79th Venice International Film Festival

The 79th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2022, at Venice Lido in Italy.
American actress Julianne Moore was the Jury President of the main competition. Spanish actress Rocío Muñoz Morales hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.The Golden Lion was awarded to All the Beauty and the Bloodshed by Laura Poitras making it the second documentary, following Gianfranco Rosi's Sacro GRA in 2013, to win the festival's top prize.
American filmmaker Paul Schrader and French actress Catherine Deneuve were awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
The festival opened with White Noise by Noah Baumbach, and closed with The Hanging Sun by Francesco Carrozzini.

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Juries

Main competition (''Venezia 79'')

Julianne Moore, American actress and author - Jury President
Mariano Cohn, Argentine director, screenwriter and producer
Leonardo Di Costanzo, Italian director and screenwriter
Audrey Diwan, French director and screenwriter
Leila Hatami, Iranian actress
Kazuo Ishiguro, British novelist and screenwriter
Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Spanish director and screenwriter

Horizons (''Orizzonti'')

Isabel Coixet, Spanish filmmaker - Jury President
Laura Bispuri, Italian filmmaker
Antonio Campos, American filmmaker and producer
Sofia Djama, Algerian filmmaker
, French film critic

Luigi de Laurentis Award

Michelangelo Frammartino, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
Jan P. Matuszyński, Polish filmmaker
Ana Rocha de Sousa, Portuguese filmmaker and actress
Tessa Thompson, American actress
Rosalie Varda, French costume designer, producer, writer and actress

Venice Immersive

May Abdalla - Jury President
David Adler
Blanca Li

Official selection

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]''

The lineup of films selected for the Horizons section is as follows:

Venice Immersive

The lineup of films selected for the Venice Immersive section is as follows:

Independent Sections

Venice International Critics' Week

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

''[Giornate degli Autori]''

The following films were selected for the Giornate degli Autori section:

Official Awards

In competition

Golden Lion: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed by Laura Poitras
Grand Jury Prize: Saint Omer by Alice Diop
Silver Lion: Bones and All by Luca Guadagnino
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Cate Blanchett for Tár
Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Colin Farrell for The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Screenplay: The Banshees of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh
Special Jury Prize: No Bears by Jafar Panahi
Marcello Mastroianni Award: Taylor Russell for ''Bones and All''

[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]

''[Orizzonti]''

Best Film: World War III by Houman SeyyediBest Director: Vera by Tizza Covi and Rainer FrimmelSpecial Jury Prize: Bread and Salt by Damian KocurBest Actress: Vera Gemma for VeraBest Actor: Mohsen Tanabandeh for World War IIIBest Screenplay: Blanquita by Fernando GuzzoniBest Short Film: Snow in September by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir

Horizons Extra

Audience Award: Nezouh by Soudade Kaadan

Lion of the Future

Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film: Saint Omer by Alice Diop

Venice Immersive

Best Experience: The Man Who Couldn't Leave by Chen SingingGrand Jury Prize: From the Main Square by Pedro HarresSpecial Jury Prize: Eggscape by German Heller

Independent Sections Awards

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

Venice International Critics' Week

Grand Prize: Eismayer by David Wagner

* Jury special mention: Anhell69 by Theo MontoyaThe Film Club Audience award: Margini by Niccolò FalsettiVerona Film Club Award: Anhell69 by Theo MontoyaMario Serandrei: Anhell69 by Theo MontoyaBest Short Film: Sapling by Lorenzo Fabbro and Bronte StahlBest Director: Albertine Where Are You? by Maria GuidoneBest Technical Contribution: Reginetta by Federico Russotto

''[Giornate degli Autori]''

GdA Director's Award: Wolf and Dog by Cláudia VarejãoEuropa Cinemas Label Award: Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous by Wissam CharafPeople Choice's Award: Blue Jean by Georgia OakleyBNL Gruppo BNP Paribas People's Choice Award: The Maiden by Graham Foy

Independent Awards

[Queer Lion]

Skin Deep by Alex Schaad

ARCA CinemaGiovani Award

Best Film of Venezia 79: Athena by Romain GavrasBest Italian Film in Venice: Monica by Andrea Pallaoro

Authors under 40 Award

Best Directing: Dogborn by Isabella CarbonellBest Directing: Ordinary Failures by Cristina Grosan

* Special Mention: The Last Queen by Adila Bendimerad and Damien Ounouri
* Special Mention: Have You Seen This Woman? by Dušan Zorić and Matija Gluščević
* Special Mention: Blue Jean by Georgia Oakley

Brain Award

Lord of the Ants by Gianni Amelio

Casa Wabi – Mantarraya Award

Saint Omer by Alice Diop

CICT - UNESCO "Enrico Fulchignoni" Award

Nuclear by Oliver Stone

Cinema & Arts Award

Golden Musa: Music for Black Pigeons by Jørgen Leth and Andreas KoefoedGolden Musa: Saint Omer by Alice Diop

Premio CinemaSarà

The Whale by Darren Aronofsky

* Special Mention: No Bears by Jafar Panahi

Edipo Re Award

Saint Omer by Alice Diop

Premio Fondazione Fai Persona Lavoro Ambiente

The Sitting Duck by Jean-Paul Salomé

* Special Mention: Princess by Roberto De Paolis
* Special Mention: Hanging Gardens by Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji

Fanheart3 Award

Graffetta d'Oro for Best Film: Don't Worry Darling by Olivia WildeNave d'Argento for Best OTP: to the characters Charles Eismayer and Mario Falak in Eismayer by David WagnerXR Fan Experience: Lustration by Ryan GriffenXR Special Mention: Fight Back by Celine Tricart

FEDIC Award

Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità by Enrico Ghezzi and Alessandro Gagliardo

* Special Mention for Best Film: Burning Hearts by Pippo Mezzapesa
* Special Mention for Best Short Film: Albertine Where Are You? by Maria Guidone

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Best Film : Argentina, 1985 by Santiago MitreBest Film : Autobiography by Makbul Mubarak

Francesco Pasinetti Award

Dry by Paolo Virzì

Green Drop Award

White Noise by Noah Baumbach

* Special Mention: Dry by Paolo Virzì

10th INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue

The Whale by Darren Aronofsky

Lanterna Magica Award

Nezouh by Soudade Kaadan

Leoncino d'Oro Award

The Whale by Darren Aronofsky

* Cinema for UNICEF: Athena by Romain Gavras

Lizzani Award

Chiara by Susanna Nicchiarelli

* Special Mention: A Guerra Finita by Simone Massi

NUOVOIMAIE Talent Awards

Best New Young Actor: Leonardo Maltese for Lord of the AntsBest New Young Actress: Margherita Mazzucco for ''Chiara''

La Pellicola d'Oro Award

Best Production Director: Barbara Busso for Lord of the AntsBest Camera Operator: Cesare Pascarella for Lord of the AntsBest Costume Tailoring: Laura Montaldi for ''Chiara''

RB Casting Award

Leonardo Maltese for ''Lord of the Ants''

SIGNIS Award

Chiara by Susanna Nicchiarelli

* Special Mention: Argentina, 1985 by Santiago Mitre

Smithers Foundation Award "Ambassador of Hope"

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed by Laura Poitras

“Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award” XI edition

Best Italian Film: Chiara by Susanna NicchiarelliBest Foreign Film: The Whale by Darren Aronofsky

Premio Soundtrack Stars Award

Best Soundtrack: Dry, soundtrack by Franco PiersantiLifetime Achievement Award: Stefano Bollani

* Special Mention: Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America, soundtrack by Rodrigo D'Erasmo

Premio UNIMED

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths by Alejandro González Iñárritu