74th Venice International Film Festival

The main entrance of the Cinema Palace during the festival.

The 74th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 30 August to 9 September 2017, at Venice Lido in Italy.

American actress Annette Bening was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actor Alessandro Borghi hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro.

A new section for virtual-reality (VR) films was introduced in this edition of the festival, as part of the Official Selection. 22 films were selected for the first-ever competition for films made in VR, while several more were presented in out-of-competition subsections.

The festival opened with Downsizing by Alexander Payne, and closed with Outrage Coda by Takeshi Kitano.

• Annette Bening, American actress - Jury President

• Ildikó Enyedi, Hungarian filmmaker

• Michel Franco, Mexican filmmaker and producer

• Rebecca Hall, English actress

• Anna Mouglalis, French actress

• David Stratton, Anglo-Australian film critic

• Jasmine Trinca, Italian actress

• Edgar Wright, English filmmaker

• Yonfan, Taiwanese-Hong Kong filmmaker and producer

• Gianni Amelio, Italian filmmaker - Jury President

• Rakhshān Banietemad, Iranian filmmaker

• Mark Cousins, Irish-Scottish filmmaker and curator

• Andrés Duprat, Argentinian screenwriter, architect and artistic curator

• Ami Canaan Mann, American filmmaker

• Fien Troch, Belgian filmmaker

• Rebecca Zlotowski, French filmmaker

• Benoît Jacquot, French filmmaker - Jury President

• Geoff Andrew, British writer and lecturer on film

• Albert Lee, Hong Kong producer

• Greta Scarano, Italian television, stage and film actress

• Yorgos Zois, Greek director

• Giuseppe Piccioni, Italian filmmaker - Jury President

• 26 students of Cinema History

• John Landis, American filmmaker, actor and producer - Jury President

• Céline Sciamma, French filmmaker

• Ricky Tognazzi, Italian actor and filmmaker

The following films were selected for the main competition:

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:

The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section:

The following films were selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section.

The following films were selected for the Il Cinema nel Giardino section:

The following films were presented as Special screening of the Official Selection:

The following films were selected for the 32nd Venice International Critics' Week:

The following films were selected for the 14th edition of the Giornate degli Autori section:

• Golden Lion: The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro

• Grand Jury Prize: Foxtrot by Samuel Maoz

• Silver Lion: Custody by Xavier Legrand

• Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Charlotte Rampling for Hannah

• Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Kamel El Basha for The Insult

• Best Screenplay: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Martin McDonagh

• Special Jury Prize: Sweet Country by Warwick Thornton

• Marcello Mastroianni Award: Charlie Plummer for Lean on Pete

• Best Film: Nico, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli

• Best Director: No Date, No Signature by Vahid Jalilvand

• Special Jury Prize: Caniba by Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor

• Best Actress: Lyna Khoudri for The Blessed

• Best Actor: Navid Mohammadzadeh for No Date, No Signature

• Best Screenplay: Oblivion Verses by Alireza Khatami

• Horizons Prize for Best Short: Gros Chagrin by Céline Devaux

• Custody by Xavier Legrand

• Best Documentary on Cinema: The Prince and the Dybbuk by Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosolowski

• Best Restored Film: Come and See by Elem Klimov

• Robert Redford

• Jane Fonda

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:

• SIAE Audience Award: Hunting Season by Natalia Garagiola

• Verona Film Club Award: Team Hurricane by Annika Berg

• Mario Serandrei – Hotel Saturnia Award for the Best Technical Contribution: The Wild Boys by Bertrand Mandico

• SIAE Award: Saverio Costanzo

• Mention FEDIC - Il giornale del cibo: Visiting Day by Elio Di Pace

• GdA Director's Award: Candelaria by Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza

• BNL People's Choice Award: Longing by Savi Gabizon

• Label Europa Cinema Award: M by Sara Forestier

• Fedeora Awards

  • Best Film: Eye on Juliet by Kim Nguyen
  • Best Director of a Debut Film: Sara Forestier for M
  • Best Actor: Redouanne Harjane for M

• Nuovo Imaie Talent Award

  • Federica Rosellini for her role in Where the Shadows Fall
  • Mimmo Borrelli for his role in Equilibrium

• Edipo Re Award: Valentina Pedicini for Where the Shadows Fall

• Lanterna Magica Award: Equilibrium by Vincenzo Marra

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:

• Reinventing Marvin by Anne Fontaine

• Venezia 74 Best Film: Foxtrot by Samuel Maoz

• Best Italian Film: Beautiful Things by Giorgio Ferrero

• Les Bienheureux by Sofia Djama

• Il colore nascosto delle cose by Silvio Soldini

• Ex Libris: The New York Public Library by Frederick Wiseman

  • Special mention: Human Flow by Ai Weiwei

• La Vita in Comune by Edoardo Winspeare

  • Special mention: Nico, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli

• Best Film (Main competition): Ex Libris: The New York Public Library by Frederick Wiseman

• Best Film (Horizons): Oblivion Verses by Alireza Khatami

• George Clooney for Suburbicon

• Ai Weiwei for Human Flow

• Michael Caine for My Generation

• Human Flow by Ai Weiwei

• The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro

  • Special mention: Cinderella the Cat by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone

• First Reformed by Paul Schrader

• The Rape of Recy Taylor by Nancy Buirski

  • Special mention: L'ordine delle cose by Andrea Segre
  • Special mention: Human Flow by Ai Weiwei

• Oblivion Verses by Alireza Khatami

• Equilibrium by Vincenzo Marra

• Best Production Manager in an Italian Film: Daniele Spinozzi for Love and Bullets

• Best Production Manager in an International Film: Riccardo Marchegiani for Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno

• Best Stagehand: Roberto Di Pietro for Hannah

• The Leisure Seeker by Paolo Virzì

• Human Flow by Ai Weiwei

• Il colore nascosto delle cose by Silvio Soldini

• Les Bienheureux by Sofia Djama

• Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno by Abdellatif Kechiche

• Silver Mouse: Gatta Cenerentola by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone

• Best Actress: Federica Rosellini for Where the Shadows Fall

• Best Actor: Mimmo Borrelli for Equilibrium

• Gatta Cenerentola by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone

• Best film: Love and Bullets by Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti

• Best Cast: Giampaolo Morelli, Serena Rossi, Claudia Gerini, Carlo Buccirosso, Raiz , Franco Ricciardi, Antonio Buonomo for Love and Bullets

  • Special award: Cinderella the Cat by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone
  • Special award: Nico, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli

• La mélodie by Rachid Hami

• The House by the Sea by Robert Guédiguian

  • Special mention: Foxtrot by Samuel Maoz

• The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro

• Il colore nascosto delle cose by Silvio Soldini

• Alexandre Desplat for The Shape of Water

  • Special award: Love and Bullets

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Andrea Guerra

• The House by the Sea by Robert Guédiguian

  • Special mention: Ugly Nasty People by Cosimo Gomez

• George Clooney for Suburbicon

• Ai Weiwei for Human Flow

• Michael Caine for My Generation

• Gianni Amelio

• Julianne Moore for Suburbicon

• Official website

• Venice Film Festival 2017 Awards on IMDb