Opening film | The Ties |
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Closing film | You Came Back |
Location | Venice, Italy |
Founded | 1932 |
Awards | Golden Lion: Nomadland |
Hosted by | Anna Foglietta [1] |
No. of films | 66 [2] [3] [4] |
Festival date | 2 – 12 September 2020 |
Website | labiennale |
The 77th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 September 2020, [5] albeit in a "more restrained format" due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] [7]
Australian actress Cate Blanchett was Jury President of the main competition. [8] The Ties , directed by Daniele Luchetti, was the opening film, the first Italian film after 11 years to open the festival. [9]
The Golden Lion was awarded to Nomadland , directed by Chloé Zhao. The Grand Jury Prize was awarded to the Michel Franco's New Order. The Volpi Cup for Best Actor was won by Pierfrancesco Favino for Padrenostro , and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress was won by Vanessa Kirby for Pieces of a Woman . The Silver Lion for Best Direction was awarded to Kiyoshi Kurosawa for the movie Wife of a Spy . [10]
The complete line-up of the Official selection was announced on 28 July 2020. [6] [7] [13]
The following films were selected for the main international competition: [13] [14]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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And Tomorrow the Entire World | Und morgen die ganze Welt | Julia von Heinz | Germany, France |
Dear Comrades! | Дорогие товарищи! | Andrei Konchalovsky | Russia, France, Germany |
The Disciple | Chaitanya Tamhane | India | |
In Between Dying | Səpələnmiş ölümlər arasında | Hilal Baydarov | Azerbaijan, Mexico, United States |
Laila in Haifa | Amos Gitai | Israel, France | |
Lovers | Amants | Nicole Garcia | France |
The Macaluso Sisters | Le sorelle Macaluso | Emma Dante | Italy |
Miss Marx | Susanna Nicchiarelli | Italy, France, Belgium | |
Never Gonna Snow Again | Śniegu już nigdy nie będzie | Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert | Poland, Germany |
New Order | Nuevo Orden | Michel Franco | Mexico, France |
Nomadland | Chloé Zhao | United States | |
Notturno | Gianfranco Rosi | Italy, France, Germany | |
Padrenostro | Claudio Noce | Italy | |
Pieces of a Woman | Kornél Mundruczó | Canada, Hungary | |
Quo Vadis, Aida? | Jasmila Žbanić | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Austria, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France | |
Sun Children | خورشید | Majid Majidi | Iran |
Wife of a Spy | スパイの妻 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
The World to Come | Mona Fastvold | United States |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [3] [4] [9] [13] [15]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Fiction | |||
Assandira | Salvatore Mereu | Italy | |
The Duke | Roger Michell | United Kingdom | |
The Human Voice | La voz humana | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
Love After Love | 第一炉香 | Ann Hui | China |
Mandibles | Mandibules | Quentin Dupieux | France, Belgium |
Mosquito State | Komar | Filip Jan Rymsza | Poland, United States |
Night in Paradise | 낙원의 밤 | Park Hoon-jung | South Korea, France |
One Night in Miami... | Regina King | United States | |
Run Hide Fight | Kyle Rankin | ||
The Ties (opening film) | Lacci | Daniele Luchetti | Italy |
You Came Back (closing film) | Lasciami andare | Stefano Mordini | |
Non Fiction | |||
City Hall | Frederick Wiseman | United States | |
Crazy, Not Insane | Alex Gibney | ||
Final Account | Luke Holland | United Kingdom | |
Fiori, Fiori, Fiori! | Luca Guadagnino | Italy | |
I Am Greta | Nathan Grossmann | Sweden | |
Hopper/Welles | Orson Welles | United States | |
Molecole | Andrea Segre | Italy | |
Narciso on Vacation | Narciso em férias | Renato Terra, Ricardo Calil | Brazil |
Paolo Conte, via con me | Giorgio Verdelli | Italy | |
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams | Luca Guadagnino | ||
Sportin' Life | Abel Ferrara | ||
The Truth About La Dolce Vita | La verità su La Dolce Vita | Giuseppe Pedersoli |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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30 Coins (episode 1) | 30 Monedas | Álex de la Iglesia | Spain |
Omelia contadina | Alice Rohrwacher, JR | Italy | |
Princesse Europe | Camille Lotteau | France |
The following films were selected for the Horizons ( Orizzonti ) section: [13] [16]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Apples | μήλα | Christos Nikou | Greece, Poland, Slovenia |
The Best Is Yet to Come | 不止不休 | Wang Jing | China |
Careless Crime | جنایت بیدقت | Shahram Mokri | Iran |
The Furnace | Roderick Mackay | Australia | |
Gaza mon amour | Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser | Palestine, France, Germany, Qatar | |
Genus Pan | Lahi, Hayop | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
Listen | Ana Rocha de Sousa | United Kingdom, Portugal | |
Mainstream | Gia Coppola | United States | |
The Man Who Sold His Skin | الرجل الذي باع ظهره | Kaouther Ben Hania | Tunisia, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden |
Milestone | मील पत्थर | Ivan Ayr | India |
Nowhere Special | Uberto Pasolini | United Kingdom, Italy, Romania | |
Night of the Kings | La nuit des rois | Philippe Lacôte | Ivory Coast, France, Canada |
The Predators | I predatori | Pietro Castellitto | Italy |
The Third War | La troisième guerre | Giovanni Aloi | France |
Tragic Jungle | Selva trágica | Yulene Olaizola | Mexico, France, Colombia |
War and Peace | Guerra e pace | Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti | Italy, Switzerland |
The Wasteland | دشت خاموش | Ahmad Bahrami | Iran |
Yellow Cat | Zheltaya koshka | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan, France |
Zanka Contact | Ismaël El Iraki | Morocco, France, Belgium |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Anita | Sushma Khadepaun | United States | |
BMM – Being My Mom | Jasmine Trinca | Italy | |
Entre tú y milagros | Mariana Saffon | Colombia, United States | |
À fleur de peau | Meriem Mesraoua | Qatar, Algeria, France | |
The Game | Das Spiel | Roman Hodel | Switzerland |
Live in a Cloud Cuckoo Land | Mây nhưng không mưa | Nghĩa Vũ Minh & Minh Thy Phạm Hoàng | Vietnam |
The Night Train | Nattåget | Jerry Carlsson | Sweden |
Places | Miegamasis rajonas | Vytautas Katkus | Lithuania |
The Shift | Laura Carreira | United Kingdom | |
Sogni al campo | Magda Guidi | Italy, France | |
Was Wahrscheinlich Passiert Wäre, Wäre Ich Nicht Zuhause | Willy Hans | Germany | |
Workshop | Judah Finnigan | New Zealand | |
Out of Competition | |||
The Return Of Tragedy | Bertrand Mandico | France | |
Sì | Luca Ferri | Italy |
Highlighted title indicates Orizzonti award winner.
The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section, which this year is scheduled to be held at the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna, from 25 to 31 August: [6] [7] [17]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Le Cercle Rouge (1970) | Jean-Pierre Melville | France | |
Claudine (1974) | John Berry | United States | |
Goodfellas (1990) | Martin Scorsese | ||
The Last Supper (1976) | La última cena | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Cuba |
Late Season (1966) | Utószezon | Zoltán Fábri | Hungary |
Rickshaw Man (1958) | 無法松の一生 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Japan |
Seduced and Abandoned (1964) | Sedotta e abbandonata | Pietro Germi | Italy |
Serpico (1973) | Sidney Lumet | United States | |
Story of a Love Affair (1950) | Cronaca di un amore | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy |
An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977) | Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино | Nikita Mikhalkov | Soviet Union |
Vengeance Is Mine (1979) | 復讐するは我にあり | Shōhei Imamura | Japan |
The Young Girl (1975) | Den muso | Souleymane Cissé | Mali |
You Only Live Once (1937) | Fritz Lang | United States |
The following films were selected for the 35th Venice International Critics' Week (Italian : Settimana Internazionale della Critica): [18]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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50 or Two Whales Meet at the Beach | 50 o dos ballenas se encuentran en la playa | Jorge Cuchi | Mexico |
Bad Roads | Погані дороги | Natalya Vorozhbyt | Ukraine |
The Flood Won't Come | Tvano nebus | Marat Sargsyan | Lithuania |
Ghosts | Hayaletler | Azra Deniz Okyay | Turkey, Qatar |
Enforcement | Shorta | Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid | Denmark |
Thou Shalt Not Hate | Non odiare | Mauro Mancini | Italy, Poland |
Topside | Celine Held and Logan George | United States | |
Out of Competition | |||
The Book of Vision (opening film) | Carlo S. Hintermann | Italy, United Kingdom, Belgium | |
The Rossellinis(closing film) | Alessandro Rossellini | Italy, Latvia |
The following films were selected for the 17th edition of the Giornate degli Autori section: [19]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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In Competition | |||
200 Meters | Ameen Nayfeh | Palestine | |
Conference | Конференция | Ivan Tverdovskiy | Russia, Estonia, Italy, United Kingdom |
Honey Cigar(opening film) | Cigare au miel | Kamir Aïnouz | France, Algeria |
Mama | Li Dongmei | China | |
My Tender Matador | Tengo miedo torero | Rodrigo Sepúlveda | Chile, Argentina, Mexico |
Oasis | Oaza | Ivan Ikić | Serbia, Slovenia, Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time | Felkészülés meghatározatlan ideig tartó együttlétre | Lili Horvát | Hungary |
Residue | Merawi Gerima | United States | |
The Stonebreaker | Spaccapietre | Gianluca De Serio and Massimiliano De Serio | Italy, France, Belgium |
The Whaler Boy | Kitoboy | Philipp Yuryev | Russia |
Out of Competition | |||
Saint-Narcisse (closing film) | Bruce LaBruce | Canada | |
Special Events | |||
Extraliscio – Punk da balera | Elisabetta Sgarbi | Italy | |
Romantic Guide to Lost Places | Guida romantica a posti perduti | Giorgia Farina | |
The New Gospel | Das Neue Evangelium | Milo Rau | Germany, Switzerland, Italy |
Samp | Flavia Mastrella, Antonio Rezza | Italy | |
Miu Miu Women's Tales | |||
#19 Nightwalk | Małgorzata Szumowska | Italy, Poland |
The following official awards were presented at the 77th edition: [20]
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