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The 69th annual Venice International Film Festival, organized by Venice Biennale, took place at Venice Lido from 29 August to 8 September 2012.WEB,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup, 69th Venice International Film Festival, labiennale.org, dead,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup," title="web.archive.org/web/20121014085605www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup,">web.archive.org/web/20121014085605www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup, 14 October 2012, 26 July 2012, The festival opened with the Indian director Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist,WEB, Scarpa, Vittoria, 23 July 2012,www.cineuropa.org/2011/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=223714, The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mira Nair opens the 69ths Venice Film Festival, cineuropa.org, 24 July 2012, NEWS,www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19421160, The Reluctant Fundamentalist opens Venice Film Festival, BBC News, 30 August 2012, and closed with the Out of Competition film The Man Who Laughs, directed by Jean-Pierre Ameris.WEB,www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/967243/venice-film-festival-unveils-2012-lineup, Venice Film Festival unveils 2012 lineup, sheknows.com, 4 May 2018, Terrence Malick’s film To the Wonder was met with both boos and cheers from critics at its premiere.NEWS, Terrence Malick’s To The Wonder confounds Venice press,www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19462924, BBC, 3 September 2012, 3 September 2012, The Golden Lion for Best Film was won by Pietà, directed by South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk.NEWS, South Korean film ‘Pieta’ wins Venice top prize,seattletimes.com/html/entertainment/2019100523_apeuitalyvenicefilmfestival.html, 8 September 2012, The Seattle Times, 8 September 2012, AP, Venice, Paul Thomas Anderson for The Master won the Silver Lion for Best Director. Additionally, American actors Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman shared the prize for Best Actor for that film. Israeli actress Hadas Yaron for her performance in Fill the Void was selected as the Best Actress in the festival.

Juries

The international juries of the 69th Venice International Film Festival included:WEB,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/juries/, International Juries of the 69th Venice Film Festival, dead,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/juries/," title="web.archive.org/web/20121015125250www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/juries/,">web.archive.org/web/20121015125250www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/juries/, 15 October 2012, 20 April 2018, WEB, Staff writer, 13 July 2012,www.cineuropa.org/2011/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=223452, Venice 2012: President Mann’s eight jurors, cineuropa.org, Cineuropa, 14 July 2012, Venezia 69)“>

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

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Horizons (Orizzonti)

• Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor - Jury President
• Sandra den Hamer, Dutch director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam
• Runa 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

In Competition

The following eighteen films were selected for the main competition:WEB,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/venezia69/, Venezia 69, labiennale.org, dead,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/venezia69," title="web.archive.org/web/20121018061704www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/venezia69,">web.archive.org/web/20121018061704www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/venezia69, 18 October 2012, 26 July 2012, NEWS, Fewer stars to attend 69th Venice Film Festival,www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19407401, 8 September 2012, BBC, 29 August 2012, {| class=“wikitable” width=“95%”! English title! Original title! Director(s)! Production country At Any Price data-sort-value=“Bahrani”Ramin Bahrani >| United StatesBetrayal (2012 film)>Betrayal Измена data-sort-value=“Serebrennikov” Kirill Serebrennikov >| RussiaDormant Beauty >Bella addormentata > Marco Bellocchio Italy, France ‘’The Fifth Season (film) > La cinquième saison’’ data-sort-value=“Brosens”| Belgium, Netherlands, FranceFill the Void > Rama Burshtein IsraelIt Was the Son >È stato il figlio > Daniele Ciprì ItalyLines of Wellington >Linhas de Wellington > Valeria Sarmiento Portugal, France ‘’The Master (2012 film)’’ > Paul Thomas Anderson United StatesBeyond Outrage > Takeshi Kitano Japan(Paradise: Faith) >Paradies: Glaube > Ulrich Seidl Austria, France, Germany ‘’Passion (2012 film)’’ > Brian De Palma France, Germanystyle="background:#E7CD00;”Pietà (film)>Pietà 피에타 data-sort-value=“Ki-duk” Kim Ki-duk>| South KoreaSomething in the Air (2012 film)>Something in the Air Après mai data-sort-value=“Assayas”Olivier Assayas >| France A Special Day data-sort-value=“Giorno” Un giorno speciale > Francesca Comencini Italy Spring Breakers data-sort-value=“Korine”Harmony Korine >| United States ‘’Superstar (2012 film)’’ > Xavier Giannoli France, BelgiumThy Womb >Sinapupunan > Brillante Mendoza Philippines To the Wonder data-sort-value=“Malick”Terrence Malick >| United States

Out of Competition

The following films were selected for the out of competition section:WEB,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/out-of-competition, Out of Competition, labiennale.org, dead,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/out-of-competition," title="web.archive.org/web/20121014085610www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/out-of-competition,">web.archive.org/web/20121014085610www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/out-of-competition, 14 October 2012, 20 April 2018, {| class=“wikitable” style="width:95%; margin-bottom:0px”! width=“27%“| English title! width=“25%“| Original title! width=“28%“| Director(s)! width=“20%“| Production country! colspan=“4” | Fiction Bait 3D data-sort-value=“Rendall”Kimble Rendall >| Australia, Singapore ‘’The Company You Keep (film)’’ > Robert Redford rowspan=“2” | United States ‘’Disconnect (2012 film)’’ > Henry-Alex Rubin Forgotten (2012 German film)3=Du hast es versprochen >Du hast es versprochen’’ > Alex Schmidt GermanyGebo and the Shadow >O Gebo e a Sombra > Manoel de Oliveira Portugal, France ‘’The Iceman (film)’’ > Ariel Vromen United StatesLooking for Hortense >Cherchez Hortense > Pascal Bonitzer FranceLove Is All You Need >Den Skaldede Frisør > Susanne Bier Denmark, Sweden ‘’The Man Who Laughs (2012 film) (closing film)>L’homme qui rit’’ > Jean-Pierre Ameris France, Czech RepublicPenance (TV series)>Penance (episodes 1-5) 贖罪 data-sort-value=“Kurosawa” Kiyoshi Kurosawa >| Japan ‘’The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film)’’ (opening film)> Mira Nair India, Pakistan, United StatesTai Chi 0 > Stephen Fung China! colspan=“4” |Non-fictionBad 25|Spike Lee|United StatesEnzo Avitabile Music Life|Jonathan Demme|Italy, United StatesLullaby to My Father|Amos Gitai|Israel, France, SwitzerlandPeter Brook: The TightropeSimon Brook (director)>Simon Brook|United Kingdom, France, Italy! colspan=“4” |Special Screenings|Anton’s Right Here|Anton tut ryadom|Lyubov Arkus|RussiaClarisse|Liliana CavaniItalyCome voglio che sia il mio futuro|Maurizio Zaccaro|The Human Cargo|La nave dolce|Daniele Vicari|Italy, Albania|Impenetrable|El impenetrable|Daniele Incalcaterra, Fausta Quattrini|Argentina, France|It Was Better Tomorrow|Ya man aach|Hinde Boujemaa|TunisiaMedici con l’Africa|Carlo MazzacuratiItalySfiorando Il Muro|Silvia Giralucci, Luca RicciardiWitness: Libya|Abdallah Omeish|United States

Horizons

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:WEB,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/orizzonti, Orizzonti, labiennale.org, dead,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/orizzonti," title="web.archive.org/web/20121016052455www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/orizzonti,">web.archive.org/web/20121016052455www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/orizzonti, 16 October 2012, 20 April 2018, {| class=“wikitable” style="width:95%; margin-bottom:0px”! English title! Original title! Director(s)! Production country! colspan=“4” | In CompetitionAraf - Somewhere in Between >Araf > YeÅŸim UstaoÄŸlu TurkeyBalancing Act > Gli equilibristi data-sort-value=“De Matteo”Ivano De Matteo >| Italy, France ‘’Boxing Day (2012 film)’’ > Bernard Rose (director) >| United Kingdom, United States The Cutoff Man Menatek Ha-Maim data-sort-value=“Hubel”| IsraelFly with the Crane >Li Ruijun >| China A Hijacking Kapringen data-sort-value=“Lindholm”Tobias Lindholm >| DenmarkThe Interval > L’intervallo data-sort-value=“Di Costanzo”Leonardo Di Costanzo >| Italy, Switzerland, GermanyLions >Leones > Jazmin Lopez Argentina, France, Netherlands Low Tide data-sort-value=“Minervini”| United States, Italy, BelgiumMe Too >Ja tozhe hochu > Aleksei Balabanov Russia The Paternal House Khanéh Pedari data-sort-value=“Ayari”Kianoush Ayari>Kianoosh Ayari IranPretty Butterflies >Bellas mariposas >| Italy Tango libre data-sort-value=“Fonteyne”Frédéric Fonteyne >| Belgium, France, Luxembourgstyle="background:#E7CD00;”Three Sisters (2012 film)>Three Sisters 三姊妹 data-sort-value=“Bing” Wang Bing (director)>Wang Bing China, France, Hong Kong| Wadjda Haifaa al-Mansour Saudi Arabia, GermanyWinter of Discontent (film)>Winter of Discontent الشتا إللى فات data-sort-value=“El Batout” Ibrahim El Batout >| Egypt Yema data-sort-value=“Sahraoui”Djamila Sahraoui >| Algeria, France The Millennial Rapture Sennen no yuraku data-sort-value=“Wakamatsu”Koji Wakamatsu >| Japan! colspan=“4” |Short Films CompetitionCargo|Carlo Sironi|Italy|Diamond Sutra|Jingang Jing|Tsai Ming-liang|Taiwan|The Flute|Bansulli|Min Bham|NepalFrank-Étienne vers la béatitude|Constance Meyer|FranceI’m the One|Paola Morabito|Australia|Invitation|Cho-De|Min-Young Yoo|South KoreaLiving Still Life|Bertrand Mandico|France, Belgium, GermanyLuisa no está en casa|Celia Rico Clavellino|Spain|Out Of Frame|Titloi telous|Yorgos Zois|GreeceLas manos limpias|Carlos Armella|MexicoMarla|Nick King|AustraliaMiracle Boy|Jake Mahaffy|United States|Resistance|Resistente|Renate Costa Perdomo, Salla Sorri|Denmark, Paraguay, FinlandLa sala|Alessio Giannone|Italy|The Tuner|O Afinador|Fernando Camargo, Matheus Parizi|Brazil

Venice Classics

The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section:WEB,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/venice-classics/, Venice Classics, labiennale.org, dead,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/venice-classics/," title="web.archive.org/web/20120902105544www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/venice-classics/,">web.archive.org/web/20120902105544www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/venice-classics/, 2 September 2012, {| class=“wikitable” style="width:95%; margin-bottom:0px”! English title! Original title! Director(s)! Production country! colspan=“4” | Restored Films The 10th Victim (1965) data-sort-value=“Decima”La decima vittima > Elio Petri Italy American Dreams (1984) data-sort-value=“Benning” James Benning (film director)>James Benning United StatesCarmen Comes Home (1951) > Kinoshita Keisuke JapanChimes at Midnight (1965) >Campanadas a medianoche > Orson Welles SpainFanny and Alexander (1982) >Fanny och Alexander > Ingmar Bergman Sweden ‘’Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)’’ (1953) > Howard Hawks rowspan=“3” | United States The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) data-sort-value=“Mankiewicz“| Joseph L. Mankiewicz ‘’Heaven’s Gate (film)’’ (1980) > Michael Cimino | Miracle (1982) Himala> Ishmael Bernal PhilippinesInvestigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) >Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto > Elio Petri rowspan=“5” | Italy The Mattei Affair (1972) data-sort-value=“Caso”Il caso Mattei > Francesco Rosi Pigsty (film)>Pigsty (1969) Porcile data-sort-value=“Pasolini“| Pier Paolo Pasolini Red Shirts (film)>Red Shirts (1952) Camicie rosse data-sort-value=“Alessandrini“| Goffredo Alessandrini, Francesco Rosi Stromboli (1950 film)>Stromboli (1950) Stromboli, terra di Dio data-sort-value=“Rossellini“| Roberto Rossellini ‘’Sunset Boulevard (film)’’ (1950) > Billy Wilder United States Tell Me Lies (1968) data-sort-value=“Brook”Peter Brook >| United KingdomTo Be Twenty in the Aures (1972) >Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès > René Vautier France! colspan=“4” |Documentaries about CinemaLas versiones de campanadas a medianoche de Orson Welles|Luciano Berriatúa|SpainMonicelli: La versione di Mario|Mario Canale, Felice Farina, Mario Gianni, Wilma Labate, Annarosa MorriItalyGli anni delle immagini perdute|Adolfo Conti|Dreamers|Conteurs d’images|Noelle Deschamps|FranceDai nostri inviati alla Mostra di Venezia|Giuseppe Giannotti, Enrico Salvatori, Davide Savelli|ItalyHarry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction|Sophie Huber|United States, SwitzerlandMiradas múltiples (La máquina loca)|Emilio Maillé|Mexico, France, SpainLa guerra dei vulcani|Francesco Patierno|ItalyValentino’s Ghost|Michael Singh|United States, IndiaSedia Elettrica: il making of del film Io e Te|Monica Strambini|Italy

«80!»

The following rare films from the Biennale’s Historical Archives were screened for this retrospective section:WEB,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/retrospective, La Biennale di Venezia - “80!”, labiennale.org, dead,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/retrospective," title="web.archive.org/web/20120828221621www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/retrospective,">web.archive.org/web/20120828221621www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/retrospective, 28 August 2012, 21 April 2018, {| class=“wikitable” width=“95%”! English Title!Original Title! Director(s)! Production country Ahora te vamos a llamar hermano (1971) data-sort-value=“Ruiz” Raoul Ruiz >| Chile A Bagful of Fleas (1963)Pytel blech> Vera Chytilová Czechoslovakia The Brigand (1961) Il brigante> Renato Castellani Italy| God Needs Man (1950) God Needs Men>Dieu a besoin des hommes data-sort-value=“Delannoy” Jean Delannoy >| France Free at Last (1968) data-sort-value=“Shuker”| United States ‘’Genghis Khan (1950 film)’’ (1950) > Manuel Conde, Salvador Lou Philippines The Last Night (1936) Poslednjaja noc’> Julij Jakovlevic Rajzman Soviet Union| Mud-Covered City (1963) Zablácené Mesto> Václav Táborský Czechoslovakia Pagine chiuse (1968) data-sort-value=“Da Campo”| Italy| Stress Is Three (1968) Stress-es tres-tres> Carlos Saura Spain

Special Screenings

The following films of the Official Selection were presented as Special Screenings:WEB,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/special-screening, Special Screening, labiennale.org, dead,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/special-screening," title="web.archive.org/web/20130101162518www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/special-screening,">web.archive.org/web/20130101162518www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/special-screening, 1 January 2013, 21 April 2018, {| class=“wikitable” width=“95%”! Original Title! Director(s)! Production countryCarmel (2009) >Amos Gitai >| Israel, France, ItalyConvitto Falcone >Pasquale Scimeca > ItalyHommage to Simone Massi >| Simone Massi

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics’ Week

The following films were selected for the Critics’ Week:WEB,www.sicvenezia.it/edizione/27-settimana-internazionale-della-critica/?lang=en, 27th International Film Critics’ Week, sicvenezia.it, 10 April 2018, 11 April 2018,www.sicvenezia.it/edizione/27-settimana-internazionale-della-critica/?lang=en," title="web.archive.org/web/20180411031450www.sicvenezia.it/edizione/27-settimana-internazionale-della-critica/?lang=en,">web.archive.org/web/20180411031450www.sicvenezia.it/edizione/27-settimana-internazionale-della-critica/?lang=en, dead, WEB,www.sicvenezia.it/1390/edizione-2012/news-2012/la-selezione-2012/?lang=en, Line-up 2012 unveiled!, sicvenezia.it, 10 April 2018, 11 April 2018,www.sicvenezia.it/1390/edizione-2012/news-2012/la-selezione-2012/?lang=en," title="web.archive.org/web/20180411025851www.sicvenezia.it/1390/edizione-2012/news-2012/la-selezione-2012/?lang=en,">web.archive.org/web/20180411025851www.sicvenezia.it/1390/edizione-2012/news-2012/la-selezione-2012/?lang=en, dead, {| class=“wikitable” style="width:95%; margin-bottom:0px”! English title! Original title! Director(s)! Production country! colspan=4| In competitionEat Sleep Die >Äta sova dö >Gabriela Pichler >| SwedenThe Ideal City >La città ideale >Luigi Lo Cascio >| ItalyMold >Küf >| Turkey, GermanyA Month in Thailand >O luna in Thailandia >| RomaniaShe Doesn’t Want to Sleep Alone >No quiero dormir sola >| MexicoWelcome Home >Welcome Home >| BelgiumLotus >Xiao he >| China! colspan=“4” |Out of CompetitionWater (Opening film)|Nir Sa’ar, Maya Sarfaty, Mohammad Fuad, Yona Rozenkier, Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Bargouthi, Pini Tavger, Tal Haring|Israel, Palestine, FranceKiss of the Damned (closing film)Alexandra Cassavetes>Xan Cassavetes|United States

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the Venice Days section:WEB,www.venice-days.com/2012/film.asp?lang=eng, Venice Days 2012: 9th edition, venice-days.com, 20 April 2018, WEB,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/aut-sect/venice-days/, Giornate degli Autori - Venice Days, labiennale.org, dead,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/aut-sect/venice-days/," title="web.archive.org/web/20120729225550www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/aut-sect/venice-days/,">web.archive.org/web/20120729225550www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/aut-sect/venice-days/, 29 July 2012, 20 April 2018, WEB,variety.com/2012/film/markets-festivals/venice-days-unveils-lineup-1118056968/, Venice Days unveils lineup, variety.com, 24 July 2012, 20 April 2018, {| class=“wikitable” style="width:95%; margin-bottom:0px”! English title! Original title! Director(s)! Production country! colspan=“4” | In competition ‘’Blondie (2012 film)’’ > Jesper Ganslandt Sweden Crawl data-sort-value=“Lasgouttes”Hervé Lasgouttes>| FranceEpilogue >Hayuta ve Berl > Amir Manor IsraelIl Gemello|Vincenzo Marra|Italy ‘’The Inheritance (2012 film) >Héritage’’ > Hiam Abbass France, Israel, TurkeyKeep Smiling (2012 film)>Keep Smiling Gaigimet data-sort-value=Chkonia“”Rusudan Chkonia >| France, Georgia, Luxembourg Kinshasa Kids data-sort-value=“Wajnberg”Marc-Henri Wajnberg >| Belgium, France ‘’Pinocchio (2012 film)’’ > Enzo D’Alò rowspan=“2” | France Queen of Montreuil data-sort-value=“Anspach“| Sólveig Anspach Steel (2012 film)>Steel Acciaio data-sort-value=“Mordini”| Italy Stories We Tell data-sort-value=“Polley”Sarah Polley >| Canada ‘’The Weight (film)’’ > Jeon Kyu-hwan South Korea! colspan=“4” |Special EventsTerramatta|Costanza QuatriglioItalyNon mi avete convinto|Filippo VendemmiatiBob Wilson’s Life and Death of Marina Abramović|Giada ColagrandeL’uomo che amava il cinema|Marco Segato6 sull’autobus|Simone Dante Antonelli, Giacomo Bisordi, Rita de Donato, Irene di Lelio, Antonio Ligas, Emiliano Russo! colspan=“4” |Venice NightsLe cose belle|Agostino Ferrente, Giovanni PipernoItalyFrancesco De Gregori. Finestre rotte|Stefano PistoliniThe Golden Temple|Enrico Masi|Italy, United KingdomMy Friend Johnny|Alessandra CardoneItalyNozze d’Agosto|Andrea ParenaIl risveglio del fiume segreto|Alessandro ScillitaniTralala|Masbedo! colspan=“4” |Miu Miu Women’s TalesIt’s Getting Late|Massy Tadjedin|Italy, United StatesMeshes of the Afternoon (1943)|Maya Deren|United StatesMuta|Lucrecia Martel|Italy, Argentina, ParaguayThe Powder Room|Zoe Cassavetes|Italy, United KingdomThe Woman Dress|Giada Colagrande|Italy, United States! colspan=“4” |Special Projects (Cinema Corsaro)Gli intrepidi|Giovanni CioniItalyIolanda tra bimba e corsara|Tonino De BernardiGamesAlessio Di ZioUnited StatesFame in CaliforniaTacomaVers Madrid: The Burning Bright|Sylvain George|Spain, FranceLe tigri di Mompracem (TV Mini-Series 1974)|Ugo GregorettiItaly|Carmela, Saved by the Buccaneers|Carmela, salvata dai filibustieri|Giovanni Maderna, Mauro SantiniMateriali preparatori inediti per il film: “Altrove”|Corso SalaniEgh c’è e non c’è - Carta bianca a Enrico Ghezzi|Enrico Ghezzi! colspan=“4” |Lux Prize|Just the Wind|Csak a szél|Benedek Fliegauf|Hungary|Shun Li and the Poet|Io sono Li|Andrea Segre|ItalyTabuMiguel Gomes (director)>Miguel Gomes|Portugal, Germany, Brazil, France

Official Awards

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 69th edition:WEB,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/awards/, Official Awards of the 69th Venice Film Festival, labiennale.org, dead,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/awards," title="web.archive.org/web/20121014090244www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/awards,">web.archive.org/web/20121014090244www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/awards, 14 October 2012, 9 September 2012, Venezia 69)“>

In Competition (Venezia 69)

• Golden Lion: Pietà by Kim Ki-duk
• Silver Lion for Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson for The Master
• Special Jury Prize: (Paradise: Faith) by Ulrich Seidl
• Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix for The Master
• Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Hadas Yaron for Fill the Void
• Marcello Mastroianni Award: Fabrizio Falco for Dormant Beauty and It Was the Son
• Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: Olivier Assayas for Something in the Air
• Golden Osella for Best Cinematography: Daniele Cipri for It Was the Son

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

• Francesco Rosi

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Horizons (Orizzonti)

• Best Film: Three Sisters by Wang Bing
• Special Jury Prize: Tango libre by Frédéric Fonteyne
• Horizons YouTube Award for Best Short Film: Invitation by Min-Young Yoo
• European Film Awards (short film): Out Of Frame by Yorgos Zois

“Luigi de Laurentis” Award for a Debut Film

• Mold by Ali Aydın

Special Awards

• Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award: Michael Cimino
• Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Spike Lee
• L’Oréal Paris per il Cinema Award: Giulia Bevilacqua

Independent Sections Awards

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

Venice International Film Critics’ Week

• “RaroVideo” Audience Award: Eat Sleep Die by Gabriela Pichler
• Arca CinemaGiovani Award for Best Italian film: The Ideal City by Luigi Lo Cascio

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Venice Days (Giornati degli Autori)

• Label Europa Cinemas Award: Crawl by Hervé Lasgouttes
• Lina Mangiacapre Award: Queen of Montreuil by Sólveig Anspach
• Premio Cinematografico “Civitas Vitae prossima” Award: Terramatta by Costanza Quatriglio

Independent Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:WEB,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/news/08-09c.html, Collateral Awards of the 69th Venice Film Festival, labiennale.org, dead,www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/news/08-09c.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20121014085056www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/news/08-09c.html,">web.archive.org/web/20121014085056www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/news/08-09c.html, 14 October 2012, 21 April 2018,

FIPRESCI Awards

• Best Film (Main competition): The Master by Paul Thomas AndersonWEB,www.fipresci.org/awards/2012, FIPRESCI Awards 2012, fipresci.org, 21 April 2018,
• Best Film (Horizons): The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo

Queer Lion

• The Weight by Jeon Kyu-hwan

SIGNIS Award

• To the Wonder by Terrence Malick
  • Special mention: Fill the Void by Rama Burshtein

Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award

• Best Film: The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo
• Best Documentary: The Human Cargo by Daniele Vicari
• Best Actor: Valerio Mastandrea for Balancing Act
• Pasinetti 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 Mereu
• Best Director: Jazmín López for Lions
• Best 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 Seidl
• Best 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

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.NEWS,www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/venice-controversy-jury-yanks-top-the-master-368892, Venice Film Festival Jury Yanks Top Prize from ‘The Master’ (Exclusive), The Hollywood Reporter, 8 September 2012, Matthew, Belloni, NEWS,www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/08/the-master-venice-film-festival-award_n_1867317.html, ‘The Master’ Venice Film Festival Controversy: P.T. Anderson Film Loses Award On Technicality, The Huffington Post, 8 September 2012, Christopher, Rosen, NEWS,www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-venice-film-awards-20120908,0,36455.story, ‘The Master’ wins big at Venice ... and it could have been bigger, Los Angeles Times, 8 September 2012, Glenn, Whipp, 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. On the other hand, the jury was planned to award the Coppa Volpi for the Best Actress prize to Jo Min-su, who acted Jang Mi-sun in Pietà. However, because of the festival’s new rule, the jury couldn’t award a prize to Jo Min-su.NEWS,entertain.naver.com/ranking/read?oid=047&aid=0002008247, 김기덕 감독 황금사자상 수상 “한국 영화계가 해준 게 없다”, OhmyNews, 9 September 2012, Hahoon, Sung, ko, 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.“NEWS,entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0005805247, “조민수 여우주연상 만장일치..규정상 못줘“(Volpi Cup for Jo was unanimous...couldn’t give a prize because of festival’s rule), Yonhap News Agency , 9 September 2012, Mina, Lim, ko, NEWS,entertain.naver.com/read?oid=404&aid=0000013005, ‘피에타’ 조민수, 베니스 여우주연상 불발 이유 ‘알고 보니…’, News 24, 9 September 2012, Hyunmin, Park, ko,

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• Venice Film Festival 2012 Awards on IMDb

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