The 62nd Venice International Film Festival opened on August 31, 2005 with Tsui Hark's Seven Swords and closed on September 10, 2005 with a screening of Peter Ho-sun Chan's musical Perhaps Love. The lineups were announced by the festival director Marco Müller on July 28, 2005 in Rome. The digital films can compete in all categories for the first time of the festival history.
Asian filmmaking confirms its vitality, and with this year's most important works demonstrates that it has once again been capable of challenging the most intelligent spectacular effects from Hollywood. This inaugural event of the 62nd Festival will thus acquire the value of a special tribute to filmmaking from the Far East, which has been cause for such enthusiasm in Western film and culture.
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animated filmmaker and Stefania Sandrelli, Italian actress were awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
Italy's Oscar-winning set designer Dante Ferretti (President)Chinese author Ah ChengFrench film director Claire DenisGerman director Edgar ReitzIcelandic musician and actress Emilíana TorriniAmerican independent producer Christine VachonIsraeli director Amos GitaiThis jury will assign the Horizons (Orizzonti) Prize and the Horizons (Orizzonti) Doc Prize for the best documentary, in each case to single winners.
Italian artist with a close relationship with cinema Mimmo Rotella (Chairman)Spanish film director Isabel CoixetFrench film critic Jean-Michel FrodonItalian actor Valerio MastandreaJapanese film director Shinya TsukamotoThis jury will assign the Leone Citröen - Corto Cortissimo for best short, the UIP Prize for best European short and a Special Mention.
Spanish film critic Chema Prado (Chairman)Italian film director Giovanna GagliardoSwiss film director Clemens KlopfensteinA contest that examines all feature-length films that are first works present in the various sections of the 62nd Film Festival. This jury will assign the Lion of the Future - Luigi De Laurentiis prize for best first work (Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima Luigi De Laurentiis) to a single winner, as well as Euro 100,000 put forward by Filmauro and 20,000 metres of film stock offered by Kodak.
Canadian film director Guy Maddin (Chairman)British film historian Peter CowieItalian actress Isabella FerrariFrench film director Ismaël FerroukhiRussian actress and scriptwriter Renata LitvinovaCompetitive section of films running for the Golden Lion. An international competition comprising a maximum of 20 feature films in 35mm and digital HD format.
La Seconda Notte di Nozze by Pupi Avati (Italy)O Fatalista by João Botelho (Portugal/France)Vers Le Sud by Laurent Cantet (France/Canada)Gabrielle by Patrice Chéreau (France/Italy)Good Night, and Good Luck by George Clooney (USA)The Beast in the Heart by Cristina Comencini (Italy)I Giorni dell'Abbandono by Roberto Faenza (Italy)Mary by Abel Ferrara (Italy/USA)Les Amants Réguliers by Philippe Garrel (France/Italy)Garpastum by Aleksey German Jr (Russia)The Brothers Grimm by Terry Gilliam (UK)Everlasting Regret by Stanley Kwan (China/Hong Kong)Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee (Canada)Proof by John Madden (UK/USA)The Constant Gardener by Fernando Meirelles (UK/Kenya/Germany)Espelho Magico by Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal)Sympathy for Lady Vengeance by Park Chan-wook (Korea)Romance and Cigarettes by John Turturro (USA)Persona Non Grata by Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland/Russia/Italy)Takeshis' by Takeshi Kitano (Japan)Non-competitive section of highly spectacular films. Works by directors already established in past editions of the Festival, and films deemed appropriate for a midnight screening.
Fragile by Jaime Balaguero (Spain)Backstage by Emmanuelle Bercot (France)Corpse Bride by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson (UK)Perhaps Love by Peter Ho-sun Chan (China/Hong Kong)All the Invisible Children by Mehdi Charef, Emir Kusturica, Spike Lee, Kátia Lund, Jordan Scott, Ridley Scott, Stefano Veneruso, John Woo (Italy)Elizabethtown by Cameron Crowe, (USA)The Exorcism of Emily Rose by Scott Derrickson (USA)Edmond by Stuart Gordon (USA)Casanova by Lasse Hallström (USA)Cinderella Man by Ron Howard (USA)The Fine Art of Love-Mine Haha by John Irvin (Italy/Czech Republic/UK)Initial D by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak (Hong Kong)The Descent by Neil Marshall (UK)Yokai Daisenso by Takashi Miike (Japan)Final Fantasy VII Advent Children by Tetsuya Nomura (Japan)Le Parfum de la dame en noir by Bruno Podalydes (France)Four Brothers by John Singleton (USA)Bubble by Steven Soderbergh (USA)Seven Swords by Tsui Hark (China/Hong Kong)Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animated filmmaker – Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) (animation) (Japan)Porco Rosso (1992) (animation) (Japan)On Your Mark (1995) (animation) (Japan)A section aiming to provide a picture of the new trends in cinema. Documentaries are now included in this section, in order to render the programme more legible and avoid any confusion between different rich and complex sections.
Drawing Restraint 9 by Matthew Barney (USA)Musikanten by Franco Battiato (Italy)Pervye Na Lune (documentary), by Aleksey Fedortchenko (Russia)Arido Movie by Lirio Ferreira (Brazil)Workingman's Death (documentary), by Michael Glawogger (Austria/Germany)Die Große Stille (documentary), by Philip Gröning (Germany)The Wild Blue Yonder (documentary), by Werner Herzog (Germany/UK/France)Vokaldy Paralelder (documentary), by Rustam Khamdamov (Kazakhistan)Yolda by Erden Kiral (Turkey/Bulgaria)East of Paradise (documentary), by Lech Kowalski (France)Hongyan (Au fil de l'eau), by Li Yu (China/France)Carmen by Jean-Pierre Limosin (France)Veruschka – (m)ein inszenierter Körper by Paul Morrissey and Bernd Böhm (France)Wuqiong dong by Ning Ying (China)Texas by Fausto Paravidino (Italy)Everything is Illuminated by Liev Schreiber (USA)La Dignidad de los Nadies (documentary) by Fernando E. Solanas (Argentina)The Secret Life of Words by Isabel Coixet (Spain)Kill Gil(Vol.I) by Gil Rossellini (Italy)An international competition of short films in 35mm, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes.
113 by Jason Brandenberg (Switzerland) 19'Contracuerpo by Eduardo Chapero-Jackson (Spain) 17'A case of you by Jack Davies (UK) 18'The Mechanicals by Leon Ford (Australia) 8'Au Petit Matin by Xavier Gens (France) 15'Come on Strange by Gabriela Gruber (Germany) 4'Happy Birthday by Jun-won Hong (Korea) 20'Ballada by Marcell Iványi (Hungary/Belgium) 12'Butterflies by Max Jacoby (Luxembourg) 12'Tube Poker by Simon Levene (UK) 15'Small Station by Lin Chien Ping (Taiwan) 30'Trevirgolaottantasette by Valerio Mastandrea (Italy) 12'Giorno 122 by Fulvio Ottaviano (Italy) 22'Da ikhos dghech chveni dghe dghegrdzeli by Georgy Paradzanov (Russia) 22'P.E.O.Z. by Christo Petrou (Greece) 11'Layla Afel by Leon Prudovsky (Israel) 30'Flesh by Edouard Salier (France) 9'A rapariga da mão morta by Alberto Seixas Santos (Portugal) 16'Rien d'insoluble by Xavier Seron (Belgium) 15'The Glass Beads by Angeles Woo (USA) 9'La Apertura by Duska Zagorac (UK/Argentina) 22'De Glauber para Jirges by André Ristum (Brasil) 16'Crossings (Incroci)
La Trama di Amleto by Salvatore Chiosi (Italy) 20'Compleanno by Sandro Dionisio (Italy) 22'Five Minutes, Mr Welles by Vincent D'Onofrio (USA) 32'Naufragi di Don Chisciotte by Dominick Tambasco (Italy) 30'Between Europe and Middle East
Quelques miettes pour les oiseaux by Nassim Amaouche (Belgium/France/Jordan) 27'De quelle couleur sont les murs de votre maison? by Timon Koulmasis (France) 18'Diaspora by Ula Tabari (France/Belgium/Palestine) 16'Schools of cinema
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Scuola Nazionale di Cinema
Un posto libero by Eros Achiardi (Italy) 32'Nature (Italy) 35'"Manichini" by Marco Danieli"Al buio" by Fabio Mollo"Consuelo" by Carlo PisaniLondon Film School
Vado a messa by Ginevra Elkann (UK) 9'Golden Lion for Best Film: Brokeback Mountain by Ang LeeSilver Lion for Best Director: Les Amants Réguliers by Philippe GarrelJury Special Prize: Mary by Abel FerraraCoppa Volpi for Best Actor: David Strathairn in Good Night, and Good Luck by George ClooneyCoppa Volpi for Best Actress: Giovanna Mezzogiorno in La bestia nel cuore by Cristina ComenciniOsella for an Outstanding Technical Contribution: William Lubtchansky for the photography in Les Amants RéguliersOsella for Best Screenplay: George Clooney and Grant Heslov for Good Night, and Good Luck"Marcello Mastroianni" Award for Best Young Actor or Actress: Ménothy Cesar in Vers le sudSpecial Lion for her work as a whole: Isabelle HuppertHorizons Prize: East of Paradise by Lech KowalskiHorizons Documentary Prize: Pervye na lune (The First On The Moon) by Aleksey FedortchenkoLion of the Future - "Luigi De Laurentiis" Venice Award for a First Feature: 13 Tzameti by Gela BabluaniCitroen Short Super-Short Lion for Best Short Film: Xiaozhan (Small Station) by Lin Chien-pingSpecial Mention: Layla Afel by Leon PrudovskyUIP Prize for Best European Short Film: Butterflies by Max Jacoby"The Secret History of Chinese Cinema" is a retrospective section on Chinese film (1934 to 1990).
Dalu (1934) by Sun YuTaoli jie (1934) by Ying YunweiXin nüxing (1935) by Cai ChushengMalu tianshi (1937) by Yuan MuzhiShizi jietou (1937) by Shen XilingYeban gesheng (1937) by Ma-Xu WeibangTieshan gongzhu (1941) by Wan Laiming and Wan GuchanXiaocheng zhi chun (1947) by Fei MuWuya yu maque (1949) by Zheng JunliSan Mao liulang ji (1949–50) by Zhao Ming and Yan GongWo zhe yibeizi (1949–50) by Shi HuiWutai jiemei (1965) by Xie JinZhonglie tu (1975) by King HuYige he bage (1983) by Zhang JunzhaoMama (1990) by Zhang Yuan"The Secret History of Japanese Cinema" is a retrospective section on Japanese film (1926 to 1978).
Chokon (1926) by Daisuke ItōChuji tabi nikki (1927) by Daisuke ItoOatsurae Jirokichi Koshi (1931) by Daisuke ItoTange Sazen yowa – Hyakuman ryo no tsubo (1935) by Sadao YamanakaKouchiyama Soshun (1936) by Sadao YamanakaNinjo kamifusen (1937) by Sadao YamanakaEnoken no gambari senjutsu (1939) by Nobuo NakagawaGenroku Chusingura (1941–1942) by Kenji MizoguchiMeito Bijomaru (1945) by Kenji MizoguchiSanjusangendo toshiya monogatari (1945) by Mikio NaruseYokihi (1955) by Kenji MizoguchiDokufu Takahashi Oden (1958) by Nobuo NakagawaTōkaidō Yotsuya kaidan (1959) by Nobuo NakagawaKutabare gurentai (1960) by Seijun SuzukiAkumyo (1961) by Tokuzo TanakaHakuchu no buraikan (1961) by Kinji FukasakuZatoichi monogatari (1962) by Kenji MisumiTantei jimusho 23 – Kutabare akutodomo (1963) by Seijun SuzukiDai satsujin (1964) by Eiichi KudoHana to doto (1964) by Seijun SuzukiMushuku mono (1964) by Kenji MisumiNihon kyokaku den (1964) by Masahiro MakinoOokami to buta to ningen (1964) by Kinji FukasakuOretachi no chi ga yurusanai (1964) by Seijun SuzukiZatoichi kessho-tabi (1964) by Kenji MisumiMeiji kyokaku den – Sandaime shumei (1965) by Tai KatoKutsukake Tokijiro - Yukyo ippiki (1966) by Tai KatoHibotan bakuto - Hanafuda shobu (1969) by Tai KatoNihon boryokudan – Kumicho (1969) by Kinji FukasakuHibotan bakuto - Oryu sanjo (1970) by Tai KatoBakuto gaijin butai (1971) by Kinji FukasakuGendai yakuza - Hitokiri yota (1972) by Kinji FukasakuJingi naki tatakai (1973) by Kinji FukasakuJingi no hakaba (1975) by Kinji FukasakuKenkei tai soshiki boryoku (1975) by Kinji FukasakuYakuza no hakaba – Kuchinashi no hana (1976) by Kinji FukasakuYagyu ichizoku no inbo (1978) by Kinji Fukasakua retrospective section on Italian film (1946 to 1976).
Casanova on the screen
Il cavaliere misterioso (1948) by Riccardo FredaLe avventure di Giacomo Casanova (1955) by Steno (restored version)Infanzia, vocazioni, prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, veneziano (1969) by Luigi ComenciniIl Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976) by Federico Fellini (restored version)Homage to Fulvio Lucisano
Terrore nello spazio (1965) by Mario Bava (restored version)Le spie vengono dal semifreddo (1966) by Mario Bava (restored version)Cosa avete fatto a Solange? (1972) by Massimo Dallamano (restored version)Il medaglione insanguinato (1975) by Massimo Dallamano (restored version)Un mondo perfetto (an anthology of film) by Nino Pagot (1946–1957) and GibbaPier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975)
Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975) by Pier Paolo Pasolini (restored version)Banditi a Orgosolo (1961) by Vittorio De Seta (restored version) 
