Sections, Juries and Official Awards of the 63rd Venice Film Festival

Venezia 63

An international competition of feature films in 35mm and digital format HD (2K or 4K),  presented as world premieres or at least not yet given public screenings outside their country of origin or in Italy.

The International Jury’s members are:

• Catherine Deneuve (France, actress, president)
• Juan Josè Bigas Luna (Spain, director)
• Paulo Branco (Portugal, producer)
• Cameron Crowe (USA, director and producer )
• Chulpan Khamatova (Russia, actress)
• Park Chan-wook (South Corea, director)
• Michele Placido (Italy, actor and director)

The Jury  will assign the following prizes for the feature films, no joint winners permitted:

• Golden Lion for best film
• Silver Lion for best director
• Special Jury Prize
• Coppa Volpi for Best Actor
• Coppa Volpi for Best Actress
• Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress
• Osella for Best Tchnical Contribution
• Osella for Best Screenplay

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 63rd Venice Film Festival  is assigned to the American director David Lynch. The award will be presented to the director on September 6th on the occasion of the screening of his new masterpiece INLAND EMPIRE.

Out of Competition

Some of the most important works of the year in 35mm and digital format HD (2K or 4K), and in particular those by directors already established in past editions of the Festival, will be presented in the non-competing section. Around midnight, a further series of out of competition films will be screened that are appropriate to the time of night.. Feature films will be admitted if presented as world premieres or at least not yet given public screenings outside their country of origin or in Italy.

Horizons

A section aiming to provide a picture of the new trends in cinema. Feature films in 35mm and digital format HD (2K or 4K) will be presented as world premieres or at least not yet given public screenings outside their country of origin or in Italy.

This section will also include documentary feature films.

The International Jury’s members are:

• Philip Gröning (Germany, director, president)
• Carlo Carlei (Italy, director)
• Giuseppe Genna (Italy, writer)
• Keiko Kusakabe (Japan, producer and distributor)
• Yousri Nasrallah (Egypt, director)

The Jury  will assign the following prizes for the feature films, no joint winners permitted:

• Horizons Prize
• Horizons Doc Prize

Corto Cortissimo

An international competition of short films in 35mm, screened as a world premiere or at least never publicly screened outside their country of origin or in Italy. The International Jury will be composed of three members. The Jury  will assign the following prizes for the feature films, no joint winners permitted:

• Corto Cortissimo Lion for the Best Short Film
• UIP Prize for the Best European Short Film
• a Special Mention.

 “Luigi De Laurentiis” Prize for a First Film

All the debut full-length films presented in the various sections of the Venice Film Festival will be eligible for the Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis”Venice Award for a First Film. The International Jury’s members are:

• Paula Wagner (USA, producer, president)
• Moshen Makhmalbaf (Iran, director)
• Guillermo Del Toro (Mexico, director)
• Stefania Rocca (Italy, actress)
• Andrei Plakhov (Russia, critic)

The Jury will award a prize of Euros 100,000, donated by Filmauro, to be divided equally between director and producer (no joint winners permitted). The director will also receive a voucher of Euros 40,000 to spend in film offered by Kodak.

The collateral sections of the 63rd Venice Film Festival are:

International Critics’ Week (SIC)

A series of seven or eight films – first works – independently selected by a commission nominated by the National Syndicate of Italian Film Critics (SNCCI) in accordance with its own regulations.

Giornate degli Autori (Directors’ Selection) – Venice Days

A series of 10-12 films independently selected by a commission nominated by the Italian Association of Film-makers (ANAC – Associazione Nazionale Autori Cinematografici) and by the Association of Independent Directors and Producers (API – Associazione Autori e Produttori Indipendenti) in accordance with their own regulations.