Closing Ceremony of the 81st Venice International Film Festival

The VENEZIA 81 Jury, chaired by Isabelle Huppert and composed by James Gray, Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Holland, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Abderrahmane Sissako, Giuseppe Tornatore, Julia von Heinz and Zhang Ziyi, having viewed all 21 films in competition, has decided as follows: 

GOLDEN LION for Best Film to:
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)

SILVER LION – GRAND JURY PRIZE to:
VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero (Italy, France, Belgium)

SILVER LION – AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR to:
Brady Corbet for the film THE BRUTALIST (United Kingdom)

COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress:
Nicole Kidman in the film BABYGIRL by Halina Reijn (United States) 

COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor:
Vincent Lindon in the film JOUER AVEC LE FEU  by Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin (France)

AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to:
Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega for the film AINDA ESTOU AQUI by Walter Salles (Brazil, France) 

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to:
APRIL  by Dea Kulumbegashvili (France, Italy, Georgia)

MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best Young Actor or Actress to:
Paul Kircher in the film LEURS ENFANTS APRÈS EUX  by Ludovic Boukherma and Zoran Boukherma (France)

The ORIZZONTI Jury of the 81st Venice Film Festival, chaired by Debra Granik and composed by Ali Asgari, Soudade Kaadan, Christos Nikou, Tuva Novotny, Gábor Reisz and Valia Santella, after screening the 19 feature-length films and 13 short films in competition has decided to award:

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST FILM to:
ANUL NOU CARE N-A FOST (THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME) by Bogdan Mureșanu (Romania, Serbia) 

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR to:
Sarah Friedland for the film FAMILIAR TOUCH (United States)

SPECIAL ORIZZONTI JURY PRIZE to:
HEMME’NIN ÖLDÜĞÜ GÜNLERDEN BIRI (ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN HEMME DIES) by Murat Fıratoğlu (Turkey)

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS to:
Kathleen Chalfant in the film Familiar Touch  by Sarah Friedland (United States)

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR to:
Francesco Gheghi in the film FAMILIA by Francesco Costabile (Italy)

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to:
Scandar Copti  for the film HAPPY HOLIDAYS (Palestine, Germany, France, Italy, Qatar)

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM to:
WHO LOVES THE SUN  by Arshia Shakiba (Canada)

VENICE SHORT FILM NOMINATION FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2024 to:
RENÉ VA ALLA GUERRA by Luca Ferri, Morgan Menegazzo, Mariachiara Pernisa (Italy)

ARMANI BEAUTY AUDIENCE AWARD to:

SHAHED (THE WITNESS) by Nader Saeivar (Germany, Austria)

LION OF THE FUTURE – “LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM Jury at the 81^st Venice Film Festival, chaired Gianni Canova and comprised of Ricky D’Ambrose, Bárbara Paz, Taylor Russell, and Jacob Wong, has decided to award:

LION OF THE FUTURE “LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM to:

FAMILIAR TOUCH  by Sarah Friedland (United States)
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The VENICE CLASSICS Jury, chaired by Renato De Maria and comprised of 24 students of Cinema, chosen from the professors of Italian University Cinema programmes, has decided to award:

VENICE CLASSICS AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY ON CINEMA to:
CHAIN REACTIONS  by Alexandre O. Philippe (United States)

VENICE CLASSICS AWARD FOR BEST RESTORED FILM to:
ECCE BOMBO by Nanni Moretti (Italy, 1978)

The VENICE IMMERSIVE Jury, chaired by Celine Daemen and comprised of Marion Burger e Adriaan Lokman, after viewing the 26 projects in competition has decided to award:

VENICE IMMERSIVE GRAND PRIZE to:
Ito Meikyū  by Boris Labbé (France, Luxemburg)

VENICE IMMERSIVE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to:
OTO’S PLANET  by Gwenael François (Luxemburg, Canada, France)

VENICE IMMERSIVE ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE to:
IMPULSE: PLAYING WITH REALITY  by Barry Gene Murphy, May Abdalla (United Kingdom, France)

In the context of this edition of the Venice Film Festival our 19th Summer School on Cinema, Human Rights, and Advocacy (CHRA School) has concluded with great success.