# Orizzonti

Orizzonti (lit. 'Horizons') is a section of the Venice Film Festival's official selection. It runs as a parallel section to the main competition for the Golden Lion.

## Orizzonti winners

| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 2004 | The Grand Sons | Les petits fils | Ilan Duran Cohen |
| 2005 | First on the Moon | Первые на Луне | Aleksei Fedorchenko |
| 2006 | Courthouse on the Horseback | 马背上的法庭 | Liu Jie |
| 2007 | Autumn Ball | Sügisball | Veiko Õunpuu |
| 2008 | Melancholia | Melancholia | Lav Diaz |
| 2009 | Clash | Engkwentro | Pepe Diokno |
| 2010 | Summer of Goliath | Verano de Goliat | Nicolás Pereda |
| 2011 | Kotoko | Kotoko | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| 2012 | Three Sisters | 三姊妹 | Wang Bing |
| 2013 | Eastern Boys | Eastern Boys | Robin Campillo |
| 2014 | Court | Court | Chaitanya Tamhane |
| 2015 | Free in Deed | Free in Deed | Jake Mahaffy |
| 2016 | Libera Nos | Liberami | Federica Di Giacomo |
| 2017 | Nico, 1988 | Nico, 1988 | Susanna Nicchiarelli |
| 2018 | Manta Ray | กระเบนราหู | Phuttiphong Aroonpheng |
| 2019 | Atlantis | Атлантида | Valentyn Vasyanovych |
| 2020 | The Wasteland | دشت خاموش | Ahmad Bahrami |
| 2021 | Pilgrims | Piligrimai | Laurynas Bareiša |
| 2022 | World War III | جنگ جهانی سوم | Houman Seyyedi |
| 2023 | Explanation for Everything | Magyarázat mindenre | Gábor Reisz |
| 2024 | The New Year That Never Came | Anul Nou care n-a fost | Bogdan Mureșanu |

## Other Orizzonti awards

| Year | Award | English title | Original title | Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Best Documentary | East of Paradise | East of Paradise | Lech Kowalski |
| 2006 | Best Documentary | When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts | When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts | Spike Lee |
| 2007 | Best Documentary | Useless | 無用 | Jia Zhangke |
| 2008 | Best Documentary | Below Sea Level | Below Sea Level | Gianfranco Rosi |
| 2009 | Best Documentary | 1428 | 1428 | Du Haibin |
| 2010 | Special Jury Prize | The Forgotten Space | The Forgotten Space | Noël Burch Allan Sekula |
| 2010 | Best Medium-Length Film | Out | צא | Roee Rosen |
| 2010 | Best Short | Coming Attractions | Coming Attractions | Peter Tscherkassky |
| 2011 | Special Jury Prize | Whores' Glory | Whores' Glory | Michael Glawogger |
| 2011 | Best Medium-Length Film | Accidentes gloriosos | Accidentes gloriosos | Mauro Andrizzi Marcus Lindeen |
| 2011 | Best Short | In attesa dell'avvento | In attesa dell'avvento | Felice D'Agostino Arturo Lavorato |
| 2012 | Special Jury Prize | Tango libre | Tango libre | Frédéric Fonteyne |
| 2012 | Best Short | Invitation | 초대 | Yoo Min-young |
| 2013 | Best Director | Still Life | Still Life | Uberto Pasolini |
| 2013 | Special Jury Prize | Ruin | Ruin | Amiel Courtin-Wilson Michael Cody |
| 2013 | Special Award for Innovative Content | Fish & Cat | ماهی و گربه | Shahram Mokri |
| 2013 | Best Short | Kush | Kush | Shubhashish Bhutiani |
| 2014 | Best Director | Theeb | ذيب | Naji Abu Nowar |
| 2014 | Special Jury Prize | Belluscone: A Sicilian Story | Belluscone, una storia siciliana | Franco Maresco |
| 2014 | Best Actor | These Are the Rules | Takva su pravila | Emir Hadžihafizbegović |
| 2014 | Best Short | Maryam | Maryam | Sidi Saleh |
| 2015 | Best Director | The Childhood of a Leader | The Childhood of a Leader | Brady Corbet |
| 2015 | Special Jury Prize | Neon Bull | Boi Neon | Gabriel Mascaro |
| 2015 | Best Actress | Land Legs | Tempête | Dominique Leborne |
| 2015 | Best Short | Belladonna | Belladonna | Dubravka Turić |
| 2016 | Best Director | Home | Home | Fien Troch |
| 2016 | Special Jury Prize | Big Big World | Koca Dünya | Reha Erdem |
| 2016 | Best Actress | The Fury of a Patient Man | Tarde para la ira | Ruth Díaz |
| 2016 | Best Actor | Saint George | São Jorge | Nuno Lopes |
| 2016 | Best Screenplay | Bitter Money | 苦钱 | Wang Bing |
| 2016 | Best Short | La voz perdida | La voz perdida | Marcelo Martinessi |
| 2017 | Best Director | No Date, No Signature | بدون تاریخ، بدون امضا | Vahid Jalilvand |
| 2017 | Special Jury Prize | Caniba | Caniba | Verena Paravel Lucien Castaing-Taylor |
| 2017 | Best Actress | The Blessed | The Blessed | Lyna Khoudri |
| 2017 | Best Actor | No Date, No Signature | بدون تاریخ، بدون امضا | Navid Mohammadzadeh |
| 2017 | Best Screenplay | Oblivion Verses | Los Versos del Olvido | Alireza Khatami |
| 2017 | Best Short | Gros Chagrin | Gros Chagrin | Céline Devaux |
| 2018 | Best Director | The River | Өзен | Emir Baigazin |
| 2018 | Special Jury Prize | The Announcement | Anons | Mahmut Fazil Coşkun |
| 2018 | Best Actress | The Man Who Surprised Everyone | Человек, который удивил всех | Natalia Kudryashova |
| 2018 | Best Actor | Tel Aviv On Fire | תל אביב על האש | Kais Nashef |
| 2018 | Best Screenplay | Jinpa | ལག་དམར་ | Pema Tseden |
| 2018 | Best Short | A Gift | Kado | Aditya Ahmad |
| 2019 | Best Director | White on White | Blanco en blanco | Théo Court |
| 2019 | Special Jury Prize | Verdict | Verdict | Raymund Ribay Gutierrez |
| 2019 | Best Actress | Mother | Madre | Marta Nieto |
| 2019 | Best Actor | Bik eneich: Un fils | Bik eneich: Un fils | Sami Bouajila |
| 2019 | Best Screenplay | Back Home | Revenir | Jessica Palud |
| 2019 | Best Short | Darling | Darling | Saim Sadiq |
| 2020 | Best Director | Genus Pan | Lahi, Hayop | Lav Diaz |
| 2020 | Special Jury Prize | Listen | Listen | Ana Rocha de Sousa |
| 2020 | Best Actress | Zanka Contact | Zanka Contact | Khansa Batma |
| 2020 | Best Actor | The Man Who Sold His Skin | الرجل الذي باع ظهره | Yahya Mahayni |
| 2020 | Best Screenplay | The Predators | I predatori | Pietro Castellitto |
| 2020 | Best Short | Entre tú y milagros | Entre tú y milagros | Mariana Saffon |
| 2021 | Best Director | Full Time | À plein temps | Éric Gravel |
| 2021 | Special Jury Prize | The Great Movement | El Gran Movimiento | Kiro Russo |
| 2021 | Best Actress | Full Time | À plein temps | Laure Calamy |
| 2021 | Best Actor | White Building | ប៊ូឌីញស | Piseth Chhun |
| 2021 | Best Screenplay | 107 Mothers | Cenzorka | Péter Kerekes, Ivan Ostrochovský |
| 2021 | Best Short | The Bones | Los Huesos | Cristobal León, Joaquín Cociña |
| 2022 | Best Director | Vera | Vera | Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel |
| 2022 | Special Jury Prize | Bread and Salt | Chleb i sól | Damian Kocur |
| 2022 | Best Actress | Vera | Vera | Vera Gemma |
| 2022 | Best Actor | World War III | جنگ جهانی سوم | Mohsen Tanabandeh |
| 2022 | Best Screenplay | Blanquita | Blanquita | Fernando Guzzoni |
| 2022 | Best Short | Snow in September | 9-р Сарын Цас | Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir |
| 2023 | Best Director | Paradise Is Burning | Paradiset brinner | Mika Gustafson |
| 2023 | Special Jury Prize | An Endless Sunday | Una sterminata domenica | Alain Parroni |
| 2023 | Best Actress | El paraíso | El paraíso | Margarita Rosa de Francisco |
| 2023 | Best Actor | City of Wind | Сэр сэр салхи | Tergel Bold-Erdene |
| 2023 | Best Screenplay | El paraíso | El paraíso | Enrico Maria Artale |
| 2023 | Best Short | A Short Trip | A Short Trip | Erenik Beqiri |
| 2024 | Best Director | Familiar Touch | Familiar Touch | Sarah Friedland |
| 2024 | Special Jury Prize | One of Those Days When Hemme Dies | Hemme’nin öldüğü günlerden biri | Murat Fıratoğlu |
| 2024 | Best Actress | Familiar Touch | Familiar Touch | Kathleen Chalfant |
| 2024 | Best Actor | Familia | Familia | Francesco Gheghi |
| 2024 | Best Screenplay | Happy Holidays | ينعاد عليكو | Scandar Copti |
| 2024 | Best Short | Who Loves the Sun | Who Loves the Sun | Arshia Shakiba |