76th Venice International 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:

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

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

{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%; margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:0px"
! colspan=4| Short films – In competition
|-
! English title
! Original title
! Director(s)
! Production country
|-
| After Two Hours, Ten Minutes Had Passed || Nach zwei Stunden waren zehn Minuten vergangen || data-sort-value="Goldkamp"| Steffen Goldkamp || Germany
|-
| Austral Fever || Fiebre austral || data-sort-value="Woodroffe"| Thomas Woodroffe|| Chile
|-style="background:#FFDEAD;"
| colspan=2| Darling || data-sort-value="Sadiq"| Saim Sadiq || Pakistan, United States
|-
| colspan=2| Delphine || data-sort-value="Robichaud"| Chloé Robichaud || Canada
|-
| colspan=2| The Diver || data-sort-value="Greenfield"| Jamie Helmer, Michael Leonard || France, Australia
|-
| Dogs Barking at Birds || Cães que ladram aos pássaros || data-sort-value="Teles"| Leonor Teles || Portugal
|-
| colspan=2| Give Up the Ghost || data-sort-value="Duraie"| Zain Duraie || Jordan, Sweden
|-
| colspan=2| Kingdom Come || data-sort-value="Dunn"| Sean Robert Dunn || United Kingdom
|-
| Sand || Morae || data-sort-value="Kim"| Kim Kyung-rae || South Korea
|-
| colspan=2| Sh_t Happens || data-sort-value="Štumpf"| David Štumpf, Michaela Mihályi || Czech Republic, Slovakia 
|-
| Superheroes Without Superpowers || Supereroi senza superpoteri || data-sort-value="Baldacci"| Beatrice Baldacci || Italy
|-
| The Tears Thing || Le coup des larmes || data-sort-value="Poésy"| Clémence Poésy || France
|-
| colspan=2| Roqaia || data-sort-value="Baldacci"| Diana Saqeb Jamal || Afghanistan, Bangladesh
|}

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

 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 ():

Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 16th edition of the Venice Days () 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: An Officer and a Spy, by Roman Polanski
Silver Lion: Roy Andersson for About EndlessnessVolpi Cup for Best Actress: Ariane Ascaride for Gloria MundiVolpi Cup for Best Actor: Luca Marinelli for Martin Eden Best Screenplay Award: 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, BabyteethHorizons (Orizzonti)
Best Film: Atlantis by Valentyn Vasyanovych
Best Director: Théo Court for White on WhiteSpecial Jury Prize: Verdict by Raymund Ribas Gutierrez
Best Actress: Marta Nieto for MadreBest Actor: Sami Bouajila for Bik eneich - Un filsBest Screenplay: Revenir by Jessica Palud
Horizons Prize for Best Short: Darling by Sam Sadiq

Lion of the Future
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film: You Will Die at 20 by Amjad Abu Alala

Venezia Classici Awards
Best Documentary on Cinema: Babenco: Tell Me When I DieBest Restored Film: Ecstasy (1933)

Special Awards
Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement: Pedro Almodóvar and Julie Andrews

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

Venice Days
 SIAE Award: Marco Bellocchio for  The Traitor GdA Director's Award: La Llorona by Jayro Bustamante
 Europa Cinemas Label: 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
 

Category:2019 film festivals
Category:2019 in Italian cinema
Category:August 2019 events in Italy
Category:September 2019 events in Italy
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