Best Cinematography for RODRIGO PRIETO
On Saturday, September 8, the “Venezia 64 Jury” at
the “64th
Venice Film Festival ”, chaired by Zhang Yimou and comprised
of Catherine Breillat, Jane Campion, Emanuele Crialese, Alejandro
González
Iñárritu, Ferzan Ozpetek and Paul Verhoeven,
having viewed all twenty-three films in competition have decided
to grant:
Osella for Best Cinematography to: Rodrigo PRIETO
director of photography for the Se, Jie/ Lust, Caution by
Ang Lee (USA/China/China, Taiwan) and GOLDEN LION for Best
Film also to: Se, Jie/ Lust, Caution by Ang Lee (USA/China/China,
Taiwan)
Rodrigo PRIETO, AMC/ASC (Mexico, 1965) started his career
in Mexico. Between 1988 and 1991 he did 6 short features and
from 1991 to 2000 worked in 16 long features. After having
done Amore Perros/ Love Dogs (2000), directed by
Alejandro González Iñárritu, PRIETO's
career completely turned around. The film was a huge success
both among the critics and the public having won more than
fifty awards worldwide. For it, PRIETO won the “Gold Frog” by
Cameriamge (Poland) and also the Ariel Best Cinematography
Award (Mexico).
In that same year (2000), PRIETO started collaborating in
American feature films: Ten Tiny Love Stories (2001)
by Rodrigo García, Original Sin (2001) by
Michael Cristofer, Frida (2002), 8 Mile (2002)
by Julie Taymor, 25th Hour (2002) by Spike Lee, Comandante (2003)
by Oliver Stone, 21 Grams (2003) by Alejandro González
Iñárritu, Alexander (2004) by Oliver
Stone, Brokeback Mountain (2005) by Ang Lee and Babel (2006)
by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Before 2000 he has been awarded by Ariel Awards (Mexico) and
in Spain and after that year he has been awarded in several
festivals in the USA, UK and Poland. PRIETO's first collaboration
with Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain (2005) has granted
him several awards and nominations, including an Oscar nomination.
Now Se, Jie/ Lust, Caution (2006) again confirms
it to be a successful alliance.
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OTHER MAIN COMPETITION Venezia
64 AWARDS AND OTHER AWARDS
SILVER LION for Best Director to:
Brian DE PALMA for the film: REDACTED (USA)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to (ex aequo):
LA GRAINE ET LE MULET by Abdellatif KECHICHE (France)
I'M NOT THERE by Todd HAYNES (USA)
COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor:
Brad PITT in the film THE ASSASSINATION
OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD by Andrew DOMINIK (USA)
COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress:
Cate BLANCHETT in the film : I'M NOT THERE by Todd
HAYNES (USA)
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best Young Actor or Actress:
Hafsia HERZI in the film LA GRAINE ET LE MULET by
Abdellatif KECHICHE (France)
OSELLA for Best Screenplay
to:
Paul LAVERTY for the film IT'S A FREE
WORLD… by
Ken LOACH
(UK/Italy/Germany/Spain)
SPECIAL LION for Overall Work to:
NIKITA MIKHALKOV
ORIZZONTI
The Orizzonti Jury at the 64th Venice Film Festival, comprised
of Gregg Araki (President), Hala Alabdalla Yakoub, Giorgia
Fiorio, Ulrich Gregor and Frederick Wiseman, has unanimously
decided to award the following prizes:
ORIZZONTI PRIZE to: SÜGISBALL/
AUTUMN BALL by
Veiko ÕUNPUU
(Estonia)
ORIZZONTI DOC PRIZE to: WUYONG/
USELESS by Jia ZHANGKE (China)
SPECIAL MENTION to: KAGADANAN
SA BANWAAN NING MGA ENGKANTO/ DEATH IN THE LAND OF ENCANTOS by
Lav DIAZ (Philippines)
Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera
Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” to:
The Venezia Opera Prima Jury at the 64th Venice Film Festival,
comprised of Bill Mechanic (President), Randa Chahal Sabbag,
Rupert Everett, Liu Jie and Valeria Solarino, has unanimously
decided to award the
LA ZONA di Rodrigo PLÁ (Giornate
degli autori-Venice Days, Spain/Mexico)
CORTO CORTISSIMO
The Corto Cortissimo Jury at the 64th Venice
Film Festival, comprised of François-Jacques Ossang
(President), Yasmine Kassari and Roberto Perpignani, has
unanimously decided to award the following prizes:
SILVER LION FOR BEST SHORT
FILM for Best Short Film to:
DOG ALTOGETHER by Paddy CONSIDINE (UK)
Special mention to:
LIUDI IZ KAMNYA/ STONE PEOPLE by Leonid RYBAKOV
(Russian Federation) for its humorous and radical metaphor
about a familiar, real situation
PRIX UIP to:
ALUMBRAMIENTO by Eduardo CHAPERO-JACKSON (Spain)
Diana Soeiro
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