Festival de Venecia 2006

Contra todo pronostico la película “Still Life” del Chino Jia Zhang-ke ha ganado el Leon de Oro dle Festival de Venecia.

Extracto de la Agencia EFE.

La película china ‘Sanxia haoren’ consigue el León de Oro de la Mostra de Venecia

La película china Sanxia haoren), del director Jia Zhang-Ke, ha obtenido hoy el León de Oro a la mejor película de la Mostra de Venecia, según la decisión del jurado del certamen. Sanxia haoren se desarrolla en la vieja aldea de Fengjie, que fue anegada en la construcción de la presa de las Tres Gargantas, en China, y mientras se levantaba el nuevo distrito que debía acogerlos. Los premios a los mejores actores han sido para Helen Mirren y Ben Affleck.

Noticia Original de la Mostra.

Sanxia haoren (Still Life), by Jia Zhang-Ke, is the surprise film in Competition at the 63rd Venice Film Festival

The surprise film in Competition at the 63rd Venice Film Festival is Sanxia haoren (Still Life), by Jia Zhang-Ke, the director who represents independent Chinese cinema, already a feature of this year’s Festival, with the film Dong in the Horizons section.

With Sanxia haoren (Still Life), Jia Zhang-Ke returns to competition at the Venice Film Festival for the third time in recent years, having participated in 2000 with Zhantai (Platform), and in 2004 with Shijie (The World).

Sanxia haoren (Still Life) was shot in the old village of Fengjie, which has since been upset by the building of the Three Gorges Dam. In Jia Zhang-Ke’s film, the old village of Fengjie has already been submerged, but a new district, set to spring up in the surrounding area, is still under construction. Some things are to be saved, whilst others are to be left behind. Han Sanming, a miner, comes to Fengjie in search of his former wife, who he has not seen for 16 years. They meet by the Yangzi river, and decide to remarry. Shen Hong, a nurse, comes to Fengjie to look for her husband, who has not been back home for two years. They embrace before the Three Gorges Dam. Although they do share a dance together, they sadly give up and decide to divorce.

Jia Zhang-Ke was born 29 May 1970 in Fengyang, in the Chinese province of Shanxi. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy and made his debut feature film Pickpocket in 1998. He is actively involved in independent filmmaking in China; the usual Shanxi set in his films signals just how deeply his rural upbringing has influenced his aesthetic. His pictures Platform (2000) and The World (2004) were presented in Competition at the Venice Film Festival.

Sanxia haoren (Still Life) will be screened:

– Tuesday September 5, at 11.00 p.m., in the Sala Perla, for daily pass holders
– Tuesday September 5, at 00.00 (midnight), at the PalaLido, for press, industry and professional pass holders
– Wednesday September 6, at 4.15 p.m., at the PalaLido, for public by invitation and all pass holders without priority, subject to seat availability.

Palmares del Festival.

– León de Oro: ‘Still Life’, de Jia Zhang-Ke (China).

– León de Plata, Gran Premio del Jurado: ‘Darrat’, de Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad).

– León de Plata, Premio Especial a la dirección: Alain Resnais por ‘Private fears in public places’ (Francia).

– León especial revelación: ‘Nuovomundo’, de Emanuele Crialese (Italia).

– León especial a toda una carrera: a Jean Marie Straub y Danièlle Huillet.

– Copa Volpi al mejor actor: Ben Affleck por ‘Hollywoodland’, de Allen Coulter (EE UU).

– Copa Volpi a la mejor actriz: Helen Mirren por ‘The Queen’, de Stephen Frears (Reino Unido).

– Osella al mejor guión: Peter Morgan por ‘The Queen’, de Stephen Frears.

– Osella a la mejor contribución técnica: Emmanuel Lubezki por la fotografía de ‘Children of Men’, de Alfonso Cuarón (Reino Unido).

– Premio Marcello Mastroiani al actor novel: Isild Le Besco de ‘L’intouchable’, de Benoit Jacquot (Francia).

– León del Futuro a la mejor ‘opera prima’: ‘Khadak’, de Peter Brosens y Jessica Woodworth (Bélgica/EE UU).

– Premio sección Horizontes: ‘Mabei shang de fating’, de Liu Jie (China).

– Premio sección Horizontes al mejor documental: ‘When the leeves broke’, de Spike Lee (EE UU).

Otro Cine Asiático visto en Venecia.

KON Satoshi, Paprika (Japón) – 90’
Animación

ÔTOMO Katsuhiro, Mushi-shi (Japón) – 131’
Joe Odagiri, Makiko Esumi, Nao Omori

Johnnie TO, Fangzhu, (Hong Kong, China) – 98’
Francis Ng, Nick Cheung, Simon Yam, Anthony Wong

TSAI Ming-Liang, Hei yanquan (Taiwan, Francia, Austria) – 115’
Kang-Sheng Lee, Shiang-Chyi Chen, Atun Norman

Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL, Sang sattawat (Tailandia, Francia) – 105’
Nantarat Sawaddikul, Jaruchai Iamaram, Sophon Pukanok, Jenjira Pongpas

FENG Xiaogang, Yeyan (China) – 131’
Daniel Wu, Zhang Ziyi, Ge You

MIYAZAKI Goro, Gedo senki (Japón) – 115’
Animación

CHAN Benny, Rob-B-Hood (Hong Kong, China) – 134’
Jackie Chan, Louis Koo, Michael Hui

FAZLI Bayram, Baaz ham sib daari? (Iran) – 90’
Zabih Afshaar, Leila Mousavi, Ali Yaagoubi

KUROSAWA Kiyoshi, Sakebi (Japón) – 96’
Kôji Yakusho, Manami Konishi, Hiroyuki Hirayama, Joe Odagiri

RYOO Seung-wan, Jakpae (Corea del Sur) – 92’
Ahn Jae-mo, Ahn Kil-Kang, Jeong Seok-yong, Jo Deok-hyeon

AOYAMA Shinji, Koorogi (Japón) – 102’
Suzuki Kyoka, Yamazaki Tsutomu

HO Yuhang, Taiyang yu (Malasia, Hong Kong) – 102’
Kuan Choon Wai, Liu Wai Hung, Yasmin Ahmad, Cheung Wing Hong

LIU Jie, Mabei shang de fating (China) – 105’
Li Baotian, Ning Yangya, Lai Luyu, Liang Liting

Garin NUGROHO Opera Jawa Indonesia – 120’
Martínus Míroto, Eko Supríyato, Retno Marutí, Nyoman Sura

JIA Zhangke, Dong (China) – 63’
Documental

OSHII Mamoru, Tachiguishi retsuden (Japón) – 104’
Documental – Kisshoji Kaito, Hyodo Mako, Suzuki Toshio