57th Venice International Film Festival

The 57th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 30 August to 9 September 2000.

Czech filmmaker Miloš Forman was the Jury President of the main competition.

The Golden Lion was awarded to the Iranian film The Circle, directed by Jafar Panahi. American filmmaker and actor Clint Eastwood was the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

Jury

The following people comprised the 2000 jury:

Main Competition

• MiloÅ¡ Forman, Czech filmmaker - Jury President
• Tahar Ben Jelloun, Moroccan writer
• Giuseppe Bertolucci, Italian director
• Claude Chabrol, French filmmaker
• Andreas Kilb, Italian film critic
• Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
• Samira Makhmalbaf, Iranian filmmaker

Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Feature

• Atom Egoyan, Armenian-Canadian director - Jury President
• Mimmo Calopresti, Italian director
• Bill Krohn, American critic
• Chiara Mastroianni, French actress
• Peter Mullan, Scottish actor and director

Short Films Competition

• Georges Bollon, French founder of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
• Giuseppe Piccioni, Italian director
• Nina Proll, Austrian actress

Official Sections

In Competition

Out of Competition

The following films were screened out of competition:

Cinema del Presente

An official selection of films that stand out for their "attempt at innovation, originality or innovative film style".

Dreams and Visions

The following films were selected for the section "Dreams and Visions" (Sogni e Visioni<nowiki/>'):

• Golden Lion: The Circle by Jafar Panahi
• Grand Special Jury Prize: Before Night Falls by Julian Schnabel
• Silver Lion: Uttara by Buddhadev Dasgupta
• Golden Osella for Outstanding Technical Contribution (screenplay): Claudio Fava, Marco Tullio Giordana and Monica Zapelli for One Hundred Steps
• Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Javier Bardem for Before Night Falls
• Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Rose Byrne for The Goddess of 1967
• Special Mention Best Short Film: Faouzi Bensaïdi for The Rain Line
• Special Mention Best Short Film: Sandro Aguilar for Sem Movimento
• Marcello Mastroianni Award: Megan Burns for Liam

• Best First Feature: Thomas in Love by Pierre-Paul Renders
• Best Feature: The Circle by Jafar Panahi

• Liam by Stephen Frears
• Honorable Mention: Before Night Falls by Julian Schnabel
• Honorable Mention: The Circle by Jafar Panahi

• Platform by Jia Zhangke
• Special Mention: Seom by Ki-duk Kim

• Best Film: I cento passi by Marco Tullio Giordana
• Best Actor: Antonio Albanese and Fabrizio Bentivoglio for Holy Tongue
• Best Actress: Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee, Fatemeh Naghavi, Nargess Mamizadeh, Maryiam Palvin Almani, Mojgan Faramarzi, Elham Saboktakin, Monir Arab, Maedeh Tahmasebi, Maryam Shayegan, Khadijeh Moradi, Negar Ghadyani and Solmaz Panahi for The Circle

• Time and Tide by Tsui Hark
• Special Mention: Denti by Gabriele Salvatores

• Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature: Freedom by Å arÅ«nas Bartas
• Best Film: I cento passi by Marco Tullio Giordana
• Best First Film: Roozi ke zan shodam by Marzieh Meshkini
• Cinema for Peace Award: Poetical Refugee by Abdellatif Kechiche