The 58th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 29 August to 8 September 2001.
The opening night film was Dust by Milcho Manchevski. Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti was the Jury President of the main competition. Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding was the Golden Lion winner.
Jury The following people comprised the 2001 jury:
Main Competition Nanni Moretti, Italian director and actor - Jury President Jeanne Balibar, French actress and singer Amitav Ghosh, Indian author Taylor Hackford, American director Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress Jerzy Skolimowski, Polish director and actor Vibeke Windeløv, Danish producer
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Feature Francesco Casetti, Italian film theorist Cédric Kahn, French director Jafar Panahi, Iranian director Jean-Loup Passek, French film critic Ruth Vitale, American producer
Cinema of the Present (Cinema del presente) Michel Ciment, French film critic Piera Detassis, Italian film critic Shigehiko Hasumi, Japanese film critic Emanuel Levy, American film critic Gavin Smith, American film studio executive
Short Films Competition Francesca Comencini, Italian director Jacques Kermabon, French film critic Mario Micaelo, Portuguese founder of the Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival
Official Section The following films were selected to be screened:
In Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Address Unknown 수취인불명 Ki-duk Kim South Korea The Afternoon of a Torturer După-amiaza unui torționar Lucian Pintilie Romania Behind the Sun Abril Despedaçado Walter Salles Brazil, France, Switzerland Bully Larry Clark United States Dog Days Hundstage Ulrich Seidl Austria Eden Amos Gitai Italy, Israel, France Hollywood Hong Kong 香港有個荷里活 Fruit Chan Hong Kong How Harry Became a Tree Goran Paskaljević Italy, France, United Kingdom, Ireland Light of My Eyes Luce dei miei occhi Giuseppe Piccioni Italy Far Loin André Téchiné France Monsoon Wedding Mira Nair India, United States, Italy, Germany, France, United Kingdom The Navigators Ken Loach United Kingdom, Germany, Spain The Others Los otros Alejandro Amenábar Spain, United States Red Moon Luna rossa Antonio Capuano Italy Secret Ballot رأی مخفی Babak Payami Iran, Italy, Canada, Switzerland Triumph of Love Clare Peploe Italy, United Kingdom, Germany Waking Life Richard Linklater United States Who Are You? Quem És Tu? João Botelho Portugal Wild Innocence Sauvage innocence Philippe Garrel France Y tu mamá también Alfonso Cuarón Mexico
Out of Competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production countryAtraksion Raoul Servais BelgiumThat Love (closing film) Cet amour-là Josée Dayan FranceDust (opening film) Milcho Manchevski Macedonia, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany The Lady and the Duke L’Anglaise et le Duc Eric Rohmer FrancePistol Opera ピストルオペラ Seijun Suzuki Japan Porto of My Childhood Porto da Minha Infancia Manoel de Oliveira Portugal, France Silence, We're Rolling Silence... on tourne Youssef Chahine France, EgyptTuesday Geoff Dunbar United Kingdom
Cinema of the Present (Cinema del presente)
English title Original title Director(s) Production countryL'amore imperfetto Giovanni Maderna Italy, Spain Deep Breath Le souffle Damien Odoul France Loco Fever La Fiebre del Loco Andrés Wood ChileFifi Martingale Jacques Rozier France Flower Island 꽃섬 Song Il-gon South Korea Harmful Insect 害虫 Akihiko Shiota Japan A Hell of a Day Reines d'un jour Marion Vernoux FranceInvincible Werner Herzog Germany, United KingdomLarger Than Life Tuhog Jeffrey Jeturian PhilippinesMe Without You Sandra Goldbacher United KingdomOne Man Up L'uomo in più Paolo Sorrentino Italy Probably Love L'amore probabilmente Giuseppe Bertolucci Italy Quitting 昨天 Zhang Yang ChinaSaturday Sábado Juan Villegas Argentina Sisters Сёстры Sergei Bodrov Jr. RussiaSons and Daughters Figli/Hijos Marco Bechis Argentina, ItalyThirteen Conversations About One Thing Jill Sprecher United StatesTime Out L'Emploi du temps Laurent Cantet Japan Tirana Year Zero Tirana, année zéro Fatmir Koçi Albania, France, BelgiumWater and Salt Água e Sal Teresa Villaverde Portugal, Italy
Independent Sections Venice International Film Critics' Week The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country An Adolescent Shōjo Eiji Okuda Japan Brother Gege Yan Yan Mak Hong Kong A Moment of Happiness Un moment de bonheur Antoine Santana France Rain Katherine Lindberg United States Rasganço Raquel Freire Portugal, France Sailing Home Tornando a casa Vincenzo Marra Italy Smokers Only Vagón fumador Verónica Chen Argentina
Official Awards
Main Competition Golden Lion: Monsoon Wedding by Mira Nair Grand Special Jury Prize: Dog Days by Ulrich Seidl Silver Lion: Secret Ballot by Babak Payami Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Luigi Lo Cascio for Light of My Eyes Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Sandra Ceccarelli for Light of My Eyes Marcello Mastroianni Award: Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna for Y tu mamá también
Luigi De Laurentis Award for Debut Feature Bread and Milk for Jan Cvitkovic and Danijel Hocevar
Independent Awards
Cinema of the Present - Lion of the Year Seafood by Zhu Wen Special Jury Award: Deep Breath by Damien Odoul
FIPRESCI Prize Competition: Wild Innocence by Philippe Garrel Parallel Sections: Deep Breath by Damien Odoul
OCIC Award Secret Ballot by Babak Payami
Netpac Award Secret Ballot by Babak Payami Quitting by Yang Zhang
Don Quixote Award L'emploi du temps by Laurent Cantet
UNICEF Award Secret Ballot by Babak Payami
UNESCO Award Porto of My Childhood by Manoel de Oliveira
Pasinetti Award Best Film: Secret Ballot by Babak Payami Best Actor: Luigi Lo Cascio for Light of My Eyes Best Actress: Sandra Ceccarelli for Light of My Eyes
Italian Cinema Clubs Awards Sailing Home for Vincenzo Marra
Pietro Bianchi Award Alberto Sordi
Isvema Award Sailing Home by Vincenzo Marra
FEDIC Award Sailing Home by Vincenzo Marra
Wella Prize Red Moon by Licia Maglietta
Elvira Notari Prize Fish and Elephant by Yu Li
Cult Network Italia Prize Sailing Home by Vincenzo Marra
FilmCritica "Bastone Bianco" Award Dias de Nietzsche em Turim by Júlio Bressane
Future Film Festival Digital Award A.I. Artificial Intelligence by Steven Spielberg
Laterna Magica Prize Monsoon Wedding by Mira Nair
Sergio Trasatti Award Light of My Eyes by Giuseppe Piccioni
CinemAvvenire Award Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature: Sailing Home by Vincenzo Marra Best Film: Waking Life by Richard Linklater Best First Film: Flower Island by Il-gon Song
Children and Cinema Award The Navigators by Ken Loach
Rota Soundtrack Award George Fenton for The Navigators
Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award Who Are You? by João Botelho Special Director's Award: Babak Payami Best Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón for Y tu mamá también
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 2001 Awards on IMDb