61st Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmThe Terminal by Steven Spielberg
Closing filmSteamboy by Katsuhiro Otomo
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: Vera Drake
Festival date1–11 September 2004
WebsiteWebsite

The 61st annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 1 and 11 September 2004. The festival opened with Steven Spielberg's The Terminal,[1] and closed with Katsuhiro Otomo's Steamboy.[2] The Golden Lion was awarded to Vera Drake, directed by Mike Leigh.[3][4]

On this edition, a new independent section, Venice Days (Giornate degli autori), was created "for free cinema, new talents and new stories". This section is organized by the ANAC (National Association of Cinematographic Authors) and the API (Independent Authors & Producers).[5]

Also in this edition, The Secret History of Italian Cinema was launched, a new official retrospective section, with the aim of restoring and systematically rediscovering sides of the Italian cinema that have been "forgotten, invisible, unknown or misunderstood". The retrospective was planned for the following four editions (61st to 64th editions), later was extended with the These Phantoms: Italian Cinema Rediscovered (65th edition), and the Italian Comedy Retrospective (66th edition). The Fondazione Prada was the main sponsor/partner of this section.[6]

Juries

The following people comprised the 2004 juries:[7][8]

Main Competition (Venezia 61)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Venezia Cinema Digitale

  • Mike Figgis, British filmmaker and composer - Jury President
  • Shozo Ichiyama, Japanese
  • Claire Simon, Moroccan-French

Official Sections

In Competition

The main competitive section of the official selection is an international competition of feature films running for the Golden Lion.[9]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
3-Iron빈집Kim Ki-dukSouth Korea, Japan
5x2 Cinq fois deuxFrançois OzonFrance
Another LifeOvunque seiMichele PlacidoItaly
BirthJonathan GlazerUnited States
Café Lumière珈琲時光Hou Hsiao-hsienJapan, Taiwan
DeliveryNikos PanayotopoulosGreece
Howl's Moving Castleハウルの動く城Hayao MiyazakiJapan
The IntruderL'intrusClaire DenisFrance
The Keys to the HouseLe chiavi di casaGianni AmelioItaly, France, Germany
Kings and QueenRois et reineArnaud DesplechinFrance
Land of PlentyWim WendersUnited States
Low Life하류인생Im Kwon-taekSouth Korea
One Long Winter Without FireTout un hiver sans feuGreg ZglinskiSwitzerland
PalindromesTodd SolondzUnited States
Promised Land הארץ המובטחתAmos GitaiIsrael, France
Remote AccessУдалённый доступSvetlana ProskurinaRussia
The Sea InsideMar adentroAlejandro AmenábarSpain, France, Italy
Stray DogsSag-haye velgardMarzieh MeshkiniIran, France, Afghanistan
Vanity FairMira NairUnited Kingdom, United States
Vera DrakeMike LeighUnited Kingdom
Working Slowly (Radio Alice)Lavorare con lentezzaGuido ChiesaItaly
The World世界Jia ZhangkeChina
Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.
† indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.[10]

Out of Competition

The following films of the official selection were screened as "out of competition":[11]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The BridesmaidLa demoiselle d'honneurClaude ChabrolFrance, Italy, Germany
CollateralMichael MannUnited States
ErosMichelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh, Wong Kar-waiFrance, Hong Kong, Italy, United States
The Fifth EmpireO quinto imperioManoel de OliveiraPortugal, France
Finding NeverlandMarc ForsterUnited States
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and CiccioCome inguaiammo il cinema italianoDaniele Ciprì, Franco MarescoItaly
An Italian RomanceL'amore ritrovatoCarlo Mazzacurati
The Manchurian CandidateJonathan DemmeUnited States
The Merchant of VeniceMichael RadfordUnited Kingdom, Italy
The Remains of NothingIl resto di nienteAntonietta De LilloItaly
She Hate MeSpike LeeUnited States
Steamboy (closing film)スチームボーイKatsuhiro OtomoJapan
The Terminal (opening film)Steven SpielbergUnited States
Throw Down柔道龍虎榜Johnnie ToHong Kong
The TunerНастройщикKira MuratovaRussia, Ukraine
Special Event
Shark Tale Victoria Jenson, Bibo Bergeron United States

Horizons (Orizzonti)

A section aiming to provide a picture of the new trends in cinema.[12]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
The 3 Rooms of MelancholiaMelancholian 3 huonettaPirjo HonkasaloFinland, Sweden, Denmark
Agnes and His BrothersAgnes und seine BrüderOskar RoehlerGermany
Ambasadori, cautam patrie Mircea Daneliuc Romania
CriminalGregory JacobsUnited States
Gilles' WifeLa femme de GillesFrédéric FonteyneBelgium, France, Luxembourg
The Grand SonsLes petits filsIlan Duran CohenFrance
I Can See It in Your EyesTe lo leggo negli occhiValia SantellaItaly
IzoTakashi MiikeJapan
A Less Bad WorldUn mundo menos peorAlejandro AgrestiArgentina
A Love Song for Bobby LongShainee GabelUnited States
Mysterious SkinGregg ArakiUnited States, Netherlands
Rolling FamilyFamilia rodantePablo TraperoArgentina, Spain
SaimirFrancesco MunziItaly
The Sleeping ChildL'enfant endormiYasmine KassariMorocco, Belgium
StrykerNoam GonickCanada
They Came BackLes revenantsRobin CampilloFrance
Vento di terra Vincenzo Marra Italy
Vital ヴィタールShinya TsukamotoJapan
YesterdayDarrell RoodtSouth Africa
Zulu Love LetterLettre d'amour zoulouRamadan SulemanSouth Africa, France, Germany
Special Events
L’ami y’a bon Rachid Bouchareb France, Algeria, Germany
Come Back, Africa (1959) Lionel Rogosin United States
The Hamburg Cell Antonia Bird United Kingdom
Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginning (6 episodes) Heimat 3 - Chronik einer Zeitenwende Edgar Reitz Germany
Música cubana German Kral
Tell Them Who You Are Mark S. Wexler United States
Tide Table William Kentridge South Africa
Highlighted title indicates the Horizons Awards for Best Film.
† indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.[10]

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

The following films, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo):[13]

Title Director(s Production country
In competition
A occhi apertiLorenza IndovinaItaly
Agna niataEktoras LyghizosGreece
AïshaNewton I. AduakaNigeria, Senegal
The ArsonistMyles SorensenUnited States
The Carpenter and his Clumsy WifePeter FoottIreland
ChamacoTim ParsaMexico
CloseTom HopkinsIreland
La culpa del alpinistaDaniel Sánchez ArévaloSpain
DimAnn-Kristin WeckerGermany
Il dio della pioggiaAngelo Amoroso D'AragonaItaly
GoodbyeSteve HudsonGermany
HatárontúlÁrpád SchillingHungary
Last NightSean MewshawUnited States
MoustacheVicki SugarsAustralia
PassatempoFrancesco LagiItaly
A piscinaIana Joao VianaPortugal
Rain Is FallingHolger ErnstGermany, Morocco
ResurrectionMitchell LichtensteinUnited States
ShengriBertrand LeeSingapore
Signe d'appartenanceKamel CherifBelgium, Tunisia
Silent CompanionElham HosseinzadeIran
Sous le bleuDavid OelhoffenFrance
Srce je kos Mesa (aka The Heart Is a Piece of Meat)Jan CvitkovicSlovenia
StreetsJon HoweUnited Kingdom
TrofastTrond Fausa AurvaagNorway
White on BlueRamunas GreiciusLithuania
Out of Competition
Coleridge's Couch Angeles Woo United States
Special Events 1 - Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia: Scuola Nazionale di Cinema
Il potere sottile Diego Ronsisvalle Italy
Special Events - Ipotesi Cinema: Bologna
Postazioni della memoria Ermanno Olmi and the students of Ipotesi Cinema Italy
Special Events 2 - Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia: Scuola Nazionale di Cinema
I gabbiani - studio su "Il gabbiano" di Anton Cecov Francesca Archibugi Italy
Postazioni della memoria Ermanno Olmi and the students of Ipotesi Cinema
Special Events 3 - Corto d'autore: Italia
Too Short for Sky Pappi Corsicato Italy
Body & Soul Theo Eshetu
Corpo/Immagine Marco Puccioni
Highlighted title indicates Lion for Best Short Film winner.

Venetian Nights

The following films were screened for the Venetian Nights section (Venezia Mezzanotte):[14]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Art of LosingPerder es cuestión de métodoSergio CabreraColombia, Spain
Enduring LoveRoger MichellUnited Kingdom
Eyes of CrystalOcchi di cristalloEros PuglielliItaly
A Home at the End of the WorldMichael MayerUnited States
Howrah Bridge / The Youth of the LandYuvaMani RatnamIndia
Man on FireTony ScottUnited States
Puteri Gunung LedangSaw Teong HinMalaysia
Three... Extremes三更2 / 쓰리, 몬스터 / 美しい夜、残酷な朝Park Chan-Wook, Miike Takashi, Fruit ChanHong Kong, South Korea, Japan
To Sleep Next To HerVolevo solo dormirle addossoEugenio CappuccioItaly
Titanus's one hundredth year
The Demon Il demonio (1963) Brunello Rondi Italy
† indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.[10]

Venice Digital Cinema

A section intended to provide an overview of the new expressive possibilities granted by digital technologies.[15]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
20 Fingers20 angoshtMania AkbariIran, United Kingdom
ImpermanenceGoutam GhoseIndia
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the FinishPeter GreenawayUnited Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Cuoco contadino Luca Guadagnino Italy
HomecomingJon JostUnited States
Letters to AliClara LawAustralia
La vita è breve ma la giornata è lunghissima Lucio Pellegrini, Gianni Zanasi Italy
Pin BoyParapalosAna PoliakArgentina
Un silenzio particolare Stefano Rulli Italy
Marebito 稀人Takashi ShimizuJapan
Special Events
L'ora della lucertola Mimmo Calopresti Italy
Bellissime Giovanna Gagliardo
Killer Shrimps Piero Golia Switzerland
The Take Avi Lewis Canada
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children ファイナルファンタジーVII アドベントチルドレン, Tetsuya Nomura Japan
Embedded Tim Robbins United States
Colpi di Luce Matteo Spinola, Stefano della Casa, Francesca Calvelli Italy
Digital Africa
Yizo Yizo Angus Gibson, Andrew Dosunmu, Teboho Mahlatsi South Africa
† indicates films that competed for the Lion of the Future.[10]

Retrospective - The Secret History of Italian Cinema 1

A new retrospective section on Italian Cinema aiming to restore and systematically rediscover sides of the Italian cinema That Have Been "Forgotten, Invisible, Unknown Or Misunderstood". This first edition of the retrospective is titled Italian Kings of the B's.[16]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Italian Kings of the B's
100 Horsemen (1961)I cento cavalieriVittorio CottafaviItaly, Spain, West Germany
The Beyond (1981)...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilàLucio FulciItaly
The Big Gundown (1966)La resa dei contiSergio SollimaItaly, Spain
Blindman (1972)Il pistolero ciecoFerdinando BaldiItaly, United States
The Boss (1973)Il BossFernando Di LeoItaly
A Bullet for the General (1967)Quien sabe?Damiano Damiani
Caliber 9 (1972)Milano calibro 9Fernando Di Leo
Cannibal Holocaust (1979)Ruggero Deodato
Castle of Blood (1964)Danza macabraAntonio MargheritiItaly, France
Coup D'État (1969)Colpo di statoLuciano SalceItaly
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)Non si sevizia un paperinoLucio Fulci
The Dynamite Brothers (1949)I fratelli DinamiteNino and Toni Pagot
The God Snake (1970)Il dio serpentePiero VivarelliItaly, Venezuela
Goliath and the Dragon (1960)La vendetta di ErcoleVittorio CottafaviItaly, France
Col cuore in gola (1967)Tinto Brass
The Inglorious Bastards (1977)Quel maledetto treno blindatoEnzo G. CastellariItaly
The Italian Connection (1972)La mala ordinaFernando Di LeoItaly, West Germany
Mister Scarface (1976)I padroni della citta
Naked Violence (1969)I ragazzi del massacroItaly
Orgasm (1969)OrgasmoUmberto LenziItaly, France
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1970)Lo strano vizio della Signora WardhSergio MartinoItaly, Spain, Austria
The Syndicate: A Death in the Family (1969)Colpo roventePiero ZuffiItaly
Tragic Ceremony (1972)Estratto dagli archivi segreti della polizia di una capitale europeaRiccardo FredaItaly, Spain
The Trojan Horse (1961)La guerra di TroiaGiorgio FerroniItaly, France, Yugoslavia
W la foca (1982) Nando Cicero Italy
Underground Italia - Shards of utopia
La verifica incerta (1964) Gianfranco Baruchello, Alberto Grifi Italy
Transfert per kamera verso Virulentia (1975) Alberto Grifi
The Blind Fly (1966) A mosca cieca Romano Scavolini
Portrait of Gianfranco Barucchello Ritratto di Gianfranco Barucchello Paolo Brunatto
Portrait of Alberto Grifi Ritratto di Alberto Grifi
Portrait of Romano Scovolini Ritratto di Romano Scovolini

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[17]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
From Land of SilenceSakenine Sarzamine SokootSaman SalurIran
The Great JourneyLe Grand VoyageIsmaël FerroukhiFrance
Les liens Aymeric Mesa-Juan France
One or the OtherUna de dosAlejo Hernán TaubeArgentina
Otakus in Love恋の門Suzuki MatsuoJapan
To Take a WifeVe Lakachta Lecha IshaRonit Elkabetz, Shlomi ElkabetzIsrael, France
UninhibitedKuang FangLeste ChenTaiwan
Out of Competition
P.S. (opening film) Dylan Kidd United States
Butterfly Hu die Yan Yan Mak China
The Love (Part One) El Amor (Primera Parte) Alejandro Fadel, Martin Mauregui, Santiago Mitre, Juan Schnitman Argentina

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 1st edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:[18]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
4Ilya KhrzhanovskyRussia, Netherlands
Caro VittorioMarco RisiItaly
Changing DestinyNemmeno il destinoDaniele Gaglianone
Darwin's NightmareHubert SauperAustria, Belgium, France, Germany
Dead Man's ShoesShane MeadowsUnited Kingdom
Il giorno del falco Rodolfo Bisatti Italy
L'imperatore di Roma Nico D'Alessandria
In Kurdistan e' difficile Giuliana Gamba
MorasseixDamien OdoulFrance
Murmuring CoastA costa dos murmúriosMargarida CardosoPortugal
Now and ThenL'oeil de l'autreJohn LvoffFrance
StringsAnders Rønnow KlarlundDenmark, Sweden, Norway, United Kingdom
SuburbsPredmestjeVinko MöderndorferSlovenia
Sweet JamConfituurLieven DebrauwerBelgium, Switzerland
Tartarughe sul dorso Stefano Pasetto Italy

Official Awards

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 61st edition:[19]

In Competition (Venezia 61)

Golden Lion for lifetime achievement

Horizons (Orizzonti)

  • Best Film: Les petits fils by Ilan Duran Cohen

Digital Cinema Award

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

  • Citroen Short Super-Short Lion for Best Short Film: Signe d'appartenence by Kamel Cherif
    • Special mention: The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife by Peter Foot
  • UIP Prize for Best European Short Film: Goodbye by Steve Hudson

"Luigi de Laurentis" Award For A Debut Film (Lion of the Future)

Independents Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[20]

Venice International Film Critics' Week

FIPRESCI Prize

SIGNS Award

C.I.C.A.E. Award

UNICEF Award

UNESCO Award

Pasinetti Award

Isvema Award

FEDIC Award

Little Golden Lion

Venice Days - Label Europa Cinemas

Young Cinema Award

"Lino Miccichè" First Feature Award

Open Prize

Lina Mangiacapre Award

Future Film Festival Digital Award

Laterna Magica Prize

Sergio Trasatti Award

CinemAvvenire Award

Award of the City of Rome

International Peace Award

Human Rights Film Network Award

EIUC Award

Special Director's Award

Special Pasinetti Award

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