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
Horizons
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film
Venice Virtual Reality
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: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
The following films were selected for the 34th Venice International Critics' Week :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 Endlessness
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Ariane Ascaride for Gloria Mundi
- Volpi 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, Babyteeth
Horizons
- 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 Bik eneich - Un fils
- Best 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 Die
- Best Restored Film: Ecstasy
Special Awards
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:
Venice Days
Autonomous awards
