Venice Film Festival 2022: Full Lineup Announced for 79th Edition
The 79th Venice International Film Festival, running from August 31 to September 11, 2022, on the Lido di Venezia, celebrates its 90th anniversary since its founding in 1932 and the 10th anniversary of Biennale College Cinema. President Roberto Cicutto opened the press conference, while Artistic Director Alberto Barbera presented the program. Five Italian films compete: Gianni Amelio's 'Il signore delle formiche', Susanna Nicchiarelli's 'Chiara', Emanuele Crialese's 'L'immensità', Andrea Pallaoro's 'Monica', and Luca Guadagnino's 'Bones and All'. The opening film is Noah Baumbach's 'White Noise', starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig, based on Don DeLillo's novel. The closing film is Francesco Carrozzini's 'The Hanging Sun – Sole di mezzanotte', starring Alessandro Borghi, based on Jo Nesbø's novel. Barbera noted the festival's awareness of global issues like the war in Ukraine and the arrests of Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi, Mohammad Rasoulof, and Mostafa Aleahmad. Other highlights include Olivia Wilde's 'Don't Worry Darling', Darren Aronofsky's 'The Whale', Andrew Dominik's 'Blonde', Alejandro G. Iñárritu's 'Bardo', Martin McDonagh's 'The Banshees of Inisherin', and Florian Zeller's 'The Son'. For the fifth consecutive year, Lorenzo Mattotti designed the festival poster, featuring a lioness on a gold background symbolizing 90 years of the festival. The full lineup includes 23 competition films, plus out-of-competition, Horizons, and special screenings.
Key facts
- 79th Venice International Film Festival runs August 31 to September 11, 2022 on Lido di Venezia.
- Festival celebrates 90th anniversary (founded 1932) and 10th anniversary of Biennale College Cinema.
- Five Italian films in competition: Gianni Amelio, Susanna Nicchiarelli, Emanuele Crialese, Andrea Pallaoro, Luca Guadagnino.
- Opening film: Noah Baumbach's 'White Noise' with Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig.
- Closing film: Francesco Carrozzini's 'The Hanging Sun' with Alessandro Borghi.
- Alberto Barbera highlighted global issues: Ukraine war, arrests of Jafar Panahi, Mohammad Rasoulof, Mostafa Aleahmad.
- Lorenzo Mattotti designed the official poster for the fifth year, featuring a lioness on gold.
- Full lineup includes 23 competition films plus out-of-competition and special screenings.
Entities
Artists
- Roberto Cicutto
- Alberto Barbera
- Gianni Amelio
- Susanna Nicchiarelli
- Emanuele Crialese
- Andrea Pallaoro
- Luca Guadagnino
- Noah Baumbach
- Adam Driver
- Greta Gerwig
- Don DeLillo
- Francesco Carrozzini
- Alessandro Borghi
- Jo Nesbø
- Jafar Panahi
- Mohammad Rasoulof
- Mostafa Aleahmad
- Olivia Wilde
- Darren Aronofsky
- Andrew Dominik
- Ana de Armas
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- Martin McDonagh
- Florian Zeller
- Lorenzo Mattotti
- Margherita Bordino
- Lars von Trier
- Nicolas Winding Refn
- Simone Massi
- Sally Potter
- Lucrecia Martel
- Evheny Afineevsky
- Benedetta Argentieri
- Enrico Ghezzi
- Alessandro Gagliardo
- Steve James
- Jorgen Leth
- Andreas Koefoed
- Sergei Loznitsa
- Gianfranco Rosi
- Christopher Sharp
- Moses Bwayo
- Oliver Stone
- Lav Diaz
- Oliver Hermanus
- Walter Hill
- Kim Ki-duk
- Bill Pohlad
- Paul Schrader
- Paolo Virzì
- Ti West
- Roberto De Paolis
- Michal Blaško
- Juan Diego Botto
- Laura Citarella
- Tizza Covi
- Rainer Frimmel
- Guy Davidi
- Fernando Guzzoni
- Rachid Hami
- Kei Ishikawa
- Damian Kocur
- Antonio Lukich
- Pippo Mezzapesa
- Mihai Mincan
- Makbul Mubarak
- Jean-Paul Salomé
- Houman Seyedi
- Teona Strugar Mitevska
- Sérgio Tréfaut
- Sébastian Marnier
- Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
- Carolina Cavalli
- Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser
- Soudade Kaadan
- Fulvio Risuleo
- Arian Vazirdaftari
- Michal Vinik
- Adilkhan Yerzhanov
- Paolo Sorrentino
- Toni Servillo
- Anna Ferzetti
- Alexander Payne
- Julia Ducournau
- Charlotte Wells
- Emanuela Fanelli
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Guillermo del Toro
- Jim Jarmusch
- Park Chan-wook
- Benny Safdie
- Pietro Marcello
- Leonardo Di Costanzo
- Franco Maresco
- Jane Campion
- Werner Herzog
- Cédric Jimenez
- Kaouther Ben Hania
- Goffredo Fofi
- Olivier Assayas
- Cai Shangjun
- Valérie Donzelli
- Ildikó Enyedi
- Mona Fastvold
- László Nemes
- François Ozon
- Shu Qi
- Hilal Baydarov
- Antonio Capuano
- Andrea Di Stefano
- Mamoru Hosoda
- Anders Thomas Jensen
- Julian Schnabel
- Paolo Strippoli
- Gus Van Sant
- Virgilio Villoresi
- Aboozar Amini
- Roberto Andò
- Sofia Coppola
- Yervant Gianikian
- Angela Ricci Lucchi
- Jihan K
- Tamara Kotevska
- Ross McElwee
- Alexandre Philippe
- Laura Poitras
- Mark Obenhaus
- Jane Pollard
- Iain Forsyth
- Alexander Rodnyansky
- Andriy Alferov
- Aleksandr Sokurov
- Tsai Ming-liang
- Toni D'Angelo
- Francesco Fei
- Robert Gordon
- Joe Lauro
- Stefano Pistolini
- Enrico Maria Artale
- Marco Bellocchio
- Hagai Levi
- Stefano Sollima
- Yann Arthus-Bertrand
- Rachid Bouchareb
- Charlie Kaufman
- Ali Asgari
- Ana Cristina Barragán
- Jaume Claret Muxart
- Akio Fujimoto
- Akihiro Hata
- Mark Jenkin
- Kent Jones
- Alejo Moguillansky
- Tereza Nvotová
- David Pablos
- Anuparna Roy
- Laura Samani
- Gastón Solnicki
- Stillz
- Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
- Roderick Warich
- Shahad Ameen
- Daniel Hendler
- Stephan Komandarev
- Potsy Ponciroli
- Mariana Rondón
- Marité Ugas
- Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
- Maryam Touzani
- Daniele Vicari
- Joe Beshenkovsky
- James A. Smith
- Valerio Ciriaci
- Claire Duguet
- Javier Espada
- Mike Figgis
- David Kittredge
- Michal Kosakowski
- Yves Montmayeur
- Daniel Raim
- Massimiliano Camaiti
- Vincho Nchogu
- Polen Ly
- Nidhi Saxena
- Fabio D'Innocenzo
- Damiano D'Innocenzo
- Michelangelo Frammartino
- Gabriele Mainetti
- Mario Martone
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Pablo Larraín
- Bong Joon-ho
- Saverio Costanzo
- Virginie Efira
- Cynthia Erivo
- Sarah Gadon
- Alexander Nanau
- Chloé Zhao
- Atom Egoyan
- Amat Escalante
- Amos Gitai
- Benoît Jacquot
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Carlos Reygadas
- Arturo Ripstein
- Yesim Ustaoglu
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Ana Lily Amirpour
- Stéphane Brizé
- Audrey Diwan
- Gaston Duprat
- Mariano Cohn
- Michel Franco
- Xavier Giannoli
- Erik Matti
- Jan P. Matuszynski
- Natasha Merkulova
- Aleksey Chupov
- Valentyn Vasyanovych
- Lorenzo Vigas
- Yvan Attal
- David Gordon Green
- Stefano Mordini
- Ridley Scott
- Denis Villeneuve
- Edgar Wright
- Jon Alpert
- Loup Bureau
- Augusto Contento
- Diana el Jeiroudi
- Daniel Geller
- Dayna Goldfine
- Roberta Alena
- Luca Rea
- Giorgio Verdelli
- Simona Ventura
- Andrea Segre
- Thomas Kruithof
- Yuri Ancarani
- Bogdan George Apetri
- Laurynas Bareisa
- Laura Bispuri
- Chung Mong-Hong
- Joaquin Del Paso
- Mohamed Diab
- Eric Gravel
- Peter Kerekes
- Kaltrina Krasniqi
- Kavich Neang
- Jakrawal Nilthamrong
- Rodrigo Plà
- Laura Santullo
- Kiro Russo
- Aditya Vikram Sengupta
- Oleg Sentsov
- Harry Wootliff
- Yuasa Masaaki
- Shirin Neshat
- Shoja Azari
- Mounia Akl
- Vladimir Bitokov
- Antoinette Boulat
- Wilma Labate
- Alexandre Moratto
- Teemu Nikki
- Roland Sejko
Institutions
- Biennale di Venezia
- Biennale College Cinema
- Sky
- Groenlandia
- I Wonder Pictures
- Artribune
- Mostra del Cinema di Venezia
- Armani Beauty
- Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica
- MYmovies
- Biennale Cinema Channel
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Lido di Venezia
- Ukraine
- Iran
- Inishmore
- Achill
- Ireland
- Norway
- Lido
- Palazzo del Cinema al Lido
- Gaza