Laura Poitras’ All the Beauty and the Bloodshed won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 79th Venice Film Festival. The documentary chronicles the photographer and activist Nan Goldin and her crusade to hold Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sackler family, accountable for the opioid epidemic.
Prior to its world premiere in the official competition category of the 79th Venice Film Festival, No Bears, the film directed by Jafar Panahi, unveiled the first official poster
Award-winning creative studio ScanLAB Projects will World Premiere the immersive art installation, FRAMERATE: Pulse of the Earth, as part of the prestigious Venice Immersive section at La Biennale di Venezia’s Venice International Film Festival 2022.
Director, writer and producer Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48 Hrs., Last Man Standing) is the recipient of the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award of the 79th Venice International Film Festival. The award is dedicated to a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry.
The virtual reality production Gumball Dreams from the award-winning VR production company Ferryman Collective and Screaming Color, will make its international premiere as an Official Selection of the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Directed by Deirdre V. Lyons, Gumball Dreams won the SXSW Audience Award XR Experience Competition.
Venice International Film Festival unveiled the selection of projects for Venice Immersive, the XR – Extended Reality section of the 79th edition of the festival. The Venice Immersive section will be held in person again this year, presenting 43 projects from 19 countries, including 30 projects in Competition, and 10 projects Out of Competition.
The 79th Venice Film Festival set to take place from August 31-September 10, unveiled the lineup of films including, competition and non-competition titles.
White Noise, written and directed by Noah Baumbach, starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, André L. Benjamin and Lars Edinger is the Opening Film, in Competition, of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022). This is Baumbach’s return to the Lido; he premiered Marriage Story at the festival in 2019.
The Venice Classics section returns to the 79th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, following two years in which, due to the pandemic, it was hosted in Bologna by the Il cinema ritrovato festival (August 2020), and held last year in the historic city centre of Venice.
Actress Julianne Moore will be the president of the International Jury of the Competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022), which will assign the Golden Lion for Best Film, as well as other official awards.
French actress Catherine Deneuve will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 79th Venice International Film Festival taking place August 31 – September 10, 2022).
Director (The Card Counter, First Reformed, Cat People, American Gigolo) and screenwriter (Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Obsession, The Yakuza) Paul Schrader will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022).