Poor Things directed by Yorgos Lanthimos won the Golden Lion for Best Film at Venice Film Festival. In the film starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and Jerrod Carmichael, a young Victorian woman, Bella, is brought back to life by brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.
The Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize went to Evil Does Not Exist (Aku Wa Sonzai Shinai) directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
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GOLDEN LION for Best Film to:
POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos (UK)
SILVER LION – GRAND JURY PRIZE to:
AKU WA SONZAI SHINAI (EVIL DOES NOT EXIST) by Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Japan)
SILVER LION – AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR to:
Matteo Garrone for the film IO CAPITANO (ME CAPTAIN) (Italy, Belgium)
COPPA VOLPI
for Best Actress: Cailee Spaeny in the film PRISCILLA by Sofia Coppola (USA, Italy)
COPPA VOLPI
for Best Actor: Peter Sarsgaard in the film MEMORY by Michel Franco (Mexico, USA)
AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to:
Guillermo Calderón and Pablo Larraín for the film EL CONDE by Pablo Larraín (Chile)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to:
ZIELONA GRANICA (GREEN BORDER) by Agnieszka Holland (Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium)
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD
for Best Young Actor or Actress to: Seydou Sarr in the film IO CAPITANO (ME CAPTAIN) by Matteo Garrone (Italy, Belgium)
ORIZZONTI
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST FILM to:
MAGYARÁZAT MINDENRE (EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING) by Gábor Reisz (Hungary, Slovakia)
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR to:
Mika Gustafson for the film PARADISET BRINNER (PARADISE IS BURNING) (Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Finland)
SPECIAL ORIZZONTI JURY PRIZE to:
UNA STERMINATA DOMENICA (AN ENDLESS SUNDAY) by Alain Parroni (Italy, Germany, Ireland)
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS to:
Margarita Rosa De Francisco in the film EL PARAÍSO by Enrico Maria Artale (Italy)
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR to:
Tergel Bold-Erdene in the film SER SER SALHI (CITY OF WIND) by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir (France, Mongolia, Portugal, The Netherlands, Germany, Qatar)
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to:
Enrico Maria Artale for the film EL PARAÍSO by Enrico Maria Artale (Italy)
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM to:
A SHORT TRIP by Erenik Beqiri (France)
VENICE SHORT FILM NOMINATION
FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2023 to:
A SHORT TRIP by Erenik Beqiri (France)
ORIZZONTI EXTRA
ARMANI BEAUTY AUDIENCE AWARD to:
FELICITÀ (HAPPINESS) by Micaela Ramazzotti (Italy)
LION OF THE FUTURE
“LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM
LION OF THE FUTURE
“LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM to:
AI SHI YI BA QIANG (LOVE IS A GUN) di Lee Hong-Chi (Hong Kong – China, Chinese Taipei)
SETTIMANA INTERNAZIONALE DELLA CRITICA – SIC
VENICE CLASSICS
VENICE CLASSICS AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY ON CINEMA to:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH by Alex Braverman (USA)
VENICE CLASSICS AWARD FOR BEST RESTORED FILM to:
OHIKKOSHI (MOVING) by Shinji Sōmai (Japan, 1993)
VENICE IMMERSIVE
VENICE IMMERSIVE GRAND PRIZE to:
SONGS FOR A PASSERBY by Celine Daemen (The Netherlands)
VENICE IMMERSIVE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to:
FLOW by Adriaan Lokman (The Netherlands, France)
VENICE IMMERSIVE ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE to:
EMPEREUR (EMPEROR) by Marion Burger and Ilan Cohen (France, Germany)
GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2023 to:
LILIANA CAVANI
TONY LEUNG CHIU-WAI
CARTIER GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER AWARD 2023 to:
WES ANDERSON
PREMIO CAMPARI PASSION FOR FILM 2023 to:
TONINO ZERA