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Golden Lion

Best Film

Winner
Nomadland
7.3 (194K)
Chloé Zhao
Amants
5.5 (1.2K)
Nicole Garcia
The Disciple
7.1 (3.2K)
Chaitanya Tamhane
Les enfants du soleil
7.1 (4.3K)
Majid Majidi
In Between Dying
6.3 (367)
Hilal Baydarov
Laila in Haifa
5.5 (296)
Amos Gitai
Miss Marx
5.8 (1.2K)
Susanna Nicchiarelli
Le masseur
6.4 (2.9K)
Malgorzata Szumowska
Michal Englert
Nouvel ordre
6.5 (11K)
Michel Franco
Nocturne
6.6 (1.4K)
Gianfranco Rosi
Padrenostro
6.1 (1.3K)
Claudio Noce
Et demain, le monde entier
6.0 (3.8K)
Julia von Heinz
Le sorelle Macaluso
6.5 (1.7K)
Emma Dante
Pieces of a Woman
7.0 (59K)
Kornél Mundruczó
Les amants sacrifiés
6.6 (3.4K)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
The World to Come
6.4 (12K)
Mona Fastvold
La Voix d'Aida
8.0 (41K)
Jasmila Zbanic
Chers camarades!
7.4 (6.3K)
Andrei Konchalovsky

Silver Lion

Best Director

Winner
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Les amants sacrifiés

Grand Jury Prize

Winner
Nouvel ordre
6.5 (11K)
Michel Franco

Special Jury Prize

Winner
Chers camarades!
7.4 (6.3K)
Andrei Konchalovsky

Golden Osella

Best Screenplay

Winner
The Disciple
7.1 (3.2K)
Chaitanya Tamhane

Volpi Cup

Best Actor

Winner
Pierfrancesco Favino
Padrenostro

Best Actress

Winner
Vanessa Kirby
Pieces of a Woman

Best First Work

Best First Work

Pre. Famous
9.3 (14)
Spike Phoenix(writer/director)
Trent Ledford(writer)
Zakaia Taylor(producer)
Maryolla Mazola Baltzell Mathieu(executive producer)
Lilkenynna Inez Brown(producer)
A Tribe Called Filmmakers

Marcello Mastroianni Award

Best Young Actor or Actress

Winner
Rouhollah Zamani
Les enfants du soleil

Luigi De Laurentiis Award

Best Debut Film

Winner
Listen
7.0 (2.2K)
Ana Rocha

Venice Horizons Award

Best Actor

Winner
Yahya Mahayni
L'Homme qui a vendu sa peau

Best Actress

Winner
Khansa Batma
Burning Casablanca - Zanka Contact

Best Director

Winner
Lav Diaz
Lahi, hayop

Best Film

Winner
The Wasteland
6.7 (412)
Ahmad Bahrami
Lahi, hayop
6.3 (412)
Lav Diaz
Sine Olivia Pilipinas
Apples
6.8 (6K)
Christos Nikou
La Troisième Guerre
6.0 (388)
Giovanni Aloi
Meel patthar
6.6 (864)
Ivan Ayr
L'Homme qui a vendu sa peau
6.9 (7.5K)
Kaouther Ben Hania
I predatori
6.2 (1.4K)
Pietro Castellitto
Mainstream
5.0 (6.3K)
Gia Coppola
Burning Casablanca - Zanka Contact
5.9 (246)
Ismael El Iraki
Guerra e pace
6.8 (130)
Massimo D'Anolfi
Martina Parenti
The Furnace
6.4 (4.3K)
Roderick MacKay
Careless Crime
5.8 (512)
Shahram Mokri
Gaza mon amour
6.8 (1.2K)
Arab Nasser
Tarzan Nasser
Selva trágica
5.6 (1.2K)
Yulene Olaizola
Un endroit comme un autre
7.4 (8.6K)
Uberto Pasolini
Bu zhi bu xiu
6.6 (348)
Jing Wang
Sary mysyq
6.2 (617)
Adilkhan Yerzhanov
La nuit des rois
6.5 (3K)
Philippe Lacôte
Listen
7.0 (2.2K)
Ana Rocha

Best Screenplay

Winner
I predatori
6.2 (1.4K)
Pietro Castellitto

Best Short Film

Winner
Entre tú y Milagros
6.7 (77)
Mariana Saffon
Being My Mom
6.4 (43)
Jasmine Trinca
The Shift
6.6 (38)
Laura Carreira
Sogni al campo
7.3 (23)
Mara Cerri
Magda Guidi
À fleur de peau
6.5 (15)
Meriem Mesraoua
Train de nuit
7.3 (460)
Jerry Carlsson
Workshop
7.2 (21)
Judah Finnigan
Anita
7.3 (23)
Sushma Khadepaun
Miegamasis rajonas
6.5 (45)
Vytautas Katkus
Was wahrscheinlich passiert wäre, wäre ich nicht zuhause geblieben
6.3 (13)
Willy Hans
Das Spiel
7.2 (120)
Roman Hodel
Mây Nhu'ng Không Mu'a
6.3 (30)
Vu Minh Nghia
Pham Hoang Minh Thy

Special Jury Prize

Winner
Listen
7.0 (2.2K)
Ana Rocha

Career Golden Lion

Winner
Ann Hui
Winner
Tilda Swinton

FIPRESCI Prize

Competition

Winner
The Disciple
7.1 (3.2K)
Chaitanya Tamhane

Parallel Sections

Winner
The Wasteland
6.7 (412)
Ahmad Bahrami

SIGNIS Award - Honorable Mention

Winner
Nomadland
7.3 (194K)
Chloé Zhao

UNICEF Award

Winner
Nocturne
6.6 (1.4K)
Gianfranco Rosi

Pasinetti Award

Best Actor

Winner
Alessandro Gassmann
Non odiare

Best Actress

Winners
Alissa Maria Orlando
Susanna Piraino
Anita Pomario
Eleonora De Luca
Viola Pusateri
Le sorelle Macaluso

Best Film

Winner
Le sorelle Macaluso
6.5 (1.7K)
Emma Dante

FEDIC Award

Best Film

Winner
Miss Marx
5.8 (1.2K)
Susanna Nicchiarelli

FEDIC Award - Special Mention

Winner
Assandira
6.5 (160)
Salvatore Mereu

Queer Lion Award

Winner
The World to Come
6.4 (12K)
Mona Fastvold
Et demain, le monde entier
6.0 (3.8K)
Julia von Heinz
Laila in Haifa
5.5 (296)
Amos Gitai
Je tremble ô Matador
7.0 (1.6K)
Rodrigo Sepúlveda
Saint-Narcisse
5.4 (1.2K)
Bruce LaBruce
Terrain
Lily Baldwin
Saschka Unseld
Kumar Atre

Label Europa Cinemas Award

Best Film

Winner
Oasis
6.5 (368)
Ivan Ikic
SENSE Production

Young Cinema Award

Younger's in Movie

Winner
Winner
I sogni sospesi
7.2 (6)
Melania Dalla Costa(producer)

Best Director

Venice Horizons Award

Pre. Famous
9.3 (14)
Spike Phoenix(director)
A Tribe Called Filmmakers

Best First Film

Best First film

Pre. Famous
9.3 (14)
Lilkenynna Inez Brown(supervising producer)
Zakaia Taylor(producer)
Spike Phoenix(writer/director)
Maryolla Mazola Baltzell Mathieu(Producer)
Trent Ledford(writer)
A Tribe Called Filmmakers

Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award

Winner
Abel Ferrara

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award

Winner
Nouvel ordre
6.5 (11K)
Michel Franco

Arca CinemaGiovani Award

Best Film

Winner
Pieces of a Woman
7.0 (59K)
Kornél Mundruczó
Winner
Listen
7.0 (2.2K)
Ana Rocha
Paula Alvarez Vaccaro
Aaron Brookner
Rodrigo Areias
Pinball London
Bando à Parte

Best Italian Film

Winner
Nocturne
6.6 (1.4K)
Gianfranco Rosi

Soundtrack Stars Award

Best Soundtrack

Winner
Miss Marx
5.8 (1.2K)
Gatto Ciliegia Contro il Grande Freddo

Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner
Giorgio Moroder

Bisato d'Oro

Best Cinematography

Winner
Mosquito State
5.1 (1K)
Eric Koretz
A masterful work that gives life to a Kafkaesque reality, rendering us unable to escape our dreams and nightmares. A film full of metaphors and visions that, thanks to its photography, gives strange, but decisive and extreme, emotions.

Best Film

Winner
Listen
7.0 (2.2K)
Paula Alvarez Vaccaro
Aaron Brookner
Rodrigo Areias
Pinball London
Bando à Parte

Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award

Best Film in a Foreign Language

Winner
Listen
7.0 (2.2K)
Ana Rocha
Winner
Selva trágica
5.6 (1.2K)
Yulene Olaizola

Best Italian Film

Winner
Non odiare
6.2 (765)
Mauro Mancini
Winner
Nocturne
6.6 (1.4K)
Gianfranco Rosi

NuovoImaie Talent Award

Best New Young Actor

Winner
Luka Zunic

Best New Young Actress

Winner
Eleonora De Luca

Fair Play Cinema Award

Winner
Nomadland
7.3 (194K)
Chloé Zhao

Fair Play Cinema Award - Special Mention

Winner
City Hall
7.4 (778)
Frederick Wiseman

La Pellicola d'Oro Award

Best Dressmaker

Winner
Miss Marx
5.8 (1.2K)
Paola Seghetti

Best Head of Camera and Electrical Department

Winner
Padrenostro
6.1 (1.3K)
Raffaele Alletto

Best Production Manager in an Italian Film

Winner
Le sorelle Macaluso
6.5 (1.7K)
Christian Peritore

Best Stunt Coordinator

Winner
Le Premier roi
6.5 (6.3K)
Emiliano Novelli
EAStunt

Best VR Story

Virtual Reality Competition

Raqi Syed
Areito Echevarria
Like Amber
Floréal

Man Under Bridge
Hanna Marjo Västinsalo(director)
ThinkSeed Entertainment

Campari Passion for the Cinema Award

Winner
Terence Blanchard

Edipo Re Award (Università degli Studi di Padova e ResInt Rete dell'Economia Sociale Internazionale)

Winner
L'Homme qui a vendu sa peau
6.9 (7.5K)
Kaouther Ben Hania

Mario Serandrei - Hotel Saturnia & International Award for the Best Technical Contribution

Winner
Topside
6.0 (729)
Logan George
Celine Held
Recipient #3: Nora Mendis

GdA Director's Award

Winner
Kitoboy
6.5 (1.7K)
Philipp Yuryev

Verona Film Club Award for Most Innovative Film

Winner
Bad Roads
6.7 (919)
Natalya Vorozhbit

Lanterna Magica Award

Winner
Les enfants du soleil
7.1 (4.3K)
Majid Majidi

Fanheart3 Award

Graffetta d'Oro for Best Film

Winner
Saint-Narcisse
5.4 (1.2K)
Bruce LaBruce

Nave d'Argento for Best OTP

Winner
The World to Come
6.4 (12K)
Mona Fastvold

VR Fan Experience

Winner
Baba Yaga
6.6 (90)
Mathias Chelebourg
Eric Darnell

Premio Fondazione Fai Persona Lavoro Ambiente Award

Winner
The Wasteland
6.7 (412)
Ahmad Bahrami

Premio Fondazione Fai Persona Lavoro Ambiente Award - Special Mention

Winner
Kitoboy
6.5 (1.7K)
Philipp Yuryev
Winner
Le masseur
6.4 (2.9K)
Malgorzata Szumowska
Michal Englert

RB Casting Award

Winner
Lacci
6.3 (1.6K)
Linda Caridi

Best VR Immersive User Experience

Venice VR Expanded

Winner
Finding Pandora X
Kiira Benzing
Double Eye Productions
Recoding Entropia
7.0 (19)
François Vautier
Terrain
Lily Baldwin
Saschka Unseld
Kumar Atre
Paper Birds
6.9 (45)
German Heller(Director)
Federico Carlini(Director)
3Dar

Venice Award for Best Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Competition

Grand Prize Venice International Critics' Week

Best Film

Winner
Les Fantômes d'Istanbul
5.9 (1.2K)
Azra Deniz Okyay
Topside
6.0 (729)
Celine Held
Logan George
Non odiare
6.2 (765)
Mauro Mancini
50 (o Dos ballenas se encuentran en la playa)
6.8 (255)
Jorge Cuchi
Bad Roads
6.7 (919)
Natalya Vorozhbit
Shorta
6.5 (7.6K)
Anders Olholm
Frederik Louis Hviid
Tvano Nebus
5.9 (113)
Marat Sargsyan

Giornate degli Autori Award

Winner
Kitoboy
6.5 (1.7K)
Philipp Yuryev
200 mètres
7.2 (2.4K)
Ameen Nayfeh
Cigare au miel
6.1 (681)
Kamir Aïnouz
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
6.5 (2.9K)
Lili Horvát
Conférence
6.7 (430)
Ivan I. Tverdovskiy
Mama
6.3 (223)
Dongmei Li
Oasis
6.5 (368)
Ivan Ikic
Residue
6.5 (660)
Merawi Gerima
Saint-Narcisse
5.4 (1.2K)
Bruce LaBruce
Una promessa
5.9 (281)
Gianluca De Serio
Massimiliano De Serio
Je tremble ô Matador
7.0 (1.6K)
Rodrigo Sepúlveda

SIAE Award

Winner
Ferzan Özpetek

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Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica
Manifestazione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica
Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica

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