The 81st annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2024, at Venice Lido in Italy.
French actress Isabelle Huppert served as Jury President for the main competition. Italian actress and model Sveva Alviti hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodóvar.
Australian filmmaker Peter Weir and American actress Sigourney Weaver received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.
The festival opened with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice by Tim Burton, and closed with The American Backyard by Pupi Avati.
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)
Luigi de Laurentis Award for Debut Film
Venice Classics
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 competition:
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
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 â for the eleventh year â 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 360ð 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
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 authorized the screening. The following films were selected to be screened in Giornate degli Autori:
39. Settimana Internazionale della Critica
The selection is curated by the General Delegate of the Venice Criticsâ 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 Criticsâ Week sections:
SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema
Official Awards
Main Competition (Venezia 81)
Orizzonti Extra
Lion of the Future
- Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film: Familiar Touch by Sarah Friedland
Venice Classics
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
Independent Awards
Venice International Critics' Week
- IWONDERFULL Grand Prize: Don't Cry, Butterfly by Dðáng Diá»Âu Linh
- IWONDERFULL Grand Prize - Jury Special Mention: No Sleep Till by Alexandra Simpson
- The Film Club Audience award: Paul & Paulette Take a Bath by Jethro Massey
- Luciano Sovena Award for Best Independent Production: Anywhere Anytime by Milad Tangshir
- Verona Film Club Award for Most Innovative Film: Don't Cry, Butterfly by Dðáng Diá»Âu Linh
- Mario Serandrei â Hotel Saturnia Award for Best Technical Contribution: Homegrown by Michael Premo
- Best Short Film Award: Things That My Best Friend Lost by Marta Innocenti
- Best Director Award: Nero Argento by Francesco Manzato
- Fondazione Fare Cinema Best Technical Contribution Award: At Least I Will Be 8 294 400 Pixel by Marco Talarico
Ambassador of Hope Award
ARCA CinemaGiovani Award
Authors Under 40 Award
Brian Award
Casa Wabi - Mantarraya Award
CICT - UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award
- The Fisherman by Zoey Martinson
Cinema & Arts Award
Premio CinemaSarÃÂ
Edipo Re Award
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
Francesco Pasinetti Award
Green Drop Award
ImpACT Award
Interfilm Award
Lanterna Magica Award
Leoncino d'Oro Award
Lizzani Award
NETPAC Award
NUOVOIMAIE Talent Awards
La Pellicola d'Oro Award
Premio Speciale Film Impresa
- Anne-Sophie Bailly for Mon Inséparable
RB Casting Award
SIGNIS Award
"Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award" XI Edition
Premio Soundtrack Stars Award
UNIMED Award
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