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In Competition
Road To Nowhere, Monte Hellman, USA
Barney's Version, Richard J. Lewis, Canada and Italy
Drei (Three), Tom Tykwer, Germany (gay interest)
Out of Competition
L'Ultimo Gattopardo: Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo, Giuseppe Tornatore (documentary)
Dai Nostri Inviati - La Rai Racconta La Mostra del Cinema 1954-1967 by Giuseppe Giannotti and Erico Salvatori, Italy
Dante Ferretti - Production Designer by Gianfranco Giagni, Italy (documentary)
After Dante Ferretti's film the Bianchi Award ceremony took place and this year's award went to (Oscar winner) Dante Ferreti. This award is given by the SNGCI (Sindicato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani).
Orizzonti
News from Nowhere, Paul Morrissey, USA
The Forgotten Space by Noël Burch and Allan Sekula, Netherlands and Austria
Senritsu Meikyu 3D (The Shock Labyrinth: Extreme) by Takashi Shimizu, Japan
Bangdokpi (Anti Gas Skin) by Kim Gok and Kim Sun, South Korea
Many short and medium-length films
Retrospective
Fracchia, La Belva Umana by Neri Parenti, 1981
Botta e Risposta by Mario Soldati, 1950
L'Eroe Sono Io by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, 1952
Venice Days
La Vida de los Peces (The Life of Fish), Matias Bize, Chile
Winner(s) has been announced but will do an independent post.
International Critics' Week
Closing Film: Limbunan (The Wife's Room), Gutierrez Mangansakan II, Philippines (out of competition)
News
Was waiting to post the Persol 3D award winner but hasn't been announced yet, so will be on tomorrow's post. Here it is, Persol 3D awards were given to Avatar by James Cameron and How to Train Your Dragon by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois.
A few minutes ago was announced the winner of La Navicella: The Ditch, Wang Bing, Hong Kong, France and Belgium. The award ceremony is tomorrow.
Nine minutes ago was announced the SIGNIS Award, that goes to: Meek's Cutoff, Kelly Reichardt, USA. Don't worry all major awards will go in one post but I'm having fun just learning the news.
The jury of 19 young viewers has declared Barney's Version by Richard J. Lewis the winner of the "Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola per il Cinema" and Julian Schnabel's Miral winner of "31 Segnalazione Cinema for UNICEF".
If you believed that the fest has only major awards check my twitter with announcements of different (and until today, unknown) awards. Better stop or will never publish the post.
Today's Photo
My last photo had to be of Noomi Rapace and was so lucky to find this great photo of her while walking the "streets" -okay the very narrow sidewalks- of Venice.
