76th Venice International Film Festival


76th Venice International Film Festival


The 76th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2019.

Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel was the Jury President of the main competition. The Truth, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, was the festival's opening film.

The Golden Lion was awarded to Joker, directed by Todd Phillips.

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 director
  • Stacy Martin, French actress
  • Rodrigo Prieto, Mexican cinematographer
  • Shinya Tsukamoto, Japanese filmmaker and actor
  • Paolo Virzì, Italian director and screenwriter

Horizons (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 Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

  • Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker and actor - Jury President
  • Antonietta De Lillo, Italian director and screenwriter
  • Hend Sabry, Tunisian actress
  • Michael J. Werner, American-Hongkongese film producer
  • Terence Nance, American filmmaker

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:

Highlighted title indicates Golden Lion winner.

Out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

Horizons (Orizzonti)

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

Highlighted titles indicate Horizons Prizes for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film respectively.

Venice Classics

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

Highlighted titles indicate the Best Restored Film and Best Documentary on Cinema official awards respectively.

Sconfini

The following films were selected for the Sconfini section:

Independent Sections

Venice International Critics' Week

The following films were selected for the 34th Venice International Critics' Week (Italian: Settimana Internazionale della Critica):

Giornate degli Autori

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

Official Awards

The following official awards were presented at the 76th edition:

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
  • Golden Osella for 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, Babyteeth

Horizons (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: Revenir by Jessica Palud
  • Horizons Prize for Best Short: Darling by Saim Sadiq

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film (Lion of the Future)

  • You Will Die at Twenty by Amjad Abu Alala

Venezia Classici Awards

  • Best Documentary on Cinema: Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
  • Best Restored Film: Ecstasy (1933)

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

  • Pedro Almodóvar
  • Julie Andrews

Independent Sections Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:

Giornate degli Autori

  • GdA Director's Award: La Llorona by Jayro Bustamante
  • Europa Cinemas Label: Corpus Christi by Jan Komasa
Collection James Bond 007

Independent Awards

SIAE Award

  • Marco Bellocchio for The Traitor

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

  • Donald Sutherland and Mick Jagger for The Burnt Orange Heresy

Campari Passion for the Cinema Award

  • Luca Bigazzi for The New Pope

Bresson Award

  • Lucrecia Martel

References

External links

  • Official website

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