Location | Venice, Italy |
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Founded | 1932 |
Awards | Golden Lion: The Way We Laughed |
Festival date | 3 – 13 September 1998 |
Website | Website |
The 55th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 3 and 13 September 1998.
Italian filmmaker Ettore Scola was the Jury President of the Main Competition.
The Golden Lion was awarded to The Way We Laughed by Gianni Amelio.[1][2]
Juries
Main Competition
The following people comprised the 1998 jury:[3]
- Ettore Scola, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
- Héctor Babenco, Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker
- Sarunas Bartas, Lithuanian filmmaker
- Kathryn Bigelow, American filmmaker and producer
- Reinhard Hauff, German director
- Danièle Heymann, French film critic and journalist
- Ismail Merchant, Indian director and producer
- Luis Sepúlveda, Chilean writer
- Tilda Swinton, British actress
Short Films Competition
- Georges Benayoun, Moroccan - Jury President
- Chiara Caselli, Italian actress
- Abel Ferrara, American filmmaker and actor
Official Sections
In Competition
Independent Sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]
- Beat by Amon Miyamoto (Japan)
- Ghodoua Nahrek (fr. Demain, je brûle..., en. Tomorrow I Burn) by Mohamed Ben Smàil (Tunisia)[5]
- La mère Christain (en. Mother Christian) by Myriam Boyer (France)
- The Scent of the Night (L'odore della notte) by Claudio Caligari (Italy)
- Orphans by Peter Mullan (United Kingdom)
- The Opposite of Sex by Don Roos (United States)
- The Iron Heel of Oligarchy (Zheleznaya pyata oligarkhii) by Aleksandr Bashirov (Russia)
Official Awards
Main Competition
- Golden Lion: The Way We Laughed by Gianni Amelio
- Grand Special Jury Prize: Next Stop Paradise by Lucian Pintilie
- Silver Lion: Black Cat, White Cat by Emir Kusturica
- Golden Osella:
- Best Screenplay: Eric Rohmer for Autumn Tale
- Best Cinematography: Luca Bigazzi for The Way We Laughed
- Best Score: Gerardo Gandini for La Nube
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Sean Penn for Hurlyburly
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Catherine Deneuve for Place Vendôme
- Marcello Mastroianni Award: Niccolò Senni for Shooting the Moon
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Independent Awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal
FIPRESCI Prize
- Best First Feature: Train of Life by Radu Mihăileanu
- Best Feature: Cabaret Balkan by Goran Paskaljević
OCIC Award
UNICEF Award
UNESCO Award
- Colonel Bunker by Kujtim Çashku
- Special Mention: La Nube by Fernando Solanas
Pasinetti Award
- Best Actor: The Garden of Eden by Kim Rossi Stuart
- Best Actress: Del perduto amore by Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Pietro Bianchi Award
Isvema Award
FEDIC Award
- Del perduto amore by Michele Placido
- Special Mention: Ospiti by Matteo Garrone
- Special Mention: Sto lavorando? by Daniele Segre
Little Golden Lion
Anicaflash Prize
Elvira Notari Prize
- Trap, Trap, Little Trap by Věra Chytilová
- Special Mention: New Rose Hotel (Abel Ferrara)
Cult Network Italia Prize
FilmCritica "Bastone Bianco" Award
Laterna Magica Prize
Sergio Trasatti Award
- The Garden of Eden by Alessandro D'Alatri
- Special Mention: Autumn Tale by Éric Rohmer
- Special Mention: Così ridevano by Gianni Amelio
- Special Mention: The Silence by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
CinemAvvenire Award
- Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature: The Silence by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Best Film: La Nube by Fernando Solanas
- Best First Film: Vivre au paradis by Bourlem Guerdjou
Kodak Award
- Orphans by Peter Mullan
- IN-COMPETITION: Ospiti by Matteo Garrone
Prix Pierrot
Max Factor Award
References
- ↑ "VENICE – 1998 – SPEARS OF LIGHT". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ↑ "The 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ↑ "Juries for the 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "13th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ Ben Smaïl on IMDb
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