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79th Venice International Film Festival

The 79th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2022.[1][2][3] Noah Baumbach's White Noise was the festival's opening film, and Francesco Carrozzini's The Hanging Sun was the closing film.

Opening film

White Noise

The Hanging Sun

Venice, Italy

1932

Golden Lion: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Rocío Muñoz Morales

Alberto Barbera

31 August – 10 September 2022

www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2022

American actress Julianne Moore was the Jury President of the Main competition. Laura Poitras' All the Beauty and the Bloodshed was the winner of the Golden Lion, making it the second documentary, following Gianfranco Rosi's Sacro GRA in 2013, to win the festival's top prize.[4]


American filmmaker Paul Schrader and French actress Catherine Deneuve were awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.[5][6]

American actress and author - Jury President[7]

Julianne Moore

Argentine director, screenwriter and producer

Mariano Cohn

Italian director and screenwriter

Leonardo Di Costanzo

French director and screenwriter

Audrey Diwan

Iranian actress

Leila Hatami

British novelist and screenwriter

Kazuo Ishiguro

Spanish director and screenwriter

Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Official selection[edit]

In competition[edit]

The following films were selected for the main international competition:[10]

Independent Sections[edit]

Venice International Critics' Week[edit]

The lineup of films selected for the 37th Venice International Critics' Week is as follows:[13]

: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed by Laura Poitras

Golden Lion

: Saint Omer by Alice Diop

Grand Jury Prize

: Bones and All by Luca Guadagnino

Silver Lion

: Cate Blanchett for Tár

Volpi Cup for Best Actress

: Colin Farrell for The Banshees of Inisherin

Volpi Cup for Best Actor

: The Banshees of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh

Golden Osella for Best Screenplay

: No Bears by Jafar Panahi

Special Jury Prize

: Taylor Russell for Bones and All

Marcello Mastroianni Award

Grand Prize

The Film Club Audience award: by Niccolò Falsetti

Margini

Verona Film Club Award: Anhell69 by Theo Montoya

Mario Serandrei: Anhell69 by Theo Montoya

Best Short Film: Sapling by Lorenzo Fabbro and Bronte Stahl

Best Director: Albertine Where Are You? by Maria Guidone

Best Technical Contribution: Reginetta by Federico Russotto

Skin Deep by Alex Schaad

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