Jornal da Mostra
Nº 353 > 28ª Mostra > 26/08/2005
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Venice 2005 - Check for complete programming
The 62nd Venice Film Festival will be held August 31 through September 10, with a selection for 2005 that includes 56 films from 20 countries. The focus is on European cinema with Italian, French, Portuguese, and UK productions, among those selected. Asia is also well represented with features that are to open and close the event. Seven Swords, by Chinese film maker Tsui Hark, opens the festival and Perhaps Love by Hong Kong film maker Peter Ho-sun Chan will bring the festival to a close. Films from Japan and Korea are also included.Latin American films are few. Brazilian Fernando Meirelles (City of God) is one of the few names to participate in this competitive festival that includes 19 titles. Meirelles is competing with The Constant Gardener, a co-production between the UK, Germany, and Kenya, filmed in Africa, with Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. Outstanding among the films in competition are Brokeback Mountain, by Ang Lee; Magic Mirror, by Portuguese Manoel de Oliveira, and Mary, by Abel Ferrara with Juliette Binoche in the leading role.In addition, two renowned actors are presenting films as directors: George Clooney, with Goodnight and Good Luck, and John Turturro, with Romance and Cigarettes.
Italy is represented by productions by acknowledged directors such as Pupi Avati and Cristina Comencini that are competing for the Golden Lion with La Seconda di Nozze and La Bestia nel Cuore, respectively. Singer Franco Battiato is presenting his second film, Musikanten. In 2003, he directed Perduto Amor.
There are two films from Spain, that will be shown outside the official competition: Fragile, by director Jaume Balagueró and Isabel Coixet's latest film, La Vida Secreta de las Palabras that are to open the Horizons alternative session. In this same segment are included a documentary by Argentine film maker Fernando E. Solanas, La Dignidad de los Nadies Armados and a Brazilian film, Arido Movie, by Lírio Ferreira. Also out of competition, the film All the Invisible Children, a feature made by seven directors, amongst which, Emir Kusturica, Spike Lee, Ridley Scott, John Woo, and Brazilian Kátia Lund.
The 62nd Venice Festival will also show a restored copy of Casanova by Federico Fellini: the film underwent a process of restoration of two years. The classic from 1976 will be shown following a new version by Lasse Hallstrom.
The Jury
The Festival jury, presided by Dante Ferreti, Italian scenographer, includes Israeli director Amos Gitai, Chinese writer Acheng, French director Claire Denis, German director Edgar Reitz, Icelandic actress and musician Emiliana Torrini and U.S. producer Christine Vachon.
Gitai was the last to be confirmed. Special tribute was paid to the Israeli director in 2004 at the 28th Mostra with a retrospective of his films and launching of a book, Amos Gitai, a dense analysis of his work by Sege Toubiana with Baptiste Piégay. Gitai was the author of the poster for the 28th Mostra and was present at the world premiere of Welcome to São Paulo, a film produced by Mostra, which he contributed to, with Modernity.
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Check the complete list of the films selected:
Competition
-The Constant Gardener, Fernando Meirelles (UK, Germany, Quenia)
-La Seconda Notte Di Nozze, Pupi Avati (Italy)
-O Fatalista, João Botelho (Portugal, France)
-Vers Le Sud, Laurent Cantet (France, Canada)
-Gabrielle, Patrice Chéreau (France, Italy)
-Goodnight and Good Luck, George Clooney (USA)
-La Bestia Nel Cuore, Cristina Comencini (Italy)
-I Giorni Dell"abbandono, Roberto Faenza (Italy)
-Mary, Abel Ferrara (Italy, USA)
-Les Amants Réguliers, Philippe Garrel (France, Italy)
-Garpastum, Aleksey German Jr. (Russia)
-The Brothers Grimm, Terry Gilliam (UK)
-Changhen Ge, Stanley Kwan (China, Hong Kong)
-Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee (Canada)
-Proof, John Madden (UK, USA)
-Espelho Mágico, Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal)
-Sympathy For Lady Vengeance, Park Chan-wook (South Korea)
-Romance and Cigarettes, John Turturro (USA)
-Persona Non Grata, Krzysztof Zanussi (Russia, Italy)
Out of competition
-Fragile, Jaume Balaguerò (Spain)
-Backstage, Emmanuelle Bercot (France)
-Ru guo ai (Perhaps Love), Peter Ho-sun Chan (China/Hong Kong)
-All the Invisible Children, Mehdi Charef, Emir Kusturica, Spike Lee, Kátia Lund, Jordan Scott, Ridley Scott, Stefano Veneruso, John Woo (Italy)
-Elizabethtown, Cameron Crowe (USA)
-The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Scott Derrickson (USA)
-Edmond, Stuart Gordon (USA)
-Casanova, Lasse Hallström (USA)
-Cinderella Man, Ron Howard (USA)
-The Fine Art of Love - Mine Ha-Ha, John Irvin (Italy/Czech Republic)
-Corpse Bride, Mike Johnson, Tim Burton (UK)
-Initial D Andrew Lau, Alan Mak (Hong Kong)
-The Descent, Neil Marshall (UK)
-Yokai Daisenso, Mike Takashi (Japan)
-Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Nomura Tetsuya (Japan)
-Le parfum de la dame en noir, Bruno Podalydès (France)
-Four Brothers, John Singleton (USA)
-Bubble, Steven Soderbergh (USA)
-Seven Swords, Tsui Hark (China/Hong Kong)
Horizons
-Drawing Restraint 9, Matthew Barney (USA)
-Musikanten, Franco Battiato (Italy)
-Pervye na lune, Aleksey Fedortchenko (Russia)
-Arido Movie, Lirio Ferreira (Brazil)
-Workingman's Death, Michael Glawogger (Austria/Germany)
-Die Grosse Stille, Philip Gröning (Germany, Switzerland)
-The Wild Blue Yonder, Werner Herzog (Germany/UK/France)
-Vokaldy paralelder, Rustam Khamdamov (Kazakhistan)
-Yolda, Erden Kiral (Turkey/Bulgaria)
-East of Paradise, Lech Kowalski (France)
-Hongyan (Au fil de l’eau), Li Yu (China/France)
-Carmen, Jean-Pierre Limosin (France)
-Veruschka – (m)ein inszenierter Körper, Paul Morrissey, Bernd Böhm (Alemanha)
-Wu qiong dong, Ning Ying (China)
-Texas, Fausto Paravidino (Italy)
-Everything Is Illuminated, Liev Schereiber (USA)
-La dignidad de los nadies, Fernando E.Solanas (Argentina)
-La vida secreta de las palabras, Isabel Coixet (Spain) – Out of competition
Special Event
-Kill Gil (Vol. I), Gil Rossellini (Italy)
Translation into English: Clare Elizabeth Charity (clarecharity@uol.com.br)
