The 79th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2022, at Venice Lido in Italy.
American actress Julianne Moore was the Jury President of the main competition. Spanish actress Rocío Muñoz Morales hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. The Golden Lion was awarded to All the Beauty and the Bloodshed by Laura Poitras 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.
The festival opened with White Noise by Noah Baumbach, and closed with The Hanging Sun by Francesco Carrozzini.
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 , 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 competition:
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 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-dukEstonia, Lithuania, KyrgyzstanDead for a Dollar Walter HillUnited StatesDon't Worry Darling Olivia WildeDreamin' Wild Bill Pohlad Dry Siccità Paolo VirzìItalyThe Hanging Sun (closing film) Francesco CarrozziniLiving Oliver HermanusUnited KingdomMaster Gardener Paul SchraderUnited StatesPearl Ti West When the Waves Are Gone Kapag Wala Na Ang Mga Alon Lav DiazPhilippines, France, Portugal, Denmark Non FictionBobi Wine: Ghetto President Christopher Sharp, Moses BwayoUganda, United Kingdom, United StatesA Compassionate Spy Steve JamesUnited StatesFreedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom Evgeny AfineevskyUkraine, United Kingdom, United StatesGli ultimi giorni dell'umanità Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro GagliardoItalyIn Viaggio Gianfranco RosiThe Kiev Trial Sergei LoznitsaNetherland, UkraineThe Matchmaker Benedetta ArgentieriItalyMusic for Black Pigeons Jørgen Leth, Andreas KoefoedDenmarkNuclear Oliver StoneUnited States SeriesCopenhagen Cowboy Nicolas Winding RefnDenmarkThe Kingdom ExodusRiget Exodus Lars von Trier
Orizzonti The lineup of films selected for the Horizons section is as follows: English title Original title Director(s) Production country A Man ある男 Kei Ishikawa Japan Autobiography Makbul Mubarak Indonesia, France, Singapore, The Philippines, Germany, Qatar Blanquita Chile, Mexico Bread and Salt Damian Kocur Poland The Bride Sergio Trefaut Portugal Burning Hearts Ti mangio il cuore Italy For My Country France, Taiwan The Happiest Man in the World Најсреќниот човек на светот Teona Strugar Mitevska North Macedonia, Denmark, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia Innocence Guy Davidi Denmark, Israel, Finland, Iceland Luxembourg, Luxembourg Люксембург, Люксембург Antonio Lukich Ukraine On the Fringe Juan Diego Botto Spain Princess Roberto De Paolis Italy The Sitting Duck La Syndicaliste Jean-Paul Salomé France To the North Mihai Mincan Romania, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Czech Republic Trenque Lauquen Laura Citarella Argentina, Germany Vera Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel Austria Victim Michal Blasko Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany World War III جنگ جهانی سوم Houman Seyyedi Iran Horizons Extra English title Original title Director(s) Production country Amanda Carolina CavalliItaly Goliath Adilkhan Yerzhanov Hanging Gardens جنائن معلقة Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji Iraq, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Kingdom Nezouh Soudade Kaadan United Kingdom, Syria, France Notte fantasma Fulvio Risuleo Italy The Origin of Evil L'Origine du mal Sébastien Marnier France, Canada Red Shoes Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser Mexico, Italy Valeria Is Getting Married Valeria Mithatenet Michal Vinik Israel Without Her بی رویا Arian Vazirdaftari Iran 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 Jonathan Astruc and Jonathana Tamene France Stay Alive My Son Tu Vivras, Mon Fils Voctira Bousis Greece, United States Reimagined Volume 1: Nyssa Julie Cavaliere 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: English title Original title Director(s) Production countryIn 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 Margins Margini Niccolò Falsetti Italy Skin Deep Aus meiner Haut Alex Schaad Germany Out of competitionThree Nights a Week (opening film)Florent GouelouFranceBloodPedro CostaPortugalQueens (closing film)Yasmine BenkiranMoroccoSIC@SIC Short Italian CinemaAlbertine Where Are You?Maria GuidoneItalyLike SnailsCome le lumacheMargherita PanizonNostosMauro ZingarelliSaplingPuietLorenzo Fabbro, Bronte StahlItaly, United States, RomaniaReginettaFederico RussottoItalyRemainsRestiFederico FadigaLucid RoomLa stanza lucidaChiara Caterina
Giornate degli Autori The following films were selected for the Giornate degli Autori section: English title Original title Director(s) Production countryIn competitionBentu Salvatore MereuItalyBlue JeanGeorgia OakleyUnited KingdomThe Damned Don’t CryFyzal BoulifaFrance, Belgium, MoroccoDirty, Difficult, Dangerous (opening film)Wissam CharafFrance, Italy, LebanonThe Last QueenAdila Bendimerad and Damien OunouriAlgeria, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Taiwan The MaidenGraham FoyCanada, United StatesOrdinary FailuresBěžná selháníCristina GroșanCzech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia Padre Pio Abel Ferrara Italy, Germany, United KingdomStonewallingHuang Ji and Otsuka RyujiJapanWolf and DogLobo e CãoCláudia VarejãoPortugal, FranceOut of competitionOlimpia’s WayCorrado CeronItalyAloneتنهاJafar NajafiIranWe’re Here to TryGreta De Lazzaris, Jacopo QuadriItalyCasa SusannaSebastien LifshitzMarch on RomeMark CousinsLa fornaceDaniele CiprìThe Listener (closing film)Steve BuscemiUnited StatesVenice NightsLand of Upright PeopleChristian Carmosino MereuItalyKristos, the Last ChildGiulia AmatiThe Crown ShynessValentina BertaniLas leonasIsabel Achával, Chiara BiondiLe favoloseRoberta TorrePablo from NeanderthalAntonello MatarazzoSe fate i braviStefano Collizzoli, Daniele GaglianoneThe Bone BreakersVincenzo PirrottaAn Invisible EnemyRiccardo Campagna, Federico SavonittoWomen's Tales ProjectCarta a mi madre para mi hijoCarla SimónItalyHouse Comes with a BirdJanicza Bravo
Official Awards
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