77th Venice International Film Festival
The 77th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 September 2020, at Venice Lido in Italy. Albeit in a "more restrained format" due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival held all its screenings with public presence.
Australian actress Cate Blanchett was Jury President of the main competition. Italian actress Anna Foglietta hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. The Golden Lion was awarded to Nomadland by Chloé Zhao.
The festival opened with The Ties by Daniele Luchetti, the first Italian film after 11 years to open the festival. And closed with You Came Back by Stefano Mordini.
Juries
Main Competition (''Venezia 77'')
- Cate Blanchett, Australian actress and producer - Jury President
- Matt Dillon, American actor
- Veronika Franz, Austrian director and screenwriter
- Joanna Hogg, British director and screenwriter
- Nicola Lagioia, Italian author
- Christian Petzold, German director and screenwriter
- Ludivine Sagnier, French actress
Horizons (''Orizzonti'')
- Claire Denis, French filmmaker - Jury President
- Oskar Alegria, Spanish director
- Francesca Comencini, Italian director and screenwriter
- Katriel Schory, former Israel Film Fund topper
- Christine Vachon, American producer
''Luigi De Laurentis'' Award for a Debut Film
- Claudio Giovannesi, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
- Rémi Bonhomme, Marrakech International Film Festival artistic director
- Dora Bouchoucha, Tunisian producer
Venice Virtual Reality
- Céline Tricart, American 3D and virtual reality expert
- Asif Kapadia, British director
- Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game author and pioneer
Official Sections
In Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:''[Orizzonti]''
In Competition
The following films were selected for the Horizons section:Venice Classics
The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section, which this year is scheduled to be held at the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna, from 25 to 31 August:Biennale College - Cinema
The following films were selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section:Independent Sections
Venice International Critics' Week
In competition
The following films were selected for the 35th Venice International Critics' Week :''Giornate degli Autori''
The following films were selected for the 17th edition of the Giornate degli Autori section:Official Awards
In Competition
- Golden Lion: Nomadland by Chloé Zhao
- Grand Jury Prize: New Order by Michel Franco
- Silver Lion: Kiyoshi Kurosawa for Wife of a Spy
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Vanessa Kirby for Pieces of a Woman
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Pierfrancesco Favino for Padrenostro
- Best Screenplay: Chaitanya Tamhane for The Disciple
- Special Jury Prize: Dear Comrades! by Andrei Konchalovsky
- Marcello Mastroianni Award: Rouhollah Zamani for ''Sun Children''
Horizons (''Orizzonti'')
- Best Film: The Wasteland by Ahmad Bahrami
- Best Director: Lav Diaz for Genus Pan
- Special Jury Prize: Listen by Ana Rocha de Sousa
- Best Actress: Khansa Batma for Zanka Contact
- Best Actor: Yahya Mahayni for The Man Who Sold His Skin
- Best Screenplay: The Predators by Pietro Castellitto
- Best Short Film: Entre tú y milagros by Mariana Saffon