55th Venice International Film Festival

55th Venice International Film Festival
Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Festival date	3 – 13 September 1998
Website	Website
Venice Film Festival chronology
	56th 54th

The 55th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 3 and 13 September 1998. The Golden Lion was awarded to Così ridevano by Gianni Amelio.^[1]^[2]

Jury[]

The following people comprised the 1998 jury:^[3]

Ettore Scola (Italy) (head of jury)
Hector Babenco (Argentina)
Sharunas Bartas (Lithuania)
Kathryn Bigelow (USA)
Reinhard Hauff (Germany)
Danièle Heymann (France)
Ismail Merchant (India)
Luis Sepúlveda (Chile)
Tilda Swinton (UK)
Georges Benayoun (Morocco) (short films) (head of jury)
Chiara Caselli (Italy) (short films)
Abel Ferrara (USA) (short films)

Official selection[]

In competition[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Autumn Tale	Conte d'automne	Eric Rohmer	France
Black Cat, White Cat	Crna mačka, beli mačor	Emir Kusturica	France, Germany, FR Yugoslavia
Bulworth		Warren Beatty	United States
	La nube	Fernando Solanas	France, Argentina
Dancing at Lughnasa		Pat O'Connor	Ireland, United States
The Garden of Eden	I giardini dell'Eden	Alessandro D'Alatri	Italy
Hilary and Jackie		Anand Tucker	United Kingdom
Hurlyburly		Anthony Drazan	United States
Little Teachers	I piccoli maestri	Daniele Luchetti	Italy
Lovers of the Arctic Circle	Los amantes del círculo polar	Julio Medem	Spain
New Rose Hotel		Abel Ferrara	United States
Next Stop Paradise	Terminus Paradis	Lucian Pintilie	Romania
Place Vendôme		Nicole Garcia	France
Rounders		John Dahl	United States
Run Lola Run	Lola rennt	Tom Tykwer	Germany
Shooting the Moon	L'Albero delle pere	Francesca Archibugi	Italy
The Silence	Sokout	Mohsen Makhmalbaf	Iran, Tajikistan, France
Stolen Life	Voleur de vie	Yves Angelo	France
	Tráfico	João Botelho	Portugal, France, Denmark
The Way We Laughed	Così ridevano	Gianni Amelio	Italy

Autonomous sections[]

Venice International Film Critics' Week[]

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:^[4]

Beat by Amon Miyamoto (Japan)
Ghodoua Nahrek (fr. Demain, je brûle..., en. Tomorrow I Burn) by (Tunisia)^[5]
La mère Christain (en. Mother Christian) by Myriam Boyer (France)
The Scent of the Night (L'odore della notte) by Claudio Caligari (Italy)
Orphans by Peter Mullan (United Kingdom)
The Opposite of Sex by Don Roos (United States)
The Iron Heel of Oligarchy (Zheleznaya pyata oligarkhii) by Aleksandr Bashirov (Russia)

Awards[]

Golden Lion:
- Così ridevano (Gianni Amelio)
Grand Special Jury Prize:
- Terminus Paradis (Lucian Pintilie)
Silver Lion:
- Crna macka, beli macor (Emir Kusturica)
Golden Osella:
- Best Screenplay: (Eric Rohmer) Conte d'automne
- Best Cinematography: (Luca Bigazzi) Così ridevano
- Best Score: (Gerardo Gandini)
Volpi Cup:
- Best Actor: Sean Penn Hurlyburly
- Best Actress: Catherine Deneuve Place Vendôme
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal:
- The Silence (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
Marcello Mastroianni Award:
- L'albero delle pere ()
Career Golden Lion:
- Sophia Loren
- Andrzej Wajda
- Warren Beatty
FIPRESCI Prize:
- Best First Feature: Train of Life (Radu Mihăileanu)
- Best Feature: Cabaret Balkan (Goran Paskaljević)
OCIC Award:
- L'albero delle pere (Francesca Archibugi)
UNICEF Award:
- L'albero delle pere (Francesca Archibugi)
UNESCO Award:
- Colonel Bunker (Kujtim Çashku)
- Special Mention: (Fernando Solanas)
Pasinetti Award:
- Best Actor: The Garden of Eden (Kim Rossi Stuart)
- Best Actress: Del perduto amore (Giovanna Mezzogiorno)
Pietro Bianchi Award:
- Michelangelo Antonioni
Isvema Award:
- Orphans (Peter Mullan)
FEDIC Award:
- Del perduto amore (Michele Placido)
- Special Mention: (Matteo Garrone)
- Special Mention: ()
Little Golden Lion:
- Crna macka, beli macor (Emir Kusturica)
Anicaflash Prize:
- Train of Life (Radu Mihăileanu)
Elvira Notari Prize:
- (Věra Chytilová)
- Special Mention: New Rose Hotel (Abel Ferrara)
Cult Network Italia Prize:
- Orphans (Peter Mullan)
FilmCritica "Bastone Bianco" Award:
- New Rose Hotel (Abel Ferrara)
Laterna Magica Prize:
- Crna macka, beli macor (Emir Kusturica)
Sergio Trasatti Award:
- The Garden of Eden (Alessandro D'Alatri)
- Special Mention: Autumn Tale (Éric Rohmer)
- Special Mention: Così ridevano (Gianni Amelio)
- Special Mention: The Silence (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
CinemAvvenire Award:
- Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature: The Silence (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
- Best Film: (Fernando Solanas)
- Best First Film: ()
Kodak Award:
- Orphans (Peter Mullan)
- IN-COMPETITION: (Matteo Garrone)
Prix Pierrot:
- Orphans (Peter Mullan)
Max Factor Award:
- Elizabeth (Jenny Shircore)

References[]

^ "VENICE – 1998 – SPEARS OF LIGHT". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
^ "The 1990s". Retrieved 8 October 2013.
^ "Juries for the 1990s". Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^ "13th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^ Ben Smaïl on IMDb

External links[]

Official website
Venice Film Festival 1998 Awards on IMDb

[1] "VENICE – 1998 – SPEARS OF LIGHT". Retrieved 6 October 2013.

[2] "The 1990s". Retrieved 8 October 2013.

[3] "Juries for the 1990s". Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[4] "13th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[5] Ben Smaïl on IMDb

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