VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
Venice, Italy
Aug 30-Sep 9, 2023
COMPETITION
Golden Lion for Best Film: Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos
Grand Jury Prize: Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Silver Lion for Best Director: Me Captain, Matteo Garrone
Special Jury Prize: Green Border, Agnieszka Holland
Best Screenplay: El Conde, Guillermo Calderon, Pablo Larrain
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Priscilla, Cailee Spaeny
Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Memory, Peter Sarsgaard
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor: Me Captain, Seydou Sarr
HORIZONS
Best Film: Explanation for Everything, Gabor Reisz
Best Director: Paradise is Burning, Mika Gustafson
Special Jury Prize: An Endless Sunday, Alain Parroni
Best Actress: El Paraiso, Margarita Rosa De Francisco
Best Actor: City of Wind, Tergel Bold-Erdene
Best Screenplay: El Paraiso, Enrico Maria Artale
Best Short Film: A Short Trip, Erenik Beqiri
LION OF THE FUTURE
Luigi de Laurentiis Award for Best Debut Feature: Love is a Gun, Lee Hong-Chi
HORIZONS EXTRA
Audience Award: Felicita, Micaela Ramazzotti
VENICE CLASSICS
Best Documentary on Cinema: Thank You Very Much, Alex Braverman
Best Restored Film: Moving, Shinji Somai
VENICE IMMERSIVE
Grand Jury Prize: Song for a Passerby, Celine Daemen
Special Jury Prize: Flow, Adriaan Lokman
Achievement Prize: Emperor, Marion Burger, Ilan Cohen
VENICE DAYS
GdA Director's Award: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, Ariane
Louis-SeizeAudience Award: Through the Night, Delphine Girard
Europa Cinemas Label Award: Photophobia, Ivan Ostrochovsky, Pavol Pekarcik
CRITICS' WEEK
Grand Prize: Malqueridas, Tana Gilbert
Special Mention: Saura Lightfoot Leon in Hoard and Ariane Labed in The Vourdalak, for their performances
Audience Award: Hoard, Luna Carmoon
Verona Film Club Award for Most Innovative Film: Hoard, Luna Carmoon
Mario Serandrei Hotel Saturnia Award for Best Technical Contribution: Malqueridas, Tana Gilbert
Best Short Film: The Lost Memories of Trees, Antonio Le Camera
Best Director (Short Film): Ender's Line, Gabriele Biasi
Best Technical Contribution (Short Film): We Should All Be Futurists, Angela Norelli
COLLATERAL AWARDS
FIPRESCI Award: Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
FIPRESCI Award for Best Film from Orizzonti and Parallel Sections: An Endless Sunday, Alain Parroni
Queer Lion Award: Housekeeping for Beginners, Goran Stolevski
ARCA CinemaGiovani Awards
Best Film in Venice: Green Border, Agnieszka Holland
Best Italian Film in Venice: El Praiso, Enrico Maria Artale
Authors Under 40 Awards
Best Directing and Screenwriting: Luna Carmoon, Hoard
Best Screenwriting: Mika Gustafson, Paradise is Burning
Special Mention: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, Ariane Louis-Seize, Christine Doyon
Special Mention for Editing: Malqueridas, Javira Velozo, Tana Gilbert
Brian Award: Tatami, Guy Nattiv, Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Pietro Bianchi Award: Sergio Castellitto
XXXV CICT UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award: Me Captain, Matteo Garrone
Cinema & Arts Awards
Best Films: Backstage, Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane; Making Of, Cedric Kahn
Special Mention dedicated to a multidisciplinary artist: Chong Keat Aun, Snow in Midsummer
Premio CinemaSarà: Green Border, Agnieszka Holland
Special Mention: Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Civitas Award: Me Captain, Matteo Garrone
Edipo Re Award: Me Captain, Matteo Garrone
Ca' Foscari Young Jury Award: Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Premio Fondazione Fai Persona Lavoro Ambiente: Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Special Mention for treatment of issues related to environment): Housekeeping for Beginners, Goran Stolevski
Special Mention for treatment of issues related to work): Making Of, Cedric Kahn; The Red Suitcase, Fidel Devkota
Fanheart3 Awards
Graffetta d'Oro for Best Film: Dogman, Luc Besson
Nave d'Argento for Best OTP: to the characters Sasha and Paul in Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, Ariane Louis-Seize
XR Fan Experience: Gargoyle Doyle, Ethan Shaftel
XR Special Mention: Pixel Ripped 1978, Ana Ribeiro
Federazione Italiana dei Cineclub Awards
Best Film: Me Captain, Matteo Garrone
Special Mention: Anna, Marco Amenta
Special Mention Best Short Film: We Should All Be Futurists, Angela Norelli
Jury Special Prize: Passione Critica, Simone Isola, Franco Montini, Patrizia Pistagnesi
Francesco Pasinetti Award: Me Captain, Matteo Garrone
Green Drop Award: Green Border, Agnieszka Holland; Me Captain, Matteo Garrone
Special Mention: Materia Viva, Stefania Vialetto, Marco Falorni, Andrea Frassoni
ImpACT Award: Me Captain, Matteo Garrone
Lanterna Magica Award: Me Captain, Matteo Garrone
UNICEF Leoncino d'Oro Award: Me Captain, Matteo Garrone
Cinema for UNICEF: Green Border, Agnieszka Holland
Lizzani Award: Invelle, Simone Massi
Nuovoimaie Talent Awards
Best New Young Actor: Gianmarco Franchini, Adagio
Best New Young Actress: Sara Ciocca, Nina dei Lupi
La Pellicola d'Oro Awards
Best Production Director: Claudia Cravotta, Me Captain
Best Camera Operator: Massimiliano Kuveiller, Finally Dawn
Best Set Designer: Simona Balducci, Comandante
Robert Bresson Award: Mario Martone
SIGNIS Award: Me Captain, Matteo Garrone
Special Mention: The Promised Land, Nikolaj Arcel
Sorriso Diverso Venezia Awards
Best Italian Film: The Penitent A Rational Man, Luca Barbareschi
Best Foreign Film: Green Border, Agnieszka Holland
Premio Soundtrack Stars Award
Best Soundtrack: Me Captain, Andrea Farri
Special Mention: The Killer, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Special Prize: Adagio, Subsonica
Special Prize: Levante for the song Leggera in Romantiche
Mediterranean University Union Awards
Best Film: Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos
Prize for Cultural Diversity: Green Border, Agnieszka Holland