Photo Credit:&nbsp;Harald Krichel, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0">CC BY-SA 4.0,</a>&nbsp;via Wikimedia Commons
The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival concluded and the&nbsp;Jury president Isabelle Huppert and her jury awarded many films and filmmakers, with the Spanish auteur,&nbsp;Pedro Almod&oacute;var, winning the most prestigious prize, the Golden Lion, for his English-language&nbsp;full-length debut "The Room Next Door" starring Tilda Swinton&nbsp;and&nbsp;Julianne Moore.&nbsp;
While the spotlight during this edition of the esteemed film festival was on the big blockbuster titles such as "Joker: Folie &agrave; Deux" and "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice", there were many arthouse films that were critically acclaimed after their premieres, such as Brady Corbet's "The Brutalist" and&nbsp;Justin Kurzel's "The Order".&nbsp;
Check the full list of winners below:&nbsp;
Competition
Golden Lion for Best Film:&nbsp;&ldquo;The Room Next Door,&rdquo; Pedro Almod&oacute;var Grand Jury Prize:&nbsp;&ldquo;Vermiglio,&rdquo; Maura Delpero Silver Lion for Best Director:&nbsp;Brady Corbet, &ldquo;The Brutalist&rdquo; Special Jury Prize:&nbsp;&ldquo;April,&rdquo; Dea Kulumbegashvili Best Screenplay:&nbsp;Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m Still Here&rdquo; Volpi Cup for Best Actress:&nbsp;Nicole Kidman, &ldquo;Babygirl&rdquo; Volpi Cup for Best Actor:&nbsp;Vincent Lindon, &ldquo;The Quiet Son&rdquo; Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor:&nbsp;Paul Kircher, &ldquo;And their Children After Them&rdquo;
Horizons
Best Film:&nbsp;&ldquo;The New Year That Never Came,&rdquo; Bogdan Mureşanu Best Director:&nbsp;Sarah Friedland, &ldquo;Familiar Touch&rdquo; Special Jury Prize:&nbsp;&ldquo;One of Those Days When Hemme Dies,&rdquo; Murat Firatoglu Best Actress:&nbsp;Kathleen Chalfant, &ldquo;Familiar Touch&rdquo; Best Actor:&nbsp;Francesco Gheghi, &ldquo;Familia&rdquo; Best Screenplay:&nbsp;Scandar Copti, &ldquo;Happy Holidays&rdquo; Best Short Film:&nbsp;&ldquo;Who Loves the Sun,&rdquo; Arshia Shakiba
Lion of the Future
Luigi de Laurentiis Award for Best Debut Feature:&nbsp;&ldquo;Familiar Touch,&rdquo; Sarah Friedland
Horizons Extra
Audience Award:&nbsp;&ldquo;The Witness,&rdquo; Nader Saeivar
Venice Classics
Best Documentary on Cinema:&nbsp;&ldquo;Chain Reactions,&rdquo; Alexandre O. Philippe Best Restored Film:&nbsp;&ldquo;Ecce Bombo,&rdquo; Nanni Moretti
Venice Immersive&nbsp;
Grand Jury Prize:&nbsp;&ldquo;Ito Meikyu,&rdquo; Boris Labb&eacute; Special Jury Prize:&nbsp;&ldquo;Oto&rsquo;s Planet,&rdquo; Gwenael Fran&ccedil;ois Achievement Prize:&nbsp;&ldquo;Impulse: Playing With Reality,&rdquo; Barry Gene Murphy, May Abdalla
Giornate Degli Autori
GdA&nbsp;Director&rsquo;s Award:&nbsp;&ldquo;Manas,&rdquo; Marianna Brennand&nbsp; Audience Award:&nbsp;&ldquo;Taxi Monamour,&rdquo;&nbsp;Ciro De Caro Europa Cinemas Label Award:&nbsp;&ldquo;Alpha,&rdquo; Jan-Willem van Ewijk
Critics&rsquo; Week
Grand Prize:&nbsp;&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t Cry, Butterfly,&rdquo; Dương Diệu&nbsp;Linh Special Mention:&nbsp;&ldquo;No Sleep Till,&rdquo; Alexandra Simpson Audience Award:&nbsp;&ldquo;Paul &amp; Paulette Take a Bath&rdquo; Jethro Massey Verona Film Club Award for Most Innovative Film:&nbsp;&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t Cry, Butterfly,&rdquo; Dương Diệu&nbsp;Linh Mario Serandrei &ndash; Hotel Saturnia Award for Best Technical Contribution: &ldquo;Homegrown,&rdquo; Michael Premo Best Short Film: &ldquo;Things That My Best Friend Lost,&rdquo; Marta Innocenti Best Director (Short Film):&nbsp;&ldquo;Nero Argento,&rdquo; Francesco Manzato Best Technical Contribution (Short Film):&nbsp;&ldquo;At Least I Will Be 8 294 400 Pixel,&rdquo; Marco Talarico
&nbsp;

On Air Now

Non-Stop Music

You May like

Schedule

Non-Stop Music