The 75th Venice International Film Festival is organized by La Biennale di Venezia, and took place at Venice Lido from August 29th to September 8th, 2018. The jury consisted of Jury President Guillermo del Toro, Sylvia Chang, Trine Dyrholm, Nicole Garcia, Paolo Genovese, Małgorzata Szumowska, Taika Waititi, Christoph Waltz, and Naomi Watts.
Golden Lion: “Roma”
Grand Jury Prize: “The Favourite”
Silver Lion for Best Director: Jacques Audiard – “The Sisters Brothers”
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Olivia Colman – “The Favourite”
Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Willem Dafoe – “At Eternity’s Gate”
Best Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen – “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
Special Jury Prize: “The Nightingale”
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Young Performer: Baykali Ganambarr – “The Nightingale”
Films In Competition
- “22 July” (Paul Greengrass)
- “The Accused” (Gonzalo Tobal)
- “At Eternity’s Gate” (Julian Schnabel)
- “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen)
- “Capri-Revolution” (Mario Martone)
- “Close Enemies” (David Oelhoffen)
- “The Favourite” (Yorgos Lanthimos)
- “First Man” (Damien Chazelle)
- “Killing” (Shinya Tsukamoto)
- “The Mountain” (Rick Alverson)
- “Our Time” (Carlos Reygadas)
- “Never Look Away” (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
- “The Nightingale” (Jennifer Kent)
- “Non-Fiction” (Olivier Assayas)
- “Peterloo” (Mike Leigh)
- “Roma” (Alfonso Cuarón)
- “The Sisters Brothers” (Jacques Audiard)
- “Sunset” (László Nemes)
- “Suspiria” (Luca Guadagnino)
- “Vox Lux” (Brady Corbet)
- “What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?” (Roberto Minervini)
