The 59th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 8 September 2002, at Venice Lido in Italy.
Chinese actress Gong Li was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Magdalene Sisters by Peter Mullan.
Jury The following people comprised the 2001 jury: Main Competition Gong Li, Chinese actress - Jury President Jacques Audiard, French filmmaker , German film producer László Kovács, Hungarian cinematographer Francesca Neri, Italian actress Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkish filmmaker Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Feature Katinka Faragó, Swedish film producer - Jury President Reinhard Hauff, German filmmaker Derek Malcolm, English film critic Paolo Virzì, Italian filmmaker Eva Zaoralova, Czech film critic
Controcorrente Ghassan Abdul Khalek, Lebanese film critic - Jury President Catherine Breillat, French filmmaker Peggy Chiao, Taiwanese filmmaker Klaus Eder, German film critic Enrico Ghezzi, Italian film critic
Official Sections In Competition The following films were selected for the main competition: English title Original title Director(s) Production country Almost Peaceful Un monde presque paisible Michel Deville France Bear's Kiss Sergei Bodrov Germany, Sweden, Russia, Spain, France, Italy The Best of Times 美麗時光 Chang Tso-chi Taiwan Dirty Pretty Things Stephen Frears United Kingdom Dolls ドールズ Takeshi Kitano Japan Far from Heaven Todd Haynes United States Frida Julie Taymor Führer Ex Winfried Bonengel Germany, Italy House of Fools Дом дураков Andrei Konchalovsky Russia A Journey Called Love Un viaggio chiamato amore Michele Placido Italy Julie Walking Home Agnieszka Holland Canada, Germany, Poland The Magdalene Sisters Peter Mullan United Kingdom, Ireland The Man on the Train L'Homme du train Patrice Leconte France Maximum Velocity (V-Max) Velocità massima Daniele Vicari Italy My Voice Nha fala Flora Gomes Cape Verde, Portugal, France, Luxembourg Naked Nackt Doris Dörrie Germany Nearest to Heaven Au plus près du paradis Tonie Marshall France, Spain, Canada Oasis 오아시스 Lee Chang-dong South Korea The Power of the Past La forza del passato Piergiorgio Gay Italy Road to Perdition Sam Mendes United States The Tracker Rolf de Heer Australia Out of Competition The following films were screened out of competition: English title Original title Director(s) Production country Between Strangers Edoardo Ponti Canada, Italy Blood Work Clint Eastwood United States The Dancer Upstairs Pasos de baile John Malkovich Spain, United States K-19: The Widowmaker Kathryn Bigelow United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, United States The Magic Box La boîte magiqueRidha BehiFrance, Tunisia My Name Is Tanino Paolo Virzì Italy, Canada Naqoyqatsi Godfrey Reggio United States Ripley's Game Liliana Cavani Italy, United Kingdom, United States Ten Minutes Older: The Cello Mike Figgis, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jiří Menzel, István Szabó, Claire Denis, Volker Schlöndorff, Michael Radford and Jean-Luc Godard United Kingdom, Germany, France Venetian Rascal Goes to America Johan Padan a la descoverta de le Americhe Giulio Cingoli Italy, France
Controcorrente The following feature films were screened in the Controcorrente (, nonconformist) section:
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Friday Night Vendredi soir Claire Denis France Full Frontal Steven Soderbergh United States Ken Park Larry Clark and Edward Lachman United States Lilya 4-ever Lukas Moodysson Sweden Lilly's Story Roviros Manthoulis Greece The Missing Gun Xun qiang Lu Chuan China Music for Weddings and Funerals Musikk for bryllup og begravelser Unni Straume Norway, Sweden Nuomos sutartis Kristijonas Vildziunas Lithuania Poniente Chus Gutiérrez Spain Public Toilet 人民公廁 Fruit Chan South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan Shadow Kill Nizhalkuthu Adoor Gopalakrishnan India Rosa La China Valeria Sarmiento Cuba A Snake of June 六月の蛇 Shinya Tsukamoto Japan Soul Mate L'anima gemella Sergio Rubini Italy Springtime in a Small Town Xiao cheng zhi chun Tian Zhuangzhuang China Untouched by the West Un homme sans l'Occident Raymond Depardon FranceThe Virgin of Lust La virgen de la lujuria Arturo Ripstein Mexico Women's Prison زندان زنان Manijeh Hekmat Iran
New Territories The following feature films were screened in the New Territories (Italian: Nuovi Territori) section: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryAiki Daisuke Tengan Japan Black Tape: A Tehran Diary Fariborz Kamkari IranBlessed Rachel Douglas New ZealandGoldfish game Jan Lauwers Belgium The JudgeSudijata Zaneta Vangeli MacedoniaK Shoja Azari IranKuang wu you yu Lin Tay-jou TaiwanHer Lei Tonino De Bernardi ItalyLondon Orbital Christopher Petit, Iain Sinclair United Kingdom Luparella Giuseppe Bertolucci Italy Open My Heart Aprimi il cuore Giada Colagrande ItalyThe Red Flag Flies Hongqi piao Hongxiang Zhou China The RiverРека Aleksei Balabanov Russia Sky. Plane. Girl Небо. Самолёт. Девушка Vera Storozheva Russia Stones in the Sky Rocha que Voa Eryk Rocha BrazilVecchie Daniele Segre Italy
Independent Sections Venice International Film Critics' Week The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryTwo FriendsDue AmiciSpiro Scimone, Francesco SframeliItalyThe ExamEmtehanNasser RefaieIranThe KiteZmejAleksej MuradovRussiaRoger DodgerDylan KiddUnited StatesSomewhere Over the DreamlandMeng huan bu luoCheng Wen-tangTaiwanStep by StepUn honnête commerçantPhilippe BlasbandBelgiumWoman of WaterMizu no onnaHidenori SugimoriJapan
Official Awards
Main Competition Golden Lion: The Magdalene Sisters by Peter Mullan Grand Special Jury Prize: House of Fools by Andrei Konchalovsky Silver Lion for Best Direction: Oasis by Lee Chang-dong Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution: Edward Lachman for Far from Heaven (cinematography) Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Stefano Accorsi for A Journey Called Love Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Far from Heaven Marcello Mastroianni Award: Moon So-ri for Oasis
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Dino Risi
Short Films Competition (Corto Cortissimo)
Silver Lion for Best Short Film: Clown by Irina Efteeva Special Mention Best Short Film: Per Carleson for Tempo
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for Debut Feature Two Friends by Francesco Sframeli and Spiro Scimone Roger Dodger by Dylan Kidd
Independent Awards
San Marco Prize Tian Zhuangzhuang for Springtime in a Small Town Special Jury Award: Shinya Tsukamoto for A Snake of June Special Mention: Arturo Ripstein for The Virgin of Lust Special Mention: Fruit Chan for Public Toilet
Audience Award Best Film:The Man on the Train by Patrice Leconte Best Actor: Jean Rochefort for The Man on the Train Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Far from Heaven
Prix UIP Venice (European Short Film) Zsofia Péterffy for Kalózok szeretöje
FIPRESCI Prize Competition: Oasis by Lee Chang-dong Parallel Sections: Roger Dodger by Dylan Kidd Best Short Film: 11'09"01 September 11 by Ken Loach's section
SIGNIS Award Oasis by Lee Chang-dong Honorable Mention: Far from Heaven by Todd Haynes Honorable Mention: The Tracker by Rolf de Heer
Don Quixote Award Roger Dodger by Dylan Kidd
UNICEF Award House of Fools by Andrei Konchalovsky
UNESCO Award 11'09"01 September 11 by Samira Makhmalbaf, Claude Lelouch, Youssef Chahine, Danis Tanović, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Amos Gitaï, Mira Nair, Sean Penn and Shōhei Imamura
Pasinetti Award Best Film: Velocità massima by Daniele Vicari Special Mention: Velocità massima by Valerio Mastandrea
Pietro Bianchi Award Sophia Loren
Isvema Award Due amici by Francesco Sframeli and Spiro Scimone
FEDIC Award Velocità massima by Daniele Vicari
Little Golden Lion Behind the Sun by Walter Salles and Arthur Cohn
Wella Prize L'anima gemella by Violante Placido and Valentina Cervi
Future Film Festival Digital Award Blood Work by Clint Eastwood Special Mention: My Name Is Tanino by Paolo Virzì
Laterna Magica Prize Nha Fala by Flora Gomes
Sergio Trasatti Award Dirty Pretty Things by Stephen Frears
Rota Soundtrack Award Alberto Iglesias for The Dancer Upstairs
Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award Frida by Julie Taymor
Kinematrix Film Award Feature Films: Goldfish Game by Jan Lauwers Other Formats: A Snake of June by Shinya Tsukamoto Special Director's Award: Oasis by Lee Chang-dong
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 2002 Awards on IMDb