Venice Film Festival 2024 Full Winners List: Pedro Almodóvar Takes Home the Golden Lion for Best Film, While Nicole Kidman Secures Top Honors
The 81st Venice Film Festival wrapped up on Saturday with a spectacular awards ceremony. Pedro Almodóvar claimed the Golden Lion for Best Film, and Nicole Kidman received the top accolades. Check out the full list of winners below:
The 81st Venice Film Festival came to a close on Saturday with a dazzling awards ceremony that highlighted the year’s cinematic achievements. Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut, The Room Next Door, won the prestigious Golden Lion for Best Film, featuring standout performances by Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton. The Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize was awarded to Vermiglio, a cross-cultural film by Maura Delpero, which impressed the jury with its nuanced storytelling.
Here is the full list of winners:
- Golden Lion for Best Film: The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodóvar
- Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize: Vermiglio by Maura Delpero
- Silver Lion for Best Director: Brady Corbet for The Brutalist
- Special Jury Prize: April by Dea Kulumbegashvili
- Best Screenplay: I’m Still Here by Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Nicole Kidman for Babygirl
- Volpi Cup for 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
Horizons Section
- 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
- Best Restored Film: Ecce Bombo by Nanni Moretti
- Best Documentary on Cinema: Chain Reactions
Venice Immersive
- Venice Immersive Achievement Award: Impulse: Playing With Reality
- Venice Immersive Special Jury Prize: Oto’s Planet
- Venice Immersive Grand Prize: Ito Meikyū
The festival celebrated a rich array of talent and storytelling, marking another successful year in the world of cinema.
