From the "On The Scene" Archives:

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Competition

Alejandro AMENÁBAR, Los otros (The Others) Spain/USA, 104'
João BOTELHO, Quem és tu? Portugal, 112'
Antonio CAPUANO, Luna rossa Italy, 116'
Fruit CHAN, Heung gong yau gok hor lei wood (Hollywood Hong Kong) Hong Kong/France/Japan, 102'
Larry CLARK, Bully USA, 106'
Alfonso CUARÓN, Y tu mamá también Mexico, 105'
Philippe GARREL, Sauvage innocence France/The Netherlands, 125'
Amos GITAI, Eden France/Italy/Israel, 91'
KIM Ki-Duk Soochwieen Bodmyung (Address Unknown), Korea, 117'
Richard LINKLATER, Waking Life USA, 97'
Ken LOACH, The Navigators UK/Germany/Spain, 92'
Mira NAIR, Monsoon Wedding India, 114'
Goran PASKALJEVIC, How Harry Became a Tree Ireland/ Italy/UK/ France, 100'
Babak PAYAMI, Raye makhfi (Void Votes) Iran/Italy, 100'
Clare PEPLOE, The Triumph of Love Italy/UK, 107'
Giuseppe PICCIONI , Luce dei miei occhi Italy, 112'
Lucian PINTILIE, L'Après-midi d'un tortionnaire Romania/France, 88'
Walter SALLES, Behind the Sun Brazil/Switzerland/France, 106'
Ulrich SEIDL, Hundstage Austria, 120'
André TÉCHINÉ, Loin France/Spain, 120'

CINEMA DEL PRESENTE

Competition

Giuseppe BERTOLUCCI, L'amore probabilmente Italy/Switzerland, 107' (OPENING)
Marco BECHIS, Figli/Hijos Italy, 100'
Sergei BODROV Jr., Sestry (Sisters) Russia, 85'
Laurent CANTET, L'Emploi du temps France, 133'
Sandra GOLDBACHER, Me Without You UK, 107'
Werner HERZOG, Invincible Germany/UK, 128'
Jeffrey JETURIAN, Tuhog (Larger Than Life) The Philippines, 105'
Fatmir KOÇI, Tirana Year Zero Albania/France/Belgium, 89'
Giovanni Davide MADERNA, L'amore imperfetto Italy/Spain, 92'
Damien ODOUL, Le souffle France, 80'
Jacques ROZIER, Fifi Martingale France, 127'
SHIOTA Akihiko, Gaichu (Harmful Insect) Japan, 92'
SONG Il-gon, Flower Island Korea/France, 110'
Paolo SORRENTINO, L'uomo in più Italy, 100'
Jill SPRECHER, 13 Conversations About One Thing USA, 94'
Marion VERNOUX, Reines d'un jour France, 94'
Teresa VILLAVERDE, Água e Sal Portugal/Italy, 117'
Juan VILLEGAS, Sábado Argentina, 70'
Andrés WOOD, La fiebre del loco Chile/Spain/Mexico, 90'
ZHANG Yang, Zuo Tian (Quitting) China, 118'

Not for Competition

OPENING PIC:
Milcho MANCHEVSKI, Dust UK/Italy/Germany/Macedonia, 127'

GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Eric ROHMER, L'Anglaise et le Duc France, 128'
Youssef CHAHINE, Silence... on tourne! France/Egypt, 108'
Manoel de OLIVEIRA, Porto da Minha Infância Portugal/France, 62'
SUZUKI Seijun, Pistol Opera Japan, 112'

TWO ANIMATION MASTERS
Geoff DUNBAR, Tuesday UK, 13'
Raoul SERVAIS, Atraksion Belgium, 10'

CLOSING DAY
Josée DAYAN, Cet amour là France, 100'

Santosh SIVAN, Asoka India, 140'

VENEZIA 58
Not for Competition

Woody ALLEN, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion USA, 102'
Jez BUTTERWORTH, Birthday Girl UK, 93'
John CARPENTER, John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars USA, 100'
Peter CATTANEO, Lucky Break UK, 112'
Antoine FUQUA, Training Day USA, 123'
Albert & Allen HUGHES, From Hell USA, 137'
Benoît JACQUOT, Tosca France/Italy/Germany/UK, 120'
David MAMET, Heist USA, 109'
Isidro ORTIZ & La Fura dels Baus (Alex Ollé, Carlos Padrisa), Fausto 5.0 Spain, 95'
Steven SPIELBERG A.I. Artificial Intelligence USA, 146'

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Vittorio DE SICA, La ciociara Italy (1960), 110'
Harold GODSOE, Santa Lucia Luntana USA (1931) 60'
Bruno VALLETTY, The Movie Actor USA (1932) 15'
Laura BETTI, Pasolini: La ragione di un sogno Italy, 89'
Sandro LAI with Carlo Di Carlo, Michelangelo Antonioni: lo sguardo che ha cambiato il cinema Italy, 55'

NUOVI TERRITORI
Full-length fiction films

Rita AZEVEDO GOMES, Frágil como o Mundo Portugal, 90'
Catherine BREILLAT, Brève traversée France, 80'
Julio BRESSANE, Dias de Nietzsche em Turin Brazil, 88'
Jan CVITKOVIC, Kruh in mleko Slovenia, 68'
Tonino DE BERNARDI, Fare la vita Italy, 105'
Mariano TORRES MANZUR Los Porfiados Argentina, 90'
InDigent Project
Richard LINKLATER, Tape USA, 86'
Bruce WAGNER, Women in film USA, 88'

Full-length non fiction films

Ariella AZOULAY, Mal'ach Hahistoria (The Angel of History) Israel, 70'
Mahmoud BEN MAHMOUD, Les mille et une voix: la musique de l'Islam Belgium/France/The Netherlands/Tunisia, 90'
Jean-Luis COMOLLI, L'Affaire Sofri (Le juge et l'historien) France/Italy, 65'
Pedro COSTA, Où gît votre sourire enfoui?(Cinéma de notre temps) France/Portugal, 95'
Inês DE MEDEIROS, U Fâto Completo or a Procura de Alberto Portugal/France, 70'
Yervant GIANIKIAN, Angela RICCI LUCCHI, Images d'Orient - "Tourisme vandale" France/Italy, 64'
Amos GITAI, Wadi Grand Canyon (1981, 1991, 2001) Israel, 180'
Spike LEE, A. Huey P. Newton Story USA, 90'
Goran MARKOVIC, Serbie Année Zéro France, 90'
Luca RONCHI, Mario Schifano tutto Italy/Jugoslavia, 77'
Daniele SEGRE, Asuba de su serbatoiu (sul serbatoio) Italy, 61'
Frederick WISEMAN, Domestic Violence USA, 196'

Short and medium-length films

António CAMPOS, A invençao do amor (1965-200) Portugal, 29'
Alberto GRIFI, A proposito di effetti speciali Italy, 40'
André LABARTHE, Le Loup et l'agneau - John Ford & Alfred Hitchcock (Cinéma, de notre temps) France, 52'
Fernando LOPES, Cinema Portugal, 23'
Mario MARTONE, Nella Napoli di Luca Giordano Italy, 20'
Matthias MÜLLER, Phantom Germany, 5'
Piero NATOLI, Il mondo è fatto a scale Italy, 14'
Günther & Loredana SELICHAR, GT Granturismo Austria, 5'
Alexander SOKUROV, Elegia dorogi France/Russia/The Netherlands, 47'
Luigi VERONESI, Un giorno all'Olivetti (1948 - restauro 2001) Italy, 21'

Three Digital Short Films by Three Filmmakers Korea, 96'
JIA Zhangke, In Public
John AKOMFRAH, Digitopia
TSAI Mingliang, A Conversation with God

Stan Brakhage Program
Dance USA, 7'
Lovesong USA, 8'
Lovesong 2 USA, 3'
Microgarden USA, 3'
Occam's Threads USA, 30"
Persian Series 13-18 USA, 10'
Stately Mansion USA, 6'
The Jesus Trilogy, and Coda USA, 20'

I diari della Sacher
Mara CHIARETTI, Da vai bistrè avanti! Presto! Italy, 28'
Giuseppe GAUDINO, Scalamara Italy, 33'
Andrea MOLAIOLI, Bandiera rossa - borsa nera Italy, 27'
Roberto NANNI, Antonio Ruju vita di un anarchico sardo Italy, 28'
Susanna NICCHIARELLI, Ca cri do bo Italy, 24'
Isabella SANDRI, I quaderni di Luisa Italy, 28'
Valia SANTELLA, In nome del popolo italiano Italy, 29'

Homage to Jean-Claude Rousseau
Jean-Claude ROUSSEAU, Jeune femme à sa fénêtre lisant une lettre (1983-2001) France, 45'
Jean-Claude ROUSSEAU, Venise n'existe pas (1984-2001) France, 12'
Jean-Claude ROUSSEAU, Keep in touch (1987-2001) France, 25'
Jean-Claude ROUSSEAU, Les Antiquités de Rome (1984-1989) France, 105'
Jean-Claude ROUSSEAU, La Vallée close (1995-1998) France, 144'

CORTO-CORTISSIMO
Rudy BARICHELLO, Ismael Belgium, 23'
Carlo DAMASCO, Un paio di occhiali Italy, 12'
Ben ELIA, Avatars France, 5'
Licia EMINENTI, Intimisto France, 20'
Dayya 'n ENG, Che si shi si (Bus 44) Hong Kong/USA, 11'
Stefan FALDBAKKEN, Kosmonaut (The Cosmonaut) Norway, 15'
Doohyun HONG, The Sound of Sunset (Tuning in Silence) Korea,
18' Jan Hendnk KRUGER, Freunde (The Whiz Kids) Germany, 22'
Ravi KUMAR, My Other Wheelchair is A Porsche UK, 12'
Il-soon KWEON, Seum-ba-gkok-gill (Hide and Seek) Korea, 18'
Ruth OLSHAN, Quien eres tu? Cuba/Germany, 11'
Johnny O'REILLY, The Terms Ireland, 11'
Luis PRIETO, Bamboleho, Spain, 14'
Jan SCHUTTE, Old Love Germany, 24'
Heng TANG, The Other Son Australia, 7'
Lu ZHANG, Shiyi Sui (Eleven) China, 15'

CRITICS' WEEK

La Biennale di Venezia and the Sindacato Nazionale Critici Cinematografici Italiani present the seven films of the 16th Settimana Internazionale della Critica (Critics' Week) chosen by: Andrea Martini, Francesco Di Pace, Michele Gottardi, Anton Giulio Mancino, Roberto Nepoti.

Verónica CHEN, Vagón Fumador Argentina, 88'
Katherine LINDBERG, Rain Spain/Germany/USA
Antoine SANTANA, Un moment de bonheur France, 84'
Raquel BRANCO RODRIGUES FREIRE Rasganço (Lo strappo) Portugal, 100'
Yan Yan MAK, Ge Ge (Brother) Hong Kong, 90'
Vincenzo MARRA Tornando a casa Italy, 88'
Eiji OKUDA, Shoujyo (An Adolescent) Japan, 132'

Special event
Peter FONDA, The Hired Hand USA, 1971, 93'