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
Artistic directorAlberto Barbera
Festival date31 August – 10 September 2022
Websitewww.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2022
Venice Film Festival chronology

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.

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]

Juries

Main Competition (Venezia 79)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Luigi de Laurentis Award

Venice Immersive

Official Selection

In Competition

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

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Laura Poitras United States
Argentina, 1985 Santiago Mitre Argentina, United States
Athena Romain Gavras France
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades Alejandro G. Iñárritu Mexico
Beyond the Wall شب، داخلی، دیوار Vahid Jalilvand Iran
Blonde Andrew Dominik United States
Bones and All Luca Guadagnino Italy, United States
Chiara Susanna Nicchiarelli Belgium, Italy
A Couple Un Couple Frederick Wiseman France, United States
The Eternal Daughter Joanna Hogg United Kingdom, United States
L'immensità Emanuele Crialese France, Italy
Lord of the Ants Il signore delle formiche Gianni Amelio Italy
Love Life Kōji Fukada Japan, France
Monica Andrea Pallaoro Italy, United States
No Bears خرس نیست Jafar Panahi Iran
Other People's Children Les Enfants des Autres Rebecca Zlotowski France
Our Ties Les Miens Roschdy Zem
Saint Omer Alice Diop
The Son Florian Zeller United Kingdom, United States
Tár Todd Field Germany, United States
The Whale Darren Aronofsky United States
White Noise (opening film) Noah Baumbach United Kingdom, United States
Highlighted title indicates Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[10]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Fiction
Call of God Kõne taevast Kim Ki-duk Estonia, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan
Dead for a Dollar Walter Hill United States
Don't Worry Darling Olivia Wilde
Dreamin' Wild Bill Pohlad
Dry Siccità Paolo Virzì Italy
The Hanging Sun (closing film) Francesco Carrozzini
Living Oliver Hermanus United Kingdom
Master Gardener Paul Schrader United States
Pearl Ti West
When the Waves Are Gone Kapag Wala Na Ang Mga Alon Lav Diaz Philippines, France, Portugal, Denmark
Non Fiction
Bobi Wine: Ghetto President Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo Uganda, United Kingdom, United States
A Compassionate Spy Steve James United States
Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom Evgeny Afineevsky Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo Italy
In Viaggio Gianfranco Rosi
The Kiev Trial Sergei Loznitsa Netherland, Ukraine
The Matchmaker Benedetta Argentieri Italy
Music for Black Pigeons Jørgen Leth, Andreas Koefoed Denmark
Nuclear Oliver Stone United States
Series
Copenhagen Cowboy Nicolas Winding Refn Denmark
The Kingdom Exodus Riget Exodus Lars von Trier

Horizons (Orizzonti)

The lineup of films selected for the Horizons section is as follows:[11]

In Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Princess (opening film) Roberto De Paolis Italy
Victim Michal Blasko Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany
On the Fringe En los márgenes Juan Diego Botto Spain
Trenque Lauquen Laura Citarella Argentina, Germany
Vera Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel Austria
Innocence Guy Davidi Denmark, Israel, Finland, Iceland
Blanquita Fernando Guzzoni [es] Chile, Mexico
For My Country Pour la France Rachid Hami [fr] France, Taiwan
A Man ある男 Kei Ishikawa Japan
Bread and Salt Chleb i sól Damian Kocur Poland
Luxembourg, Luxembourg Antonio Lukich Ukraine
Burning Hearts Ti mangio il cuore Pippo Mezzapesa [it] Italy
To the North Mihai Mincan Romania, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Czech Republic
Autobiography Makbul Mubarak [id] Indonesia, France, Singapore, The Philippines, Germany, Qatar
The Sitting Duck La Syndicaliste Jean-Paul Salomé France
World War III جنگ جهانی سوم Houman Seyyedi Iran
The Happiest Man in the World Teona Strugar Mitevska [fr] Bosnia, Belgium, Denmark
The Bride Sergio Trefaut Portugal
Highlighted title indicates Orizzonti award winner.

Horizons Extra

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Origin of Evil L'Origine du mal Sébastien Marnier France, Canada
Hanging Gardens Janain mualaqa Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji Iraq, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Kingdom
Amanda Carolina Cavalli Italy
Red Shoes Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser Mexico, Italy
Nezouh Soudade Kaadan United Kingdom, Syria, France
Notte fantasma Fulvio Risuleo Italy
Without Her بی رویا Arian Vazirdaftari Iran
Valeria Is Getting Married Valeria Mithatenet Michal Vinik Israel
Goliath Adilkhan Yerzhanov

Highlighted title indicates Orizzonti Extra award winner.

Venice Immersive

The lineup of films selected for the Venice Immersive section is as follows:[12]

In competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Ascenders Jonathan Astruc and Jonathana Tamene France
Stay Alive My Son Tu Vivras, Mon Fils Voctira Bousis Greece, United States
Reimagined Volume 1: Nyssa Julia Cavaliere and Michaele Holland United States
Rencontre(s) Mathias Chelebourg France
The Man Who Couldn't Leave Chen Singing Taipei
All Unsaved Progress Will Be Lost Mélanie Courtinat France
Eurydice, A Descent into Infinity Eurydice, Een Afdaling in Oneindigheid Celine Daemen Netherlands
Okawari Landia Egal and Amaury Burthie France, Canada
Dazzle: A Re-Assembly of Bodies Ruth Gibson, Bruno Martelli, Alexa Pollmann, and Bine Roth United Kingdom
Peaky Blinders: The King's Ransom Russell Harding, Tim Jones, and Marcus Moresby
Treasure Heist Luan Trinh United States
From the Main Square Pedro Harres Germany
Sorella's Story Peter Hegedus Australia, Hungary, Sweden
Eggscape German Heller, Jorge Tereso, and Federico Heller Argentina
Typeman Keisuke Itoh Japan
Kindred Bambou Kenneth United Kingdom
Poet's Room Shineui Bang Bomsok Ku South Korea
Gumball Dreams Deirdre V. Lyons and Christopher Davis United States
Namuanki Kevin Mack
Darkening Tmání Ondrej Moravec Czech Republic, Germany
Eternelle, Notre Dame Bruno Seillier France
All That Remains Quintero Craig Taipei
Rock Paper Scissors Alex Ruhl United Kingdom
Thank You for Sharing Your World Yu Sakudo and Toshiaki Hanzaki Japan
Framerate: Pulse of the Earth Matthew Shaw and William Trossell United Kingdom
Mrs. Benz: Voyage of Discovery Eloise Singer
Uncanny Alley Rick Treweek South Africa
Fight Back Celine Tricart France, United States
Mandala: A Brief Moment in Time Thomse Villepoux China, France

Biennale College Cinema VR – Out of competition

Original Title Director(s) Production country
Elele Sjoerd van Acker Netherlands
Mono Chiara Troisi Italy
Chroma 11 Tsang Tsui-Shan Hong Kong

Best of Immersive – Out of competition

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 Colinart France, United Kingdom, United States
(Hi)story of a Painting: The Light in the Shadow Quentin Darras and Gaelle Mourre United Kingdom
Area Man Lives Amy Green and Ryan Green United States
Lustration Ryan Griffen Australia, United States
Alex Honnold: The Soloist VR Jonathan Griffith France, United States
Space Explorers: The ISS Experience: Episode 3, Unite Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphael Canada
Space Explorers: The ISS Experience: Spacewalkers Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphael
Kingdom of Plants with David Attenborough Iona McEwan United Kingdom, United States
The Miracle Basket Abner Preis Netherlands
Shores of Loci Ellen Utrecht, James Sundra, Dani Bittman, and Daisy Berns United States

Special Screening Event – Out of competition

Original Title Director(s) Production country
We Met in Virtual Reality Joe Hunting United Kingdom

Independent Sections

Venice International Critics' Week

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

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
Anhell69 Theo Montoya Colombia
Beating Sun Tant que le soleil frappe Philippe Petit France
Dogborn Isabella Carbonell Sweden
Eismayer David Wagner Austria
Have You Seen This Woman? Да ли сте видели ову жену? Dušan Zorić, Matija Gluščević Serbia, Croatia
Margini Niccolò Falsetti Italy
Skin Deep Aus meiner Haut Alex Schaad Germany
Out of Competition
Three Nights a Week (opening film) Florent Gouelou France
Blood Pedro Costa Portugal
Queens (closing film) Yasmine Benkiran Morocco
SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema
Albertine Where Are You? Maria Guidone Italy
Like Snails Come le lumache Margherita Panizon
Nostos Mauro Zingarelli
Sapling Puiet Lorenzo Fabbro, Bronte Stahl Italy, United States, Romania
Reginetta Federico Russotto Italy
Remains Resti Federico Fadiga
Lucid Room La stanza lucida Chiara Caterina

Giornate degli Autori

In competition

English title[14] Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
Bentu Bentu Salvatore Mereu Italy
Ordinary Failures Běžná selhání Cristina Groșan Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia
Blue Jean Georgia Oakley United Kingdom
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 Fyzal Boulifa France, Belgium, Morocco
Wolf and Dog Cláudia Varejão Portugal, France
Padre Pio Abel Ferrara Italy, Germany, United Kingdom
Stonewalling Huang Ji, Otsuka Ryuji Japan
The Maiden Graham Foy Canada, United States
Special events – Out of competition
Olimpia’s Way Corrado Ceron Italy
Alone تنها Jafar Najafi Iran
We’re Here to Try Greta De Lazzaris, Jacopo Quadri Italy
Casa Susanna Sebastien Lifshitz
March on Rome Mark Cousins
La fornace Daniele Ciprì
The Listener (closing film) Steve Buscemi United States
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

Official Awards

The following official awards were presented at the 79th Edition:[4]

Laura Poitras, Golden Lion winner

In Competition

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Horizons Extra

Lion of the Future

Venice Immersive

Independent Sections Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[15]

Venice International Critics' Week

Giornate degli Autori

Independent Awards

Queer Lion

ARCA CinemaGiovani Award

Authors under 40 Award

Brain Award

Casa Wabi – Mantarraya Award

CICT - UNESCO "Enrico Fulchignoni" Award

Cinema & Arts Award

Premio CinemaSarà

Edipo Re Award

Premio Fondazione Fai Persona Lavoro Ambiente

Fanheart3 Award

FEDIC Award

FIPRESCI Awards

Francesco Pasinetti Award

Green Drop Award

10th INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue

Lanterna Magica Award

Leoncino d'Oro Award

Lizzani Award

NUOVOIMAIE Talent Awards

La Pellicola d'Oro Award

RB Casting Award

SIGNIS Award

Smithers Foundation Award "Ambassador of Hope"

“Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award” XI edition

Premio Soundtrack Stars Award

Premio UNIMED

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