79th edition of the Venice International Film Festival

From 31 August to 10 September at Venice Lido will be held the 79. International Film Festival directed by Alberto Barbera and organized by the Venice Biennale.

The actress and presenter Rocío Muñoz Morales will open the exhibition on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, on the stage of the Sala Grande (Palazzo del Cinema at Lido) on the occasion of the opening ceremony, and will lead the closing ceremony on Saturday, September 10, at which the Lions and other official awards will be announced.

This year the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement have been awarded to the French actress Catherine Deneuve, among the most representative figures of the Nouvelle Vague and among the greatest performers in the history of cinema, and Paul Schrader, american director (The Card Collector, First Reformed, The Panther’s Kiss, American Gigolo) and screenwriter (Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Guilt Complex, Yakuza) among the most important American authors of his generation.

White Noise, written and directed by Noah Baumbach, with Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, André L. Benjamin and Lars Edinger will be the opening film in Competition of 79. Exhibition. Adapted from the great novel by Don DeLillo, the film tells the attempts of a contemporary American family to face the worldly conflicts of everyday life, struggling with the universal mysteries of love and death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.