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)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

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.

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.

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.

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):

Retrospective - The Secret History of Asian Cinema

This is a retrospective section on Chinese cinema (1934 to 1990) and Japanese cinema (1926 to 1978). The films are listed here in chronological order.

Retrospective - The Secret History of Italian Cinema 2

A retrospective section on Italian film (1946 to 1976). This section is part of a planned 4-year retrospective on some lesser known sides of Italian Cinema that started on the 61st edition of the festival.

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for the 20th Venice International Film Critics’ Week:

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 2nd edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:

Official Awards

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 62nd edition:

In Competition

Special Awards

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo Lion)

Lion of the Future - "Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film

Independent Sections Awards

The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:

Venice International Film Critics' Week

Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori)

Independent Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:

FIPRESCI Award

SIGNIS Award

C.I.C.A.E. Award

UNICEF Award

Pasinetti Awards

Little Golden Lion

Jameson Short Film Award

Young Cinema Award

Wella Prize

Open Prize

Doc/It Award

Lina Mangiacapre Award

Future Film Festival Digital Award

Laterna Magica Prize

Sergio Trasatti Award

Biografilm Award

'CinemAvvenire' Award

Award of the City of Rome

Human Rights Film Network Award

EIUC Award

Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award