Within Ombre dal fondo Paola Piacenza Italy
Worldly Girl La ragazza del mondo Marco Danieli
Special Events
Always Shine Sophia Takal United States
Coffee Caffè Cristiano Bortone Belgium, China, Italy
Il profumo del tempo delle favole Mauro Caputo Italy
Rocco Thierry Demaiziere & Alban Teurlai France
L'uomo che non cambiò la storia Enrico Caria Italy
Vangelo Pippo Delbono Italy, Belgium, Switzerland
You Never Had It. An Evening with Bukowski Matteo Borgardt United States, Italy, Mexico
Miu Miu Women's Tales
Seed Naomi Kawase Japan
That One Day Crystal Moselle United States
Lux Award
Toni Erdmann Maren Ade Germany, Austria, Monaco, Romania, France
My Life as a Courgette Ma vie de Courgette Claude Barras Switzerland, France
As I Open My Eyes À peine j'ouvre les yeux Leyla Bouzid Tunisia, France, Belgium, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland
Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.

Official Awards

The following official awards were presented at the 73rd edition:[23][24]

In Competition (Venezia 73)

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Venice Classics Awards

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film (Lion of the Future)

Special Awards

Independent Sections Awards

The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[25]

Venice International Critics' Week

Venice Days

Independent Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[25]

Open Award

Francesco Pasinetti – SNGCI Award

Queer Lion

Arca CinemaGiovani Award

FEDIC Award

FIPRESCI Awards

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

Enrico Fulchignoni – CICT-UNESCO Award

Future Film Festival Digital Award

Giovani Giurati del Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award

Green Drop Award

Human Rights Nights Special Award

Interfilm Award

Lanterna Magica Award (CGS)

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award

Cinema for UNICEF mention

Golden Mouse

NuovoImaie Talent Award

Francesco Pasinetti Special Prize

Sfera 1932 Award

SIGNIS Award

C. Smithers Foundation – CICT-UNESCO Award

Soundtrack Stars Award

Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award - Best Italian Film

Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award - Best Foreign Film

Padre Nazareno Taddei Award

Kinèo Awards

3rd Starlight Cinema Awards

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