The 73rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2016.

[1] English filmmaker Sam Mendes was the Jury President of the main competition.

[3] The Golden Lion was awarded to Lav Diaz's film The Woman Who Left.

[4] A new project named Venice Production Bridge was introduced in this edition of the festival.

The new project is intended to attract industry professionals and focus on original projects for films, internet, series, virtual reality, and works in progress, in order to help their development and production.