It is the strong themes that convince and triumph at Venice '81. The Golden Lion was awarded to Pedro Almodovar's chamber and syncopated euthanasia in "The Room Next Door", perhaps the least Almodovorian and authorial film by the Spanish director and the first in English.
Silver Lion instead for Italy with “Vermiglio” by Maura Delpero, a whispered story about the passing of time in the metaphysical landscape of the Dolomites on the border with Austria where there is war, but it is far away, in the valley. And where a small-big tragedy also takes place.
Below are all the official awards given this evening in the closing ceremony of the Venice International Film Festival in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema:
- SILVER LION Award for Best Director to: THE BRUTALIST by Brady Corbet (UK);
- COPPA VOLPI for best female performance to: NICOLE KIDMAN in the film BABYGIRL by Halina Reijn (United States);
- COPPA VOLPI for best male performance to: VINCENT LINDON in the film JOUER AVEC LE FEU (THE QUIET SON) by Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin (France);
- BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD 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 to an emerging young actor: PAUL KIRCHER in the film LEURS ENFANTS APRÈS EUX (AND THEIR CHILDREN AFTER THEM) by Ludovic Boukherma and Zoran Boukherma (France);
HORIZONS
The Orizzonti Jury, chaired by Debra Granik and composed of Ali Asgari, Soudade Kaadan, Christos Nikou, Tuva Novotny, Gábor Reisz and Valia Santella, and after having viewed the 19 feature films and 13 short films in competition, has awarded:
- ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR THE BEST FILM to: ANUL NOU CARE NA 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 FÕratoğlu (Turkey);
- ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE to: KATHLEEN CHALFANT in the film FAMILIAR TOUCH by Sarah Friedland (United States);
- ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST MALE PERFORMANCE 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 RENE' GOES TO WAR by Luca Ferri, Morgan Menegazzo, Mariachiara Pernisa (Italy);
LION OF THE FUTURE - VENICE AWARD FOR FIRST WORK "LUIGI DE
LAURENTIS"
The Jury Lion of the Future - Venice Award for a First Work "Luigi
De Laurentiis" of the 81st Venice International Film Festival, chaired by Gianni Canova and composed of Ricky D'Ambrose, Taylor Russell, Bárbara Paz, Jacob Wong has awarded the prize:
- LION OF THE FUTURE - VENICE PRIZE FOR FIRST WORK (LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS) to FAMILIAR TOUCH by Sarah Friedland (United States)
EXTRA HORIZONS
- SPECTATORS' AWARD - ARMANI BEAUTY to SHAHED (THE WITNESS) by Nader Saeivar (Germany, Austria);
VENICE CLASSICS
the Jury chaired by Renato De Maria and composed of 24 students - indicated by the teachers - of the cinema courses of the Italian universities, has assigned:
- the VENICE CLASSICS AWARD FOR THE BEST DOCUMENTARY ON
CINEMA a: CHAIN REACTIONS by Alexandre O. Philippe (United States);
- the VENICE CLASSICS AWARD FOR BEST RESTORED FILM to: ECCE BOMBO by Nanni Moretti (Italy, 1978);
VENICE IMMERSIVE
The Jury chaired by Celine Daemen and composed of Marion Burger and Adriaan Lokman, after having viewed the 26 projects in competition, awarded:
- The VENICE IMMERSIVE GRAND PRIX to ITO MEIKYŪ by BORIS LABBE' (France, Luxembourg);
- The VENICE IMMERSIVE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to OTO'S PLANET by GWENAEL FRANÇOIS (Luxembourg, Canada, France);
- The VENICE IMMERSIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD to IMPULSE: PLAYING WITH REALITY by BARRY GENE MURPHY, MAY ABDALLA (UK, France);
GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2024 to:
SIGOURNEY WEAVER
PETER WEIR
CARTIER GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER AWARD 2024 to:
CLAUDE LELOUCH
CAMPARI PASSION FOR FILM AWARD to:
PAOLA COMENCINI.
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