Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos wins at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards

La Biennale di Venezia warmly congratulates Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, and the production of Poor Things – the film that won the Golden Lion at the 80^th Venice International Film Festival in 2023 – for having received the awards for Best Motion Picture, Comedy, and Best Performance by a Female Actor (Emma Stone) in a comedy.

The list of Golden Globe candidates included five movies that were presented as world premieres at the 80^th Venice International Film Festival and that numbered a total of 14 candidacies: Io capitano by Matteo Garrone, Maestro by Bradley Cooper, Priscilla by Sofia Coppola, Society of the Snow by J. A. Bayona, and Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos.

La Biennale di Venezia congratulates all the people and productions nominated, in particular the Italian film Io capitano by Matteo Garrone, the Silver Lion for Best Director at the 80^th Venice Film Festival, and wishes them all “best of luck!” as the awards season continues.

Poor Things marks the fourth consecutive year that a movie screened at the Venice Film Festival wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture (comedy or drama), after  The Banshees of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh in 2023, The Power of the Dog by Jane Campion in 2022, and Nomadland by Chloe Zhao in 2021.

300 journalists who report on the entertainment industry, representing the worldwide media of 76 countries, voted at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards.

The 81^st Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera, will take place from August 28 to September 7, 2024.