The award winners have been announced for the 80th annual Venice Film Festival. Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest “Poor Things” won the festival’s top prize. The full list of winners can be read below:
COMPETITION
Golden Lion for Best Film
“Poor Things” – Yorgos Lanthimos
Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize
“Evil Does Not Exist”
Silver Lion for Best Director
Matteo Garrone – “Io Capitano”
Coppa Volpi for Best Actress
Cailee Spaeny – “Priscilla”
Coppa Volpi for Best Actor
Peter Sarsgaard – “Memory”
Best Screenplay
“El Conde” – Pablo Larraín
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actress
Seydou Sarr – “Io Capitano”
Special Jury Prize
“Green Border” – Agnieszka Holland
HORIZONS
Orizzonti Best Film: “Explanation for Everything” (Gábor Reisz)
Orizzonti Best Director: Mika Gustafson – “Paradise Is Burning”
Orizzonti Special Jury Prize: “Una Sterminata Domenica” (Alain Parroni)
Orizzonti Best Actress: Margarita Rosa de Francisco – “El Paraiso”
Orizzonti Best Actor: Tergel Bold-Erdene – “City of Wind”
Orizzonti Best Screenplay: “El Paraiso” (Enrico Maria Artale)
Orizzonti Best Short Film: “A Short Trip” (Erenik Beqiri)
Lion of the Future Award for a Debut Film: “Love Is a Gun” (Lee Hong-Chi)
Orizzonti Extra Audience Award: “Felicita” (Micaela Ramazzotti)
VENICE CLASSICS
Best Documentary: “Thank You Very Much” (Alex Braverman)
Best Restored Film: “Moving” (Shinji Somai)
VENICE IMMERSIVE
Venice Immersive Grand Prize: “Songs for a Passerby” (Celine Daemen)
Venice Immersive Achievement Prize: “Empereur” (Marion Burger, Ilan Cohen)
Venice Immersive Special Jury Prize: “Flow” (Adriaan Lokman)
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