Closing Ceremony of the 80th Venice Film Festival

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.