The Venice Film Festival is an annual film festival hosted in Venice, Italy. It is considered one of the oldest film festivals and is one of the Big Three European Film Festivals including the Toronto Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival.
Here is the entire winner list that you might have missed from the 79th Venice Film Festival that concluded on 10th September.
Awards Presented in the 79th Venice Film Festival 2022
GOLDEN LION for Best Film
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
by Laura Poitras (USA)
SILVER LION – GRAND JURY PRIZE
by Alice Diop (France)
SAINT OMER
by Alice Diop (France)
SILVER LION – AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Luca Guadagnino
for the film BONES AND ALL (USA, Italy)
COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress
Cate Blanchett
in the film TÁR by Todd Field (USA)
COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor
Colin Farrell
in the film THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN by Martin McDonagh (Ireland, UK, USA)
AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
Martin McDonagh
for the film THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN by Martin McDonagh (Ireland, UK, USA)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
by Jafar Panahi (Iran)
KHERS NIST (NO BEARS)
by Jafar Panahi (Iran)
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best Young Actor or Actress
Taylor Russell
in the film BONES AND ALL by Luca Guadagnino (USA, Italy)
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST FILM
Jang-e Jahani Sevom (WORLD WAR III)
by Houman Seyedi (Iran)
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
for the film VERA (Austria)
SPECIAL ORIZZONTI JURY PRIZE
CHLEB I SÓL (BREAD AND SALT)
by Damian Kocur (Poland)
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS
Vera Gemma
in the film VERA by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel (Austria)
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
Mohsen Tanabandeh
in the film JANG-E JAHANI SEVOM (WORLD WAR III) by Houman Seyedi (Iran)
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
Fernando Guzzoni
for the film BLANQUITA by Fernando Guzzoni (Chile, Mexico, Luxembourg, France, Poland)
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
SNOW IN SEPTEMBER
by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir (France, Mongolia)
VENICE SHORT FILM NOMINATION FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2022
SNOW IN SEPTEMBER
by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir (France, Mongolia
ARMANI BEAUTY AUDIENCE AWARD
NEZOUH
by Soudade Kaadan (UK, Syria, France)
LION OF THE FUTURE
“LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM
by Alice Diop (France)
SAINT OMER
by Alice Diop (France)
VENICE CLASSICS AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY ON CINEMA
FRAGMENTS OF PARADISE
by KD Davison (USA)
VENICE CLASSICS AWARD FOR BEST RESTORED FILM
Koroshi no Rakuin (BRANDED TO KILL)
by Suzuki Seijun (Japan, 1967)
VENICE IMMERSIVE BEST EXPERIENCE
THE MAN WHO COULDN’T LEAVE
by Singing Chen (Taipei)
VENICE IMMERSIVE GRAND JURY PRIZE
FROM THE MAIN SQUARE
by Pedro Harres (Germany)
VENICE IMMERSIVE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
EGGSCAPE
by German Heller (Argentina)