2008 (65th) Venice Film Festival Contents 1 Profile 2 Venezia 65 - In Competition 3 Out of Competition 4 Critics Week (In Competition) 5 Orizzonti (New Horizons) Profile Film Festival: Venice Film Festival Edition: 65th Period: August 27th-September 6th, 2008 Location: Venice, Italy Venezia 65 - In Competition Achilles and the Tortoise, Takeshi Kitano – Japan Ponyo on Cliff by the Sea. (Gake no ue no Ponyo), dir. Hayao Miyazaki – Japan Plastic City (Dangkou), dir. YU Lik-wai – Brazil / China / Hong Kong/China / Japan The Sky Crawlers, Mamoru Oshii – Japan The Wrestler, dir. Darren Aronofsky – USA The Burning Plain, dir. Guillermo Arriaga – USA Il papà di Giovanna, dir. Pupi Avati – Italy BirdWatchers, Marco Bechis – Italy / Brazil L’Autre, dir. Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic – France Hurt Locker, dir. Kathryn Bigelow – USA Il seme della discordia, dir. Pappi Corsicato – Italy Rachel Getting Married, dir. Jonathan Demme – USA Teza, dir. Haile Gerima – Ethiopia / Germany / France Bumažnyj soldat (Paper Soldier), dir. Aleksey German Jr. – Russia Süt, dir. Semih Kaplanoglu – Turkey / France / Germany Vegas: Based on a True Story. dir. Amir Naderi – USA Un giorno perfetto. dir. Ferzan Özpetek – Italy Jerichow, dir. Christian Petzold – Germany Inju, la Bête dans l’ombre, dir. Barbet Schroeder – France Nuit de chien, dir. Werner Schroeter – France / Germany / Portuga Gabbla (Inland), Tariq Teguia – Algeria / France, 140’ Out of Competition Cry Me a River, dir Jia Zhangke (short film) – China / Spain / France The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit, Minoru Kawasaki – Japan Ketto Takadanobaba, dir. Masahiro Makino, Hiroshi Inagaki (1937) – Japan Queens of Langkasuka, dir. Nonzee Nimibutr – Thailand Puccini e la fanciulla, dir. Paolo Benvenuti – Italy Yuppi Du, dir. Adriano Celentano – Italy Burn After Reading, dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen – USA 35 Rhums, dir. Claire Denis – France / Spain Shirin, dir. Abbas Kiarostami – Iran Tutto è musica, Domenico Modugno (1963) – Italy Vicino al Colosseo c’è Monti, dir. Mario Monicelli – Italy Do Visível ao Invisível, dir. Manoel de Oliveira – Brazil / Portugal Orfeo 9, Tito Schipa Jr. (1973) – Italy Les Plages d’Agnès, Agnés Varda – France Vinyan, dir. Fabrice Du Welz – France / UK / Belgium Encarnação do demonio, dir. José Mojica Marins – Brazil Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare), dir. Piero Tellini (1959) – Italy Bajo el Signo de las Sombras, Ferrán Alberich (1984) – Spain Vida en Sombras, dir. Lorenzo Llbobet Gracia (1947) – Spain La rabbia, dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini (1963) (previously unreleased version) – Italy Critics Week (In Competition) Cucumber - Zhou Yaowu (China) The Apprentice - Samuel Collardey (France) Night Guards - Namik Kabil (Bosnia) Two Lines - Selim Evci (Turkey) Kabuli Kid - Barmak Akram (France/Afghanistan) Pranzo di Ferragosto - Gianni Di Gregorio (Italy) Sell Out! Sell Out! - Yeo Joonhan (Malaysia) Orizzonti (New Horizons) Melancholia - Lav Diaz (Philippines) Antonioni su Antonioni - Carlo Di Carlo (Italy) Below Sea Level - Gianfranco Rosi (Italy/US) A Erva do Rato - Julio Bressane & Rosa Dias (Brazil) L'Exil et le royaume - Andrei Schtakleff & Jonathan Le Fourn (France) La fabbrica dei tedeschi - Mimmo Calopresti (Italy) Los Herederos - Eugenio Polgovsky (Mexico) In Paraguay - Ross McElwee (U.S.) Puisque nous sommes nes - Jean-Pierre Duret & Andrea Santana (France/Brazil) Soltanto un nome nei titoli di testa - Daniele Di Biasio (Italy) ThyssenKrupp Blues - Pietro Balla & Monica Repetto (Italy) Valentino: The Last Emperor (documentary) - Matt Tyrnauer (U.S.) Venezia '68 (documentary) - Antonello Sarno, Steve Della Casa (Italy) Verso Est - Laura Angiulli (Italy/Bosnia) Women - Huang Wenhai (China/Switzerland) Z32 - Avi Mograbi (Israel/France) Khastegi - Bahman Motamedian (Iran) Page Discussion View View source History
