81st Venice International Film Festival

81st Venice International Film Festival
Official poster by Lorenzo Mattotti
Opening filmBeetlejuice Beetlejuice
Closing filmThe American Backyard
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion:
The Room Next Door
Hosted bySveva Alviti
Artistic directorAlberto Barbera
Festival date28 August – 7 September 2024
Websitewww.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2024
Venice Film Festival chronology
82nd

The 81st annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2024, at Venice Lido in Italy. Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice opened the festival on 28 August 2024,[1] while Pupi Avati's The American Backyard closed on 7 September 2024.[2]

French actress Isabelle Huppert served as Jury President for the main competition.[3] Italian actress and model Sveva Alviti hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[4] Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Door was awarded with the Golden Lion.[5]

Australian filmmaker Peter Weir and American actress Sigourney Weaver received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.[6][7]

Juries

Main Competition (Venezia 81)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Luigi de Laurentis Award for Debut Film

Venice Classics

Venice Immersive

  • Celine Daemen, Dutch director of transdisciplinary art - Jury President[12]
  • Marion Burger, French production designer and director
  • Adriaan Lokman, Dutch artist

Official Selection

In Competition (Venezia 81)

The following films were selected for the main international competition:[13]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
And Their Children After Them Leurs enfants après eux Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma France
April აპრილი Dea Kulumbegashvili Georgia, France, Italy
Babygirl Halina Reijn United States
Battlefield Campo di Battaglia Gianni Amelio Italy
The Brutalist Brady Corbet United States, United Kingdom, Hungary
Diva Futura Giulia Steigerwalt Italy
Harvest Athina Rachel Tsangari United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, France, United States
I'm Still Here Ainda Estou Aqui Walter Salles Brazil, France
Joker: Folie à Deux Todd Phillips United States
Kill the Jockey El jockey Luis Ortega Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Denmark, United States
Love Kjærlighet Dag Johan Haugerud Norway
Maria Pablo Larraín Italy, Germany
The Order Justin Kurzel Canada
Queer Luca Guadagnino Italy, United States
The Quiet Son Jouer Avec le Feu Delphine and Muriel Coulin France
The Room Next Door La habitación de al lado Pedro Almodóvar Spain
Sicilian Letters Iddu Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza Italy, France
Stranger Eyes 默视录 Yeo Siew Hua Singapore, Taiwan, France, United States
Three Friends Trois Amies Emmanuel Mouret France
Vermiglio Maura Delpero Italy, France, Belgium
Youth (Homecoming) 青春（归） Wang Bing France, Luxembourg, Netherlands

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[14][15][16]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Fiction
Baby Invasion Harmony Korine United States
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (opening film) Tim Burton United States, United Kingdom
Broken Rage Takeshi Kitano Japan
Cloud クラウド Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Finalement Claude Lelouch France
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 Kevin Costner United States
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2
The Time It Takes Il tempo che ci vuole Francesca Comencini Italy, France
Maldoror Fabrice Du Welz Belgium, France
The American Backyard (closing film) L'orto americano Pupi Avati Italy
Phantosmia Lav Diaz Philippines
Wolfs Jon Watts United States
Non-Fiction
2073 Asif Kapadia United Kingdom
Apocalypse in the Tropics Apocalipse nos Trópicos Petra Costa Brazil, United States, Denmark
Bestiari, erbari, lapidari Massimo d’Anolfi and Martina Parenti Italy, Switzerland
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 Israel Palestina pa Svensk TV 1958-1989 Göran Hugo Olsson Sweden, Finland, Denmark
One to One: John & Yoko Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards United Kingdom
Riefenstahl Andres Veiel Germany
Russians at War Anastasia Trofimova France, Canada
Separated Errol Morris United States, Mexico
Songs of Slow Burning Earth Pisni Zemli, Shcho Povilno Olha Zhurba Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, France
TWST / Things We Said Today Andrei Ujică France, Romania
Why War Amos Gitai France, Switzerland
Series
Disclaimer (7 episodes) Alfonso Cuarón United Kingdom, United States
The New Years (10 episodes) Los años nuevos Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Sandra Romero and David Martín de los Santos Spain
Families like Ours (7 episodes) Familier Som Vores Thomas Vinterberg Denmark, France, Sweden, Czech Republic, Belgium, Norway, Germany
M. Son of the Century (8 episodes) M. Il figlio del secolo Joe Wright Italy, France
Short films
An Urban Allegory Allégorie Citadine Alice Rohrwacher and JR France
May I Say? Chapter Two Se posso permettermi: Capitolo II Marco Bellocchio Italy
Special Screenings
Beauty Is Not a Sin (short) Nicolas Winding Refn Italy, Denmark
Leopardi. Il poeta dell'infinito Sergio Rubini Italy
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) Peter Weir United States

Orizzonti

The following films were selected to the Orizzonti main competition:[17][18]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Aïcha Mehdi Barsaoui Tunisia, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Qatar
Carissa Jason Jacobs and Delmar Devon South Africa
Diciannove Giovanni Tortorici Italy, United Kingdom
Familia Francesco Costabile Italy
Familiar Touch Sarah Friedland United States
Feeling Better (opening film) Nonostante Valerio Mastandrea Italy
Happyend Neo Sora Japan, United States
Happy Holidays ينعاد عليكو Scandar Copti Palestine, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar
Marco, the Invented Truth Jon Garaño and Aitor Arregi Spain
Mistress Dispeller 以爱之名 Elizabeth Lo China, United States
Mon Inséparable Anne-Sophie Bailly France
The New Year That Never Came Anul Nou care n-a fost Bogdan Mureșanu Romania, Serbia
Of Dogs and Men Al Klavim Veanashim Dani Rosenberg Israel, Italy
One of Those Days When Hemme Dies Hemme’nin Öldügü Günlerden Biri Murat Fıratoğlu Turkey
Pavements Alex Ross Perry United States
Pooja, Sir Deepak Rauniyar Nepal, United States, Norway
Quiet Life Alexandros Avranas France, Germany, Sweden, Greece, Estonia, Finland
The Ties That Bind Us L’Attachement Carine Tardieu France, Belgium
Wishing on a Star Peter Kerekes Italy, Croatia, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic

Orizzonti Extra

The following films were selected to the Orizzonti Extra section:[17][19]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
After Party Vojtĕch Strakatý Czech Republic
Edge of Night Gecenin Kıyısı Türker Süer Germany, Turkey
King Ivory John Swab United States
The Mohican Le Mohican Frédéric Farrucci France
Seeking Heaven For Mr. Rambo Al Bahs an Manfaz i Khoroug al Sayed Rambo Khaled Mansour Egypt, Saudi Arabia
September 5 (opening film) Tim Fehlbaum Germany
The Story of Frank and Nina La storia del Frank e della Nina Paola Randi Italy, Sweden
Vittoria Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman Italy
The Witness Shahed Nader Saeivar Germany, Austria

Orizzonti Short Films International Competition

The following films were selected to compete for the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film, assigned by the Jury of the Orizzonti section:[20][18]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Ajar Nime Baz, Nime Basteh Atefeh Jalali Iran
Almost Certainly False Neredeyse Kesínlíkle Yanlis Cansu Baydar Turkey
Il Burattino e la Balena Roberto Catani France, Italy
James Andres Rodríguez Guatemala, Mexico
Marion Joe Weiland and Finn Constantine France, United Kingdom
Moon Lake Jeannie Sui Wonders United States
My Mother is a Cow Minha Mãe é uma Vaca Moara Passoni Brazil
O Rúnar Rúnarsson Icelend, Sweden
The Poison Cat 毒药猫 Tian Guan China
René Va Alla Guerra Mariachiara Pernisa, Luca Ferri and Morgan Menegazzo Italy, Slovenia
Shadows Rand Beiruty France, Jordan
Three Keenings Oliver McGoldrick United Kingdom, Ireland, United States
Who Loves the Sun Arshia Shakiba Canada
Out of Competition
F II - Lo Stupore del Mondo Alessandro Rak Italy

Venice Classics

Venice Classics is the section that since 2012 has presented world premiere screenings at the Venice Film Festival of restorations of film classics carried out over the past year by film archives, cultural institutions and production companies around the world. The section usually also presents a selection of documentaries about cinema. Director and screenwriter Renato De Maria will chair the Jury of Film Students which – for the eleventh year – will award the Venice Classics prizes for the respective competitions for Best Restored Film and for the Best Documentary About Cinema. The Jury chaired will be composed of 24 students. The following films were selected to the Venice Classics section:[11][21]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Restored By
Restored Films
The Big Heat (1953) Fritz Lang United States Sony Pictures Entertainment
Bend of the River (1952) Anthony Mann Universal Pictures / The Film Foundation
Blood and Sand (1941) Rouben Mamoulian Walt Disney Studios / The Film Foundation
Ecce Bombo (1978) Nanni Moretti Italy Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Forbidden Games (1952) Jeux Interdits René Clément France StudioCanal
Ghatashraddha (1977) Girish Kasaravalli India The Film Foundation
Goldflakes (1976) Les Flocons d'or Werner Schroeter West Germany, France Filmmuseum Düsseldorf / Filmmuseum München
The Gold of Naples (1954) L'Oro di Napoli Vittorio de Sica Italy Cinecittà / Filmauro
His Girl Friday (1940) Howard Hawks United States Sony Pictures Entertainment
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (1965) A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga Roberto Santos Brazil LC Barreto Produções Cinematográficas
Manji (1964) 卍 Yasuzô Masumura Japan Kadokawa Corporation
The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970) 東京戦争戦後秘話 Nagisa Ôshima Oshima Productions LTD
Model (1980) Frederick Wiseman United States Zipporah Films
La Notte (1961) Michelangelo Antonioni Italy, France Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
The Mahabharata (1989) Peter Brook France, United Kingdom, United States Brook Productions
The Soft Skin (1964) La Peau Douce François Truffaut France mk2 Films
Swept Away... by an Unsual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (1974) Travolti da un Insolito Destino Nell'azzurro Mare d'Agosto Lina Wertmüller Italy Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna / Minerva Pictures
Pusher (1996) Nicolas Winding Refn Denmark byNWR
Documentaries about Cinema
Carlo Mazzacurati - Una Certa Idea di Cinema Enzo Monteleone and Mario Canale Italy
Chain Reactions Alexander Philippe United States
Constel·Lació Portabella Claudio Zulian Spain
Le Cinéma de Jean-Pierre Léaud Cyril Leuthy France
From Darkness to Light Michael Lurie and Eric Friedler United States, Germany
“I will Revenge this World with Love” Sergej Paradjanov Zara Jian Armenia, France
Maroun Returns to Beirut Wa Ada Maroun Ila Beirut Feyrouz Serhal Qatar, Lebanon
Miyazaki, L'Esprit de la Nature Leo Favier France
Volonté - L’Uomo dai Mille Volti Francesco Zippel Italy

Venice Immersive

The Venice Immersive is entirely devoted to immersive media and includes all XR means of creative expression, from 360° videos to XR works of any length, including installations and virtual worlds. The following projects were selected for the XR - Extended Reality section of La Biennale di Venezia:[12]

In Competition

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Address Unknown: Fukushima Now 住所不明：福島今 Arif Khan Japan, United States, Taiwan
All I Know About Teacher Li Zhuzmo United States
The Art of Change Simone Fougnier and Vincent Rooijers Italy, Netherlands, United States
A Simple Silence Craig Quintero Taiwan
Bodies of Water Une Eau la Nuit Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin and Caroline Laurin-Beaucage Canada
Ceci est Mon Coeur Stéphane Hueber-Blies and Nicolas Blies Luxembourg, Canada, France
Champ de Bataille François Vautier France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Fragile Home Ondrej Moravec and Victoria Lopukhina Czech Republic
Free ur Head 放開你的頭腦 Tung-Yen Chou Taiwan
The Guardians of Jade Mountain 玉山守護者 Hayoun Kwon France, Taiwan
Impulse: Playing with Reality Barry Gene Murphy and May Abdalla United Kingdom, France
In the Realm of Ripley Soo Eung Chuck Chae, Eun Jung Chae South Korea
Ito Meikyu Boris Labbé France, Luxembourg
Mamie Lou Isabelle Andreani France, Luxembourg
Mammary Mountain Tara Baoth Mooney, Camille C. Baker and Maf'j Alvarez United Kingdom, Ireland
Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom 機動戦士ガンダム 銀灰の幻影 Kenichi Suzuki Japan, France, United States
Oto's Planet Gwenael François Luxembourg, Canada, France
Play Life Žaisti Gyvenima Zilvinas Naujokas, Vilius Petrauskas, Mantas Pronckus, Donatas Ulvydas, Algis Krisciunas and Darius Zickus Lithuania
Project: Lost Worlds Fins United States
Project_Y: Working Title Yuzo Sugano, Shingo Yoshimura, Toshiki Sakamoto and Taro Hirai Japan
Pudica Keisuke Itoh
Rencontres 漫步源雨㵵 Mathieu Pradat France, Taiwan
Strangeways Adam Lieber and Chris Bianchi United Kingdom, South Africa, Malta
Symbiosis /\ Dybiosis: Sentience Tosca Terán, Brenda Lehman, Andrei Gravelle and Sven Steffens Canada, Germany, Chile
Uncanny Alley: A New Day Stephen Buchko and Rick Treweek United States, South Africa
Un Soir Avec les Impressionnistes, Paris 1874 Pierre Gable France

Out of Competition

The out of competition slot of Venice Immersive presents an international selection of works that have been released or premiered elsewhere since the last edition of the Venice International Film Festival:

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Best of Experiences
Turbulence: Jamais Vu Ben Joseph Andrews, Emma Roberts Australia
What If...? - An Immersive Story Dave Bushore United States
40 Days Without the Sun 40 Dias Sem o Sol Joao Furia Brazil
Nightmara: Episode 3 Gianpaolo Gonzalez United States
Astra Eliza McNitt France, United States
Adventure Charlotte Mikkelborg, Elliot Graves United Kingdom
Riven Rand Miller, Richard Vander Wende, Hannah Gamiel, Eric Anderson, Tony Fryman United States
Museum Alive Immersive with David Attenborough Bhaumik Patel United Kingdom
Telos I Emil Dam Seidel, Dorotea Saykaly Canada, Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom
The 7th Guest VR Paul van der Meer The Netherlands
Best of Worlds
․⁄ Complication Ende —
Chromatic Frequency Axinovium
Concrete - Pale Sands May ~ and jerk
Eccentic Rooms suzuki_i
Endless Residents Super Ultra Deluxe Edition Spencer Filson
Exoplanet Journey Niko
Finishing Tough - Art Studio & Gallery Mixie!
Like a Canvas haruki_haru
Liminal Dreams: The Poolrooms ∗Lotus∗
Magic AI-Art: Dimensions Niko∗
Magnetizse Juice...
Mormoverse: Under the Pillow GeorgyMolodtsov
Overview Effect Experience The Shushu
Phatta Sumeru
Polyrhythm SkyeSage
Sanctum Muzz, ju.no
Smew Brush! Smew
Sanctum Muzz, ju.no
SNR Labs: Test Facility A://DDOS
Suku durk@work
VRC Museum Ectique
Biennale College Cinema Immersive
Bellow Deck Martina Mahlknecht and Martin Prinoth Germany, Italy
Duchampiana Lilian Hess France, Germany
Earths to Come Rose Bond United States
Echoes of Ash Valley Shu Zhu United States
Garden Alchemy Michelle Kranot and Uri Kranot Denmark
The Gossips's Chronicles Corinne Mazzoli Italy
Somewhere Unknown in Indochina 中南半島未知某處 Asio Chihsiung Liu and Feng Ting Tsou Taiwan, Belgium, Canada, Vietnam, Cambodia

Biennale College - Cinema

The following films were selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section.[22]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
The Fisherman Zoey Martinson Ghana
Honeymoon Medovyi Misiats Zhanna Ozirna Ukraine
Január 2 Zsófia Szilágyi Hungary
My Birthday Il mio compleanno Christian Filippi Italy

Final Cut in Venice

Final Cut in Venice is the festival program that has been providing since 2013 support in the completion of films from African and Middle East countries. The following seven work-in-progress films have been selected for the 12th edition of Final Cut in Venice:[23]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Fiction
Aisha Can't Fly Away Aisha la tastaea al tayran Morad Mostafa Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, France
In This Darkness I See You Nadim Tabet Lebanon, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
My Father’s Scent Mohamed Siam Egypt, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, France
The Prophet O Profeta Ique Langa Mozambique, South Africa
Docufiction
Ancestral Visions of the Future Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese France, Germany, Lesotho
Your Daughter Sara Shazli Egypt
Documentary
Those Who Watch Over Ceux qui veillent Karima Saidi Belgium, France, Qatar

Independent Sections

Giornate degli Autori

The following films were selected to be screened in Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days):[24][25]

Main Selection

The first two screenings of Rusudan Glurjidze's The Antique were cancelled following an emergency decree issued by the Court of Venice over a copyright dispute.[26][27] The remaining screening took place after the section submitted a counterclaim and the court authorised the screening.[28]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
In Competition
Alpha. Jan-Willem Van Ewijk Netherlands
The Antique Antikvariati Rusudan Glurjidze Georgia
The Book of Joy Selon Joy Camille Lugan France
Boomerang Shahab Fotouhi Iran
Manas Marianna Brennand Brazil
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay United Kingdom
Sugar Island Johanné Gómez Terrero Dominican Republic
Super Happy Forever Kohei Igarashi Japan
Taxi Monamour Ciro De Caro Italy
To Kill a Mongolian Horse 一匹白马的热梦 Jiang Xiaoxuan Mongolia
Out of Competition - Special Events
Basileia (closing film) Isabella Torre Italy
Kora Cláudia Varejão Brazil
The Open Couple (opening film) Coppia Aperta Quasi Spalancata Federica Di Giacomo Italy
Peaches Goes Bananas Marie Losier France, Belgium
Possibility of Paradise Mogucnost Raja Mladen Kovačević Serbia
Soul of the Desert Alma del Desierto Mónica Taboada-Tapia Colombia, Brazil
Sudan, Remember Us Soudan, Souviens-Toi Hind Meddeb France, Tunisia, Qatar, Italy
Miu Miu Women's Tales
#27 I Am the Beauty of Your Beauty, I Am the fear of Your Fear Tan Chui Mui Malaysia, Italy
#28 The Miu Miu Affaire Laura Citarella Argentina

Venice Nights (Notti Veneziane)

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
A Man Fell Giovanni C. Lorusso Italy
Bosco Grande Giuseppe Schillaci France
Desert Suite Fabrizio Ferraro Italy
The Eye of the Hen L’Occhio Della Gallina Antonietta De Lillo
High Stakes – A Night in the Ward La Scommessa – Una Notte in Corsia Giovanni Dota
Hold on Miss! Isabella Ducrot Unlimited Tenga Duro Signorina! Isabella Ducrot Unlimited Monica Stambrini
Quasi a Casa Carolina Pavone
Sempre Luciana Fina Portugal
Vakhim Francesca Pirani Italy

39. Settimana Internazionale della Critica

The selection is curated by the General Delegate of the Venice Critics’ Week Beatrice Fiorentino together with the members of the selection committee: Enrico Azzano, Chiara Borroni, Ilaria Feole and Federico Pedroni. The following films were selected to the International Critics’ Week sections:[29]

Main Selection

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
In Competition
Anywhere Anytime Milad Tangshir Italy
Don't Cry, Butterfly Mưa trên cánh bướm Dương Diệu Linh Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia
Homegrown Michael Premo United States
No Sleep Till Alexandra Simpson United States, Switzerland
Paul & Paulette Take A Bath Jethro Massey United Kingdom
Peacock Bernhard Wenger Austria, Germany
Perfumed With Mint Moattar binanaa Muhammed Hamdy Egypt, France, Tunisia
Out of Competition - Special Events
Planet B (opening film) Planète B Aude Léa Rapin France, Belgium
Little Jaffna (closing film) Lawrence Valin France

SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
In Competition
At Least I Will Be 8 294 400 Pixel Marco Talarico Italy
Black Silver Nero argento Francesco Manzato
Cowboy Billi Billi il cowboy Fede Gianni
Phantom Gabriele Manzoni
Playing God Matteo Burani Italy, France
Sans Dieu Alessandro Rocca Italy
Things That My Best Friend Lost Marta Innocenti
Out of Competition - Special Events
Dark Globe (opening film) Donato Sansone Italy, France
The Eggregores’ Theory (opening film) Andrea Gatopoulos Italy
Sunday Night (closing film) Domenica sera Matteo Tortone
Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar, Golden Lion winner for The Room Next Door

Official Awards

The following official awards were presented at the 81st Edition:[30]

Main Competition (Venezia 81)

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Orizzonti

Horizons Extra (Orizzonti Extra)

Lion of the Future

  • Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film: Familiar Touch by Sarah Friedland

Venice Classics

Venice Immersive

  • Grand Prize: Ito Meikyu by Boris Labbé
  • Special Jury Prize: Oto's Planet by Gwenael François
  • Achievement Prize: Impulse: Playing with Reality by Barry Gene Murphy and May Abdalla

Glory to the Filmmaker Award

Independent Awards

Giornate degli Autori

Queer Lion

Ambassador of Hope Award

ARCA CinemaGiovani Award

Authors Under 40 Award

  • Best Directing and Screenwriting: Jiang Xiaoxuan for To Kill a Mongolian Horse
  • Best Directing: (ex aequo)
  • Special Mention for Best Cinematography: Boróka Biró for The New Year That Never Came

Brian Award

Casa Wabi - Mantarraya Award

CICT - UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award

  • The Fisherman by Zoey Martinson

Cinema & Arts Award

  • Golden Musa: Riefenstahl by Andres Veiel
  • Golden Musa: Paul & Paulette Take a Bath by Jethro Massey
    • Special Mention Dedicated to a Multidisciplinary Artist': Brothers Quay

Premio CinemaSarà

Edipo Re Award

  • Kill the Jockey by Luis Ortega
    • Special Mention: Sugar Island by Johanné Gómez Terrero
  • Ca' Foscari Young Jury Award: Sugar Island by Johanné Gómez Terrero

Premio Fondazione Fai Persona Lavoro Ambiente

  • Peacock by Bernhard Wenger
    • Special Mention:
      • Sugar Island by Johanné Gómez Terrero (treatment of issues related to work)
      • Anywhere Anytime by Milad Tangshir (treatment of issues related to work)
      • The Mohican by Frédéric Farrucci (treatment of issues related to social environment)

Fanheart3 Award

  • Graffetta d'Oro for Best Film: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice by Tim Burton
  • Nave d'Argento for Best OTP: The characters of Wolfs by Jon Watts
  • XR Fan Experience: Uncanny Alley: A New Day by Stephen Buchko and Rick Treweek
    • XR Special Mention: Nightmara: Episode 3 by Gianpaolo Gonzalez

FEDIC Award

  • Vittoria by Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman
    • Special Mention for Best Film: Familia by Francesco Costabile
    • Special Mention for Best Short Film: Playing God by Matteo Burani

FIPRESCI Awards

Francesco Pasinetti Award

Green Drop Award

ImpACT Award

Interfilm Award

Lanterna Magica Award

Leoncino d'Oro Award

Lizzani Award

NETPAC Award

NUOVOIMAIE Talent Awards

La Pellicola d'Oro Award

Premio Speciale Film Impresa

  • Anne-Sophie Bailly for Mon Inséparable

RB Casting Award

SIGNIS Award

"Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award" XI Edition

Premio Soundtrack Stars Award

UNIMED Award

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