The 67th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 1 to 11 September 2010, at Venice Lido in Italy.
American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino was the jury president for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Somewhere by Sofia Coppola.
Chinese-Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.
In a break with tradition of limiting a film to receiving no more than one major award, the Special Jury Prize and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor (Vincent Gallo) went to the same film, Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing. In the past, no one film had been given two major awards. Representing the jury, American director Quentin Tarantino appealed to Festival head Marco Müller to alter the rules. This rule change continues to be upheld for future editions of the Festival. Following the Festival, Italian film critic Paolo Mereghetti criticized the decisions that the jury made in awarding prizes, and singled out Tarantino, accusing him of favoritism, which he denied.
The festival opened with Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky, and closed with The Tempest by Julie Taymor.
Juries Main Competition (Venezia 67) Quentin Tarantino, American filmmaker and actor - Jury President Guillermo Arriaga, Mexican filmmaker and producer Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Lithuanian actress Arnaud Desplechin, French filmmaker Danny Elfman, American composer, singer, songwriter and record producer Luca Guadagnino, Italian filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores, Italian filmmaker
Orizzonti Shirin Neshat, Iranian visual artist - Jury President Raja Amari, Tunisian director and script writer Lav Diaz, Filipino filmmaker Alexander Horwath, director of the Austrian Film Museum, former director of Viennale Pietro Marcello, Italian filmmaker
Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for a Debut Film) Fatih Akin, German filmmaker and producer - Jury President Nina Lath Gupta, Indian official of National Film Development Corporation of India Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong director and producer Samuel Maoz, Israeli director Jasmine Trinca, Italian actress
Controcampo Italiano Valerio Mastandrea, Italian actor - Jury President Susanna Nicchiarelli, Italian filmmaker and actress Dario Edoardo Viganò, Director of Vatican Television Center
Persol 3-D Shimizu Takashi, Japanese filmmaker - Jury President Jim Hoberman, American film critic and academic David Zamagni, Italian filmmaker
Official Sections In Competition The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title Original title Director(s) Production Country 13 Assassins 十三人の刺客 Takashi Miike Japan, United Kingdom Attenberg Athina Rachel Tsangari Greece Barney's Version Richard J. Lewis Canada, Italy Black Swan (opening film) Darren Aronofsky United States Black Venus Vénus noire Abdellatif Kechiche France Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame 狄仁傑之通天帝國 Tsui Hark China The Ditch 夹边沟 Wang Bing Essential Killing Jerzy Skolimowski Poland, Norway, Hungary, Ireland Happy Few Antony Cordier France The Last Circus Balada triste de trompeta Álex de la Iglesia Spain, France Meek's Cutoff Kelly Reichardt United States Miral Julian Schnabel United States, France, Italy, Israel Norwegian Wood ノルウェイの森 Tran Anh Hung Japan La passione Carlo Mazzacurati Italy La pecora nera Ascanio Celestini Post Mortem Pablo Larraín Chile, Mexico, Germany Potiche François Ozon France Promises Written in Water Vincent Gallo United States Road to Nowhere Monte Hellman Silent Souls Овсянки Aleksei Fedorchenko Russia The Solitude of Prime Numbers La solitudine dei numeri primi Saverio Costanzo Italy, Germany, France Somewhere Sofia Coppola United States Three Drei Tom Tykwer Germany We Believed Noi credevamo Mario Martone Italy, France
Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
English title Original title Director(s) Production Country 1960 Gabriele Salvatores Italy All Inclusive 3D Nadia Ranocchi, David Zamagni Angel of Evil Vallanzasca - Gli angeli del male Michele Placido The Child's Eye 童眼 Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang China Dante Ferretti: production designer Gianfranco Giagni Italy Gorbaciof Gorbaciof - Il cassiere col vizio del gioco Stefano Incerti I'm Still Here Casey Affleck United States Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen 精武風雲－陳真 Andrew Lau China（Hong Kong） A Letter to Elia Martin Scorsese, Kent Jones United StatesLopeAndrucha WaddingtonSpain, Brazil Machete Robert Rodriguez United StatesNiente pauraPiergiorgio GayItalyNews from the ExcavationsNotizie degli scaviEmidio GrecoPassioneJohn TurturroLa prima volta a VeneziaAntonello SarnoRaavanMani RatnamIndia Reign of Assassins 劍雨 John Woo, Su Chao-pin ChinaSei VeneziaCarlo MazzacuratiItaly The Shock Labyrinth 戦慄迷宮 Takashi Shimizu Japan Showtime Yongxin Tiao Stanley Kwan ChinaSorelle maiMarco BellocchioItaly Space Guy 太空侠3D Zhang Yuan China Surviving Life Přežít svůj život Jan Švankmajer Czech Republic The Tempest (closing film) Julie Taymor United States That Girl in Yellow Boots Anurag Kashyap India The Town Ben Affleck United StatesL’ultimo gattopardo: ritratto di Goffredo LombardoGiuseppe TornatoreItaly Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City ゼブラーマン -ゼブラシティの逆襲 Takashi Miike Japan
Orizzonti From 2010 on, this section, dedicated to new trends in world cinema, has opened itself to all "extra-format" works, while four new awards have been established for it. English title Original title Director(s) Production country In Competition Anti Gas Skin 방독피 Gok and Sun Kim South Korea Better Life Isaac Julien United Kingdom, China Caracremada Lluís Galter Spain Cold Fish 冷たい熱帯魚 Sion Sono Japan La succession Starkov France, Portugal The House by the Medlar Tree Malavoglia Pasquale Scimeca Italy In the Future En el futuro Mauro Andrizzi Argentina Jean Gentil Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas Dominican Rep., Mexico, Germany Nainsukh Amit Dutta Switzerland, India News from Nowhere Paul Morrissey United States Oki's Movie (Closing Film) 옥희의 영화 Hong Sang-soo South Korea The Sleeping Beauty (Opening Film) La belle endormie Catherine Breillat France Summer of Goliath Verano de Goliat Nicolás Pereda Mexico, Canada The Sword and the Rose A Espada e a Rosa João Nicolau Portugal, FranceDocumentariesFadingOlivier ZabatFranceThe Forgotten SpaceNoël Burch, Allan SekulaNetherlands, AustriaGuestJosé Luis GuerínSpainThe Nine MusesJohn AkomfrahUnited Kingdom, GhanaPer questi stretti morire (Ovvero cartografia di una passione)Giuseppe M. Gaudino, Isabella SandriItalyReconstructing Faith西方去此不远Wenhai HuangChinaRobinson in RuinsPatrick KeillerUnited KingdomEl Sicario, Room 164Gianfranco RosiFrance, ItalyWhen We Were CommunistsSheoeyin kennaMaher Abi SamraLebanon, France, United Arab EmiratesZelalMarianne Khoury, Mustapha HasnaouiEgypt, FranceOut of CompetitionK.364 a Journey by TrainDouglas GordonUnited Kingdom, FranceShort Films - Competition21 Grams21 克Xun SunChina720 DegreesIshtiaque ZicoBangladeshThe AgentVincent GalloUnited StatesCasus BelliGeorgios ZoisGreeceDiamonds (Brilianty)Rustam KhamdamovRussiaThe External WorldDavid OreillyGermanyFour SeasonsNok Ka MhinChaisiri JiwarangsanThailandJohn's GoneJosh & Benny SafdieUnited StatesThe Life and Death of Henry DargerLif og Daudi Henry DargerBertrand MandicoFrance, IcelandMan In A RoomRafael Palacio IllingworthUnited States, Mexico, SwitzerlandMechanic of SpringHaru No ShikumiAtsushi WadaJapanOutTseRoee RosenIsraelPainéis de São Vicente de Fora, visão poéticaManoel De OliveiraPortugalEl PozoGuillermo ArriagaMexicoRed Earth赤地Clara LawChina（Hong Kong）, AustraliaWoman INuntanat DuangtisarnThailandShort Experimental FilmsAtomMarkus Loeffler, Andrée KorpysGermanyLes BarbaresJean-Gabriel PériotFranceCold Clay, Emptiness...Sj. RamirNew ZealandComing AttractionsPeter TscherkasskyAustriaThe Death of an InsectErään Hyönteisen TuhoHannes Vartiainen, Pekka VeikkolainenFinlandDiane WellingtonArnaud Des PallièresFranceThe FuturistEmily RichardsonUnited KingdomHouseDoug AitkenUnited StatesInspirationVoodhushevlenieGalina Myznikova, Sergey ProvorovRussiaLa linea generaleOleg TchernyFranceMc Mclean, Magic For BeginnersJesse McleanUnited StatesMouse PalaceHarald Hund, Paul HornAustriaO Mundo é BeloLuiz PrettiBrazilNon si può nulla contro il ventoFlatformItalyShadow CutsMartin ArnoldAustriaStardustNicolas ProvostBelgiumWeak Rot FrontSlabyj Rot FrontVictor AlimpievRussiaShort Documentaries FilmsIl CapoYuri AncaraniItalyCrust壳Wenhai HuangChinaFuture ArchaeologyArmin Linke, Francesco MattuzziItaly, GermanyOn Rubik's RoadPa Rubika CeluLaila PakalninaLatviaIndefatigableRuth Jarman, Joe GerhardtEcuador, United KingdomHow To Pick BerriesMiten Marjoja PoimitaanElina TalvensaariFinlandThe Future Will Not Be CapitalismSasha PirkerAustriaShort Films - Out of CompetitionThe LeopardIsaac JulienUnited Kingdom, ItalyA LoftKen JacobsUnited StatesUn Anno Dopo – Progetto Memory HuntersCarlo Liberatore, a.o.Italy
Controcampo Italiano The following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s) Feature films 20 Cigarettes 20 Sigarette Aureliano Amadei The First Assignment Il Primo Incarico Giorgia Cecere Into Paradiso Paola Randi Lost Kisses (Opening Film) I baci mai dati Roberta TorreMa che storia...Gianfranco Pannone Tajabone Salvatore Mereu A Woman Giada ColagrandeShort filmsAchilleGiorgia FarinaBassa MareaRoberto De PaolisCome Un SoffioMichela CesconNiente OrchideeSimone Godano, Leonardo GodanoSposerò Nichi VendolaAndrea CostantinoOut of competitionFlaiano: Il meglio è passatoGiancarlo Rolandi, Steve Della CasaFughe e approdiGiovanna TavianiLate SummerTarda estateAntonio Di Trapani, Marco De AngelisIl Loro NataleGaetano Di VaioSe hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombraElisabetta Sgarbi, Eugenio LioWard 54Monica Maggioni
Italian Retrospective The following films were shown as part of a retrospective section on Italian comedy, titled The State of Things, spanning the years 1937 to 1988.
English title Italian title Director(s) Three Fables of Love (1962) Le quattro verità Alessandro Blasetti Non ti pago! (1942)Carlo Ludovico BragagliaI cuori infranti (1963)Vittorio Caprioli Beach House (1977) Casotto Sergio Citti Io non spezzo... rompo (1971)Bruno CorbucciIl domestico (1974)Luigi Filippo D'Amico The Make Believe Pirates (1937) Allegri masnadieri Marco Elter Tutta la città canta (1945)Riccardo Freda Catch as Catch Can (1967) Lo scatenato Franco Indovina Imputato alzatevi! (1939)Mario MattoliThe Knight Has Arrived! (1950)È arrivato il cavaliere!Mario Monicelli, Steno Cops and Robbers (1951) Guardie e ladri Fracchia la belva umana (1981)Neri ParentiL'onorata società (1961)Riccardo Pazzaglia The Bachelor (1955) Lo scapolo Antonio Pietrangeli Il ragazzo di campagna (1984)Castellano & PipoloIl commissario Lo Gatto (1986)Dino Risi The Thursday (1963) Il giovedì Le pillole di Ercole (1960)Luciano Salce I'm in the Revue (1950) Botta e risposta Mario Soldati A Day in Court (1953) Un giorno in pretura Steno Febbre da cavallo (1976) His Women (1961) Il mantenuto Ugo Tognazzi Eccezzziunale... veramente (1982)Carlo VanzinaVacanze di Natale (1983)Compagni di scuola (1988)Carlo Verdone
Independent Sections Venice International Film Critics' Week The following films were selected for the 25th International Film Critics' Week: English title Original title Director(s) Production Country In competition Afraid of the Dark Hai paura del buio Massimo Coppola Italy Angel & Tony Angèle et Tony Alix Delaporte France Beyond Svinalängorna Pernilla August Sweden Dad Oca Vlado Škafar Slovenia Homeland Hora Proelefsis Syllas Tzoumerkas Greece Martha Marcelino Islas Hernández Mexico Naomi Hitparzut X Eitan Zur IsraelOut of competitionItalian Night (Opening film)Notte ItalianaCarlo MazzacuratiItalyThe Bridal Quarter (Closing film)LimbunanGutierrez Mangansakan IIPhilippines
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