2019 Venice Film Festival

The 76th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2019. Film director Lucrecia Martel was appointed as the President of the Jury. '' The Truth'', directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, was selected to open the festival. The Golden Lion was awarded to '' Joker'', directed by Todd Phillips.

Jury

Main Competition (Venezia 76)
* Lucrecia Martel, Argentine director and screenwriter (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
* Susanna Nicchiarelli, Italian director and screenwriter (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 Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film
* Emir Kusturica, Serbian director, screenwriter 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 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

The following films were selected for the Horizons ( it, 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:

Autonomous sections

International Critics' Week

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

Giornate degli Autori

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

Awards

Official selection

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

In Competition
*Golden Lion: '' Joker'' by Todd Phillips
*Grand Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival), Grand Jury Prize: ''An Officer and a Spy (film), 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 (film), Gloria Mundi''
*Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Luca Marinelli for ''Martin Eden (2019 film), Martin Eden''
* Best Screenplay Award: ''No.7 Cherry Lane'', by Yonfan
*Special Jury Priz (Venice Film Festival), Special Jury Prize: ''The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be'' by Franco Maresco
*Marcello Mastroianni Award: Toby Wallace, ''Babyteeth (film), Babyteeth''

Horizons (Orizzonti)
*Best Film: ''Atlantis (2019 film), Atlantis'' by Valentyn Vasyanovych
*Best Director: Théo Court for ''White on White (film), White on White''
*Special Jury Prize: ''Verdict (2019 film), Verdict'' by Raymund Ribas Gutierrez
*Best Actress: Marta Nieto for ''Mother (2019 Spanish film), Madre''
*Best Actor: Sami Bouajila for ''A Son''
*Best Screenplay: ''Revenir'' by Jessica Palud
*Horizons Prize for Best Short: ''Darling'' by Saim Sadiq

Lion of the Future
*Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film: ''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 film), Ecstasy'' (1933)

Special Awards
*Golden Lion#Golden Lion Honorary Award, Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement: Pedro Almodóvar and Julie Andrews

Autonomous sections

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

Giornate degli Autori
* SIAE Award: Marco Bellocchio for ''The Traitor (2019 film), The Traitor''
* GdA Director's Award: ''La Llorona (2019 film), La Llorona'' by Jayro Bustamante
* Europa Cinemas Label: ''Corpus Christi (2019 film), Corpus Christi'' by Jan Komasa

Autonomous awards

* 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

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