The 73rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September, 2016, at Venice Lido in Italy.
English filmmaker Sam Mendes was the jury president of the main competition. Italian actress Sonia Bergamasco hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Woman Who Left by Lav Diaz.
A new project named Venice Production Bridge was introduced in this edition of the festival. The new project was 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.
The festival opened with La La Land by Damien Chazelle, and closed with The Magnificent Seven by Antoine Fuqua.
Juries
Main competition (Venezia 73)
- Sam Mendes, British filmmaker and stage director - Jury President
- Laurie Anderson, American artist, composer, musician and film director
- Gemma Arterton, English actress
- Giancarlo De Cataldo, Italian novelist and screenwriter
- Nina Hoss, German actress
- Chiara Mastroianni, French-Italian actress
- Joshua Oppenheimer, American filmmaker
- Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuelan film director, screenwriter and producer
- Zhao Wei, Chinese actress, singer and film director
- Robert Guédiguian, French filmmaker, producer and actor - Jury President
- Jim Hoberman, American film critic and academic
- Nelly Karim, Egyptian actress, fashion model and ballerina
- Valentina Lodovini, Italian film and TV actress
- Moon So-ri, South Korean actress, film director and screenwriter
- José MarÃÂa "Chema" Prado, director of the Filmoteca Española
- Chaitanya Tamhane, Indian filmmaker
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film
Official Sections
In competition (Venezia 73)
The following films were selected for the main competition:
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) 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.
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:
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:
- Spes contra Spem: Liberi Dentro (documentary) by Ambrogio Crespi
Independent Sections
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 (Giornate degli Autori) section:
Official Awards
In Competition (Venezia 73)
Venice Classics Awards
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film (Lion of the Future)
Special Awards
Independent Sections Awards
The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:
Venice International Critics' Week
- Audience Award - Circolo del Cinema di Verona: The Nobodies by Juan Sebastián Mesa
- SIAE Award: Paolo Sorrentino
- Mario Serandrei - Hotel Saturnia Award: The Last of Us by Ala Eddine Slim
Venice Days
- Venice Days Award: The War Show by Andreas Dalsgaard and Obaidah Zytoon
- BNL Award: Pamilya ordinaryo by Eduardo Roy Jr.
- Brian Award: Worldly Girl by Marco Danieli
- Fedeora Awards:
- Best Film: The Road to Mandalay by Midi Z
- Best Young Director: Amanda Kernell for Sami Blood
- Best Actress: Ashleigh Cummings for Hounds Of Love
- Best European Film: Quit Staring at My Plate (Ne gledaj mi u pijat) by Hana JuÃ
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- Gianni Astrei Award: Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis
- Label Europa Cinema Award: Sami Blood by Amanda Kernell
- Lizzani Award: Worldly Girl by Marco Danieli
- Lina Mangiacapre Award: Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis
- MigrArti Award: No Borders by Haider Rashid
Independent Awards
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:
Open Award
- Open Prize: Vangelo by Pippo Delbono
Francesco Pasinetti â SNGCI Award
Queer Lion
Arca CinemaGiovani Award
- Best Film (Main competition): Arrival by Denis Villeneuve
- Best Italian Film (Biennale College - Cinema): Ears by Alessandro Aronadio
- Civitas Vitae Award: Piuma by Roan Johnson
FEDIC Award
- Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis
- Special mentions:
- The Greatest Dream by Michele Vannucci
- Ears by Alessandro Aronadio
Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award
Enrico Fulchignoni â CICT-UNESCO Award
Future Film Festival Digital Award
Giovani Giurati del Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award
Green Drop Award
- Spira Mirabilis by Massimo DâÂÂAnolfi and Martina Parenti
- Voyage of Time: Life's Journey by Terrence Malick
Human Rights Nights Special Award
Interfilm Award
Lanterna Magica Award (CGS)
Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award
Cinema for UNICEF mention
Golden Mouse
NuovoImaie Talent Award
- Best Young Actor: Daniele Parisi for his role in Ears
- Best Young Actress: Camilla Diana for Tommaso by Kim Rossi Stuart
Francesco Pasinetti Special Prize
- the cast of Piuma by Roan Johnson
Sfera 1932 Award
- Spira Mirabilis by Massimo DâÂÂAnolfi and Martina Parenti
SIGNIS Award
- Piuma by Roan Johnson
- Special mention: On the Milky Road by Emir Kusturica
C. Smithers Foundation â CICT-UNESCO Award
Soundtrack Stars Award
Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award - Best Italian Film
Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award - Best Foreign Film
Padre Nazareno Taddei Award
- Paradise by Andrei Konchalovsky
Kinèo Awards
3rd Starlight Cinema Awards
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