The 75th Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 8 September 2018, at Venice Lido in Italy.

Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actor Michele Riondino hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. The Golden Lion was awarded to Roma by Alfonso Cuarón.

The festival poster was made by Italian artist Lorenzo Mattotti, who designed it in the way "that attracts the eye, that attracts thought, but without revealing too much."

The festival opened with First Man by Damien Chazelle, and closed with Driven by Nick Hamm.

Juries The juries of the 75th Venice Festival consist of:

Main Competition (Venezia 75) Guillermo del Toro, Mexican filmmaker - Jury President Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress, writer, singer, producer and director Trine Dyrholm, Danish actress, singer and songwriter Nicole Garcia, French actress, film director and screenwriter Paolo Genovese, Italian director and screenwriter Małgorzata Szumowska, Polish film director, screenwriter and producer Taika Waititi, New Zealand film director, screenwriter and actor Christoph Waltz, Austrian actor Naomi Watts, British actress

Orizzonti Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greek filmmaker - Jury President Michael Almereyda, American filmmaker Frédéric Bonnaud, French journalist and head of the Cinémathèque française Mohamed Hefzy, Egyptian film producer Alison Maclean, Canadian filmmaker Andrea Pallaoro, Italian filmmaker

Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film Ramin Bahrani, American filmmaker - Jury President Carolina Crescentini, Italian actress Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisian filmmaker Hayashi Kanako, Japanese performance and video artist Gastón Solnicki, Argentine filmmaker

Venice Virtual Reality Susanne Bier, Danish filmmaker - Jury President Alessandro Baricco, Italian writer and filmmaker Clémence Poésy, French actress

Venice Classics Salvatore Mereu, Italian filmmaker - Jury President

Official Sections In Competition The following films were selected for the main competition:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Accused Acusada Gonzalo Tobal Argentina, Mexico At Eternity's Gate Julian Schnabel United States, France The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Joel Coen, Ethan Coen United States Capri-Revolution Mario Martone Italy, France Close Enemies Frères ennemis David Oelhoffen France, Belgium The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos United Kingdom, Ireland, United States First Man (opening film) Damien Chazelle United States Killing 斬 Shinya Tsukamoto Japan The Mountain Rick Alverson United States Our Time Nuestro tiempo Carlos Reygadas Mexico, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden Never Look Away Werk ohne Autor Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Germany The Nightingale Jennifer Kent Australia Non-Fiction Doubles vies Olivier Assayas France Peterloo Mike Leigh United Kingdom, United States Roma Alfonso Cuarón Mexico The Sisters Brothers Jacques Audiard France, Belgium, Romania, Spain Sunset Napszállta László Nemes Hungary, France Suspiria Luca Guadagnino Italy 22 July Paul Greengrass United States Vox Lux Brady Corbet What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? Roberto Minervini Italy, United States, France Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country Fiction Dragged Across Concrete S. Craig Zahler Canada, United States Driven (closing film) Nick Hamm United Kingdom, United States, Puerto Rico My Brilliant Friend (series)L’amica geniale Saverio Costanzo Italy, Belgium My Masterpiece Mi Obra Maestra Gastón Duprat Argentina, Spain One Nation, One King Un Peuple et Son Roi Pierre Schoeller France, Belgium The Quietude La Quietud Pablo Trapero Argentina Shadow 影 Zhang Yimou China A Star Is Born Bradley Cooper United StatesThe Stolen Caravaggio Una storia senza nome Roberto Andò Italy, France The Summer House Les Estivants Valeria Bruni Tedeschi France, Italy A Tramway in Jerusalem Amos Gitai Israel, FranceNon Fiction1938 Different1938 DiversiGiorgio TrevesItalyA Letter to a Friend in GazaAmos GitaiIsraelAmerican DharmaErrol MorrisUnited States, United KingdomAquarelaVictor KossakovskyUnited Kingdom, GermanyCarmine Street GuitarsRon MannCanadaEl Pepe: A Supreme LifeEl Pepe: Una Vida SupremaEmir KusturicaArgentina, Uruguay, SerbiaIntroduction to the DarkIntroduzione All'OscuroGastón SolnickiArgentina, AustriaISIS, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls of MosulFrancesca MannocchiAlessio RomenziItaly, GermanyMonrovia, IndianaFrederick WisemanUnited StatesProcessSergei LoznitsaNetherlandsYour FaceNi De LianTsai Ming-liangTaiwanSpecial EventsI diari di Angela - Noi due cineastiYervant GianikianItalyThe Other Side of the WindOrson WellesUnited States, Iran, FranceThey'll Love Me When I'm DeadMorgan NevilleUnited States

Orizzonti The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country In Competition Amanda Mikhaël Hers France The Announcement Anons Mahmut Fazil Coşkun Turkey, Bulgaria As I Lay Dying Hamchenan ke mimordam Mostafa Sayari Iran Charlie Says Mary Harron United States The Day I Lost My Shadow يوم أضعت ظلي‎ Soudade Kaadan Syria, Lebanon, France, Qatar L'Enkas Sarah Marx France If Life Gives You Lemons Un giorno all'improvviso Ciro D'Emilio Italy Jinpa 撞死了一只羊 Pema Tseden China Manta Ray กระเบนราหู Phuttiphong Aroonpheng Thailand, France, China The Man Who Surprised Everyone Человек, который удивил всех Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov Russia, Estonia, France Memories of My Body Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku Garin Nugroho Indonesia, Australia On My Skin Sulla mia pelle Alessio Cremonini Italy La profezia dell'armadillo Emanuele Scaringi Italy The River Ózen Emir Baigazin Kazakhstan, Poland, Norway Soni Ivan Ayr India Stripped Erom (The Love Trilogy: Stripped) Yaron Shani Israel, Germany Tel Aviv On Fireתל אביב על האש Sameh Zoabi Luxembourg, France, Israel, Belgium A Twelve-Year NightLa noche de 12 años Álvaro Brechner Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, France Unremember Deslembro Flavia Castro Brazil, France, QatarShort Films CompetitionA GiftKadoAditya AhmadIndonesiaStaircaseMohsen BanihashemiIranL'été et tout le resteSven BresserNetherlandsGli anniSara FgaierItaly, FranceManila Is Full of Men Named BoyAndrew Stephen LeePhilippines, United StatesPatision AvenueLeoforos PatisionThanasis NeofotistosGreeceLos bastardosTomas PosseArgentinaAll InclusiveCorina Schwingruber IlićSwitzerlandSex, Fear, and Hamburgers Sex, strakh i gamburgeryEldar ShibanovKazakhstanNinfeIsabella TorreItalyDown ThereNa liZhengfan YangChina, FranceForeign BodyStrano teloDušan ZorićSerbiaShort Films – Out of CompetitionBluMassimo D'Anolfi, Martina ParentiItaly

Venice Classics The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country Restored filmsAdieu Philippine (1962)Jacques RozierFrance, Italy The Ascent (1976) Восхождение Larisa Shepitko Soviet Union Brick and Mirror (1964) خشت و آینه Ebrahim Golestan Iran Death in Venice (1971) Morte a Venezia Luchino Visconti Italy, France, United States The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920) Der Golem – Wie er in die Welt kam Paul Wegener GermanyIl posto (1962)Ermanno OlmiItaly The Killers (1946) Robert Siodmak United States The Killers (1964) Don Siegel Last Year at Marienbad (1961) L'année dernière à marienbad Alain Resnais France, Italy Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow aka The Mad Fox (1962) 恋や恋なすな恋 Tomu Uchida Japan The Naked City (1948) Jules Dassin United States The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)|| La notte di San Lorenzo Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani Italy The Night Porter (1974) Il portiere di notte Liliana Cavani Italy Nothing Sacred (1937) William A. Wellman United States The Place Without Limits (1977) El lugar sin límites Arturo Ripstein Mexico Some Like It Hot (1959) Billy Wilder United States Street of Shame (1956) 赤線地帯 Kenji Mizoguchi Japan They Live (1988) John Carpenter United StatesDocumentaries about CinemaThe Great Buster: A CelebrationPeter BogdanovichUnited StatesWomen Make Film: A New Road Movie Through CinemaMark CousinsUnited KingdomHumberto MauroAndré Di MauroBrazilLiving the Light – Robby MüllerClaire PijmanNetherlands, Germany24/25 Il fotogramma in piùGiancarlo Rolandi, Federico PontiggiaItalyNice Girls Don't Stay For BreakfastBruce WeberUnited StatesFriedkin UncutFrancesco ZippelItaly

Sconfini The following films were selected for the Sconfini section:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country Blood Kin Ramin Bahrani United States Il banchiere anarchico Giulio Base Italy The Happiest Man in the World Il ragazzo più felice del mondo Gipi Arrivederci Saigon Wilma Labate The Tree of Life Terrence Malick United States School's Out L'heure de la sortie Sébastien Marnier France Magic Lantern Amir Naderi United States Camorra Francesco Patierno Italy

Independent Sections Venice International Critics' Week The following films were selected for the 33th Venice International Critics' Week ():

English title Original title Director(s) Production country In competition Adam & Evelyn Adam und Evelyn Andreas GoldsteinGermany Akasha Hajooj Kuka Sudan, South Africa, Qatar, Germany Blonde Animals Bêtes blondes Alexia Walther, Maxime Matray France M Anna Eriksson Finland Still Recording Saaed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, France We'll Be Young and Beautiful Saremo giovani e bellissimi Letizia Lamartire Italy You Have the Night Ti imas noc Ivan Salatic Montenegro, SerbiaSpecial events – Out of competition Dachra Abdelhamid Bouchnak Tunisia Tumbbad Rahi Anil Barve, Adesh Prasad India, Sweden

Giornate degli Autori The following films were selected for the 15th edition of the Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days) section:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country In Competition Domingo Clara Linhart, Fellipe Barbosa Brazil, France Graves Without a Name (opening film) Les tombeaux sans noms Rithy Panh Cambodia, France José Li Cheng Guatemala, United States Joy Sudabeh Mortezai Austria Keep Going Continuer Joachim Lafosse Belgium, France Pearl Elsa Amiel France, Switzerland Real Love C'est ça l'amour Claire Burger France Remember? Ricordi? Valerio Mieli Italy, France Screwdriver Mafax Bassam Jarbawi Palestine, United States, Qatar Three Adventures of Brooke星溪的三次奇遇 Yuan Qing China, Malaysia Ville Neuve Félix Dufour-Laperrière CanadaOut of competition Emma Peeters (closing film) Nicole PaloBelgium, CanadaSpecial eventsAs We Were Tunas Francesco Zizola United States, ItalyDead Women WalkingHagar Ben-Asher United StatesGoodbye Marilyn Maria Di RazzaItalyHappy Lamento Alexander KlugeGermany My Own Good Il bene mio Pippo Mezzapesa ItalyThe Ghost of Peter SellersPeter Medak CyprusWhy Are We Creative? Hermann VaskeGermanyMiu Miu Women's Tales#15 Hello Apartment Dakota Fanning Italy, United States#16 The Wedding Singer's Daughter Haifaa Al-Mansour

Official Awards

In Competition (Venezia 75) Golden Lion: Roma by Alfonso Cuarón Grand Jury Prize: The Favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos Silver Lion: The Sisters Brothers by Jacques Audiard Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Olivia Colman for The Favourite Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Willem Dafoe for At Eternity's Gate Best Screenplay: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs by Joel and Ethan Coen Special Jury Prize: The Nightingale by Jennifer Kent Marcello Mastroianni Award: Baykali Ganambarr for The Nightingale

Orizzonti Best Film: Manta Ray by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng Best Director: The River by Emir Baigazin Special Jury Prize: The Announcement by Mahmut Fazil Coşkun Best Actress: Natalia Kudryashova for The Man Who Surprised Everyone Best Actor: Kais Nashef for Tel Aviv On Fire Best Screenplay: Jinpa by Pema Tseden Horizons Prize for Best Short: A Gift by Aditya Ahmad

Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film (Lion of the Future) The Day I Lost My Shadow by Soudade Kaadan