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Official awards of the 80th Venice Film Festival
Announced by the five international Juries during the Awards Ceremony that was held on Saturday 9th September at 7:00 pm.
Venezia 80
The Venezia 80 Jury, chaired by Damien Chazelle and comprised of Saleh Bakri, jane Campion, Mia Hansen-Løve, Gabriele Mainetti, Martin McDonagh, Santiago Mitre, Laura Poitras and Shu Qi, having viewed all 23 films in competition, has decided as follows:
GOLDEN LION for Best Film to:
POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos (United kingdom)
SILVER LION – Grand Jury Prize to:
Aku Wa Sonzai Shinai (Evil Does Not Exist) by Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Japan)
SILVER LION – Award for Best Director to:
MATTEO GARRONE for the film IO CAPITANO (Italy, Belgium)
COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress:
Cailee Spaeny in the film PRISCILLA by Sofia Coppola (United States, Italy)
COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor:
Peter Sarsgaard in the film MEMORY by Michel Franco (Mexico, United States)
AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to:
Guillermo Calderón and PABLO LARRAÍN for the film EL CONDE by Pablo Larraín (Chile)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to:
Zielona granica (Green Border) by Agnieszka Holland (Poland, Czech Rep., France, Belgium)
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best Young Actor to:
SEYDOU SARR in the film IO CAPITANO by Matteo Garrone (Italy)
Orizzonti
The Orizzonti Jury of the 80th Venice International Film Festival, chaired by Jonas Carpignano and comprised of Kaouther Ben Hania, Kahlil Joseph, Jean-Paul Salomé and Tricia Truttle, after screening the 18 feature-length films and 13 short films in competition has decided to award:
the ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST FILM to:
Magyarázat mindenre (Explanation for Everything) by Gábor Reisz (Hungary)
the ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR to:
MIKA GUSTAFSON for the film PARADISET BRINNER (Paradise is Burning) (Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Finland)
the SPECIAL ORIZZONTI JURY PRIZE to:
UNA STERMINATA DOMENICA (An Endless Sunday) by Alain Parroni (Italy; Germany, Ireland)
the ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS to:
Margarita Rosa De Francisco in the film El Paraíso by Enrico Maria Artale (Italy)
the ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR to:
Tergel Bold-Erdene in the film Ser Ser Salhi (City of Wind) by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir (France, Mongolia, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar)
the ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to:
ENRICO MARIA ARTALE for the film El Paraíso by Enrico Maria Artale (Italy)
the ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM to:
A SHORT TRIP by Erenik Beqiri (France)
the VENICE SHORT FILM NOMINATION FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2023 to:
A SHORT TRIP by Erenik Beqiri (France)
Orizzonti Extra
ARMANY BEAUTY AUDIENCE AWARD to:
FELICITÀ (HAPPINESS) by Micaela Ramazzotti (Italia)
Venice Award for a Debut Film
The Jury of the Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film Jury at the 80th Venice Film Festival, chaired by Alice Diop and comprised of Faouzi Bensaïdi, Laura Citarella, Andrea de Sica and Chloe Domont, has decided to award:
LION OF THE FUTURE – “LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM to:
Ai Shi Yi Ba Qiang (LOVE IS A GUN) by LEE Hong-Chi (Hong Kong - China, Taiwan)
Settimana internazionale della critica
Venice Classics
The Venice Classics Jury, chaired by Andrea Pallaoro and comprised of 24 students of Cinema, chosen from the professors of Italian University Cinema programmes, has decided to award
the VENICE CLASSICS AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY ON CINEMA to:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH by Alex Braverman (United States)
the VENICE CLASSICS AWARD FOR BEST RESTORED FILM to:
OHIKKOSHI (Moving) by Shinji Sōmai (Japan, 1993)
Venice Immersive
The Venice Immersive Jury, chaired by Singing Chen and comprised of Pedro Harres and German Heller, after viewing the 28 projects in competition has decided to award:
the VENICE IMMERSIVE GRAND PRIZE to:
SONGS FOR A PASSERBY by CELINE DAEMEN (Netherlands)
the VENICE IMMERSIVE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to:
FLOW by ADRIAAN LOKMAN (Netherlands, France)
the VENICE IMMERSIVE ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE to:
EMPEREUR by MARION BURGER and ILAN COHEN (France, Germany)
