Closing Ceremony of the 80th Venice Film Festival
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The VENEZIA 80 Jury, chaired by Damien Chazelle, Alice Diop and Jonas Carpignano, having viewed all 23 films in competition, has decided as follows:
GOLDEN LION for Best Film: “Poor Things” by Yorgos Lanthimos
SILVER LION GRAND JURY PRIZE: “Aku Wa Sonzai Shinai” by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
SILVER LION FOR BEST DIRECTOR: Matteo Garrone for “Io Capitano”
COPPA VOLPI FOR BEST ACTOR: Peter Sarsgaard for “Memory”
COPPA VOLPI FOR BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE: Cailee Spaeny for “Priscilla”
BEST SCREENPLAY: Guillermo Calderón and Pablo Larraín for “El Conde”
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE: The Green Border by Agnieszka Holland
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD FOR EMERGING ACTOR OR ACTRESS: Seydou Sarr for “Io Capitano”.
ORIZZONTI SECTION
BEST SHORT FILM: “A Short Trip” by Erenik Beqiri
BEST SCREENPLAY: “El paraíso” by Enrico Maria Artale
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE: Tergel Bold-Erdene for “Ser Ser Salhi”
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE: Margarita Rosa De Francisco for “El Paraìso”
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE: “An Exterminated Sunday” by Alain Parroni
BEST DIRECTOR: Mika Gustafson for “Paradise Burns”
BEST FILM: “An Explanation for Everything” by Gábor Reisz
VENICE IMMERSIVE
(Section entirely dedicated to immersive media, which includes all means of XR creative expression)
CREATION OF VENICE IMMERSIVE: “Empereur” by Marion Burger, Ilan Cohen
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE: “Flow”, by Adriaan Lokman
GRAND PRIX VENICE IMMERSIVE: “Songs for a Passerby” by Celine Daemen
VENICE CLASSICS
BEST RESTORATION: “Ohikkoshi” (In Motion), Shinji Somai
BEST DOCUMENTARY ON CINEMA: “Thank you very much”, Alex Braverman
ORIZZONTI EXTRA, SPECTATORS' PRIZE ARMANI BEAUTY: “Happiness” by Micaela Ramazzotti
LION OF THE FUTURE VENICE FIRST OPERA LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS: “Ai shi yi ba qiang” by Lee Hong-Chi.
In the context of this edition of the Venice Film Festival our 18th Summer School on Cinema, Human Rights, and Advocacy (CHRA School) has concluded with great success.
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