# 79th Venice International Film Festival

The 79th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2022. 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.
American filmmaker Paul Schrader and French actress Catherine Deneuve were awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

## 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
* Édouard Waintrop [fr], 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 international competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | Laura Poitras | United States |
| Argentina, 1985 | Argentina, 1985 | Santiago Mitre | Argentina, United States |
| Athena | Athena | Romain Gavras | France |
| The Banshees of Inisherin | 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 | Blonde | Andrew Dominik | United States |
| Bones and All | Bones and All | Luca Guadagnino | Italy, United States |
| Chiara | Chiara | Susanna Nicchiarelli | Belgium, Italy |
| A Couple | Un Couple | Frederick Wiseman | France, United States |
| The Eternal Daughter | The Eternal Daughter | Joanna Hogg | United Kingdom, United States |
| L'immensità | L'immensità | Emanuele Crialese | France, Italy |
| Lord of the Ants | Il signore delle formiche | Gianni Amelio | Italy |
| Love Life | Love Life | Kōji Fukada | Japan, France |
| Monica | 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 | France |
| Saint Omer | Saint Omer | Alice Diop | France |
| The Son | The Son | Florian Zeller | United Kingdom, United States |
| Tár | Tár | Todd Field | Germany, United States |
| The Whale | The Whale | Darren Aronofsky | United States |
| White Noise (opening film) | 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:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Fiction ||||
| Call of God | Kõne taevast | Kim Ki-duk | Estonia, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan |
| Dead for a Dollar | Dead for a Dollar | Walter Hill | United States |
| Don't Worry Darling | Don't Worry Darling | Olivia Wilde | United States |
| Dreamin' Wild | Dreamin' Wild | Bill Pohlad | United States |
| Dry | Siccità | Paolo Virzì | Italy |
| The Hanging Sun (closing film) | The Hanging Sun (closing film) | Francesco Carrozzini | Italy |
| Living | Living | Oliver Hermanus | United Kingdom |
| Master Gardener | Master Gardener | Paul Schrader | United States |
| Pearl | Pearl | Ti West | United States |
| When the Waves Are Gone | Kapag Wala Na Ang Mga Alon | Lav Diaz | Philippines, France, Portugal, Denmark |
| Non Fiction ||||
| Bobi Wine: Ghetto President | Bobi Wine: Ghetto President | Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo | Uganda, United Kingdom, United States |
| A Compassionate Spy | A Compassionate Spy | Steve James | United States |
| Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom | Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom | Evgeny Afineevsky | Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States |
| Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità | Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità | Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo | Italy |
| In Viaggio | In Viaggio | Gianfranco Rosi | Italy |
| The Kiev Trial | The Kiev Trial | Sergei Loznitsa | Netherland, Ukraine |
| The Matchmaker | The Matchmaker | Benedetta Argentieri | Italy |
| Music for Black Pigeons | Music for Black Pigeons | Jørgen Leth, Andreas Koefoed | Denmark |
| Nuclear | Nuclear | Oliver Stone | United States |
| Series ||||
| Copenhagen Cowboy | Copenhagen Cowboy | Nicolas Winding Refn | Denmark |
| The Kingdom Exodus | Riget Exodus | Lars von Trier | Denmark |

### Horizons (Orizzonti)

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

#### In competition

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

### Horizons Extra

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

### Venice Immersive

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

#### In competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Ascenders | Ascenders | Jonathan Astruc and Jonathana Tamene | France |
| Stay Alive My Son | Tu Vivras, Mon Fils | Voctira Bousis | Greece, United States |
| Reimagined Volume 1: Nyssa | Reimagined Volume 1: Nyssa | Julie Cavaliere | United States |
| Rencontre(s) | Rencontre(s) | Mathias Chelebourg | France |
| The Man Who Couldn't Leave | The Man Who Couldn't Leave | Chen Singing | Taipei |
| All Unsaved Progress Will Be Lost | All Unsaved Progress Will Be Lost | Mélanie Courtinat | France |
| Eurydice, A Descent into Infinity | Eurydice, Een Afdaling in Oneindigheid | Celine Daemen | Netherlands |
| Okawari | Okawari | Landia Egal and Amaury Burthie | France, Canada |
| Dazzle: A Re-Assembly of Bodies | Dazzle: A Re-Assembly of Bodies | Ruth Gibson, Bruno Martelli, Alexa Pollmann, and Bine Roth | United Kingdom |
| Peaky Blinders: The King's Ransom | Peaky Blinders: The King's Ransom | Russell Harding, Tim Jones, and Marcus Moresby | United Kingdom |
| Treasure Heist | Treasure Heist | Luan Trinh | United States |
| From the Main Square | From the Main Square | Pedro Harres | Germany |
| Sorella's Story | Sorella's Story | Peter Hegedus | Australia, Hungary, Sweden |
| Eggscape | Eggscape | German Heller, Jorge Tereso, and Federico Heller | Argentina |
| Typeman | Typeman | Keisuke Itoh | Japan |
| Kindred | Kindred | Bambou Kenneth | United Kingdom |
| Poet's Room | Shineui Bang | Bomsok Ku | South Korea |
| Gumball Dreams | Gumball Dreams | Deirdre V. Lyons and Christopher Davis | United States |
| Namuanki | Namuanki | Kevin Mack | United States |
| Darkening | Tmání | Ondrej Moravec | Czech Republic, Germany |
| Eternelle, Notre Dame | Eternelle, Notre Dame | Bruno Seillier | France |
| All That Remains | All That Remains | Quintero Craig | Taipei |
| Rock Paper Scissors | Rock Paper Scissors | Alex Ruhl | United Kingdom |
| Thank You for Sharing Your World | Thank You for Sharing Your World | Yu Sakudo and Toshiaki Hanzaki | Japan |
| Framerate: Pulse of the Earth | Framerate: Pulse of the Earth | Matthew Shaw and William Trossell | United Kingdom |
| Mrs. Benz: Voyage of Discovery | Mrs. Benz: Voyage of Discovery | Eloise Singer | United Kingdom |
| Uncanny Alley | Uncanny Alley | Rick Treweek | South Africa |
| Fight Back | Fight Back | Celine Tricart | France, United States |
| Mandala: A Brief Moment in Time | 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 | Canada |
| 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:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| In competition ||||
| Anhell69 | Anhell69 | Theo Montoya | Colombia |
| Beating Sun | Tant que le soleil frappe | Philippe Petit | France |
| Dogborn | Dogborn | Isabella Carbonell | Sweden |
| Eismayer | Eismayer | David Wagner | Austria |
| Have You Seen This Woman? | Да ли сте видели ову жену? | Dušan Zorić, Matija Gluščević | Serbia, Croatia |
| Margins | Margini | Niccolò Falsetti | Italy |
| Skin Deep | Aus meiner Haut | Alex Schaad | Germany |
| Out of competition ||||
| Three Nights a Week (opening film) | Three Nights a Week (opening film) | Florent Gouelou | France |
| Blood | Blood | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
| Queens (closing film) | Queens (closing film) | Yasmine Benkiran | Morocco |
| SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema ||||
| Albertine Where Are You? | Albertine Where Are You? | Maria Guidone | Italy |
| Like Snails | Come le lumache | Margherita Panizon | Italy |
| Nostos | Nostos | Mauro Zingarelli | Italy |
| Sapling | Puiet | Lorenzo Fabbro, Bronte Stahl | Italy, United States, Romania |
| Reginetta | Reginetta | Federico Russotto | Italy |
| Remains | Resti | Federico Fadiga | Italy |
| Lucid Room | La stanza lucida | Chiara Caterina | Italy |

### Giornate degli Autori
#### In competition

| English title | 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 | Blue Jean | Georgia Oakley | United Kingdom |
| Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous (opening film) | Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous (opening film) | Wissam Charaf | France, Italy, Lebanon |
| The Last Queen | The Last Queen | Adila Bendimerad, Damien Ounouri | Algeria, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Taiwan |
| The Damned Don’t Cry | The Damned Don’t Cry | Fyzal Boulifa | France, Belgium, Morocco |
| Wolf and Dog | Wolf and Dog | Cláudia Varejão | Portugal, France |
| Padre Pio | Padre Pio | Abel Ferrara | Italy, Germany, United Kingdom |
| Stonewalling | Stonewalling | Huang Ji, Otsuka Ryuji | Japan |
| The Maiden | The Maiden | Graham Foy | Canada, United States |
| Special events – Out of competition ||||
| Olimpia’s Way | Olimpia’s Way | Corrado Ceron | Italy |
| Alone | تنها | Jafar Najafi | Iran |
| We’re Here to Try | We’re Here to Try | Greta De Lazzaris, Jacopo Quadri | Italy |
| Casa Susanna | Casa Susanna | Sebastien Lifshitz | Italy |
| March on Rome | March on Rome | Mark Cousins | Italy |
| La fornace | La fornace | Daniele Ciprì | Italy |
| The Listener (closing film) | The Listener (closing film) | Steve Buscemi | United States |
| Venice Nights ||||
| Land of Upright People | Land of Upright People | Christian Carmosino Mereu | Italy |
| Kristos, the Last Child | Kristos, the Last Child | Giulia Amati | Italy |
| The Crown Shyness | The Crown Shyness | Valentina Bertani | Italy |
| Las leonas | Las leonas | Isabel Achával, Chiara Biondi | Italy |
| Le favolose | Le favolose | Roberta Torre | Italy |
| Pablo from Neanderthal | Pablo from Neanderthal | Antonello Matarazzo | Italy |
| Se fate i bravi | Se fate i bravi | Stefano Collizzoli, Daniele Gaglianone | Italy |
| The Bone Breakers | The Bone Breakers | Vincenzo Pirrotta | Italy |
| An Invisible Enemy | An Invisible Enemy | Riccardo Campagna, Federico Savonitto | Italy |
| Women's Tales Project ||||
| Carta a mi madre para mi hijo | Carta a mi madre para mi hijo | Carla Simón | Italy |
| House Comes with a Bird | House Comes with a Bird | Janicza Bravo | Italy |

## Official Awards

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

### 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

* Paul Schrader
* Catherine Deneuve

### Horizons (Orizzonti)

* Best Film: World War III by Houman Seyyedi
* Best Director: Vera by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
* Special Jury Prize: Bread and Salt by Damian Kocur
* Best Actress: Vera Gemma for Vera
* Best Actor: Mohsen Tanabandeh for World War III
* Best Screenplay: Blanquita by Fernando Guzzoni
* Best Short Film: Snow in September by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir

### Horizons Extra

* Audience Award: Nezouh by Soudade Kaadan

### Lion of the Future

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

### 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

## 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 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

### Giornate degli Autori

* Europa Cinemas Label Award: Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous by Wissam Charaf
* GdA Director's Award: Wolf and Dog by Cláudia Varejão
* People Choice's Award: Blue Jean by Georgia Oakley
* BNL 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 Gavras
* Best Italian Film in Venice: Monica by Andrea Pallaoro

### Authors under 40 Award

* Best Directing: Dogborn by Isabella Carbonell
* Best 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 Koefoed
* Golden 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 (treatment of issues related to environment)
** Special Mention: Hanging Gardens by Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji (treatment of issues related to work)

### Fanheart3 Award

* Graffetta d'Oro for Best Film: Don't Worry Darling by Olivia Wilde
* Nave d'Argento for Best OTP: to the characters Charles Eismayer and Mario Falak in Eismayer by David Wagner
* XR Fan Experience: Lustration by Ryan Griffen
* XR 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

### FIPRESCI Awards

* Best Film (main competition): Argentina, 1985 by Santiago Mitre
* Best Film (other sections): 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 Ants
* Best New Young Actress: Margherita Mazzucco for Chiara

### La Pellicola d'Oro Award

* Best Production Director: Barbara Busso for Lord of the Ants
* Best Camera Operator: Cesare Pascarella for Lord of the Ants
* Best 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 Nicchiarelli
* Best Foreign Film: The Whale by Darren Aronofsky

### Premio Soundtrack Stars Award

* Best Soundtrack: Dry, soundtrack by Franco Piersanti
* Lifetime 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