80th Venice International Film Festival Award Winners

This year not only festival was slow, had a lot less media coverage (surely due to the lack of International celebrities that are on strike), but due to my new normal wasn't able to give as much time as in previous years and yes, my favorite post started to move quickly, talking about the list of films submited to #Oscars2024 International Feature Film category.

So here are the award winners. Post will be updated as soon as awards are announced and will be finished after the closing ceremony tomorrow, Saturday, September 9.

The Award Winners

Official Selection

Competition

Golden Lion for Best Film: Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos, UK, Ireland and USA

Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize: 悪は存在しない Aku wa sonzai shinai (Evil Does Not Exist), Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan
Special Jury Prize: Zielona Granica (Green Border), Agnieszka Holland, Poland, Czech Republic, France and Belgium

Silver Lion for Best Director: Matteo Garone for Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone, France, Italy and Belgium

Copa Volpi for Best Actress: Cailee Spaeny in Priscilla, Sofia Coppola, USA and Italy
Copa Volpi for Best Actor: Peter Sarsgaard in Memory, Michel Franco, Mexico and USA
Macello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actress or Actor: Seydou Saar in Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone, France, Italy and Belgium

Best Screenplay: Pablo Larraín and Guillermo Calderón for El Conde (The Count), Pablo Larraín, Chile

Lion of the Future - Luigi de Laurentiis Award for Best Debut Film: Ai Shi Yi Ba Qiang (Love is a Gun), Lee Hong-Chi, Hong Kong and Taiwan

Orizzonti Awards
Best Film: Magyarázat mindenre (Explanation for Everything), Gábor Reisz, Hungary
Special Jury Prize: Una Sterminata Domenica  (An Endless Sunday), Alain Parroni, Italy, Germany, and Ireland
Best Director: Mika Gustafson for Paradiset Brinner (Paradise is Burning), Mika Gustafson, Sweden, Italy, Denmark and Finland
Best Actress: Margarita Rosa De Francisco in El Paraíso, Enrico Maria Artale, Italy
Best Actor: Tergel Bold-Erdene in Ser Ser Salhi (City of Wind),Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, France, Mongolia, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, and Qatar
Best Screenplay: Enrico Maria Artale for El Paraíso, Enrico Maria Artale, Italy

Best Short Film: A Short Trip, Erenik Beqiri, France
Short Film nominee for the European Film Awards: A Short Trip, Erenik Beqiri, France

Orizzonti Extra Best Film Audience Award: Felicità (Happiness), Micaela Ramazzotti, Italy

Venice Classics
Best Documentary on Cinema: Thank You Very Much, Alex Braverman, USA
Best Restored Film: Ohikkoshi (Moving), Shinji Sōmai, Japan

Venice Immerisive
Grand Prize: Songs for a Passerby, Celine Daemen, Netherlands
Special Jury Prize: Flow, Adriaan Lokman, Nethrlands and France
Achievement Prize: Empereur, Marion Burger and Ilan Cohen, France and Germany

Autonomous Sections

19th Giornate degli Autori
Director's Award: Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant (Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person), Ariane Louis-Seize, Canada
Label Europa Cinemas: Photophobia, Ivan Ostrochovský and Pavol Pekarčík, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Ukraine
Premio SIAE: Alessandro Roia for Con la grazia di un Dio (With The Grace of A God), Alessandro Roia, Italy
People's Choice Award: Quitter la nuit (Through The Night), Delphine Girard, Belgium, Canada and France

38. Settimana Internazionalle della Critica (Venice International Film Critics' Week)
Grand Prize: Malqueridas, Tana Gilbert, Chile and Germany
Jury Special Mentions
Sara Lightfoot in Hoard, Luna Carmoon, UK
Ariane Labed in Le Vourdalak (The Vourdalak), Adrien Beau, France

Verona Film Club Award: Hoard, Luna Carmoon, UK
Mario Serandrei Award: Malqueridas, Tana Gilbert, Chile and Germany
The Film Club Audience Award: Hoard, Luna Carmoon, UK

Short Films Awards
Best Short Film: Las Memorias Perdidas de los Arboles (The Lost Memories of Trees), Antonio La Camera, Italy and Spain 20'
Award for Best Director: Gabriele Biasi for La linea del terminatore (Ender's Line), Gabriele Biasi, Italy 15'
Award for Best Technical Contribution: We Should All Be Futurists, Angela Norelli, Italy 11'

If you wish to check Official Awards at festival site go here.

Collateral Awards

FIPRESCI Awards
Best Film of Venezia80: 悪は存在しない Aku wa sonzai shinai (Evil Does Not Exist), Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan
Best Film in Orizzonti: Una Sterminata Domenica (An Endless Sunday),  Alain Parroni, Italy, Germany and Ireland

SIGNIS Award: Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone, France, Italy and Belgium
Special Mention: Bastarden (The Promised Land), Nikolaj Arcel, Denmark, Germany and Sweden

Arca CinemaGiovani Award
Best Film Venezia80: Zielona Granica (Green Border), Agnieszka Holland, Poland, Czech Republic, France and Belgium
Best Italian Film: El Paraíso (Paradise), Enrico Maria Artale, Italy

Authors under 40 Award
Best Director and Screenwriter: Luna Carmoon for Hoard, Luna Carmoon, UK
Best Director: Mika Gustafson for Paradiset Brinner (Paradise is Burning), Mika Gustafson, Sweden, Italy, Denmark and Finland
Special Mentions
Originality: Ariane Louis-Seize and Christine Doyon for Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant (Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person), Ariane Louis-Seize, Canada
Editing:  Javiera Velozo and Tana Gilbet for Malqueridas, Tana Gilbert, Chile and Germany

Fanheart3 Awards
Graffeta d'Oro for Best Film: Dogman, Luc Besson, France
Nave d'Argento for Best OTP: to the characters Sasha and Paul in Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant (Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person), Ariane Louis-Seize, Canada
XR Fan Experience: Gargoyle Doyle, Ethan Shaftel, USA, Argentina and Austria
XR Special Mention: Pixel Ripped 1978, Ana Ribeiro, USA

FEDIC Awards
Premio FEDIC: Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone, France, Italy and Belgium
Special Mention: Anna, Marco Amenta, Italy and France
Jury Grand Prize: Passione Critica, Simone Isola, Franco Moantini and Patrizia Pistagnesi, Italy (documentary)
Special Mention for Short Film: We Should All Be Futurists, Angela Norelli, Italy

Fondazione Fai Persona Lavoro Ambiente Award: 悪は存在しない Aku wa sonzai shinai (Evil Does Not Exist), Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan
Special Mention: Making of, Cedric Kahn, France
Special Mention: Domakinstvo za pocetnici (Housekeeping for Beginners), Goran Stolevski, North Macedonia, Poland, Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo
Special Mention: The Red Suitcase, Fidel Devkota, Nepal and Sri Lanka

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award:  Lubo, Giorgio Diritti, Italy and Switzerland
Fondazione Smithers Ambassador of Hope Award:

Francesco Pasinetti Awards - SNGGI: Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone, France, Italy and Belgium

Cinema and Arts Award (tie)
Backstage, Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane, Tunisia and France
Making Of, Cedric Khan,  France
Special Mention for Best Multidisciplinary Artist: Chong Keat Aun for Wu Yue Xue (Snow in Midsummer), Chong Keat Aun, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan

Civitas Award: Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone, France, Italy and Belgium

FRED Award
Premio FRED Venezia80: Richard Linklater for Hitman, Richard Linklater, USA
FRED Film Radio Award: Lola Dueñas in Sobre Todo de Noche (Foremost by Night), Víctor Iriarte, Spain, Portugal and France

Green Drop Award (tie)
Zielona Granica (Green Border), Agnieszka Holland, Poland, Czech Republic, France and Belgium
Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone, France, Italy and Belgium
Special Mention: Materia Viva, Andrea Frassoni, Falorni Marco, and Stefania Vialetto, USA (documentary)

Premio Film Impresa Special Award: 悪は存在しない Aku wa sonzai shinai (Evil Does Not Exist), Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan

Nuovoimaeie Talent Award
Best Newcomer Actress: Sara Ciocca in Nina dei lupi (Nina of The Wolves), Antonio Pisu, Italy
Best Newcomer Actor: Gianmarco Franchini in Adagio, Stefano Sollima, Italy

La Pellicola d'Oro Awards
Best production director: Claudia Cravota for Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone, France, Italy and Belgium
Best Camera Operator: Massimiliano Kuveiller for Finalmente l'Alba (Finally Dawn), Saverio Costanzo, Italy
Best Set Designer: Simona Balduci for Comandante (The Commander), Edoardo de Angelis, Italy

Sorriso Diverso Award:
Best Italian Film: The Penitent - A Rational Man, Luca Barbareschi, Italy
Best Foreign Film: Zielona Granica (Green Border), Agnieszka Holland, Poland, Czech Republic, France and Belgium

Soundtrack Stars Award
Best Soundtrack in Venezia80: Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone, France, Italy and Belgium
Special Mention: The Killer, David Fincher, USA
Special Prize: Adagio, Stefano Sollima, Italy
Special Prize Levante: for the song Leggera in Romantiche, Pilar Fogilati, Italy

Brian Award: Tatami, Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Georgia and USA
Carlo Lizzani Award: Invelle (Nowhere), Simone Massi, Italy and Switzerland
Casa Wabi - Mantarraya Award:
Cinema for UNICEF: Zielona Granica (Green Border), Agnieszka Holland, Poland, Czech Republic, France and Belgium

CinemaSarà Award: Zielona Granica (Green Border), Agnieszka Holland, Poland, Czech Republic, France and Belgium
Special Mention:  悪は存在しない Aku wa sonzai shinai (Evil Does Not Exist), Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan

Edipo Re Award: Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone, France, Italy and Belgium
Edipo Re Youth Jury Award: 悪は存在しない Aku wa sonzai shinai (Evil Does Not Exist), Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan

Enrico Fulghignoni-CICT-UNESCO Award: Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone, France, Italy and Belgium
ImpACT Award: Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone, France, Italy and Belgium
Interfilm Award: Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone, France, Italy and Belgium
Lanterna Magica Award: Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone, France, Italy and Belgium
Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award: Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone, France, Italy and Belgium
Queer Lion Award: Domakinstvo za pocetnici (Housekeeping for Beginners), Goran Stolevski, North Macedonia, Poland, Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo

UNIMED Awards
Best Film: Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos, UK, Ireland and USA
Best Cultural Diversity:  Zielona Granica (Green Border), Agnieszka Holland, Poland, Czech Republic, France and Belgium

Final Cut In Venice (post production awards)
Carissa, Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar, South Africa
Sudan, When Poems Fall Apart, Hind Meddeb, France and Tunisia
She Was Not Alone, Hussein Al-Asadi, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and USA
Happy Holidays, Scandar Copti, Palestine, Germany, France, Qatar and Italy
Life is a Railroad, Kevin Mavakala, Manassé Kashala, Isaac Sahani, and Tousmy Kilo, Democratid Republic of Congo, France and Germany

CIAK d'Oro Awards
Ciak d'Oro International: Damien Chazelle
Ciak d'Oro Classic: Sergio Castellitto
Ciak d'Oro Cult - Colpo di Fulmine: Barbara Ronchi

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Tony Leung
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Liliana Cavani
Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Wes Anderson
Premio Robert Bresson: Mario Martone
Campari Passion for Film Award: Tonino Zera
Premio Bianchi: Sergio Castellitto
Women in Cinema Award:
Leone di Merletto di Burano:

To Check Autonomous and Collateral Award winners go official site here.