59th Venice International Film Festival
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The 59th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 29 August to 8 September 2002.[1]
The Golden Lion was awarded to The Magdalene Sisters directed by Peter Mullan.[2][3]
The following people comprised the 2002 jury:[4]
The following films were nominated to compete for the Golden Lion of the 59th edition of the festival:[5]
The following films were screened as Out of Competition:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Between Strangers | Edoardo Ponti | Canada, Italy | |
| Blood Work | Clint Eastwood | United States | |
| La boîte magique | Ridha Behi | France, Tunisia | |
| The Dancer Upstairs | Pasos de baile (festival title) | John Malkovich | Spain, United States |
| Venetian Rascal Goes to America | Johan Padan a la descoverta de le Americhe | Giulio Cingoli | Italy, France |
| K-19: The Widowmaker | Kathryn Bigelow | United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, United States | |
| 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, Jean-Luc Godard | United Kingdom, Germany, France | |
The following feature films were screened in the Controcorrente (lit. 'against the current', nonconformist) section :[8]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday Night | Vendredi Soir | Claire Denis | France |
| Full Frontal | Steven Soderbergh | United States | |
| Ken Park | Larry Clark, Edward Lachman | United States | |
| Lilya 4-ever | Lilja 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 | Sweden |
| Nuomos sutartis | Kristijonas Vildziunas | Lithuania | |
| Poniente | Chus Gutiérrez | Spain | |
| Public Toilet | Hwajangshil eodieyo? | Fruit Chan | South Korea |
| 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 | France |
| The Virgin of Lust | La virgen de la lujuria | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
| Women's Prison | زندان زنان | Manijeh Hekmat | Iran |
The following feature films were screened in the New Territories (Italian: Nuovi Territori) section:[8]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aiki | Daisuke Tengan | Japan | |
| Black Tape: A Tehran Diary | Fariborz Kamkari | Iran | |
| Blessed | Rachel Douglas | New Zeland | |
| Goldfish game | Jan Lauwers | Belgium | |
| The Judge | Sudijata | Zaneta Vangeli | Macedonia |
| K | Shoja Azari | Iran | |
| Kuang wu you yu | Lin Tay-jou | Taiwan | |
| Her | Lei | Tonino De Bernardi | Italy |
| London Orbital | Christopher Petit, Iain Sinclair | United Kingdom | |
| Luparella | Giuseppe Bertolucci | Italy | |
| Open My Heart | Aprimi il cuore | Giada Colagrande | Italy |
| The Red Flag Flies | Hongqi piao | Hongxiang Zhou | China |
| The River | Река | Aleksei Balabanov | Russia |
| Sky. Plane. Girl | Небо. Самолёт. Девушка | Vera Storozheva | Russia |
| Stones in the Sky | Rocha que Voa | Eryk Rocha | Brazil |
| Vecchie | Daniele Segre | Italy | |
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[9]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Friends | Due Amici | Spiro Scimone, Francesco Sframeli | Italy |
| The Exam | Emtehan | Nasser Refaie | Iran |
| The Kite | Zmej | Aleksej Muradov | Russia |
| Roger Dodger | Dylan Kidd | United States | |
| Somewhere Over the Dreamland | Meng huan bu luo | Cheng Wen-tang | Taiwan |
| Step by Step | Un honnête commerçant | Philippe Blasband | Belgium |
| Woman of Water | Mizu no onna | Hidenori Sugimori | Japan |
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