76th Venice International Film Festival

The 76th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2019.

Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel was the Jury President of the main competition. The Truth, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, was the festival's opening film.

The Golden Lion was awarded to Joker, directed by Todd Phillips.

Main Competition (Venezia 76)

 * Lucrecia Martel, Argentine filmmaker - 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 (Orizzonti)

 * Susanna Nicchiarelli, Italian filmmaker - 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 Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

 * Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker 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

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 following films were selected for the Horizons (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:

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

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

Official Awards
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 Endlessness
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Ariane Ascaride for Gloria Mundi
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Luca Marinelli for Martin Eden
 * Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: 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, Babyteeth

Horizons (Orizzonti)

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

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film (Lion of the Future)

 * 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)

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

 * Pedro Almodóvar
 * Julie Andrews

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

Giornate degli Autori

 * GdA Director's Award: La Llorona by Jayro Bustamante
 * Europa Cinemas Label: Corpus Christi by Jan Komasa

SIAE Award

 * Marco Bellocchio for  The Traitor

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