The Venice Film Festival has unveiled its lineup for the 79th edition which will take place from August 31 to September 10, 2022. Acclaimed filmmaker and AFI Alum Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969), whose career includes THE CARD COUNTER, FIRST REFORMED , RAGING BULL and TAXI DRIVER, is also set to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the prestigious festival.
Congratulations to all the AFI Alumni whose innovative new work will debut in Venice this year!
Competition Venezia 79
MONICA
-Christina Dow (AFI Class of 2015), Producer
THE WHALE
-Darren Aronofsky (AFI Class of 1992), director/producer
-Matthew Libatique (AFI Class of 1992), Director of Photography
WHITE NOISE
-Camellia Cox (AFI class of 2002), graphic designer
TAR
-Todd Field (AFI Class of 1992), Writer/Director/Producer
-Ray Harvie (AFI Class of 1992), storyboard artist
BARDO
-Vero Vackova (AFI class of 2016), first assistant editor
THE SON
-Julie Robinson (AFI DWW Class of 1987), Script Supervisor: NY Unit
Out of Competition, Fiction
LIVING
-Thorsten Schumacher (AFI Class of 2001), Executive Producer
MASTER GARDENER
-Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969), writer/director
PEARL
-Tom Hammock (AFI Class of 2004), Production Designer
don’t worry darling
-Matthew Libatique (AFI Class of 1992), Director of Photography
-Affonso Gonçalves (AFI class of 1993), editor
-Allison Jones (AFI Class of 1981), Cast
-Argya Sadan (AFI Class of 2017), set designer
Out of Competition, Series
RIGET EXODUS (THE KINGDOM)
-Hubert Toint (AFI Class of 1979), Executive Producer
Biennale College Cinema
PALIMPSEST
-Hanna Marjo Västinsalo (AFI class of 2014), writer/director
-Cyril Jacob Abraham (AFI Class of 2014), Producer
-Henry Dhuy (AFI class of 2006), director of photography
-Tarek Karkoutly (AFI class of 2014), editor-in-chief
