The 77th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 September 2020, at Venice Lido in Italy. Albeit in a "more restrained format" due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival held all its screenings with public presence.

Australian actress Cate Blanchett was Jury President of the main competition. Italian actress Anna Foglietta hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. The Golden Lion was awarded to Nomadland by Chloé Zhao.

The festival opened with The Ties by Daniele Luchetti, the first Italian film after 11 years to open the festival. And closed with You Came Back by Stefano Mordini.

Juries

Main Competition (Venezia 77) Cate Blanchett, Australian actress and producer - Jury President Matt Dillon, American actor Veronika Franz, Austrian director and screenwriter Joanna Hogg, British director and screenwriter Nicola Lagioia, Italian author Christian Petzold, German director and screenwriter Ludivine Sagnier, French actress

Horizons (Orizzonti) Claire Denis, French filmmaker - Jury President Oskar Alegria, Spanish director Francesca Comencini, Italian director and screenwriter Katriel Schory, former Israel Film Fund topper Christine Vachon, American producer

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film Claudio Giovannesi, Italian filmmaker - Jury President Rémi Bonhomme, Marrakech International Film Festival artistic director Dora Bouchoucha, Tunisian producer

Venice Virtual Reality Céline Tricart, American 3D and virtual reality expert Asif Kapadia, British director Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game author and pioneer

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

English title Original title Director(s) Production country And Tomorrow the Entire World Und morgen die ganze Welt Julia von Heinz Germany, France Dear Comrades! Дорогие товарищи! Andrei Konchalovsky Russia, France, Germany The Disciple Chaitanya Tamhane India In Between Dying Səpələnmiş ölümlər arasında Hilal Baydarov Azerbaijan, Mexico, United States Laila in Haifa Amos Gitai Israel, France Lovers Amants Nicole Garcia France The Macaluso Sisters Le sorelle Macaluso Emma Dante Italy Miss Marx Susanna Nicchiarelli Italy, France, Belgium Never Gonna Snow Again Śniegu już nigdy nie będzie Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert Poland, Germany New Order Nuevo Orden Michel Franco Mexico, France Nomadland Chloé Zhao United States Notturno Gianfranco Rosi Italy, France, Germany Padrenostro Claudio Noce Italy Pieces of a Woman Kornél Mundruczó Canada, Hungary Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Austria, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France Sun Children خورشید Majid Majidi Iran Wife of a Spy スパイの妻 Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan The World to Come Mona Fastvold United States Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country Fiction Assandira Salvatore Mereu Italy The Duke Roger Michell United Kingdom The Human Voice La voz humana Pedro Almodóvar Spain Love After Love 第一炉香 Ann Hui China MandiblesMandibules Quentin Dupieux France, Belgium Mosquito State Komar Filip Jan Rymsza Poland, United States Night in Paradise 낙원의 밤 Park Hoon-jung South Korea, France One Night in Miami... Regina King United States Run Hide Fight Kyle Rankin The Ties (opening film) Lacci Daniele Luchetti Italy You Came Back (closing film) Lasciami andare Stefano MordiniNon FictionCity HallFrederick WisemanUnited StatesCrazy, Not InsaneAlex GibneyFinal AccountLuke HollandUnited KingdomFiori, Fiori, Fiori (short)Luca GuadagninoItalyI Am GretaNathan GrossmannSwedenHopper/WellesOrson WellesUnited StatesMolecoleAndrea SegreItalyNarciso on VacationNarciso em fériasRenato Terra and Ricardo CalilBrazilPaolo Conte, via con meGiorgio VerdelliItalySalvatore: Shoemaker of DreamsLuca GuadagninoSportin' LifeAbel Ferrara The Truth About La Dolce VitaLa verità su La Dolce VitaGiuseppe Pedersoli

Special screenings English title Original title Director(s) Production country 30 Coins (episode 1) 30 Monedas Álex de la Iglesia Spain Omelia contadina Alice Rohrwacher and JR Italy Princesse Europe Camille Lotteau France

Orizzonti

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

English title Original title Director(s) Production country Apples μήλα Christos Nikou Greece, Poland, Slovenia The Best Is Yet to Come 不止不休 Wang Jing China Careless Crime جنایت بی‌دقت Shahram Mokri Iran The Furnace Roderick Mackay Australia Gaza mon amour Tarzan and Arab Nasser Palestine, France, Germany, Qatar Genus Pan Lahi, Hayop Lav Diaz Philippines Listen Ana Rocha de Sousa United Kingdom, Portugal Mainstream Gia Coppola United States The Man Who Sold His Skin الرجل الذي باع ظهره Kaouther Ben Hania Tunisia, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden Milestone मील पत्थर Ivan Ayr India Nowhere Special Uberto Pasolini United Kingdom, Italy, Romania Night of the Kings La nuit des rois Philippe Lacôte Ivory Coast, France, Canada The Predators I predatori Pietro Castellitto Italy The Third War La troisième guerre Giovanni Aloi France Tragic Jungle Selva trágica Yulene Olaizola Mexico, France, Colombia War and Peace Guerra e pace Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti Italy, Switzerland The Wasteland دشت خاموش Ahmad Bahrami Iran Yellow Cat Zheltaya koshka Adilkhan Yerzhanov Kazakhstan, France Zanka Contact Ismael El Iraki Morocco, France, Belgium

Short Films Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Anita Sushma Khadepaun United States BMM – Being My Mom Jasmine Trinca Italy Entre tú y milagros Mariana Saffon Colombia, United States À fleur de peau Meriem Mesraoua Qatar, Algeria, France The Game Das Spiel Roman Hodel Switzerland Live in a Cloud Cuckoo Land Mây nhưng không mưa Nghĩa Vũ Minh & Minh Thy Phạm Hoàng Vietnam The Night Train Nattåget Jerry Carlsson Sweden Places Miegamasis rajonas Vytautas Katkus Lithuania The Shift Laura Carreira United Kingdom Sogni al campo Magda Guidi Italy, France Was Wahrscheinlich Passiert Wäre, Wäre Ich Nicht Zuhause Willy Hans Germany Workshop Judah Finnigan New ZealandOut of CompetitionThe Return Of TragedyBertrand MandicoFranceSìLuca FerriItaly

Venice Classics The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section, which this year is scheduled to be held at the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna, from 25 to 31 August:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country Le Cercle Rouge (1970) Jean-Pierre Melville France Claudine (1974) John Berry United States Goodfellas (1990) Martin Scorsese The Last Supper (1976) La última cena Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Cuba Late Season (1966) Utószezon Zoltán Fábri Hungary Rickshaw Man (1958) 無法松の一生 Hiroshi Inagaki Japan Seduced and Abandoned (1964) Sedotta e abbandonata Pietro Germi Italy Serpico (1973) Sidney Lumet United States Story of a Love Affair (1950) Cronaca di un amore Michelangelo Antonioni Italy An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977) Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино Nikita Mikhalkov Soviet Union Vengeance Is Mine (1979) 復讐するは我にあり Shōhei Imamura Japan The Young Girl (1975) Den muso Souleymane Cissé Mali You Only Live Once (1937) Fritz Lang United States

Biennale College - Cinema The following films were selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section:

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country The Art of Return El arte de volver Pedro Collantes Spain Fucking with Nobody Hannaleena Hauru Finland

Independent Sections Venice International Critics' Week

In competition The following films were selected for the 35th Venice International Critics' Week ():

English title Original title Director(s) Production country 50 or Two Whales Meet at the Beach 50 o dos ballenas se encuentran en la playa Jorge Cuchi Mexico Bad Roads Погані дороги Natalya Vorozhbyt Ukraine The Flood Won't Come Tvano nebus Marat Sargsyan Lithuania Ghosts Hayaletler Azra Deniz Okyay Turkey, Qatar Enforcement Shorta Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid Denmark Thou Shalt Not Hate Non odiare Mauro Mancini Italy, Poland Topside Celine Held and Logan George United StatesOut of CompetitionThe Book of Vision (opening film)Carlo S. HintermannItaly, United Kingdom, BelgiumThe Rossellinis (closing film)Alessandro RosselliniItaly, Latvia

Giornate degli Autori The following films were selected for the 17th edition of the Giornate degli Autori section:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country In Competition 200 Meters Ameen Nayfeh Palestine Conference Конференция Ivan Tverdovskiy Russia, Estonia, Italy, United Kingdom Honey Cigar (opening film) Cigare au miel Kamir Aïnouz France, Algeria Mama Li Dongmei China My Tender Matador Tengo miedo torero Rodrigo Sepúlveda Chile, Argentina, Mexico Oasis Oaza Ivan Ikić Serbia, Slovenia, Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time Felkészülés meghatározatlan ideig tartó együttlétre Lili Horvát Hungary Residue Merawi Gerima United States The Stonebreaker Spaccapietre Gianluca De Serio and Massimiliano De Serio Italy, France, Belgium The Whaler Boy Kitoboy Philipp Yuryev RussiaOut of CompetitionSaint-Narcisse (closing film)Bruce LaBruceCanadaSpecial EventsExtraliscio – Punk da baleraElisabetta SgarbiItaly Romantic Guide to Lost Places Guida romantica a posti perdutiGiorgia FarinaThe New GospelDas Neue EvangeliumMilo RauGermany, Switzerland, ItalySampFlavia Mastrella, Antonio RezzaItalyMiu Miu Women's Tales#19 NightwalkMałgorzata SzumowskaItaly, Poland

Official Awards In Competition Golden Lion: Nomadland by Chloé Zhao Grand Jury Prize: New Order by Michel Franco Silver Lion: Kiyoshi Kurosawa for Wife of a Spy Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Vanessa Kirby for Pieces of a Woman Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Pierfrancesco Favino for Padrenostro Best Screenplay: Chaitanya Tamhane for The Disciple Special Jury Prize: Dear Comrades! by Andrei Konchalovsky Marcello Mastroianni Award: Rouhollah Zamani for Sun Children

Horizons (Orizzonti) Best Film: The Wasteland by Ahmad Bahrami Best Director: Lav Diaz for Genus Pan Special Jury Prize: Listen by Ana Rocha de Sousa Best Actress: Khansa Batma for Zanka Contact Best Actor: Yahya Mahayni for The Man Who Sold His Skin Best Screenplay: The Predators by Pietro Castellitto Best Short Film: Entre tú y milagros by Mariana Saffon

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Ann Hui Tilda Swinton

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