73rd Venice International Film Festival


The 73rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2016. English director Sam Mendes was the President of the Jury for the main competition. The opening night film was Damien Chazelle's musical La La Land. The Golden Lion was awarded to Lav Diaz's film The Woman Who Left.
A new project named Venice Production Bridge was introduced in this edition of the festival. The new project is intended to attract industry professionals and focus on original projects for films, internet, series, virtual reality, and works in progress, in order to help their development and production. It is also meant to work in conjunction with the Venice Film Market which started in 2012. Such projects as Final Cut in Venice, meant to help finance original films from African countries, and the Venice Gap-Financing Market will come under its scope.

Juries

The following people formed the 2016 juries:
Main competition
Horizons
Opera Prima

In competition

The following films were selected for the main 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:

Venice Classics

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

Biennale College - Cinema

The following films were selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section.
English TitleOriginal TitleDirectorProduction Country
EarsOrecchieAlessandro AronadioItaly
Hotel SalvationMukti BhawanShubhashish BhutianiIndia
La SoledadLa SoledadJorge Thielen ArmandVenezuela
One SisterUna HermanaSofia Brockenshire, Verena KuriArgentina

Final Cut in Venice

The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa:
TitleDirectorProduction country
FélicitéAlain GomisFrance, Senegal, Belgium
Ghost HuntingRaed AndoniPalestine, France, Switzerland
Obscure Soudade KaadanSyria, Lebanon
One of These DaysNadim TabetLebanon
Poisonous RosesFawzi SalehEgypt, France, Qatar
The WoundJohn TrengoveSouth Africa, Germany, Netherlands, France

Il Cinema nel Giardino

The following feature films were selected for the Il Cinema nel Giardino section:

Special screenings

The following film was presented as a Special Screening of the Official Selection:

International Critics Week

The following films were selected for the International Critics Week section:

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 13th edition of the Venice Days section:

Awards

Official selection

The following official awards were presented at the 73rd edition:
In Competition
Horizons
Venice Classics Awards
Special Awards
The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:
Venice International Critics' Week
Venice Days
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:
Other Awards