80th Venice International Film Festival
 2023 official poster by Lorenzo Mattotti | |
| Opening film | Comandante |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Society of the Snow |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Poor Things |
| Hosted by | Caterina Murino |
| Artistic director | Alberto Barbera |
| Festival date | 30 August – 9 September 2023 |
| Website | www |
The 80th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 30 August to 9 September 2023, at Venice Lido in Italy.
Comandante, directed by Edoardo De Angelis, served as the festival's opening film on 30 August.[1] Luca Guadagnino's Challengers was originally scheduled to have its world premiere as the festival's opening film,[2][3][4] but MGM/Amazon chose to withdraw it and delay its release due to the ongoing 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.[5] J. A. Bayona's Society of the Snow closed the festival on 9 September.[6]
American filmmaker Damien Chazelle served as Jury President for the main competition, while French filmmaker Alice Diop headed the jury for the Luigi de Laurentis Award for Debut Feature and Italian filmmaker Jonas Carpignano headed the jury of the Orizzonti section.[7]
Alberto Barbera, Venice's artistic director, acknowledged that the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike was likely to impact the festival if it was not resolved in time, due to the strike rules that prevent all actors from taking part in any kind of promotional activities for their films. Nevertheless, the festival proceeded though fewer Hollywood celebrities than usual were in attendance, while an increase of European titles in all sections was expected. The world premieres of some upcoming award season hot titles expected to premiere at Venice, such as Ethan Coen's Drive-Away-Dolls, ended up delayed.[8] As the strike was ongoing, some American films announced the absence of the cast in the red carpet of their world premieres, including Bradley Cooper, director/writer/producer and actor of Maestro.[9]
Italian director Liliana Cavani and Chinese/Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai were both awarded with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.[10][11][12]
Juries[edit]
Main Competition (Venezia 80)[edit]
- Damien Chazelle, American filmmaker - Jury President[7]
- Saleh Bakri, Palestinian actor
- Jane Campion, New Zealand filmmaker
- Mia Hansen-Løve, French filmmaker and actress
- Gabriele Mainetti, Italian filmmaker
- Martin McDonagh, British-Irish filmmaker and playwright
- Santiago Mitre, Argentine filmmaker
- Laura Poitras, American filmmaker
- Shu Qi, Taiwanese-Hong Kong actress and model
Horizons (Orizzonti)[edit]
- Jonas Carpignano, Italian filmmaker - Jury President[7]
- Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisian filmmaker
- Kahlil Joseph, American filmmaker, music video director, and video artist
- Jean-Paul Salomé, French filmmaker
- Tricia Tuttle, British programmer and director of the BFI London Film Festival and the BFI Flare: London LGBTQI+ Film Festival
Luigi de Laurentis Award for Debut Film[edit]
- Alice Diop, French filmmaker - Jury President[7]
- Faouzi Bensaïdi, Moroccan filmmaker
- Laura Citarella, Argentinian director and producer
- Andrea De Sica, Italian director and screenwriter
- Chloe Domont, American filmmaker
Venice Classics[edit]
- Andrea Pallaoro, Italian filmmaker - Jury President[13]
Venice Immersive[edit]
- Singing Chen, Taiwanese filmmaker and music composer - Jury President[14]
- German Heller, Argentinian animator and producer
- Pedro Harres, Brazilian director, animator, screenwriter and multimedia artist
Official Selection[edit]
In Competition (Venezia 80)[edit]
The following films were selected for the main international competition:[15][16]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adagio | Stefano Sollima | Italy | |
| The Beast | La Bête | Bertrand Bonello | France, Canada |
| Comandante (opening film) | Edoardo De Angelis | Italy | |
| Dogman | Luc Besson | France | |
| El Conde | Pablo Larraín | Chile | |
| Enea | Pietro Castellitto | Italy | |
| Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| Ferrari | Michael Mann | United States | |
| Finally Dawn | Finalmente l'alba | Saverio Costanzo | Italy |
| Green Border | Zielona granica | Agnieszka Holland | Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium |
| Holly | Fien Troch | Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France | |
| Io capitano | Matteo Garrone | Italy, Belgium | |
| The Killer | David Fincher | United States | |
| Lubo | Giorgio Diritti | Italy, Switzerland | |
| Maestro | Bradley Cooper | United States | |
| Memory | Michel Franco | Mexico, United States | |
| Origin | Ava DuVernay | United States | |
| Out of Season | Hors-saison | Stéphane Brizé | France |
| Poor Things | Yorgos Lanthimos | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States | |
| Priscilla | Sofia Coppola | United States, Italy | |
| The Promised Land | Bastarden | Nikolaj Arcel | Denmark, Germany, Sweden |
| The Universal Theory | Die Theorie von allem | Timm Kröger | Germany, Austria, Switzerland |
| Woman Of... | Kobieta z... | Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert | Poland, Sweden |
- Highlighted title indicates Golden Lion winner.
Out of Competition[edit]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[15]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | |||
| Aggro Dr1ft | Harmony Korine | United States | |
| The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | William Friedkin | ||
| Coup de chance | Woody Allen | France, United Kingdom | |
| Daaaaaalí! | Quentin Dupieux | France | |
| Hit Man | Richard Linklater | United States | |
| The Order of Time | L'ordine del tempo | Liliana Cavani | Italy, Belgium |
| Making Of | Cédric Kahn | France | |
| On the Pulse | Vivants | Alix Delaporte | France, Belgium |
| The Palace | Roman Polanski | Italy, Switzerland, Poland, France | |
| The Penitent - A Rational Man | Luca Barbareschi | Italy | |
| Society of the Snow (closing film) | La sociedad de la nieve | J. A. Bayona | Uruguay, Spain, Chile |
| Snow Leopard | 雪豹 | Pema Tseden | China |
| The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar | Wes Anderson | United States | |
| Non Fiction | |||
| Amor | Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri | Italy, Lithuania | |
| Enzo Jannacci vengo anch'io | Giorgio Verdelli | Italy | |
| Frente a Guernica (Director's Cut) | Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi | ||
| Hollywoodgate | Ibrahim Nash'at | Germany, United States | |
| Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros | Frederick Wiseman | France, United States | |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus | Neo Sora | Japan | |
| Series | |||
| I Know Your Soul (episodes 1 and 2) | Znam kako dišeš | Alen Drljević, Nemin Hamzagić | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Of Money and Blood (12 episodes) | D'argent et de sang | Xavier Giannoli, Frédéric Planchon | France |
| Short Films | |||
| Welcome to Paradise | Leonardo Di Costanzo | Italy | |
Special Screening[edit]
The following films were selected to have a Special Screening:[17]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lion's Share: A History of the Mostra | La parte del leone: una storia della Mostra | Baptiste Etchegaray, Giuseppe Bucchi | France, Italy |
Horizons (Orizzonti)[edit]
The following films were selected to the Orizzonti main competition:[15]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behind the Mountains | Oura el jbel | Mohamed Ben Attia | Tunisia, Belgium, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
| City of Wind | Сэр сэр салхи | Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir | France, Mongolia, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar |
| Dormitory | Yurt | Nehir Tuna | Turkey, Germany, France |
| El paraíso | Enrico Maria Artale | Italy | |
| An Endless Sunday | Una sterminata domenica | Alain Parroni | Italy, Germany, Ireland |
| Explanation for Everything | Magyarázat mindenre | Gábor Reisz | Hungary, Slovakia |
| The Featherweight | Robert Kolodny | United States | |
| For Night Will Come | En attendant la nuit | Céline Rouzet | France, Belgium |
| Gasoline Rainbow | Bill Ross, Turner Ross | United States | |
| Heartless | Sem Coração | Nara Normande, Tião | Brazil, France, Italy |
| Hesitation Wound | Tereddüt çİzgİsİ | Selman Nacar | Turkey, Spain, Romania, France |
| Housekeeping for Beginners | Domakinstvo za pocetnici | Goran Stolevski | North Macedonia, Poland, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo |
| Nowhere | Invelle | Simone Massi | Italy, Switzerland |
| Paradise Is Burning | Paradiset brinner | Mika Gustafson | Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Finland |
| The Red Suitcase | Fidel Devkota | Nepal, Sri Lanka | |
| Shadow of Fire | ほかげ | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan |
| Tatami | Guy Nattiv, Zar Amir Ebrahimi | Georgia, United States | |
| Upon Open Sky | A cielo abierto | Mariana Arriaga, Santiago Arriaga | Mexico, Spain |
Highlighted title indicates Orizzonti award winner.
Horizons Extra (Orizzonti Extra)[edit]
The following films were selected to the Orizzonti Extra section:[15]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day of the Fight | Jack Huston | United States | |
| The Dreamer | L'homme d'Argile | Anaïs Tellenne | France |
| Felicità | Micaela Ramazzotti | Italy | |
| Forever-Forever | Назавжди-Назавжди | Anna Buryachkova | Ukraine, Netherlands |
| In the Land of Saints and Sinners | Robert Lorenz | Ireland | |
| Pet Shop Days | Olmo Schnabel | United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Mexico | |
| Phantom Youth | Bota jonë | Luàna Bajrami | Kosovo, France |
| The Rescue: The Weight of the World | El rapto | Daniela Goggi | Argentina, United States |
| Stolen | Karan Tejpal | India | |
Highlighted title indicates Orizzonti Extra award winner.
Venice Classics[edit]
Venice Classics is the section that since 2012 has presented world premiere screenings at the Venice Film Festival of a selection of the best restorations of film classics carried out over the past year by film archives, cultural institutions and production companies around the world. The section usually also presents a selection of documentaries about cinema. Director and screenwriter Andrea Pallaoro will chair a Jury of Film Students which will award the Venice Classics prizes for the respective competitions for Best Restored Film and for the Best Documentary About Cinema. The Jury chaired will be composed of 24 students, each of them recommended by professors of film studies from various Italian universities.[13] The following films were selected to the Venice Classics section:[18]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restored Films - Main Competition | |||
| Andrei Rublev – Director's Cut (1966) | Андрей Рублёв | Andrei Tarkovsky | Soviet Union |
| Bellissima (1951) | Luchino Visconti | Italy | |
| Bugis Street (1995) | 妖街皇后 | Yonfan | Hong Kong |
| The Creatures (1966) | Les Créatures | Agnès Varda | France |
| Days of Heaven (1978) | Terrence Malick | United States | |
| Deep Crimson – Director's Cut (1996) | Profundo Carmesí | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico, Spain, France |
| The Exorcist (1973) | William Friedkin | United States | |
| Harmonica (1973) | سازدهنی | Amir Naderi | Iran |
| The Hunt (1966) | La caza | Carlos Saura | Spain |
| Jungle Holocaust (1977) | Ultimo Mondo Cannibale | Ruggero Deodato | Italy |
| King & Country (1964) | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom | |
| Life of a Shock Force Worker (1972) | Slike iz života udarnika | Bahrudin Bato Čengic | Yugoslavia |
| Moving (1993) | お引越し | Shinji Sômai | Japan |
| One from the Heart: Director's Cut (1982) | Francis Ford Coppola | United States | |
| Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) | Allan Dwan | ||
| Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965) | Тіні забутих предків | Sergei Parajanov | Soviet Union |
| There Was a Father (1942) | 父ありき | Yasujiro Ozu | Japan |
| The Wayward Life (1953) | La provinciale | Mario Soldati | Italy |
| The Working Girls (1974) | Stephanie Rothman | United States | |
| Restored Films - Out of Competition | |||
| Portrait of Gina (1958) | Orson Welles | United States, Italy | |
| Documentaries about Cinema | |||
| Bill Douglas: My Best Friend | Jack Archer | United Kingdom | |
| Dario Argento Panico | Simone Scafidi | ||
| Le Film Pro-Nazi d’Hitchcock | Daphné Baiwir | France | |
| Frank Capra: Mr. America | Matthew Wells | United Kingdom | |
| Ken Jacobs: From Orchard Street to the Museum of Modern Art | Fred Riedel | United States | |
| Landrián | Ernesto Daranas | Cuba, Spain | |
| Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself | François Nemeta | France | |
| Thank You Very Much | Alex Bravermen | United States | |
| Un’altra Italia era possibile: il cinema di Giuseppe De Santis | Stefano Della Casa | Italy | |
Venice Immersive[edit]
The Venice Immersive is entirely devoted to immersive media and includes all XR means of creative expression, from 360° videos to XR works of any length, including installations and virtual worlds. The following projects were selected for the XR - Extended Reality section of La Biennale di Venezia:[14]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Body of Mine | Cameron Kostopoulos | United States | |
| Chen Xiang VR | Liu Yuejun, Wu Nanni, Shi Tao, Xu Jingqiu | China | |
| Comfortless | Gina Kim | South Korea, United States | |
| Complex 7 | Fins | United States | |
| Emperor | Empereur | Marion Burguer, Ilan Cohen | France, Germany |
| Finally Me | Finalmente Eu | Marcio Sal | Brazil |
| Floating with Spirits | Juanita Onzaga | Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands | |
| Flow | Adriaan Lokman | Netherlands, France | |
| Frequency | 周波数 | Ellie Omiya | Japan |
| Gargolye Doyle | Ethan Shaftel | United States, Argentina, Austria | |
| Home | Temsuyanger Longkumer | United Kingdom | |
| Horse Canyon | Nprowler | Canada | |
| The Imaginary Friend | Steye Hallema | Netherlands, Belgium, France | |
| Jim Henson's the Storyteller: The Seven Ravens | Paul Raphaël, Félix Lajeunesse | Canada, United States | |
| Letters from Drancy | Darren Emerson | United States, United Kingdom | |
| My Name is O90 | Siyeon Kim | South Korea | |
| Oneroom-Babel | Sanghee Lee | ||
| Pepitos: The Beak Saga | Ruxandra Gabriela Popescu | United Kingdom, United States | |
| Perennials | Zoe Roellin | United States | |
| Populate | Peupler | Maya Mouawad, Cyril Laurier | France, Lebanon |
| Remember this Place: 31°20’46’’N 34°46’46’’E | Patricia Echeverria Liras | Palestine, Qatar, Spain | |
| Sen | Keisuke Itoh | Japan | |
| Shadowtime | Sister Sylvester, Deniz Tortum | Netherlands, United States, Turkey | |
| Songs for a Passerby | Celine Daemen | Netherlands | |
| Spots of Light | Adam Weingrod | Israel, Canada | |
| Tulpamancer | Marc da Costa, Matthew Niederhauser | United States | |
| Upwind | Aufwind | Florian Siebert | Germany |
| Wallace & Gromit in the Grand Getaway | Finbar Hawkins, Bram Ttwheam, Lawrence Benett | France, United Kingdom | |
| Best of Immersive - Out of Competition | |||
| Another Fisherman's Tale | Alexis Moroz, Balthazar Auxietre | France | |
| Consensus Gentium | Karen Palmer | United Kingdom, United States | |
| David Attenbourough's Conquest of the Skies | Lewis Ball | ||
| The First Ingredient: Tales From Soda Island – CH. 7 | Simone Fougnier | United States | |
| Forager | WIinslow Porter, Elie Zananiri | ||
| Gaudi, the Atelier of the Divine | Gaudi, l'atelier du divin | Stéphane Landowski, Gaël Cabouat | France, Japan |
| Over the Rainbow | Craig Quintero | Taiwan | |
| Pixel Ripped 1978 | Ana Ribeiro | United States | |
| Space Explorers: Blue Marble – Orbit 1 | Paul Raphaël, Félix Lajeunesse | Canada | |
| The Utility Room | Lionel Marsden | United Kingdom | |
| Biennale College Cinema VR - Out of Competition | |||
| First Day | Valeriy Korshunov | Ukraine | |
| Human Violins - Prelude | Ioana Mischie | Romania, France | |
| Origen | Emilia Sánchez Chiquetti | Brazil | |
| Queer Utopia: Act I Cruising | Lui Avallos | Portugal, Brazil | |
| Tales of the March | Stefano Casertano | Germany, Italy | |
| A Vocal Landscape | Omid Zarei, Anne Jeppesen | Denmark, United States | |
Highlighted title indicates Venice Immersive Grand Prize award winner.
Final Cut in Venice[edit]
Final Cut in Venice is the festival program that has been providing since 2013 support in the completion of films from African and Middle East countries. The following seven work-in-progress films have been selected for the 11th edition of Final Cut in Venice:[19]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | |||
| Allah is Not Obliged | Allah n'est pas obligé | Zaven Najjar | France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Slovakia, United States |
| Carissa | Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar | South Africa | |
| Happy Holidays | Scandar Copti | Palestine, Germany, France, Qatar, Italy | |
| Life Is a Railroad | La Vie est un chemin de fer | Kevin Mavakala, Manassé Kashala, Tousmy Kilo, Isaac Sahani | Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Germany |
| Documentary | |||
| Sudan, When Poems Fall Apart | Soudan retiens les chants qui s'effondrent | Hind Meddeb | France, Tunisia |
| She Was Not Alone | Hussein Al-Asadi | Iraq, Saudi Arabia | |
| Zion Music | Rama Thiaw | Senegal, Ivory Coast, Germany | |
Independent sections[edit]
Venice International Critics’ Week (38. Settimana Internazionale della Critica)[edit]
The titles in competition will compete for the €5,000 Grand Prize and the €3,000 Audience Award. The selection committee is led by delegate general Beatrice Fiorentino with members including Enrico Azzano, Chiara Borroni, Ilaria Feole, and Federico Pedroni. The following films were selected to the International Critics’ Week sections:[20][21]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In competition | |||
| About Last Year | Dunja Lavecchia, Beatrice Surano, Morena Terranova | Italy | |
| Hoard | Luna Carmoon | United Kingdom | |
| Life Is Not a Competition, But I'm Winning | Julia Fuhr Mann | Germany | |
| Love Is a Gun | 愛是一把槍 | Lee Hong-chi | Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| Malqueridas | Tana Gilbert | Chile, Germany | |
| Sky Peals | Moin Hussain | United Kingdom | |
| The Vourdalak | Le Vourdalak | Adrien Beau | France |
| Special Screenings | |||
| God Is a Woman (opening film) | Dieu est une femme | Andres Peyrot | France, Switzerland, Panama |
| Vermin (closing film) | Vermines | Sébastien Vaniček | France |
| Passione critica | Simone Isola, Franco Montini, Patrizia Pistagnesi | Italy | |
| SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema | |||
| De l'amour perdu | Lorenzo Quagliozzi | Italy | |
| Foto di gruppo | Tommaso Frangini | ||
| It Isn't So | Fabrizio Paterniti Martello | ||
| La linea del terminatore | Gabriele Biasi | ||
| Las memorias perdidas de los árboles | Antonio La Camera | Italy, Spain | |
| Pinoquo | Federico Demattè | Italy | |
| We Should All Be Futurists | Angela Norelli | ||
| SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema - Special Screenings | |||
| Incontro di notte (opening short film) | Liliana Cavani | Italy | |
| Tilipirche (closing short film) | Francesco Piras | ||
Giornate degli Autori[edit]
The line-up spans 10 films in competition, seven special events, eight titles in "Venice Nights" as well as a special day-long event devoted Vallée and the cinema of Québec. The following films were selected to the Giornate degli Autori sections:[22]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Backstage | Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane | Morocco, Tunisia, Belgium, France, Qatar, Norway, Saudi Arabia | |
| Foremost by Night | Sobre todo de noche | Víctor Iriarte | Spain, Portugal, France |
| Following the Sound | 彼方のうた | Kyoshi Sugita | Japan |
| Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person | Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant | Ariane Louis-Seize | Canada |
| Milk | Melk | Stefanie Kolk | Netherlands |
| Oceans Are the Real Continents | Los océanos son los verdaderos continentes | Tommaso Santambrogio | Italy, Cuba |
| Photophobia | Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík | Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine | |
| Sidonie in Japan | Sidonie au Japon | Élise Girard | France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland |
| Snow in Midsummer | 五月雪 | Chong Keat Aun | Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore |
| The Summer with Carmen | Το Καλοκαίρι της Κάρμεν | Zacharias Mavroeidis | Greece |
| Through the Night | Quitter la nuit | Delphine Girard | Belgium, Canada, France |
| Out of Competition | |||
| Coup! (closing film) | Austin Stark, Joseph Schuman | United States | |
| Special Events | |||
| 21 Days Until the End of the World | Teona Strugar Mitevska | North Macedonia | |
| Bye Bye Tiberias | Lina Soualem | France, Palestine, Belgium, Qatar | |
| L'Expérience Zola | Gianluca Matarrese | France, Italy | |
| The Outpost | L'avamposto | Edoardo Morabito | Italy, Brazil |
| The Sun Will Rise | آفتاب میشود | Ayat Najafi | Iran, France |
| This Is How a Child Becomes a Poet | Céline Sciamma | Italy, France | |
| Miu Miu Women's Tales | |||
| #25 Eye Two Times Mouth | Lila Avilés | Mexico | |
| #26 Stane | Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović | Croatia | |
| Venice Nights | |||
| Casablanca | Adriano Valerio | France, Italy | |
| Flesh and Bronze | Semidei | Fabio Mollo, Alessandra Cataleta | Italy |
| Fragments of a Life Loved | Frammenti di un percorso amoroso | Chloé Barreau | |
| The Invention of Snow | L'invenzione della neve | Vittorio Moroni | |
| Le Mie Poesie Non Cambieranno Il Mondo | Annalena Benini and Francesco Piccolo | ||
| With the Grace of a God | Con la grazia di un Dio | Alessandro Roja | |
| Venice Nights - Special Screening | |||
| Nina of the Wolves | Nina dei lupi | Antonio Pisu | Italy |
| Venice Nights - Dialogues With Auteurs | |||
| Parola ai giovani | Angelo Bozzolini | Italy | |
| Il popolo delle donne | Yuri Ancarani | ||
| The Writer in the Trees | Italo Calvino, lo scrittore sugli alberi | Duccio Chiarini | Italy, France |
| Venice Nights - Tribute to Jean-Marc Vallée in collaboration with SODEC and the Delegation of Quebec in Rome | |||
| C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) | Jean-Marc Vallée | Canada | |
Official Awards[edit]
The following official awards were presented at the 80th Edition:[23]
Main Competition (Venezia 80)[edit]
- Golden Lion: Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos
- Grand Jury Prize: Evil Does Not Exist by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Special Jury Prize: Green Border by Agnieszka Holland
- Silver Lion: Matteo Garrone for Io capitano
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Cailee Spaeny for Priscilla
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Peter Sarsgaard for Memory
- Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: Guillermo Calderón and Pablo Larraín for El Conde
- Marcello Mastroianni Award: Seydou Sarr for Io capitano
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement[edit]
Horizons (Orizzonti)[edit]
- Best Film: Explanation for Everything by Gabor Reisz
- Best Director: Mika Gustafson for Paradise Is Burning
- Special Jury Prize: An Endless Sunday by Alain Parroni
- Best Actress: Margarita Rosa de Francisco for El paraíso
- Best Actor: Tergel Bold-Erdene for City of Wind
- Best Screenplay: El paraíso by Enrico Maria Artale
- Best Short Film: A Short Trip by Erenik Beqiri
Horizons Extra (Orizzonti Extra)[edit]
- Audience Award: Felicità by Micaela Ramazzotti
Lion of the Future[edit]
- Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film: Love Is a Gun by Lee Hong-chi
Venice Classics[edit]
- Best Documentary on Cinema: Thank You Very Much by Alex Bravermen
- Best Restored Film: Moving by Shinji Sômai
Venice Immersive[edit]
- Grand Prize: Songs for a Passerby by Celine Daemen
- Special Jury Prize: Flow by Adriaan Lokman
- Achievement Prize: Emperor by Marion Burguer, Ilan Cohen
Final Cut in Venice[edit]
- Carissa by Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar[24]
- “Coup de cœur de la Cinémathèque Afrique” award: Carissa by Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar
- El Gouna Film Festival award: Sudan, When Poems Fall Apart by Hind Meddeb
- Eye on Films award: She Was Not Alone by Hussein Al-Asadi
- Festival International du Film d’Amiens award: She Was Not Alone by Hussein Al-Asadi
- Festival International de Films de Fribourg award: Carissa by Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar
- Laser Film award: Happy Holidays by Scandar Copti
- MAD Solutions award: Sudan, When Poems Fall Apart by Hind Meddeb
- Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF – ACP – EU) post-production award: Life is A Railroad by Kevin Mavakala, Manassé Kashala, Isaac Sahani, Tousmy Kilo
- Oticons award: She Was Not Alone by Hussein Al-Asadi
- Music Supervision Oticons award: Life is A Railroad by Kevin Mavakala, Manassé Kashala, Isaac Sahani, Tousmy Kilo
- Rai Cinema award: Sudan, When Poems Fall Apart by Hind Meddeb
- Red Sea Fund of the Red Sea International Film Festival award: Sudan, When Poems Fall Apart by Hind Meddeb
- Sub-Ti Ltd award: She Was Not Alone by Hussein Al-Asadi
- Sub-Ti Access Srl award: She Was Not Alone by Hussein Al-Asadi
- TitraFilm award: Sudan, When Poems Fall Apart by Hind Meddeb
- Studio A Fabrica award: Happy Holidays by Scandar Copti
Independent Sections Awards[edit]
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[25][26]
Venice International Critics' Week[edit]
- Grand Prize: Malqueridas by Tana Gilbert
- Jury Special Mention:
- The Film Club Audience award: Hoard by Luna Carmoon
- Verona Film Club Award: Hoard by Luna Carmoon
- Mario Serandrei: Malqueridas by Tana Gilbert
- Best Short Film: Las Memorias Perdidas de los Arboles by Antonio La Camera
- Best Director: La linea del terminatore by Gabriele Biasi
- Best Technical Contribution: Malqueridas by Tana Gilbert
Giornate degli Autori[edit]
- Europa Cinemas Label Award: Photophobia by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík
- GdA Director's Award: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person by Ariane Louis-Seize
- People Choice's Award: Through the Night by Delphine Girard
Independent Awards[edit]
Queer Lion[edit]
ARCA CinemaGiovani Award[edit]
- Best Film of Venezia 80: Green Border by Agnieszka Holland
- Best Italian Film in Venice: El Paraíso by Enrico Maria Artale
Authors Under 40 Award[edit]
- Best Directing and Screenwriting: Luna Carmoon for Hoard
- Best Screenwriting: Mika Gustafson for Paradise Is Burning
- Special Mention: Ariane Louis-Seize and Chrisine Doyon for Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
- Special Mention for Best Editing: Javira Velozo and Tana Gilbert for Malqueridas
Brain Award[edit]
- Tatami by Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Casa Wabi - Mantarraya Award[edit]
- To the winner of the Lion of the Future Award
CICT - UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award[edit]
Cinema & Arts Award[edit]
- Golden Musa: Backstage by Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane
- Golden Musa: Making Of by Cédric Kahn
- Special Mention Dedicated to a Multidisciplinary Artist': Chong Keat Aun for Snow in Midsummer
Premio CinemaSarà[edit]
- Green Border by Agnieszka Holland
- Special Mention: Evil Does Not Exist by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Civitas Award[edit]
Edipo Re Award[edit]
- Io capitano by Matteo Garrone
- Ca' Foscari Young Jury Award: Evil Does Not Exist by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Premio Fondazione Fai Persona Lavoro Ambiente[edit]
- Evil Does Not Exist by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Special Mention: Making Of by Cédric Kahn (treatment of issues related to work)
- Special Mention: The Red Suitcase by Fidel Devkota (treatment of issues related to work)
- Special Mention: Housekeeping for Beginners by Goran Stolevski (treatment of issues related to social environment)
Fanheart3 Award[edit]
- Graffetta d'Oro for Best Film: Dogman by Luc Besson
- Nave d'Argento for Best OTP: Characters Sasha and Paul in Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person by Ariane Louis-Seize
- XR Fan Experience: Gargoyle Doyle by Ethan Shaftel
- XR Special Mention: Pixel Ripped 1978 by Ana Ribeiro
FEDIC Award[edit]
- Io capitano by Matteo Garrone
- Special Mention for Best Film: Anna by Marco Amenta
- Special Mention for Best Short Film: We Should All Be Futurists by Angela Norelli
- Jury Special Prize: Passione Critica by Simone Isola, Franco Montini, Patrizia Pistagnesi
FIPRESCI Awards[edit]
- Best Film (main competition): Evil Does Not Exist by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Best Film (other sections): An Endless Sunday by Alain Parroni
Francesco Pasinetti Award[edit]
Green Drop Award[edit]
- Green Border by Agnieszka Holland (ex-aequo)
- Io capitano by Matteo Garrone (ex-aequo)
ImpACT Award[edit]
Lanterna Magica Award[edit]
Leoncino d'Oro Award[edit]
- Io capitano by Matteo Garrone
- Cinema for UNICEF: Green Border by Agnieszka Holland
Lizzani Award[edit]
- Nowhere by Simone Massi
NUOVOIMAIE Talent Awards[edit]
- Best New Young Actor: Gianmarco Franchini for Adagio
- Best New Young Actress: Sara Ciocca for Nina of the Wolves
La Pellicola d'Oro Award[edit]
- Best Production Director: Claudia Cravotta for Io capitano
- Best Camera Operator: Massimiliano Kuveiller for Finally Dawn
- Best Set Designer: Simona Balducci for Comandante
SIGNIS Award[edit]
- Io capitano by Matteo Garrone
- Special Mention: The Promised Land by Nikolaj Arcel
"Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award" XI Edition[edit]
- Best Italian Film: The Penitent - A Rational Man by Luca Barbareschi
- Best Foreign Film: Green Border by Agnieszka Holland
Premio Soundtrack Stars Award[edit]
- Best Soundtrack: Io capitano, soundtrack by Andrea Farri
- Special Mention: The Killer, soundtrack by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
- Special Prize: Adagio, soundtrack by Subsonica
UNIMED Award[edit]
- Best Film: Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos
- Prize for Cultural Diversity: Green Border by Agnieszka Holland
Controversy[edit]
During the Festival, casting director of Io capitano, Henri-Didier Njikam, was denied an entry visa by the Italian Embassy in Rabat, Morocco, because there were no guarantees that he would leave Italian territory once he entered. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter Roma, Njikam said the fact was perceived as "an act of racism" as "the embassy justified the refusal by claiming that there were no guarantees that I would leave Italian territory once I entered, in Venice. They basically treated me as a migrant, as if I wanted to take advantage of the situation to escape. But I have a job, a professional card from the Moroccan Film Center. And, frankly, if I wanted to work in Europe, I would have already done so," and that the entity "did not look at my resume or my documents, only the color of my skin. [...] This problem exists only with the Italian embassy in Morocco, because my colleagues from Ghana and the Ivory Coast were able to leave. If I had been white, I don't think I would have been treated this way."[27]
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