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Venice Film Festival

31 August – 10 September 2022

The 79th Venice International Film Festival, organised by La Biennale di Venezia and directed by Alberto Barbera, aims to raise awareness and promote international cinema in all its forms as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and dialogue.

The festival runs from 31 August to 10 September.

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Latest reviews

  • Nezouh
    Review preview for Nezouh

    If Kaadan doesn't quite get the dramatic weight to land solidly, she nevertheless has a fine eye for a poetic image.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    As a man refuses to flee war-torn Damascus, his wife and daughter face a choice.
  • Bobi Wine: The People's President
    Review preview for Bobi Wine: The People's President

    Though we spend a good part of the film inside offices or private homes, there is also a lot of footage from the streets, where passions run high.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A documentary about how Ugandan opposition leader, activist and musical star Bobi Wine took on the regime led by Yoweri Museveni, the person who led the country for 35 years.
  • Werner Herzog - Radical Dreamer
    Review preview for Werner Herzog - Radical Dreamer

    Whilst it’s never intrusive, the film makes room for the personal and, perhaps more importantly, for Herzog to meander, interlinking diverse ideas in his inimitable way.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A portrait of the celebrated filmmaker.
  • Anhell69
    Review preview for Anhell69

    The film immerses us in the life of the city.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A funeral car cruises the streets of Medellin, while a young director tells the story of his past in this violent and conservative city.
  • The Damned Don't Cry
    Review preview for The Damned Don't Cry

    As with Boulifa’s first film, much here is built not upon what a specific character does but on another character’s reaction to that.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Selim follows his mother from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she's been caught up in. When they arrive in Tangier, new opportunities will give them a shot at the legitimacy they each crave – but not without threatening their fragile love for one another.
  • Amanda
    Review preview for Amanda

    The story may be presented in a quirky way, with a highly distinctive visual style, but it’s well observed and relatable.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    As far as 24-year-old Amanda can remember, she has never had friends. It’s the thing she desires most. When she finds out that as infants she and Rebecca had spent a lot of time together, Amanda settles on her new mission: convincing her that they are still best friends.
  • Wolf And Dog
    Review preview for Wolf And Dog

    Shot in a superficially chaotic style which gradually coalesces into something meaningful, Wolf & Dog perfectly captures the haste and ambiguity of teenage life.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A girl begins to question the world around her through her friendship with her gay best friend.
  • Hanging Gardens
    Review preview for Hanging Gardens

    Al Daradji has a way of making the usual meanings of things slip from their moorings.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    When a young Iraqi rubbish picker rescues an American sex doll from the Baghdad dumps, he crosses into a perilous red zone, where friends become enemies and nothing is certain.
  • Master Gardener
    Review preview for Master Gardener

    Weaver...hasn’t had a role this rich for years, and is magnificent throughout.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A meticulous horticulturist who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager, is persuaded to take on her great niece as an apprentice.
  • La Syndicaliste
    Review preview for La Syndicaliste

    Sustained by a bravura performance from Isabelle Huppert in a total change of register from her last comedic outing with the same director Mama Weed, the new collaboration never puts a frame out of place.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    The true story of of a whistleblower who shook the French nuclear industry.

A–Z of Venice Film Festival 2022 reviews

Features

  • Light and magic
    Hélène Louvart on the challenges of photographing Nezouh
  • Acts of freedom
    Margherita Mazzucco on Susanna Nicchiarelli's Chiara
  • Roads that lead you to roam
    Laura Citrella on the mysteries and winding pathways of Trenque Lauquen
  • Military man
    David Wagner on Eismayer, the man and the movie
  • Diop displays true grit
    Saint Omer director provokes a flurry of awards season buzz
  • Waves of fear
    Minhai Mincan on the dread that drives To The North and his move from documentary to fiction
  • The art of noise
    Minhai Mincan on scoring, sound design and shooting on a ship in To The North
  • Walk through fear
    Nan Goldin, Laura Poitras, Harry Cullen and Megan Kapler on All The Beauty And The Bloodshed

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