Well, that’s a wrap on Venice. The 81st Venice Film Festival came to a close today, and the full winners of the festival were announced. Jury president Isabelle Huppert and her panel awarded the top prize, the coveted Golden Lion Award, to Pedro Almodovar’s “The Room Next Door,” starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore in essentially an impermanence and euthanasia drama. While some reviews seem initially mild and mixed (including our own), the drama has a 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes, suggesting Sony Pictures Classics may have a chance somewhere in the Oscar race, but it’s probably too early to tell, as the Academy Awards festival boost usually doesn’t shake out until after the New York Film Festival at the end of September/early October.
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The runner-up Silver Lion prize went to Maura Delpero’s “Vermiglio,” and the best director prize went to Brady Corbet for his ambitious 3.5-hour drama, “The Brutalist,” starring Adrien Brody.
The Best Actress prize went to Nicole Kidman for her steamy turn in the erotic drama, “Babygirl,” and Vincent Lindon’s turn in “The Quiet Son” won the Best Actor award. Finally, of the major awards, Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here” won Best Screenplay which Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega wrote. The complete list of winners below.
2024 Venice Film Festival Award Winners
Main Competition
Golden Lion
The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodovar (read our review)
Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize
Vermiglio by Maura Delpero
Silver Lion Best Director
The Brutalist By Brady Corbet (read our review)
Special Jury Prize
April by Dea Kulumbegashvili
Best Screenplay
I’m Still Here by Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega (read our review)
Best Actress
Nicole Kidman for Babygirl (read our review)
Best Actor
Vincent Lindon for The Quiet Son
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress
Paul Kircher for And Their Children After Them
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HORIZONS
Best Film
The New Year That Never Came by Bogdan Muresanu
Best Director
Sarah Friedland for Familiar Touch
Special Jury Prize
One of Those Days When Hemme Dies by Murat Firatoglu
Best Actress
Kathleen Chalfant for Familiar Touch
Best Actor
Francesco Ghegi for Family
Best Screenplay
Happy Holidays by Scandar Copti
Lion of the Future – Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film
Familiar Touch by Sarah Friedland
Best Short Film
Who Loves The Sun by Arshia Shakiba
HORIZONS EXTRA
Audience Award
The Witness (Shahed)
VENICE CLASSICS WINNERS
Best Restored Film
Ecce Bombo, Nanni Moretti
Best Documentary On Cinema
Chain Reactions
VENICE IMMERSIVE WINNERS
Venice Immersive Achievement Award
Impulse Playing With Reality
Venice Immersive Special Jury Prize
Oto’s Planet
Venice Immersive Grand Prize
Ito Meikyū
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