64th Venice International Film Festival
The 64th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, from 29 August to 8 September 2007. The opening film of the festival was Joe Wright's Atonement and the closing film was Alexi Tan's Blood Brothers. Italian actress Ambra Angiolini was the Host of the Festival. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement was presented to American director Tim Burton. Once again all the films running the contest were shown for the first time as world premieres in keeping with the festival tradition since the Second World War. Juries The international juries of the 64th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows: Main Competition (Venezia 64) Zhang Yimou, Chinese filmmaker, producer and actor - Jury President Catherine Breillat, French filmmaker, novelist and professor of auteur cinema Jane Campion, New Zealand filmmaker and producer Emanuele Crialese, Italian filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican filmmaker and producer Ferzan Özpetek, Turkish-Italian filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, Dutch filmmaker and producer Horizons (Orizzonti) Gregg Araki, American filmmaker - Jury President Frederick Wiseman, American filmmaker and theatre director Hala Alabdalla Yakoub, Syrian director and producer Giorgia Fiorio, Italian photographer Ulrich Gregor, German critic Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film) Bill Mechanic, American film producer - Jury President) Rupert Everett, English actor and writer Randa Chahal, Lebanese filmmaker and producer Liu Jie, Chinese director Valeria Solarino, Italian actress Short Films Competition (Corto Cortissimo) , French director (President) Yasmine Kassari, Moroccan director Roberto Perpignani, Italian film editor Official Sections In Competition The competitive section of the official selection is an international competition of feature films in 35mm and digital HD format, running for the Golden Lion. Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner. Out of Competition Shown below are new works by authors who were honored in past festivals, as well as movies shown in the midnight time band. Horizons New trends of cinema with full-length films in 35mm and digital format, and documentary-movies. Highlighted title indicate the Horizons Awards for Best Film and Best Documentary respectively. Short Films Competition (Corto Cortissimo) The following films in 35mm, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the short film competition (Corto Cortissimo): Highlighted title indicates the Lion for Best Short Film winner. Retrospective - Secret History of Italian Cinema 4 Special mono-graphic sessions dedicated to the secret story of Italian cinema. This is the fourth part of the retrospective, initiated at the 61st edition of the festival; the patron of this edition, focused on Italian Spaghetti Western, was the director Quentin Tarantino. New Versions Restored As a pre-opening event of this future section, the restored Digital Cinema version of David Wark Griffith’s Intolerance (1916) was screened as a world premiere, in collaboration with the Le Giornate del Cinema Muto di Pordenone. "Venice Classics" which features restored classic films and documentaries on cinema, started as a new section in 2012, at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. Independents Sections Venice International Film Critics' Week The following feature films were selected to be screened as In