The 62nd annual Venice International Film Festival opened on 31 August 2005 with Tsui Hark's Seven Swords and closed on 10 September 2005 with a screening of Peter Ho-sun Chan's musical Perhaps Love. The lineups were announced by the festival director Marco Müller on 28 July 2005 in Rome. The digital films competed in all categories for the first time of the festival history.
Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and Italian actress Stefania Sandrelli were both awarded a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. The Golden Lion was won by Brokeback Mountain.
During this edition of the festival, an International Design Competition of the new Palazzo del Cinema took place. The winner of the competition was 5+1 & Rudy Ricciotti. The purpose of the new building is to house the main headquarters of the Film Festival, as well as congresses and cultural events.
Juries
The international juries of the 62nd Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:
Main Competition (Venezia 62) Dante Ferretti Italian production designer, art director and costume designer - Jury President Ah Cheng, Chinese author and screenwriter Claire Denis, French filmmaker Edgar Reitz, German filmmaker and Professor of Film Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress Christine Vachon, American producer active in independent film sector Amos Gitai, Israeli filmmaker
Horizons (Orizzonti) Mimmo Rotella, Italian artist, closely related to cinema - Jury President Isabel Coixet, Spanish filmmaker Jean-Michel Frodon, French film critic Valerio Mastandrea, Italian actor Shinya Tsukamoto, Japanese director and actor
Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo) Chema Prado, Spanish film critic - Jury President Giovanna Gagliardo, Italian filmmaker Clemens Klopfenstein, Swiss film director
Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film) In a contest that examines all feature-length films that are first works present in the various sections of the Festival, this jury assigns the "Lion of the Future - Luigi De Laurentis award for best debut work" to one film, as well as a prize of Euro 100,000 put forward by Filmauro and of 20,000 metres of film stock offered by Kodak. Guy Maddin, Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer and editor - Jury President Peter Cowie, British film historian and author Isabella Ferrari, Italian actress Ismaël Ferroukhi, French-Moroccan film director Renata Litvinova, Russian actress, director and screenwriter
Official Sections
In competition
The competitive section of the official selection is an international competition of feature films in 35mm and digital HD format, running for the Golden Lion.
Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.
Out of Competition
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.
Horizons
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.
Highlighted titles indicate the Horizons Awards for Best Film and Best Documentary respectively.
Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo) The following films in 35mm, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the short film competition (Corto Cortissimo):