54th Venice International Film Festival

The 54th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 27 August to 6 September 1997.^[1][2]

54th Venice International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Awards	Golden Lion: Hana-bi
Festival date	27 August – 6 September 1997
Website	Website
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New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion was the Jury President of the Main Competition. Takeshi Kitano's Hana-bi was the Golden Lion winner.

Juries

The following people comprised the 1997 jury:^[3]

Main Competition

• Jane Campion, New Zealand filmmaker and producer - Jury President
• Ronald Bass, American writer and producer
• Véra Belmont, French producer
• Peter Buchka, German critic
• Nana Jorjadze, Georgian filmmaker and actress
• Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabé filmmaker
• Charlotte Rampling, British actress
• Shinya Tsukamoto, Japanese filmmaker, producer and actor
• Francesco Rosi, Italian director

Short Films Competition

• Marco Bellocchio, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
• Clare Peploe, British producer and screenwriter
• Olivier Assayas, French filmmaker and film critic

Official Sections

In Competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Blinded	A ciegas	Daniel Calparsoro	Spain
Chinese Box		Wayne Wang	United States
Dry Cleaning	Nettoyage à sec	Anne Fontaine	France
Fireworks	Hana-bi	Takeshi Kitano	Japan
Hardboiled Egg	Ovosodo	Paolo Virzì	Italy
The Informant		Jim McBride	United States, Ireland
Keep Cool	有話好好說	Yimou Zhang	China
Love Stories	Historie milosne	Jerzy Stuhr	Poland
Niagara, Niagara		Bob Gosse	United States, Canada
One Night Stand		Mike Figgis	United States
Ossos		Pedro Costa	Portugal, France, Denmark
The Oyster and the Wind	A Ostra e o Vento	Walter Lima Jr.	Brazil
Round the Moons Between Earth and Sea	Giro di lune tra terra e mare	Giuseppe M. Gaudino	Italy, Germany
Seventh Heaven	Le Septième ciel	Benoît Jacquot	France
The Thief	Вор	Pavel Chukhraj	Russia
The Vesuvians	I vesuviani	Pappi Corsicato, Antonio Capuano, Antonietta de Lillo, Stefano Incerti, Mario Martone	Italy
Wild Games	Combat de fauves	Benoit Lamy	Belgium, Germany, France
The Winter Guest		Alan Rickman	United Kingdom

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:^[4]

• The Fifth Season (Fasl-e panjom) by Rafi Pitts (Iran)
• Gummo by Harmony Korine (United States)
• Marie from the Bay of Angels (Marie Baie des Anges) by Manuel Pradal (France)
• Masumiyet (en. Innocence) by Zeki Demirkubuz (Turkey)
• Dance of the Wind (Swara Mandal) by Rajan Khosa (India)
• To Die for Tano (Tano da morire) by Roberta Torre (Italy)
• Unmade Beds by Nicholas Barker (United Kingdom)

Official Awards

Main Competition

• Golden Lion: Hana-bi by Takeshi Kitano
• Grand Special Jury Prize: Ovosodo by Paolo Virzi
• Golden Osella:
  • Best Original Screenplay: Nettoyage à sec for Gilles Taurand
  • Best Cinematography: Ossos for Emmanuel Machuel
  • Best Original Music: Chinese Box for Graeme Revell
• Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Wesley Snipes for One Night Stand
• Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Robin Tunney for Niagara, Niagara

Luigi de Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

• Tano da morire by Roberta Torre

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

• Gérard Depardieu
• Stanley Kubrick
• Alida Valli

Independent Awards

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

• The Thief by Pavel Chukhraj

Prize of the International Youth Jury

• The Thief by Pavel Chukhraj

FIPRESCI Prize

• Love Stories by Jerzy Stuhr
• Twenty Four Seven by Shane Meadows
  • Honorable Mention: Harmony Korine for Gummo

OCIC Award

• The Winter Guest by Alan Rickman
  • Honorable Mention:
    • Jerzy Stuhr by Love Stories
    • Nouri Bouzid by Bent Familia

UNICEF Award

• The Thief by Pavel Chukhraj

UNESCO Award

• La strana storia di Banda Sonora by Francesca Archibugi)

Pasinetti Award

• Best Film: Giro di lune tra terra e mare
• Best Actor: Edoardo Gabbriellini for Ovosodo
• Best Actress: Emma Thompson for The Winter Guest

Pietro Bianco Award

• Bernardo Bertolucci

Isvema Award

• Giro di lune tra terra e mare by Giuseppe M. Gaudino

FEDIC Award

• Tano da morire by Roberta Torre
  • Honorable Mention: Amleto... frammenti by Bruno Bigoni

Little Golden Lion

• Ovosodo by Paolo Virzi

Anicaflash Prize

• Love Stories by Jerzy Stuhr

Elvira Notari Prize

• Bent Familia by Nouri Bouzid

Bastone Bianco Award

• Alors voilà by Michel Piccoli

Sergio Trasatti Award

• Love Stories by Jerzy Stuhr
• In memoriam Gyöngyössy Imre by Barna Kabay

CinemAvvenire Award

• The Winter Guest by Alan Rickman

Enzo Serafin Award

• Ovosodo by Italo Petriccione

Kodak Award

• Tano da morire by Roberta Torre

References

1. "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – 1997". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
2. "The 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
3. "Juries for the 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
4. . sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Venice Film Festival 1997 Awards on IMDb