At the star studded closing ceremony the jury chair Isabelle Huppert said: “I have good news for you, cinema is in great shape.” The jury was composed of filmmakers James Gray, Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Holland, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Abderrahmane Sissako, Giuseppe Tornatore, Julia von Heinz and actress Zhang Ziyi.
Nicole Kidman, who won Best Actress for Baby Girl directed by Halina Reijn, was unable to attend the closing ceremony due to the sudden death of her mother and the film’s director collected the award on her behalf.
The closing film slot was the world premiere of Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2, which screened out of competition. Chapter 1 screened earlier this year in Cannes.
In the 81st Venice Film Festival main competition, the Hungarian minority coproduction The Brutalist by Brady Corbet received the Silver Lion Award for Best Director, while the Georgian minority coproduction April by Dea Kulumbegashvili was awarded with the Special Jury Prize.
The Slovenian minority coproduction René Goes to War by Luca Ferri, Morgan Menegazzo and Mariachiara Pernisa received the Venice Short Film Nomination for the European Film Awards 2024.
Collateral awards for FNE partner countries also included the Arca CinemaGiovani Award, Premio CinemaSarà, the FIPRESCI Award and the UNIMED Award for cultural diversity for The Brutalist; the Authors under 40 Award - Special Mention for Cinematography as well as the FIPRESCI Award for Best Film in Orizzonti and parallel sections for The New Year That Never Came; the Europa Cinemas Label Award in Giornate degli Autori section for the Slovenian minority coproduction Alpha. by Jan-Willem van Ewijk; and the Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue for the Estonian minority coproduction Quiet Life by Alexandros Avranas.
FNE FIPRESCI Critics Ratings were held for the ninth time in Venice. You can see the final results of the FNE FIPRESCI Critics Ratings in Venice HERE.
The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2024.
VENICE 2024 FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
Official Awards:
Venezia 81:
Golden Lion for Best Film:
The Room Next Door (Spain, USA)
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize:
Vermiglio (Italy, France, Belgium)
Directed by Maura Delpero
Silver Lion –Award for Best Director:
Brady Corbet for The Brutalist (USA, UK, Hungary)
Produced by Brookstreet Pictures, Andrew Lauren Productions
Coproduced by Intake Films, Proton Cinema
Coppa Volpi for Best Actress:
Nicole Kidman in Babygirl (USA)
Directed by Halina Reijn
Coppa Volpi for Best Actor:
Vincent Lindon in The Quiet Son / Jour avec le feu (France)
Directed by Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin
Award for Best Screenplay:
Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega for I’m Still Here / Ainda estou aqui (Brazil, France)
Directed by Walter Salles
Special Jury Prize:
April (France, Italy, Georgia)
Directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili
Produced by First Picture, Frenesy Films, Independent Film Project and Memo Films Production
Coproduced by Arte France Cinema in association with Pyramide Distribution and with the Participation of Arte France
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress:
Paul Kirscher in And Their Children after Them / Leurs enfants après eux (France)
Directed by Ludovic Boukherma and Zoran Boukherma
Orizzonti:
Orizzonti Award for Best Film:
The New Year That Never Came / Anul Nou care n-a fost (Romania, Serbia)
Directed by Bogdan Mureșanu
Produced by Kinotopia
Coproduced by Chainsaw Europe, the Romanian National Television (SRTV), All Inclusive Film
Supported by the Romanian Ministry of Culture, the Romanian Film Centre (CNC), the Romanian Cultural Institute, Institutul Român de Cultură și Cercetare Umanistică, DACIN SARA, the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN), Creative Europe - MEDIA
Orizzonti Award for Best Director:
Sarah Friedland for Familiar Touch (USA)
Special Orizzonti Jury Prize:
One of Those Days When Hemme Dies / Hemme'nin öldüğü günlerden biri (Turkey)
Directed by Murat Firatoğlu
Orizzonti Award for Best Actress:
Kathleen Chalfant in Familiar Touch (USA)
Orizzonti Award for Best Actor:
Francesco Gheghi in Familia (Italy)
Directed by Francesco Costabile
Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay:
Scandar Copti for Happy Holidays (Palestine, Germany, France, Italy, Qatar)
Directed by Scandar Copti
Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film:
Who Loves the Sun (Canada)
Directed by Arshia Shakiba
Venice Short Film Nomination for the European Film Awards 2024:
René Goes to War / René va a la guerra (Italy, Slovenia)
Directed by Luca Ferri, Morgan Menegazzo, Mariachiara Pernisa
Orizzonti Extra:
Armani Beauty Audience Award:
The Witness / Shahed (Germany, Austria)
Directed by Nader Saeivar
Venice Award for Debut Film:
Lion of the Future “Luigi de Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film:
Familiar Touch (USA)
Directed by Sarah Friedland
Venice Classics:
Venice Classics Award for Best Documentary on Cinema:
Chain Reactions (USA)
Directed by Alexandre O. Phillipe
Venice Classics Award for Best Restored Film:
Ecce Bombo (Italy, 1978)
Directed by Nanni Moretti
Venice Immersive:
Venice Immersive Grand Prize:
Ito Meikū (France, Luxembourg)
Directed by Boris Labbé
Venice Immersive Achievement Prize:
Impulse, Playing with Reality (UK, France)
Directed by Barry Gene Murphy, May Abdalla
Venice Immersive Special Jury Prize:
Oto’s Planet (Luxemburg, Canada, France)
Directed by Gwenael François
Collateral Awards:
1964 POP ART AWARD | Cineteca della Calabria:
Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza
Best Actor: Toni Servillo
“Ambassador of Hope” Award Smithers Foundation | Christopher D. Smithers Foundation with CICT Unesco and Occam:
King Ivory (USA)
Directed by John Swab
Arca CinemaGiovani Award | Arca CinemaGiovani:
Best Film of Venezia 81: The Brutalist (USA, UK, Hungary)
Best Italian Film in Venice: Vittoria by Alessandro Cassigolia and Casey Kauffman
Authors under 40 Award | dedicated to the director Valentina Pedicini by "Venezia a Napoli. Il cinema esteso":
Best Directing and Screenwriting: Xiaoxuan Jiang for To Kill a Mongolian Horse (Malaysia, Hong Kong, USA, Korea, Japan)
Best Directing: Anna-Sophie Bailly for My Everything / Mon Inséparable (France) ex aequo Elizabeth Lo for Mistress Dispeller (USA)
Special Mention for Cinematography: Boroka Biro and Tudor Platon for The New Year That Never Came / Anul Nou care n-a fost (Romania, Serbia)
Pietro Bianchi Award 2024 | Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani (SNGCI):
Nanni Moretti
Premio Robert Bresson 2024 | Fondazione Ente dello Spettacolo e la Rivista del Cinematografo, con il Patrocinio del Dicastero per la Cultura e l’Educazione e del Dicastero per la Comunicazione della Santa Sede:
Marco Bellocchio
Brian Award | UAAR (Unione degli Atei e degli Agnostici Razionalisti):
The Room Next Door (Spain, USA)
Fundacion Casa Wabi – Mantarraya Award | Fundaciòn Casa Wabi and Mantarraya Production:
To the winner of the Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” Award, Familiar Touch (USA)
36° CICT - UNESCO "Enrico Fulchignoni" 2024 Award | Consiglio Internazionale del Cinema e della Televisione CICT UNESCO – Comitato Italiano:
The Fisherman (Ghana) by Zoey Martinson
Cinema & Arts Award | Associazione Kalambur Teatro in collaboration with Ateatro and Centro Sperimentale Accademia Eleonora Duse:
Best Film: Riefenstahl (Germany) by Andres Veiel and Paul & Paulette Take a Bath (UK) by Jethro Massey
Special Mention dedicated to a multidisciplinary artist: Quay Brothers
Premio CinemaSarà | Cineteca Italiana di Milano:
The Brutalist (USA, UK, Hungary)
Special Mention: Kill the Jockey / El jockey (Argentina, Spain, USA, Mexico, Denmark) by Luis Ortega
Green Drop Award | Green Cross Italia:
Vermiglio (Italy) by Maura Delpero, ex aequo I’m Still Here / Ainda estou aqui (Brazil, France)
Edipo Re Award | Edipo Re Srl Sociale in collaboration with Università degli Studi di Padova and Università Ca’ Foscari:
Kill the Jockey / El jockey (Argentina, Spain, USA, Mexico, Denmark)
Special mention: Sugar Island (Spain, Dominican Republic) by Johanné Goméz Terrero
Ca’ Foscari young jury award: Sugar Island (Spain, Dominican Republic)
Premio Speciale Film Impresa | Unindustria – Unione degli Industriali e delle imprese Roma-Frosinone-Latina-Rieti-Viterbo:
Anne-Sophie Bailly for My Everything / Mon Inséparable (France)
Premio Fondazione Fai Persona Lavoro Ambiente | Fai Cisl Studio e Ricerche Foundation
PEACOCK by Bernahard Wenger:
Special Mention (treatment of issues related to work): Sugar Island (Spain, Dominican Republic) and Anywhere Anytime (Italy) by Milad Tangshir
Special Mention (treatment of issues related to environment): Le Mohican (France) by Frédéric Farrucci
Fanheart3 Award | Associazione Fanheart3:
Graffetta d’Oro for Best Film: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (USA) by Tim Burton
Nave d’Argento for Best OTP: to the characters of Wolfs (UK, USA), by Jon Watts, played by Brad Pitt and George Clooney
XR Fan Experience: Uncanny Alley: A New Day (USA, South Africa) by Stephen Butchko, Rick Treweek
XR Special Mention: NightMara: Episode 3 (USA) by Gianpaolo Gonzalez
Award| Federazione Italiana dei Cineclub:
Best Film: Vittoria (Italy) by Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman
Special Mention FEDIC: Familia (Italy) by Francesco Costabile
Special Mention FEDIC for Best Short Film: Playing God (Italy) by Matteo Burani
Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Award) | FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics:
Best Film from Orizzonti and parallel sections: The New Year That Never Came / Anul Nou care n-a fost (Romania, Serbia)
Best film from Venezia 81: The Brutalist (USA, UK, Hungary)
GDA Director's Award | Giornate degli Autori:
Manas (Brazil) by Marianna Brennand
People Choice’s Award | Giornate degli Autori:
Taxi mon amour (Italy) by Ciro De Caro
Europa Cinemas Label Award | Giornate degli Autori:
Alpha. (the Netherlands, Switzerland, Slovenia)
Directed by Jan-Willem van Ewijk
Produced by Baldr Film
Coproduced by Lomotion, Staragara (staragara.si)
Impact Award | Think-Film Impact Production & Impact Europe:
The Quiet Son / Jouer avec le feu (France, Belgium)
Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue | International Interchurch Film Organisation:
Quiet Life (France, Germany, Sweden, Estonia, Greece, Finland)
Directed by Alexandros Avranas
Produced by Les Films du Worso
Coproduced by Elle Driver, Senator Film Produktion, Fox in the Snow, Amrion, Playground, Asterisk*, MakingMovies
Coproducers: ARTE France Cinema, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Film i Väst, Ert, Faliro House, Exile Content, Sezzfilm, Fink Film, Three Brothers
Supported by Eurimages, Film Estonia, Finnish Film Foundation, Swedish Film Institute, Région Île-De-France, Creative Europe MEDIA, Estonian Film Institute, Greek Film Centre, Ekome, Cultural Endowment of Estonia
Lanterna Magica Award | Associazione Nazionale C.G.S.:
La storia del Frank e della Nina (Italy) by Paola Randi
Leoncino d'Oro Award | Agiscuola/UNICEF:
The Quiet Son / Jouer avec le feu (France, Belgium)
Cinema for UNICEF: Familia (Italy) by Francesco Costabile
Lizzani Award | ANAC - Associazione Nazionale Autori Cinematografici:
Iddu (Italy) by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza
NETPAC Award | Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema – Cinemaya:
Mistress Dispeller (USA) by Elizabeth Lo
NUOVOIMAIE TALENT AWARD | NUOVOIMAIE - (Nuovo Istituto Mutualistico Artisti Interpreti Esecutori) in collaboration with Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani and Sindacato Nazionale Critici Cinematografici Italiani
Best New Young Actress: Tecla Insolia in Familia (Italy) and Martina Scrinzi in Vermiglio (Italy, France, Belgium)
Francesco Pasinetti Award | Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani
Iddu (Italy)
Best actress: Romana Maggiora Vergano in The Time It Takes / Il tempo que ci vuole (Italy, France) by Francesca Comencini
Special Mention: to the cast of Familia (Italy): Francesco Gheghi, Barbara Ronchi, Francesco Di Leva and Marco Cicalese
La Pellicola d'Oro Award | Associazione Culturale S.A.S.:
Best costume designer: Antonella Bachini for Battlefield / Campo di battaglia (Italy) by Gianni Amelio
Best chief electrician: Kristian De Martiis for Vermiglio (Italy, France, Belgium)
Best prop maker: Italo Maurizi for Iddu (Italy)
Queer Lion Award | Associazione Queer Lion:
Best Film with a Homosexual Subject and Queer Culture: Alma del desierto (Colombia) by Mónica Taboada-Tapia
RB Casting Award | RB Casting:
Francesco Gheghi for Familia (Italy)
Mario Serandrei | Settimana Internazionale della Critica:
Homegrown (USA) by Michael Premo
IWONDERFULL Grand Prize | Settimana Internazionale della Critica:
Don’t Cry, Butterfly (Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines) by Dương Diệu Linh
IWONDERFULL Grand Prize Special Mention | Settimana Internazionale della Critica:
No Sleep Till (USA, Switzerland) by Alexandra Simpson
Luciano Sovena Award conferred to the best independent producer | Settimana Internazionale della critica:
Anywhere Anytime (Italy)
The Film Club Audience Award | Settimana Internazionale della Critica:
Paul & Paulette Take a Bath (UK)
Verona Film Club Award | Settimana Internazionale della Critica:
Don’t Cry, Butterfly (Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines)
Award for Best Short Film SIC@SIC 2021 | Settimana Internazionale della Critica:
Things That My Best Friend Lost (Italy) by Marta Innocenti
Award for Best Director – Stadion Video SIC@SIC 2024 | Settimana Internazionale della Critica:
Nero argento (Italy) by Francesco Manzato
Award for Best Technical Contribution – Fondazione Fare Cinema SIC@SIC 2024 | Settimana Internazionale della Critica:
At Least I Will Be 8 294 400 Pixel (Italy) by Marco Talarico
SIGNIS Award | SIGNIS International (World Catholic Association for Communication):
I’m Still Here / Ainda estou aqui (Brazil, France)
“Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award” XII edition | Dream On SRL:
Best Italian Film: Vermiglio (Italy, France, Belgium)
Best Foreign Film: My Everything / Mon Inséparable (France)
Premio Soundtrack Stars Award | Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani e Free Event:
Best Soundtrack: Joker: Folie à deux (USA) by Todd Phillips for the musics by Hildur Guðnadóttir and Iddu (Italy) for the music by Colapesce
Special Mention: Fabio Massimo Capogrosso for The Time It Takes / Il tempo que ci vuole (Italy, France) and CAM Sugar in occasion of the restoration of the film Swept Away / Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto (1974) by Lina Wertmüller
Special prize: Margherita Vicario for directing Gloria! (Italy, Switzerland)
UNIMED Award | UNIMED (Mediterranean University Union):
Prize for cultural diversity: The Brutalist (USA, UK, Hungary)
Rotella Award | Fondazione Mimmo Rotella:
Iddu (Italy)
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement:
Sigourney Weaver
Peter Weir
Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award:
Claude Lelouch
Campari Passion for Film Award:
Paola Comencini
