- Source: 81st Venice International Film Festival
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, while Pupi Avati's The American Backyard closed on 7 September 2024.
French actress Isabelle Huppert served as Jury President for the main competition. Italian actress and model Sveva Alviti hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Door was awarded with the Golden Lion.
Australian filmmaker Peter Weir and American actress Sigourney Weaver received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.
Juries
= Main Competition (Venezia 81)
=Isabelle Huppert, French actress - Jury President
James Gray, American filmmaker
Andrew Haigh, British filmmaker
Agnieszka Holland, Polish filmmaker
Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazilian filmmaker, producer and film critic
Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritanian filmmaker
Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian filmmaker
Julia von Heinz, German filmmaker
Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
= Horizons (Orizzonti)
=Debra Granik, American filmmaker and cinematographer - Jury President
Ali Asgari, Iranian filmmaker and producer
Soudade Kaadan, Syrian filmmaker
Christos Nikou, Greek filmmaker
Tuva Novotny, Swedish actress and director
Gábor Reisz, Hungarian filmmaker
Valia Santella, Italian filmmaker
= Luigi de Laurentis Award for Debut Film
=Gianni Canova, Italian film critic and Rector of the IULM University of Milan - Jury President
Ricky D’Ambrose, American filmmaker
Barbara Paz, Brazilian actress, filmmaker, visual artist and producer
Taylor Russell, Canadian actress
Jacob Wong, Hong-Kong film festival curator and project market director
= Venice Classics
=Renato De Maria, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
= Venice Immersive
=Celine Daemen, Dutch director of transdisciplinary art - Jury President
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:
= Out of Competition
=The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
= Orizzonti
=The following films were selected to the Orizzonti main competition:
Orizzonti Extra
The following films were selected to the Orizzonti Extra section:
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:
= 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:
= 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:
In Competition
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:
= Biennale College - Cinema
=The following films were selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section.
= 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:
Independent Sections
= Giornate degli Autori
=The following films were selected to be screened in Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days):
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. The remaining screening took place after the section submitted a counterclaim and the court authorised the screening.
Venice Nights (Notti Veneziane)
= 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:
Main Selection
SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema
Official Awards
The following official awards were presented at the 81st Edition:
= Main Competition (Venezia 81)
=Golden Lion: The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodóvar
Grand Jury Prize: Vermiglio by Maura Delpero
Special Jury Prize: April by Dea Kulumbegashvili
Silver Lion: Brady Corbet for The Brutalist
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Nicole Kidman for Babygirl
Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Vincent Lindon for The Quiet Son
Best Screenplay: Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega for I'm Still Here
Marcello Mastroianni Award: Paul Kircher for And Their Children After Them
= Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
=Peter Weir
Sigourney Weaver
= Orizzonti
=Best Film: The New Year That Never Came by Bogdan Mureșanu
Best Director: Sarah Friedland for Familiar Touch
Special Jury Prize: One of Those Days When Hemme Dies by Murat Fıratoğlu
Best Actress: Kathleen Chalfant for Familiar Touch
Best Actor: Francesco Gheghi for Familia
Best Screenplay: Scandar Copti for Happy Holidays
Best Short Film: Who Loves the Sun by Arshia Shakiba
= Horizons Extra (Orizzonti Extra)
=Audience Award: The Witness by Nader Saeivar
= Lion of the Future
=Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film: Familiar Touch by Sarah Friedland
= Venice Classics
=Best Documentary on Cinema: Chain Reactions by Alexander Philippe
Best Restored Film: Ecce Bombo (1978) by Nanni Moretti, restored by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
= 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
=Claude Lelouch
Independent Awards
= Giornate degli Autori
=GdA Director's Award: Manas by Marianna Brennand Fortes
Europa Cinemas Label Award: Alpha. by Jan-Willem van Ewijk
Andrea Purgatori SIAE Career Award: Alice Rohrwacher
SIAE Creative Talent Award: Federica Di Giacomo
= Queer Lion
=Soul of the Desert by Mónica Taboada-Tapia
= Ambassador of Hope Award
=King Ivory by John Swab
= ARCA CinemaGiovani Award
=Best Film of Venezia 81: The Brutalist by Brady Corbet
Best Italian Film in Venice: Vittoria by Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman
= Authors Under 40 Award
=Best Directing and Screenwriting: Jiang Xiaoxuan for To Kill a Mongolian Horse
Best Directing: (ex aequo)
Anne-Sophie Bailly for Mon Inséparable
Elizabeth Lo for Mistress Dispeller
Special Mention for Best Cinematography: Boróka Biró for The New Year That Never Came
= Brian Award
=The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodóvar
= Casa Wabi - Mantarraya Award
=Familiar Touch by Sarah Friedland
= 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
=The Brutalist by Brady Corbet
Special Mention: Kill the Jockey by Luis Ortega
= 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
=Best Film from Venezia 81: The Brutalist by Brady Corbet
Best Film from Orizzonti and parallel sections: The New Year That Never Came by Bogdan Mureşanu
= Francesco Pasinetti Award
=Sicilian Letters by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza
Best Actress: Romana Maggiora Vergano for The Time It Takes
Special Mention: The cast of Familia (Francesco Gheghi, Barbara Ronchi, Francesco Di Leva and Marco Cicalese)
= Green Drop Award
=Vermiglio by Maura Delpero
I'm Still Here by Walter Salles
= ImpACT Award
=The Quiet Son by Delphine and Muriel Coulin
= Interfilm Award
=Quiet Life by Alexandros Avranas
= Lanterna Magica Award
=The Story of Frank and Nina by Paola Randi
= Leoncino d'Oro Award
=The Quiet Son by Delphine and Muriel Coulin
Cinema for UNICEF: Familia by Francesco Costabile
= Lizzani Award
=Sicilian Letters by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza
= NETPAC Award
=Mistress Dispeller by Elizabeth Lo
= NUOVOIMAIE Talent Awards
=Best New Young Actress: Tecla Insolia for Familia
Best New Young Actress: Martina Scrinzi for Vermiglio
= La Pellicola d'Oro Award
=Best Costume Designer: Antonella Bachini for Battlefield
Best Chief Electrician: Kristian De Martiis for Vermiglio
Best Prop Maker: Italo Maurizi for Sicilian Letters
= Premio Speciale Film Impresa
=Anne-Sophie Bailly for Mon Inséparable
= RB Casting Award
=Francesco Gheghi for Familia
= SIGNIS Award
=I'm Still Here by Walter Salles
= "Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award" XI Edition
=Best Italian Film: Vermiglio by Maura Delpero
Best Foreign Film: Mon Inséparable by Anne-Sophie Bailly
= Premio Soundtrack Stars Award
=Best Soundtrack: Hildur Guðnadóttir for Joker: Folie à Deux
Best Soundtrack: Colapesce for Sicilian Letters
Special Mention:
Fabio Massimo Capogrosso for The Time It Takes
CAM Sugar for the restoration of Swept Away... by an Unsual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August
= UNIMED Award
=Prize for Cultural Diversity: The Brutalist by Brady Corbet
References
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Happyend
- Brad Pitt
- Anne Hathaway
- Kate Winslet
- 81st Venice International Film Festival
- Venice Film Festival
- Queer (film)
- Maria (2024 film)
- The Order (2024 film)
- Cloud (film)
- 2073 (film)
- The Brutalist
- Babygirl
- The Room Next Door
