After about two weeks of the 80th Venice Film Festival, which included many timed standing ovations, fan cams of the actors able to attend and our favorite directors in taxi boats, the festival is coming to a close. The jury led by president Damien Chazelle unveiled the winners of the 2023 awards. Jurors, including Martin McDonagh, Jane Campion, and Mia Hansen-Løve, saw over 20 films over the last week and a half at the Venice Film Festival.

Main Competition

Golden Lion
Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos
Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize
Evil Does Not Exist by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Silver Lion Best Director
Matteo Garrone for Io Capitano
Special Jury Prize
Green Border by Agnieszka Holland
Best Screenplay
Pablo Larraín and Guillermo Calderón for El Conde
Best Actress
Cailee Spaeny for Priscilla
Best Actor
Peter Sarsgaard for Memory
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress
Seydou Sarr for Io Capitano

Horizons

Best Film
Explanation For Everything by Gábor Reisz
Best Director
Mika Gustafson for Paradise Is Burning
Special Jury Prize
Una Sterminata Domenica by Alain Parroni
Best Actress
Margarita Rosa De Francisco for El Paraiso
Best Actor
Tergel Bold-Erdene for City of Wind
Best Screenplay
El Paraiso by Enrico Maria Artale
Best Short Film
A Short Trip by Erenik Beqiri
Lion of the Future – Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film
Love Is a Gun by Lee Hong-Chi
Audience Award
Felicita by Micheala Ramazotti

Venice Classics

Best Documentary
Thank You Very Much by Alex Braverman
Best Restored Film
Ohikkoshi (Moving) by Shinji Somae

Venice Immersive

Grand Jury Prize
Songs For A Passerby by Celine Daemen
Special Jury Prize
Flow by Adriaan Lokman
Immersive Achievement Prize
Emperor by Marion Burger and Ilan Cohen