The list of candidates for the 2022 Venice Film Festival has been announced, while the names of two famous Iranian directors, Vahid Jalilund and Jafar Panahi, shine among them.

The Venice Film Festival is one of the oldest film festivals in the world. This great festival was held for the first time in 1932. Now, the list of nominees for the 79th Venice Film Festival has been announced, and the film “Night Inside the Wall” directed by Vahid Jalilund and “Without a Bear” directed by Jafar Panahi will compete for the Golden Lion for the best film in the main section.

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Nominees for the Venice Film Festival 2022

In a press conference held by the director of the Venice Film Festival, a list of films in this film event was announced, which includes the works of famous filmmakers such as Alejandro González Iñárritu, Darren Aronofsky and Martin McDonagh. It should be noted that between the films There are two Iranian films that have been nominated for the Venice Film Festival. In the following, we introduce the list of candidates for the 2022 Venice Festival.

Main competition section (Venice Golden Lion nominees):

• White Noise (Snowflake) (opening movie)
• Director: Nuan Baumbak

• Lord of the ants
• Director: Gianni Amelio

• Wall
• Director: Darren Aronofsky

• unlimited
• Director: Emanuele Karialse

• The tradition of Omar
• Director: Alice Diop

• Blonde
• Director: Andrew Dominick

• chord
• Director: Todd Field

• lovely life
• Director: Koji Fukada

• Bardo, The False Chronicle of a Fistful of Truth
• Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu

• Athena
• Director: Roman Gavras

• Bones and all
• Director: Luca Guadagnino

• eternal girl
• Director: Joanna Hogg

• Night, interior, wall
• Director: Vahid Jalilund

• Banshees Of Inisherin
• Director: Martin McDonagh

• Argentina, 1985
• Director: Santiago Miter

• Kiara
• Director: Susanna Nicciarelli

• Monica
• Director: Andrea Palauro

• no bear
• Director: Jafar Panahi

• All Beauty and Bleeding (documentary)
• Director: Laura Poitras

Non-competitive part (story):

• The hanging sun (final film)
• Director: Francesco Carosini

• when the waves are gone
• Director: Love Diaz

• Life
• Director: Oliver Hermanos

• Dead for a dollar
• Director: Walter Hill

• God’s call
• Director: Kim K. Duk

• wild dream
• Director: Bill Polad

• master gardener
• Director: Paul Schrader

• Sisita
• Director: Paolo Virzi

• the pearl
• Director: T West

• Do not worry Baby
• Director: Olivia Wilde

Non-competitive part (non-story):

• Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Struggle for Freedom
• Director: Evgeny Afinevsky

• marriage broker
• Director: Bendetta Argentiri

• The last days of humanity
• Director: Enrico Chesi, Alessandro Gagliardo

• sympathetic spy
• Director: Steve James

• Music for black dove
• Director: Jürgen Leth, Andreas Koffo

• Kyiv court
• Director: Sergey Luznitsa

• In Viajo
• Director: Gianfranco Rosi

• The head of the ghetto
• Director: Christopher Sharp, Moses Boyo

• nuclear
• Director: Oliver Stone

It should also be noted that two Iranian works are present in the Horizons section of the Venice Festival. These two films, which represent Iranian cinema in this festival, are called World War III directed by Hooman Sidi and Dreamless directed by Arin Vazir Doferi, and will be exhibited in the Horizons section.

Popular actors such as Mohsen Tanabandeh, Neda Jabreili, Mehsa Hejazi, Navid Nosrati, Lotfollah Seifi and Hatem Tahamobi have played roles in the movie World War III. This movie is the first collaboration between Mohsen Tanabandeh and Human Sidi.

Popular actors such as Tanaz Tabatabai, Saber Abar and Shadi Karamroudi are the main actors in the movie Bayroya. It is interesting to know that Homan Sidi is the producer of this movie. This festival will be held in Italy from August 1 to September 10 (September 9 to 19).

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