2016 film festival
The 73rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2016. 
English filmmaker Sam Mendes was the Jury President of the main competition. The opening night film was Damien Chazelle's musical "La La Land", and Antoine Fuqua's western "The Magnificent Seven" was the closing film.
The Golden Lion was awarded to Lav Diaz's film "The Woman Who Left".
A new project named Venice Production Bridge was introduced in this edition of the festival. The new project is intended to attract industry professionals and focus on original projects for films, internet, series, virtual reality, and works in progress, in order to help their development and production. It is also meant to work in conjunction with the Venice Film Market which started in 2012. Such projects as Final Cut in Venice, meant to help finance original films from African countries, and the Venice Gap-Financing Market will come under its scope.
Juries.
The following people formed the 2016 juries:
Official Sections.
In competition ("Venezia 73").
The following films were selected for the main 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 Prize for Best Feature Film
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.
Biennale College - Cinema.
The following films were selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section.
Final Cut in Venice.
The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa:
"Il Cinema nel Giardino".
The following feature films were selected for the "Il Cinema nel Giardino" section:
Special screenings.
The following film was presented as a Special Screening of the Official Selection:
Independent Sections.
International Critics' Week.
The following films were selected for the International Critics' Week section:
Venice Days.
The following films were selected for the 13th edition of the Venice Days ("Giornate degli Autori") section:
Highlighted title indicates the official Venice Days Award winner.
Official Awards.
The following official awards were presented at the 73rd edition:
Independent Sections Awards.
The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:
Independent Awards.
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:
References.
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