Film festival
The 79th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2022. Noah Baumbach's "White Noise" was the festival's opening film, and Francesco Carrozzini's "The Hanging Sun" was the closing film.
American actress Julianne Moore was the Jury President of the Main competition. Laura Poitras' "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" was the winner of the Golden Lion, 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.
Official selection.
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 lineup of films selected for the Horizons section is as follows:
Highlighted title indicates Orizzonti award winner.
Horizons Extra.
Highlighted title indicates Orizzonti Extra award winner.
Venice Immersive.
The lineup of films selected for the Venice Immersive section is as follows:
Independent Sections.
Venice International Critics' Week.
The lineup of films selected for the 37th Venice International Critics' Week is as follows:
Official Awards.
The following official awards were presented at the 79th Edition:
Independent Sections Awards.
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:
References.
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