The 79th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2022, at Venice Lido in Italy.
Official festival poster by Lorenzo Mattotti
Laura Poitras, Golden Lion winner
No Bears
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No Bears is a 2022 Iranian drama film written, directed and produced by Jafar Panahi. The film was shot secretly in Iran and stars Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobasri, Bakhtiar Panjei and Mina Kavani
UK release poster
Jafar Panahi, writer, director and producer of No Bears, was arrested and sentenced to 6 years in prison prior to the film's release in July 2022.