“The Mostra shows us that a poetics can be forged in this ‘workshop’ that is awake to the world, even to the most painfully current one. Cinema reaches where the news does not. Where resignation reigns, art restores consciousness”.

“The films in this Festival offer articulated and sometimes contradictory points of view, constantly referring to the immeasurable richness of human experience and the opacity of our own individual, social and political conditions”.

Official Selection of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival: all the films screening in the sectionsVenezia 82 Competition, Out of Competition, Orizzonti, Venezia Spotlight, Venice Classics, Venice Immersive, and Biennale College Cinema.

Full information on the Venice Immersive section: Line-up / How to access / Accreditation / Venice Immersive passes.

The firstGolden Lion for Lifetime Achievement was awarded on 27 August to the German director and screenwriterWerner Herzog for the contribution made through his body of work to the advancement of the art of cinema.

The secondGolden Lion for Lifetime Achievement was awarded on 1 September to the actressKim Novak, who has best interpreted the expressive requirements of the directors for whom she has worked, while bringing her own personal contribution.