The 76th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2019, at Venice Lido in Italy.

Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel was the jury president for the main competition. Alessandra Mastronardi hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. The Golden Lion was awarded to Joker by Todd Phillips.

The festival opened with The Truth by Hirokazu Kore-eda, and closed with The Burnt Orange Heresy by Giuseppe Capotondi.

Juries

Main Competition (Venezia 76) Lucrecia Martel, Argentine filmmaker - Jury President Piers Handling, Canadian film historian and critic, executive director of the Toronto International Film Festival Mary Harron, Canadian filmmaker Stacy Martin, French actress Rodrigo Prieto, Mexican cinematographer Shinya Tsukamoto, Japanese filmmaker and actor Paolo Virzì, Italian filmmaker

Orizzonti Susanna Nicchiarelli, Italian filmmaker - Jury President Mark Adams, artistic director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival Rachid Bouchareb, French filmmaker Álvaro Brechner, Uruguayan filmmaker Eva Sangiorgi, artistic director of the Vienna International Film Festival

Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker and actor - Jury President Antonietta De Lillo, Italian director and screenwriter Terence Nance, American filmmaker Hend Sabry, Tunisian actress Michael J. Werner, American-Hongkongese film producer

Venice Virtual Reality Laurie Anderson, American composer, artist and director - Jury President Francesco Carrozzini, Italian photographer Alysha Naples, Italian designer

Venice Classics Costanza Quatriglio, Italian director and screenwriter

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

English title Original title Director(s) Production country About Endlessness Om det oändliga Roy Andersson Sweden, Germany, Norway Ad Astra James Gray United States Babyteeth Shannon Murphy Australia The Domain A Herdade Tiago Guedes Portugal, France Ema Pablo Larraín Chile Gloria Mundi Robert Guédiguian France Guest of Honour Atom Egoyan Canada Joker Todd Phillips United States The Laundromat Steven Soderbergh United States The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be La mafia non è più quella di una volta Franco Maresco Italy Marriage Story Noah Baumbach United States, United Kingdom Martin Eden Pietro Marcello Italy, France The Mayor of Rione Sanità Il sindaco del Rione Sanità Mario Martone Italy No.7 Cherry Lane 繼園臺七號 Yonfan Hong Kong, China An Officer and a Spy J'accuse Roman Polanski France, Italy The Painted Bird Nabarvené ptáče Václav Marhoul Czechia, Slovakia, Ukraine The Perfect Candidate المرشحة المثالية Haifaa al-Mansour Saudi Arabia Saturday Fiction 兰心大剧院 Lou Ye China The Truth (opening film) La vérité Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan, France Waiting for the Barbarians Ciro Guerra Italy, United States Wasp Network Olivier Assayas France, Brazil, Spain, Belgium Out of competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country Fiction Adults in the Room Costa-Gavras France, Greece The Burnt Orange Heresy (closing film) Giuseppe Capotondi United Kingdom, Italy The King David Michôd United Kingdom, Hungary Mosul Matthew Michael Carnahan United States Seberg Benedict Andrews United States, United Kingdom To Live Vivere Francesca Archibugi Italy VolareTutto il mio folle amore Gabriele Salvatores Non Fiction45 Seconds of LaughterTim RobbinsUnited StatesCitizen KAlex GibneyUnited Kingdom, United StatesCitizen RosiDidi Gnocchi and Carolina RosiItalyCollectiveColectivAlexander NanauRomania, LuxemburgI diari di Angela - Noi due cineasti. Capitolo secondoYervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci LucchiItalyThe KingmakerLauren GreenfieldUnited StatesIl pianeta in mareAndrea SegreItalyRoger Waters: Us + ThemRoger WatersUnited KingdomState FuneralГосударственные похороныSergei LoznitsaNetherlands, LithuaniaWomanYann Arthus-Bertrand and Anastasia MikovaFranceSpecial screeningsElectric SwanKonstantina KotzamaniFrance, Greece, ArgentinaEyes Wide Shut (1999)Stanley KubrickUnited Kingdom, United StatesIrréversible - Inversion intégrale (2002)Gaspar NoéFranceNever Just a Dream: Stanley Kubrick and Eyes Wide ShutMatt WellsUnited KingdomThe New Pope (episodes 2 and 7)Paolo SorrentinoItaly, France, SpainNo One Left BehindGuillermo ArriagaMexicoZeroZeroZero (episodes 1 and 2)Stefano SollimaItaly

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

English title Original title Director(s) Production country Main Competition A Son بيك نعيش Mehdi Barsaoui Tunisia, France, Lebanon, Qatar AtlantisАтлантида Valentyn Vasyanovych Ukraine Back Home Revenir Jessica Palud France Balloon 气球 Pema Tseden China White on White Blanco en blanco Théo Court Spain, Chile, France, Germany The Criminal Man ბოროტმოქმედი Dmitry Mamuliya Georgia, Russia Giants Being Lonely Grear Patterson United States Hava, Maryam, Ayesha Sahraa Karimi Afghanistan Just 6.5 متری شش و نیم Saeed Roustayi Iran MotherMadre Rodrigo Sorogoyen Spain, France My Days of Glory Mes jours de gloire Antoine de Bary France Moffie Oliver Hermanus South Africa Nevia Nunzia De Stefano Italy Pelican Blood Pelikanblut Katrin Gebbe Germany, Bulgaria Rialto Peter Mackie Burns Ireland Shadow of Water ചോല Sanal Kumar Sasidharan India Sole Carlo Sironi Italy Verdict Raymund Ribay Gutierrez Philippines Zumiriki Óskar Alegría SpainShort films – In competitionAfter Two Hours, Ten Minutes Had PassedNach zwei Stunden waren zehn Minuten vergangenSteffen GoldkampGermanyAustral FeverFiebre australThomas WoodroffeChileDarlingSaim SadiqPakistan, United StatesDelphineChloé RobichaudCanadaThe DiverJamie Helmer, Michael LeonardFrance, AustraliaDogs Barking at BirdsCães que ladram aos pássarosLeonor TelesPortugalGive Up the GhostZain DuraieJordan, SwedenKingdom ComeSean Robert DunnUnited KingdomSandMoraeKim Kyung-raeSouth KoreaSh_t HappensDavid Štumpf, Michaela MihályiCzech Republic, SlovakiaSuperheroes Without SuperpowersSupereroi senza superpoteriBeatrice BaldacciItalyThe Tears ThingLe coup des larmesClémence PoésyFranceRoqaiaDiana Saqeb JamalAfghanistan, BangladeshShort films – Out of competitionCondor OneKevin Jerome EversonUnited StatesGUO4Peter StricklandHungary Venice Classics The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country Restored films Crash (1996) David Cronenberg Canada The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955) Ensayo de un crimen Luis Buñuel Mexico Death of a Bureaucrat (1966) La muerte de un burócrata Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Cuba Ecstasy (1933)|| Extase Gustav Machatý Czechoslovakia Francisca (1981) Manoel de Oliveira Portugal The Grim Reaper (1962) La commare secca Bernardo Bertolucci Italy The House Is Black (1962) خانه سیاه است Forough Farrokhzad Iran The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Jack Arnold United States Maria Zef (1981) Vittorio Cottafavi Italy Mauri (1988) Merata Mita New Zealand New York, New York (1977) Martin Scorsese United States Out of the Blue (1980) Dennis Hopper Canada, United States The Red Snowball Tree (1973) Калина красная Vasily Shukshin Soviet Union Sodrásban (1964) István Gaál Hungary The Spider's Stratagem (1970) Strategia del ragno Bernardo Bertolucci Italy The Hills of Marlik (1964) تپه‌های مارلیک Ebrahim Golestan Iran Tiro al piccione (1961) Giuliano Montaldo Italy Tomorrow Is My Turn (1960) Le Passage du Rhin André Cayatte France, West Germany, Italy Way of a Gaucho (1952) Jacques Tourneur United States The White Sheik (1952) Lo sceicco bianco Federico Fellini ItalyDocumentaries on cinemaAndrey Tarkovsky: A Cinema PrayerAndrey Tarkovsky Jr.RussiaBabenco: Tell Me When I DieBabenco - Alguém tem que ouvir o coração e dizer: parouBárbara PazBrazilBoia, maschere e segreti: L'horror italiano degli anni sessantaSteve Della CasaItalyEight Hundred Times Lonely800 Mal Einsam - Ein Tag mit dem Filmemacher Edgar ReitzAnna HeppGermanyFellini fine maiEugenio CappuccioItalyFulci for FakeSimone ScafidiLife As a B-movie: Piero VivarelliFabrizio Laurenti, Niccolò VivarelliLeap of Faith: William Friedkin on The ExorcistAlexandre O. PhilippeUnited StatesSe c'è un aldilà sono fottuto: Vita e cinema di Claudio CaligariSimone Isola, Fausto TrombettaItaly

Sconfini The following films were selected for the Sconfini section:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country American Skin Nate Parker United States Beyond the Beach: The Hell and the Hope Graeme A. Scott, Buddy Squires United Kingdom Chiara Ferragni – Unposted Elisa Amoruso Italy Effetto domino Alessandro Rossetto Once More Unto the Breach Il varco Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini The Scarecrows Les épouvantails Nouri Bouzid Tunisia, Morocco, Luxembourg

Independent Sections Venice International Critics' Week The following films were selected for the 34th Venice International Critics' Week ():

English title Original title Director(s) Production country In competition All This Victory Jeedar el sot Ahmad Ghossein Lebanon, France, Qatar Parthenon Partenonas Mantas Kvedaravičius Lithuania, Ukraine, France The Prince El príncipe Sebastian Muñoz Chile, Argentina, Belgium Psychosia Psykosia Marie Grahtø Denmark, Finland Rare Beasts Billie Piper United Kingdom Scales Sayidat al Bahr Shahad Ameen United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Saudi Arabia Tony Driver Ascanio Petrini Italy, MexicoSpecial events – Out of competitionBombay Rose (opening film)Gitanjali RaoIndia, United Kingdom, FranceSanctorum (closing film)Joshua GilMexico, Dominican Republic, Qatar

Giornate degli Autori The following films were selected for the 16th edition of the Giornate degli Autori section:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country In Competition 5 is the Perfect Number 5 è il numero perfetto Igort Italy, Belgium, France Arab Blues Un divan à Tunis Manele Labidi Labbé Tunisia, France Beware of Children Barn Dag Johan Haugerud Norway, Sweden A Bigger World Un monde plus grand Fabienne Berthaud France, Belgium Corpus Christi Boże Ciało Jan Komasa Poland, France La Llorona Jayro Bustamante Guatemala, France Lingua Franca (opening film) Isabel Sandoval United States, Philippines The Long Walk ບໍ່ມີວັນຈາກ Mattie Do Laos Only the Animals Seules les bêtes Dominik Moll France, Germany You Will Die at Twenty ستموت في العشرين Amjad Abu Alala Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway They Say Nothing Stays the Same ある 船頭 の 話 Joe Odagiri JapanOut of competitionTime of the Untamed (closing film)Les chevaux voyageursBartabasFranceSpecial eventsBurning CanePhillip YoumansUnited StatesHouse of CardinP. David Ebersole, Todd HughesMondo SexyMario SestiItalyMy Brother Chases DinosaursMio fratello rincorre i dinosauriStefano CipaniItaly, SpainIl prigionieroFederico OlivettiItalyScherza con i fantiGianfranco PannoneMiu Miu Women's Tales#17 Shako MakoHailey GatesItaly, United States#18 BrigitteLynne RamsayItaly, United Kingdom

Official Awards In Competition Golden Lion: Joker by Todd Phillips Grand Jury Prize: An Officer and a Spy by Roman Polanski Silver Lion: Roy Andersson for About Endlessness Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Ariane Ascaride for Gloria Mundi Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Luca Marinelli for Martin Eden Best Screenplay: No.7 Cherry Lane by Yonfan Special Jury Prize: The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be by Franco Maresco Marcello Mastroianni Award: Toby Wallace for Babyteeth

Orizzonti Best Film: Atlantis by Valentyn Vasyanovych Best Director: Théo Court for White on White Special Jury Prize: Verdict by Raymund Ribas Gutierrez Best Actress: Marta Nieto for Madre Best Actor: Sami Bouajila for A Son Best Screenplay: Back Home by Jessica Palud Horizons Prize for Best Short: Darling by Saim Sadiq

Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film (Lion of the Future) You Will Die at Twenty by Amjad Abu Alala