The 2024 Venice Film Festival winners were announced on September 7th, with Oscar-winner Pedro Almodóvar (Talk to Her) earning the Golden Lion for Best Film for The Room Next Door. Almodóvar took home the coveted prize for this first English-language film, and he dedicated the win to his family. “It is my first movie in English but the spirit is Spanish,” said the acclaimed filmmaker.
Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman was named Best Actress for her starring role in director Halina Reijn’s Babygirl. Kidman wasn’t able to attend the ceremony, and Reijn read a statement accepting the award. “Today, I arrived in Venice to find out shortly after that my brave and beautiful mother Janelle Ann Kidman has just passed. I’m in shock and I have to go to my family. But this award is for her. She shaped me, she guided me and she made me,” wrote Kidman. “The collision of life and art is heartbreaking. My heart is broken.”
Additional winners include Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio, and Vincent Lindon for Jouer Avec Le Feu.
Venice Film Festival Winners:
GOLDEN LION for Best Film – THE ROOM NEXT DOOR by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)
SILVER LION – GRAND JURY PRIZE – VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero (Italy, France, Belgium)
SILVER LION – AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR – Brady Corbet for THE BRUTALIST (United Kingdom)
COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress – Nicole Kidman for BABYGIRL by Halina Reijn (United States)
COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor – Vincent Lindon for JOUER AVEC LE FEU by Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin (France)
AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY – Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega for AINDA ESTOU AQUI by Walter Salles (Brazil, France)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – APRIL by Dea Kulumbegashvili (France, Italy, Georgia)
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best Young Actor or Actress – Paul Kircher for LEURS ENFANTS APRÈS EUX by Ludovic Boukherma and Zoran Boukherma (France)
Horizons Winners:
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:
BEST FILM – ANUL NOU CARE N-A FOST (THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME) by Bogdan Mureșanu (Romania, Serbia)
BEST DIRECTOR – Sarah Friedland for FAMILIAR TOUCH (United States)
JURY PRIZE – HEMME’NIN ÖLDÜĞÜ GÜNLERDEN BIRI (ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN HEMME DIES) by Murat Fıratoğlu (Turkey)
BEST ACTRESS – Kathleen Chalfant for Familiar Touch by Sarah Friedland (United States)
BEST ACTOR – Francesco Gheghi for FAMILIA by Francesco Costabile (Italy)
BEST SCREENPLAY – Scandar Copti for HAPPY HOLIDAYS (Palestine, Germany, France, Italy, Qatar)
BEST SHORT FILM – WHO LOVES THE SUN by Arshia Shakiba (Canada)
SHORT FILM NOMINATION FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS – RENÉ VA ALLA GUERRA by Luca Ferri, Morgan Menegazzo, Mariachiara Pernisa (Italy)
Horizons Extra
Audience Award – The Witness (Shahed)
Venice Classics
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:
BEST DOCUMENTARY ON CINEMA – CHAIN REACTIONS by Alexandre O. Philippe (United States)
BEST RESTORED FILM – ECCE BOMBO by Nanni Moretti (Italy, 1978)
Venice Immersive
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:
GRAND PRIZE – Ito Meikyū by Boris Labbé (France, Luxemburg)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – OTO’S PLANET by Gwenael François (Luxemburg, Canada, France)
ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE – IMPULSE: PLAYING WITH REALITY by Barry Gene Murphy, May Abdalla (United Kingdom, France)
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