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69th Venice International Film Festival

The 69th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 29 August to 8 September 2012, at Venice Lido in Italy.

Juries
Main competition (Venezia 69) Michael Mann, American filmmaker - Jury President • Marina Abramović, Serbian performance artist • Laetitia Casta, French actress • Peter Ho-sun Chan, Hong Kong filmmaker • Ari Folman, Israeli filmmaker • Matteo Garrone, Italian filmmaker • Ursula Meier, French-Swiss filmmaker • Samantha Morton, English actress and director • Pablo Trapero, Argentine director === Orizzonti === • Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor - Jury President • Sandra den Hamer, Dutch director of the International Film Festival RotterdamRuna Islam, Bangladeshi-born British visual artist and filmmaker • Jason Kliot, American independent producer • Nadine Labaki, Lebanese actress and filmmaker • Milcho Manchevski, Macedonian filmmaker • Amir Naderi, Iranian film filmmaker and photographer Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film) Shekhar Kapur, Indian film director, actor and producer - Jury President • Michel Demopoulos, Greek film critic • Isabella Ferrari, Italian actress • Matt Reeves, American filmmaker and producer • Bob Sinclar, French record producer, DJ, and Yellow Productions owner ==Official Sections==
Official Sections
In Competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Out of Competition The following films were selected for the out of competition section: === Orizzonti === The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section: Venice Classics The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section: «80!» The following rare films from the Biennale's Historical Archives were screened for this retrospective section: Special Screenings The following films of the Official Selection were presented as Special Screenings: ==Independent Sections==
Independent Sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week The following films were selected for the Critics' Week: Venice Days The following films were selected for the Venice Days section: ==Official Awards==
Official Awards
In Competition (Venezia 69) Golden Lion: Pietà by Kim Ki-dukSilver Lion for Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson for The MasterSpecial Jury Prize: Paradise: Faith by Ulrich SeidlVolpi Cup for Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix for The MasterVolpi Cup for Best Actress: Hadas Yaron for Fill the VoidMarcello Mastroianni Award: Fabrizio Falco for Dormant Beauty and It Was the SonGolden Osella for Best Screenplay: Olivier Assayas for Something in the AirGolden Osella for Best Cinematography: Daniele Ciprì for It Was the Son === Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement === • Francesco Rosi Horizons (Orizzonti) Best Film: Three Sisters by Wang BingSpecial Jury Prize: Tango libre by Frédéric FonteyneHorizons YouTube Award for Best Short Film: Invitation by Min-Young Yoo • European Film Awards (short film): Out Of Frame by Yorgos Zois "Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for a Debut Film Mold by Ali Aydın == Independent Sections Awards ==
Independent Sections Awards
Venice International Film Critics' Week "RaroVideo" Audience Award: Eat Sleep Die by Gabriela PichlerArca CinemaGiovani Award for Best Italian film: The Ideal City by Luigi Lo Cascio === Venice Days (Giornati degli Autori) === • Label Europa Cinemas Award: Crawl by Hervé Lasgouttes • Lina Mangiacapre Award: Queen of Montreuil by Sólveig AnspachPremio Cinematografico “Civitas Vitae prossima” Award: Terramatta by Costanza Quatriglio == Independent Awards ==
Independent Awards
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection: === FIPRESCI Awards === • Best Film (Main competition): The Master by Paul Thomas AndersonBest Film (Horizons): The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo === Queer Lion === • The Weight by Jeon Kyu-hwan === SIGNIS Award === • To the Wonder by Terrence MalickSpecial mention: Fill the Void by Rama Burshtein Special Awards Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award: Michael CiminoJaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Spike LeeL’Oréal Paris per il Cinema Award: Giulia Bevilacqua Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award Best Film: The Interval by Leonardo Di CostanzoBest Documentary: The Human Cargo by Daniele VicariBest Actor: Valerio Mastandrea for Balancing ActPasinetti Speciale: Clarisse by Liliana Cavani Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award Pieta by Kim Ki-duk Cinema for UNICEF mention It Was the Son by Daniele Ciprì Brian Award Dormant Beauty by Marco Bellocchio Arca CinemaGiovani Award - Venezia 69 The Fifth Season by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth Biografilm Lancia Award The Human Cargo by Daniele Vicari • Bad25 by Spike Lee Bisato d'Oro Award Best Film: Bellas Mariposas by Salvatore MereuBest Director: Jazmín López for LionsBest Actress: Nora Aunor for Thy Womb CICT - UNESCO "Enrico Fulchignoni" Award The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo CICAE - Cinema d’Arte e d’Essai Award Wadjda by Haifaa Al Mansour CinemAvvenire Award Best film - Venezia 69: Paradies: Glaube by Ulrich SeidlBest film - Il cerchio non è rotondo: Wadjda by Haifaa al-Mansour FEDIC Award The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo • Special mention: Bellas Mariposas by Salvatore Mereu Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award Something in the Air by Olivier Assayas Future Film Festival Digital Award Bad25 by Spike Lee • Special mention: Spring Breakers by Harmony Korine P. Nazareno Taddei Award Pieta by Kim Ki-duk • Special mention: Thy Womb by Brillante Mendoza Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo Open Award The Company You Keep by Robert Redford La Navicella – Venezia Cinema Award Thy Womb by Brillante Mendoza AIF - FORFILMFEST Award The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo Golden Mouse Pieta by Kim Ki-duk • Silver Mouse: ''Anton's Right Here'' by Lyubov Arkus UK - Italy Creative Industries Award – Best Innovative Budget Award The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo Gillo Pontecorvo - Arcobaleno Latino Award • Laura Delli Colli Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Award Low Tide by Roberto Minervini Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue Wadjda by Haifaa Al Mansour Giovani Giurati del Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award The Company You Keep by Robert Redford • Special mention: Toni Servillo for It Was the Son Green Drop Award The Fifth Season by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth ==Controversy over Golden Lion==
Controversy over Golden Lion
The jury led by filmmaker Michael Mann originally was to award the top Golden Lion prize to Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, along with the Silver Lion Best Director award and the Best Actor award. However, because of festival's new rule prohibiting pairing the Golden Lion with any other prizes, the jury was asked "to re-deliberate to remove" one of the awards for The Master, and the Golden Lion was awarded to Kim Ki-duk's Pietà instead. In the official reception which was held after the festival was over, many juries, such as Samantha Morton and Peter Chan met Jo, saying that "Jo's acting was touching that changed my life. I shed tears of Jo's play." ==References==
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