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Official awards of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival
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Official awards of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival

Announced by the five international Juries during the Awards Ceremony that was held on Saturday 6th September at 7:00 pm.

Venezia 82

The VENEZIA 82 Jury, chaired by Alexander Payne and composed of Stéphane Brizé, Maura Delpero, Cristian Mungiu, Mohammad Rasoulof, Fernanda Torres and Zhao Tao having viewed all 21 films in competition, has decided as follows:

 

GOLDEN LION for Best Film to:
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch (USA, Ireland, France)

 

SILVER LION – GRAND JURY PRIZE to:
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia, France)

 

SILVER LION – AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR to:
Benny Safdie for the film THE SMASHING MACHINE (USA)

 

COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress:
Xin Zhilei in the film RI GUA ZHONG TIAN (THE SUN RISES ON US ALL) by Cai Shangjun (China)

 

COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor:
Toni Servillo in the film LA GRAZIA by Paolo Sorrentino (Italy)

 

AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to:
Valérie Donzelli and Gilles Marchand for the film À PIED D’ŒUVRE (AT WORK) by Valérie Donzelli (France)

 

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to:
SOTTO LE NUVOLE (BELOW THE CLOUDS) by Gianfranco Rosi (Italy)

 

MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best Young Actor or Actress to:
Luna Wedler in the film SILENT FRIEND by Ildikó Enyedi (Germany, Hungary, France)

Orizzonti

The ORIZZONTI Jury of the 82nd Venice Film Festival, chaired by Julia Ducournau and composed by Yuri Ancarani, Fernando Enrique Juan Lima, Shannon Murphy and RaMell Ross, after screening the 19 feature-length films and 14 short films in competition has decided to award:

 

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST FILM to:
EN EL CAMINO (ON THE ROAD) by David Pablos (Mexico)

 

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR to:
Anuparna Roy for the film SONGS OF FORGOTTEN TREES (India)

 

SPECIAL ORIZZONTI JURY PRIZE to:
HARÀ WATAN (LOST LAND) by Akio Fujimoto (Japan, France, Malasya, Germany)

 

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS to:
Benedetta Porcaroli in the film IL RAPIMENTO DI ARABELLA  by Carolina Cavalli (Italy)

 

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR to:
Giacomo Covi in the film UN ANNO DI SCUOLA (A YEAR OF SCHOOL) by Laura Samani (Italy, France)

 

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to:
Ana Cristina Barragán for the film HIEDRA (THE IVY) (Ecuador)

 

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM to:
UTAN KELLY (WITHOUT KELLY) by Lovisa Sirén (Sweden)

Venice Award for a debut film

The LION OF THE FUTURE – “LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM Jury at the 82nd Venice Film Festival, chaired Charlotte Wells and comprised of Erige Sehiri, and Silvio Soldini, has decided to award:

LION OF THE FUTURE
“LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM to:
SHORT SUMMER by Nastia Korkia (Germany, France, Serbia)
GIORNATE DEGLI AUTORI

Venezia Spotlight

ARMANI BEAUTY AUDIENCE AWARD to:
CALLE MÁLAGA
by Maryam Touzani (Morocco, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium)

Venice Classics

The VENICE CLASSICS Jury, chaired by Tommaso Santambrogio and comprised of 23 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:
MATA HARI by Joe Beshenkovsky and James A. Smith (USA)

 

VENICE CLASSICS AWARD FOR BEST RESTORED FILM to:
BASHU, GHARIBEYE KOOCHAK (BASHU, THE LITTLE STRANGER) by Bahram Beyzaie (Iran, 1985)

Venice Immersive

The VENICE IMMERSIVE Jury, chaired by Eliza McNitt and comprised of Gwenael François and Boris Labbé, after viewing the 30 projects in competition has decided to award:

 

VENICE IMMERSIVE GRAND PRIZE to:
THE CLOUDS ARE TWO THOUSAND METERS UP by Singing Chen (Taipei, Germany)

 

VENICE IMMERSIVE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to:
LESS THAN 5GR OF SAFFRON by Négar Motevalymeidanshah (France)

 

VENICE IMMERSIVE ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE to:
A LONG GOODBYE by Kate Voet and Victor Maes (Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands)