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54th Venice International Film Festival
Film festival
54th Venice International Film Festival![]() Festival poster | | Location | Venice, Italy |
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| Founded | 1932 |
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| Awards | Golden Lion: Hana-bi |
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| Festival date | 27 August – 6 September 1997 |
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| Website | Website |
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The 54th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 27 August to 6 September 1997.[1][2]
New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion was the Jury President of the Main Competition. The opening film was Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry, while the closing film was a restored version of 1912 silent film Richard III, accompanied live by Vittorio Gassman serving as narrator and Ennio Morricone conducing the Arturo Toscanini Orchestra.[3]
Takeshi Kitano's Hana-bi was the Golden Lion winner.
Juries
The following people comprised the 1997 jury:[3][4]
Main competition
- Jane Campion, New Zealand filmmaker and producer - Jury President
- Ronald Bass, American writer and producer
- Véra Belmont, French producer
- Peter Buchka, German critic
- Nana Jorjadze, Georgian filmmaker and actress
- Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabé filmmaker
- Charlotte Rampling, British actress
- Shinya Tsukamoto, Japanese filmmaker, producer and actor
- Francesco Rosi, Italian director
Short films competition
Official sections
The following films were selected to be screened:[3][5]
In competition
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Blinded |
A ciegas |
Daniel Calparsoro |
Spain
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| Chinese Box |
Wayne Wang |
United States
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| Dry Cleaning |
Nettoyage à sec |
Anne Fontaine |
France
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| Hana-bi |
Takeshi Kitano |
Japan
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| Hardboiled Egg |
Ovosodo |
Paolo Virzì |
Italy
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| The Informant |
Jim McBride |
United States, Ireland
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| Keep Cool |
有話好好說 |
Yimou Zhang |
China
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| Love Stories |
Historie milosne |
Jerzy Stuhr |
Poland
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| Niagara, Niagara |
Bob Gosse |
United States, Canada
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| One Night Stand |
Mike Figgis |
United States
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| Ossos |
Pedro Costa |
Portugal, France, Denmark
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| The Oyster and the Wind |
A Ostra e o Vento |
Walter Lima Jr. |
Brazil
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| Round the Moons Between Earth and Sea |
Giro di lune tra terra e mare |
Giuseppe M. Gaudino |
Italy, Germany
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| Seventh Heaven |
Le Septième ciel |
Benoît Jacquot |
France
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| The Thief |
Вор |
Pavel Chukhraj |
Russia
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| The Vesuvians |
I vesuviani |
Pappi Corsicato, Antonio Capuano,
Antonietta De Lillo, Stefano Incerti,
Mario Martone |
Italy
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| Wild Games |
Combat de fauves |
Benoit Lamy |
Belgium, Germany, France
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| The Winter Guest |
Alan Rickman |
United Kingdom
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Out of competition
Midday (mezzogiorno)
Midnight (mezzanotte)
Venetian workshop
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Alors, voila |
Michel Piccoli |
France
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| The Collector |
Neitoperho |
Auli Mantila |
Finland
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| Malemare |
Pasquale Mazzarro |
Italy
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| Miramar |
Júlio Bressane |
Brazil
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| The Night of the Painter |
Der tag des malers |
Werner Nekes |
Germany
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| The Sanguinaires |
Les Sanguinaires |
Laurent Cantet |
France
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| The Sticky Fingers of Time |
Hilary Brougher |
United States
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| Strawberry Fields |
Rea Tajiri |
United States
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| Subway Stories |
Bob Balaban, Patricia Benoit, Julie Dash, Jonathan Demme, Ted Demme, Abel Ferrara, Alison Maclean, Craig McKay, Lucas Platt, Seth Rosenfeld |
United States
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| Tamas and Juli |
Tamás és Juli |
Ildikó Enyedi |
Hungary
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| Tatuaggi |
Laura Angiulli |
Italy
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| The Tree of Hanging Destinies |
L'albero dei destini sospesi |
Rachid Benhadj |
Italy
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| Non Fiction
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| 4 Little Girls |
Spike Lee |
United States
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| As Time Goes By |
去日苦多 |
Ann Hui |
Taiwan
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| HHH: Portrait de Hou Hsiao-hsien |
Olivier Assayas |
France, Taiwan
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| In memoriam Gyöngyössy Imre |
Katalyn Peteny, Barna Kabay |
Hungary
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| Kippur |
Amos Gitai |
Israel
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| Still Love You After All These |
念你如昔 |
Stanley Kwan |
Taiwan, China
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| The Voice of Bergman |
Bergmans rost |
Gunnar Bergdahl |
Sweden
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| The Year After Dayton |
Das Jahr nach Dayton |
Nikolaus Geyrhalter |
Austria
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Special screenings
Independent sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as in competition for this section:[6]
Official awards
Main competition
Luigi de Laurentis award for a debut film
Independent awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal
Prize of the International Youth Jury
FIPRESCI Prize
OCIC Award
UNICEF Award
UNESCO Award
Pasinetti Award
Pietro Bianco Award
Isvema Award
FEDIC Award
Little Golden Lion
Anicaflash Prize
Elvira Notari Prize
Bastone Bianco Award
Sergio Trasatti Award
CinemAvvenire Award
Enzo Serafin Award
Kodak Award
References
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