Venice Film Festival 2022: The Awards

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2022: THE AWARDS

Venice Film Festival

VERDICT: Strongly worded films with clear social and political attitudes took the prizes at the 79th Venice Film Festival, led by Laura Poitras's Golden Lion winner 'All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.'

GOLDEN LION for Best Film
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
by Laura Poitras (USA)

SILVER LION – GRAND JURY PRIZE
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
NO BEARS (KHERS NIST)
by Jafar Panahi (Iran)

MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD
for Best Young Actor or Actress to:
Taylor Russell
in the film BONES AND ALL

 

ORIZZONTI

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST FILM
WORLD WAR III (Jang-e Jahani Sevom)
by Houman Seyedi (Iran)

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
for the film VERA (Austria)

SPECIAL ORIZZONTI JURY PRIZE to:
BREAD AND SALT (CHLEB I SÓL)
by Damian Kocur (Poland)

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS
Vera Gemma
in the film VERA

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
Mohsen Tanabandeh
in the film WORLD WAR III

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 to:
SNOW IN SEPTEMBER
by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir (France, Mongolia)

VENICE SHORT FILM NOMINATION FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2022 to:
SNOW IN SEPTEMBER
by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir (France, Mongolia)