The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement was presented to American director Tim Burton.

[7] New trends of cinema with full-length films in 35mm and digital format, and documentary-movies.

[8] The following films in 35mm, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the short film competition (Corto Cortissimo):[9] Special mono-graphic sessions dedicated to the secret story of Italian cinema.

[10] As a pre-opening event of this future section, the restored Digital Cinema version of David Wark Griffith’s Intolerance (1916) was screened as a world premiere, in collaboration with the Le Giornate del Cinema Muto di Pordenone.

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for the 22nd Venice International Film Critics’ Week:[12] The following films were selected for the 4th edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:[13] The following Official Awards were conferred at the 64th edition:[14] The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[14][15] Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[15] The prize awarded to Cate Blanchett was received by Heath Ledger on behalf of the actress, who could not be present.