79th Venice International Film Festival

The 79th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2022.[1][2][3]

79th Venice International Film Festival
Official festival poster by Lorenzo Mattotti
Opening filmWhite Noise
Closing filmThe Hanging Sun
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Hosted byRocío Muñoz Morales
Festival date31 August – 10 September 2022
Websitewww.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2022

Juries

Main Competition (Venezia 79)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Luigi de Laurentiis Award

Venice Immersive

Official selections

In competition

The following films were selected for the main international competition:[7]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
All the Beauty and the BloodshedLaura PoitrasUnited States
Argentina, 1985Santiago MitreArgentina, United States
AthenaRomain GavrasFrance
The Banshees of InisherinMartin McDonaghIreland, United Kingdom, United States
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of TruthsBardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdadesAlejandro G. IñárrituMexico
Beyond the Wallشب، داخلی، دیوارVahid JalilvandIran
BlondeAndrew DominikUnited States
Bones and AllLuca GuadagninoItaly, United States
ChiaraSusanna NicchiarelliBelgium, Italy
A CoupleUn CoupleFrederick WisemanFrance, United States
The Eternal DaughterJoanna HoggUnited Kingdom, United States
L'immensitàEmanuele CrialeseFrance, Italy
Lord of the AntsIl signore delle formicheGianni AmelioItaly
Love LifeKōji FukadaJapan, France
MonicaAndrea PallaoroItaly, United States
No Bearsخرس نیستJafar PanahiIran
Other People's ChildrenLes Enfants des AutresRebecca ZlotowskiFrance
Our TiesLes MiensRoschdy ZemFrance
Saint OmerAlice DiopFrance
The SonFlorian ZellerUnited Kingdom, United States
TárTodd FieldGermany, United States
The WhaleDarren AronofskyUnited States
White Noise (opening film)Noah BaumbachUnited Kingdom, United States
Highlighted title indicates Golden Lion winner.

Out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[8]

Fiction
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Call of GodKõne taevastKim Ki-dukEstonia, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan
Dead for a DollarWalter HillUnited States
Don't Worry DarlingOlivia Wilde
Dreamin' WildBill Pohlad
DrySiccitàPaolo VirzìItaly
The Hanging Sun (closing film)Francesco Carrozzini
LivingOliver HermanusUnited Kingdom
Master GardenerPaul SchraderUnited States
PearlTi West
When the Waves Are GoneKapag Wala Na Ang Mga AlonLav DiazPhilippines, France, Portugal, Denmark
Nonfiction
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Bobi Wine: Ghetto PresidentChristopher Sharp, Moses BwayoUganda, United Kingdom, United States
A Compassionate SpySteve JamesUnited States
Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for FreedomEvgeny AfineevskyUkraine, United Kingdom, United States
Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanitàEnrico Ghezzi, Alessandro GagliardoItaly
In ViaggioGianfranco Rosi
The Kiev TrialSergei LoznitsaNetherland, Ukraine
The MatchmakerBenedetta ArgentieriItaly
Music for Black PigeonsJørgen Leth, Andreas KoefoedDenmark
NuclearOliver StoneUnited States
Series
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Copenhagen CowboyNicolas Winding RefnDenmark
The Kingdom ExodusLars von TrierDenmark

Horizons

The lineup of films selected for the Horizons section is as follows:[9]

In competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Princess (opening film)Roberto De PaolisItaly
VictimMichal BlaskoSlovakia, Czech Republic, Germany
On the FringeEn los márgenesJuan Diego BottoSpain
Trenque LauquenLaura CitarellaArgentina, Germany
VeraTizza Covi, Rainer FrimmelAustria
Innocence (documentary)Guy DavidiDenmark, Israel, Finland, Iceland
BlanquitaFernando GuzzoniChile, Mexico
For My CountryPour la FranceRachid HamiFrance, Taiwan
A Manある男Kei IshikawaJapan
Bread and SaltChleb i sólDamian KocurPoland
Luxembourg, LuxembourgAntonio LukichUkraine
Burning HeartsTi mangio il cuorePippo MezzapesaItaly
To the NorthMihai MincanRomania, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Czech Republic
AutobiographyMakbul MubarakIndonesia, France, Singapore, The Philippines, Germany, Qatar
The Sitting DuckLa SyndicalisteJean-Paul SaloméFrance
World War IIIجنگ جهانی سومHouman SeyyediIran
The Happiest Man in the WorldTeona Strugar MitevskaBosnia, Belgium, Denmark
The BrideSergio TrefautPortugal
Highlighted title indicates Orizzonti award winner.
Horizons Extra
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Origin of EvilL'Origine du malSébastien MarnierFrance, Canada
Hanging GardensJanain mualaqaAhmed Yassin Al Daradji
AmandaCarolina Cavalli
Red ShoesCarlos Eichelmann Kaiser
NezouhSoudade Kaadan
Notte fantasmaFulvio Risuleo
Without Herبی رویاArian VazirdaftariIran
Valeria Is Getting MarriedValeria MithatenetMichal VinikIsrael
GoliathAdilkhan Yerzhanov

Venice Immersive

The lineup of films selected for the Venice Immersive section is as follows:[10]

In competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
AscendersJonathan Astruc and Jonathana TameneFrance
Stay Alive My SonTu Vivras, Mon FilsVoctira BousisGreece, United States
Reimagined Volume 1: NyssaJulia Cavaliere and Michaele HollandUnited States
Rencontre(s)Mathias ChelebourgFrance
The Man Who Couldn't LeaveChen SingingTaipei
All Unsaved Progress Will Be LostMélanie CourtinatFrance
Eurydice, A Descent into InfinityEurydice, Een Afdaling in OneindigheidCeline DaemenNetherlands
OkawariLandia Egal and Amaury BurthieFrance, Canada
Dazzle: A Re-Assembly of BodiesRuth Gibson, Bruno Martelli, Alexa Pollmann, and Bine RothUnited Kingdom
Peaky Blinders: The King's RansomRussell Harding, Tim Jones, and Marcus MoresbyUnited Kingdom
Treasure HeistLuan TrinhUnited States
From the Main SquarePedro HarresGermany
Sorella's StoryPeter HegedusAustralia, Hungary, Sweden
EggscapeGerman Heller, Jorge Tereso, and Federico HellerArgentina
TypemanKeisuke ItohJapan
KindredBambou KennethUnited Kingdom
Poet's RoomShineui BangBomsok KuSouth Korea
Gumball DreamsDeirdre V. Lyons and Christopher DavisUnited States
NamuankiKevin MackUnited States
DarkeningTmáníOndrej MoravecCzech Republic, Germany
Eternelle, Notre DameBruno SeillierFrance
All That RemainsQuintero CraigTaipei
Rock Paper ScissorsAlex RuhlUnited Kingdom
Thank You for Sharing Your WorldYu Sakudo and Toshiaki HanzakiJapan
Framerate: Pulse of the EarthMatthew Shaw and William TrossellUnited Kingdom
Mrs. Benz: Vojace of DiscoveryEloise SingerUnited Kingdom
Uncanny AlleyRick TreweekSouth Africa
Fight BackCeline TricartFrance, United States
Mandala: A Brief Moment in TimeThomse VillepouxChina, France
Biennale College Cinema VR – Out of competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
EleleSjoerd van AckerNetherlands
MonoChiara TroisiItaly
Chroma 11Tsang Tsui-ShanHong Kong SAR
Best of Immersive – Out of competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World)Mike Brett, Steve Jamison, Pierre Zandrowicz, and Arnaud ColinartFrance, United Kingdom, United States
(Hi)story of a Painting: The Light in the ShadowQuentin Darras and Gaelle MourreUnited Kingdom
Area Man LivesAmy Green and Ryan GreenUnited States
LustrationRyan GriffenAustralia, United States
Alex Honnold: The Soloist VRJonathan GriffithFrance, United States
Space Explorers: The ISS Experience: Episode 3, UniteFélix Lajeunesse and Paul RaphaelCanada
Space Explorers: The ISS Experience: SpacewalkersFélix Lajeunesse and Paul RaphaelCanada
Kingdom of Plants with David AttenboroughIona McEwanUnited Kingdom, United States
The Miracle BasketAbner PreisNetherlands
Shores of LociEllen Utrecht, James Sundra, Dani Bittman, and Daisy BernsUnited States
Special Screening Event – Out of competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
We Met in Virtual RealityJoe HuntingUnited Kingdom

Autonomous sections

International Critics' Week

The lineup of films selected for the 37th International Critics' Week is as follows:[11]

In competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Anhell69Theo MontoyaColombia
Beating SunTant que le soleil frappePhilippe PetitFrance
DogbornIsabella CarbonellSweden
EismayerDavid WagnerAustria
Have You Seen This Woman?Да ли сте видели ову жену? (Da li ste videli ovu ženu?)Dušan Zorić, Matija GluščevićSerbia, Croatia
MarginiNiccolò FalsettiItaly
Skin DeepAus meiner HautAlex SchaadGermany
Special events – Out of competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Three Nights a Week (opening film)Florent GouelouFrance
BloodPedro CostaPortugal
Queens (closing film)Yasmine BenkiranMorocco
SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Albertine Where Are You?Maria GuidoneItaly
Like SnailsCome le lumacheMargherita PanizonItaly
NostosMauro ZingarelliItaly
SaplingPuietLorenzo Fabbro, Bronte StahlItaly, USA, Romania
ReginettaFederico RussottoItaly
RemainsRestiFederico FadigaItaly
Lucid RoomLa stanza lucidaChiara CaterinaItaly

Giornate degli Autori

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In competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Bentu Bentu Salvatore Mereu Italy
Ordinary Failures Cristina Grosan Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia
Blue Jean Georgia Oakley UK
Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous (opening film) Wissam Charaf France, Italy, Lebanon
The Last Queen Adila Bendimerad, Damien Ounouri Algeria, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Taiwan
The Damned Don’t Cry (Working Title) Fyzal Boulifa France, Belgium, Morocco
Wolf and Dog Cláudia Varejão Portugal, France
Padre PioAbel FerraraItaly, Germany, UK
Stonewalling Huang Ji, Otsuka Ryuji Japan
The Maiden Graham Foy Canada, US
Special events – Out of competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Olimpia’s WayCorrado CeronItaly
AloneتنهاJafar NajafiIran
We’re Here to Try Greta De Lazzaris, Jacopo Quadri Italy
Casa Susanna Sebastien Lifshitz
March on Rome Mark Cousins
La fornace Daniele Ciprì Italy
The Listener (closing film)Steve BuscemiUS
Venice Nights
Land of Upright People Christian Carmosino Mereu Italy
Kristos, the Last Child Giulia Amati
The Crown Shyness Valentina Bertani
Las leonas Isabel Achával, Chiara Biondi
Le favolose Roberta Torre
Pablo from Neanderthal Antonello Matarazzo
Se fate i bravi Stefano Collizzoli, Daniele Gaglianone
The Bone Breakers Vincenzo Pirrotta
An Invisible Enemy Riccardo Campagna, Federico Savonitto
Women's Tales Project
Carta a mi madre para mi hijo Carla Simón Italy
House Comes with a Bird Janicza Bravo

Awards

Official selection

The following official awards were presented at the 79th Edition:[13]

In Competition

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Horizons Extra

  • Audience Award: Nezouh by Soudade Kaadan

Lion of the Future

Venice Immersive

  • Best Experience: The Man Who Couldn't Leave by Chen Singing
  • Grand Jury Prize: From the Main Square by Pedro Harres
  • Special Jury Prize: Eggscape by German Heller

Autonomous sections

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[14]

  • Grand Prize: Eismayer by David Wagner
    • Jury special mention: Anhell69 by Theo Montoya
  • The Film Club Audience award: Margini by Niccolò Falsetti
  • 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

Other collateral awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[14]

Special awards

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