# 81st Venice International Film Festival

The 81st annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2024, at Venice Lido in Italy. Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice opened the festival on 28 August 2024, while Pupi Avati's The American Backyard closed on 7 September 2024.
French actress Isabelle Huppert served as Jury President for the main competition. Italian actress and model Sveva Alviti hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Door was awarded with the Golden Lion.
Australian filmmaker Peter Weir and American actress Sigourney Weaver received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.

## 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)

* Debra Granik, American filmmaker and cinematographer - Jury President
* Ali Asgari, Iranian filmmaker and producer
* Soudade Kaadan, Syrian filmmaker
* Christos Nikou, Greek filmmaker
* Tuva Novotny, Swedish actress and director
* Gábor Reisz, Hungarian filmmaker
* Valia Santella, Italian filmmaker

### Luigi de Laurentis Award for Debut Film

* Gianni Canova, Italian film critic and Rector of the IULM University of Milan - Jury President
* Ricky D’Ambrose, American filmmaker
* Bárbara Paz, Brazilian actress, filmmaker, visual artist and producer
* Taylor Russell, Canadian actress
* Jacob Wong, Hong-Kong film festival curator and project market director

### Venice Classics

* Renato De Maria, Italian filmmaker - Jury President

### 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 international competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| And Their Children After Them | Leurs enfants après eux | Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma | France |
| April | აპრილი | Dea Kulumbegashvili | Georgia, France, Italy |
| Babygirl | Babygirl | Halina Reijn | United States |
| Battlefield | Campo di Battaglia | Gianni Amelio | Italy |
| The Brutalist | The Brutalist | Brady Corbet | United States, United Kingdom, Hungary |
| Diva Futura | Diva Futura | Giulia Steigerwalt | Italy |
| Harvest | Harvest | Athina Rachel Tsangari | United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, France, United States |
| I'm Still Here | Ainda Estou Aqui | Walter Salles | Brazil, France |
| Joker: Folie à Deux | Joker: Folie à Deux | Todd Phillips | United States |
| Kill the Jockey | El jockey | Luis Ortega | Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Denmark, United States |
| Love | Kjærlighet | Dag Johan Haugerud | Norway |
| Maria | Maria | Pablo Larraín | Italy, Germany |
| The Order | The Order | Justin Kurzel | Canada |
| Queer | Queer | Luca Guadagnino | Italy, United States |
| The Quiet Son | Jouer Avec le Feu | Delphine and Muriel Coulin | France |
| The Room Next Door | La habitación de al lado | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| Sicilian Letters | Iddu | Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza | Italy, France |
| Stranger Eyes | 默视录 | Yeo Siew Hua | Singapore, Taiwan, France, United States |
| Three Friends | Trois Amies | Emmanuel Mouret | France |
| Vermiglio | Vermiglio | Maura Delpero | Italy, France, Belgium |
| Youth (Homecoming) | 青春（归） | Wang Bing | France, Luxembourg, Netherlands |

### Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Fiction ||||
| Baby Invasion | Baby Invasion | Harmony Korine | United States |
| Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (opening film) | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (opening film) | Tim Burton | United States, United Kingdom |
| Broken Rage | Broken Rage | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
| Cloud | クラウド | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
| Finalement | Finalement | Claude Lelouch | France |
| Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 | Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 | Kevin Costner | United States |
| United States ||
| The Time It Takes | Il tempo che ci vuole | Francesca Comencini | Italy, France |
| Maldoror | Maldoror | Fabrice Du Welz | Belgium, France |
| The American Backyard (closing film) | L'orto americano | Pupi Avati | Italy |
| Phantosmia | Phantosmia | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
| Wolfs | Wolfs | Jon Watts | United States |
| Non-Fiction ||||
| 2073 | 2073 | Asif Kapadia | United Kingdom |
| Apocalypse in the Tropics | Apocalipse nos Trópicos | Petra Costa | Brazil, United States, Denmark |
| Bestiari, erbari, lapidari | Bestiari, erbari, lapidari | Massimo d’Anolfi and Martina Parenti | Italy, Switzerland |
| Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 | Israel Palestina pa Svensk TV 1958-1989 | Göran Hugo Olsson | Sweden, Finland, Denmark |
| One to One: John & Yoko | One to One: John & Yoko | Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards | United Kingdom |
| Riefenstahl | Riefenstahl | Andres Veiel | Germany |
| Russians at War | Russians at War | Anastasia Trofimova | France, Canada |
| Separated | Separated | Errol Morris | United States, Mexico |
| Songs of Slow Burning Earth | Pisni Zemli, Shcho Povilno | Olha Zhurba | Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, France |
| TWST / Things We Said Today | TWST / Things We Said Today | Andrei Ujică | France, Romania |
| Why War | Why War | Amos Gitai | France, Switzerland |
| Series ||||
| Disclaimer (7 episodes) | Disclaimer (7 episodes) | Alfonso Cuarón | United Kingdom, United States |
| The New Years (10 episodes) | Los años nuevos | Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Sandra Romero and David Martín de los Santos | Spain |
| Families like Ours (7 episodes) | Familier Som Vores | Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark, France, Sweden, Czech Republic, Belgium, Norway, Germany |
| M. Son of the Century (8 episodes) | M. Il figlio del secolo | Joe Wright | Italy, France |
| Short films ||||
| An Urban Allegory | Allégorie Citadine | Alice Rohrwacher and JR | France |
| May I Say? Chapter Two | Se posso permettermi: Capitolo II | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
| Special Screenings ||||
| Beauty Is Not a Sin (short) | Beauty Is Not a Sin (short) | Nicolas Winding Refn | Italy, Denmark |
| Leopardi. Il poeta dell'infinito | Leopardi. Il poeta dell'infinito | Sergio Rubini | Italy |
| Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) | Peter Weir | United States |

### Orizzonti

The following films were selected to the Orizzonti main competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Aïcha | Aïcha | Mehdi Barsaoui | Tunisia, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
| Carissa | Carissa | Jason Jacobs and Delmar Devon | South Africa |
| Diciannove | Diciannove | Giovanni Tortorici | Italy, United Kingdom |
| Familia | Familia | Francesco Costabile | Italy |
| Familiar Touch | Familiar Touch | Sarah Friedland | United States |
| Feeling Better (opening film) | Nonostante | Valerio Mastandrea | Italy |
| Happyend | Happyend | Neo Sora | Japan, United States |
| Happy Holidays | ينعاد عليكو | Scandar Copti | Palestine, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar |
| Marco, the Invented Truth | Marco, the Invented Truth | Jon Garaño and Aitor Arregi | Spain |
| Mistress Dispeller | 以爱之名 | Elizabeth Lo | China, United States |
| My Everything | Mon Inséparable | Anne-Sophie Bailly | France |
| The New Year That Never Came | Anul Nou care n-a fost | Bogdan Mureșanu | Romania, Serbia |
| Of Dogs and Men | Al Klavim Veanashim | Dani Rosenberg | Israel, Italy |
| One of Those Days When Hemme Dies | Hemme’nin Öldügü Günlerden Biri | Murat Fıratoğlu | Turkey |
| Pavements | Pavements | Alex Ross Perry | United States |
| Pooja, Sir | Pooja, Sir | Deepak Rauniyar | Nepal, United States, Norway |
| Quiet Life | Quiet Life | Alexandros Avranas | France, Germany, Sweden, Greece, Estonia, Finland |
| The Ties That Bind Us | L’Attachement | Carine Tardieu | France, Belgium |
| Wishing on a Star | Wishing on a Star | Peter Kerekes | Italy, Croatia, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic |

#### Orizzonti Extra

The following films were selected to the Orizzonti Extra section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| After Party | After Party | Vojtĕch Strakatý | Czech Republic |
| Edge of Night | Gecenin Kıyısı | Türker Süer | Germany, Turkey |
| King Ivory | King Ivory | John Swab | United States |
| The Mohican | Le Mohican | Frédéric Farrucci | France |
| Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo | Al Bahs an Manfaz i Khoroug al Sayed Rambo | Khaled Mansour | Egypt, Saudi Arabia |
| September 5 (opening film) | September 5 (opening film) | Tim Fehlbaum | Germany |
| The Story of Frank and Nina | La storia del Frank e della Nina | Paola Randi | Italy, Sweden |
| Vittoria | Vittoria | Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman | Italy |
| The Witness | Shahed | Nader Saeivar | Germany, Austria |

#### 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:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Ajar | Nime Baz, Nime Basteh | Atefeh Jalali | Iran |
| Almost Certainly False | Neredeyse Kesínlíkle Yanlis | Cansu Baydar | Turkey |
| Il Burattino e la Balena | Il Burattino e la Balena | Roberto Catani | France, Italy |
| James | James | Andres Rodríguez | Guatemala, Mexico |
| Marion | Marion | Joe Weiland and Finn Constantine | France, United Kingdom |
| Moon Lake | Moon Lake | Jeannie Sui Wonders | United States |
| My Mother is a Cow | Minha Mãe é uma Vaca | Moara Passoni | Brazil |
| O | O | Rúnar Rúnarsson | Icelend, Sweden |
| The Poison Cat | 毒药猫 | Tian Guan | China |
| René Va Alla Guerra | René Va Alla Guerra | Mariachiara Pernisa, Luca Ferri and Morgan Menegazzo | Italy, Slovenia |
| Shadows | Shadows | Rand Beiruty | France, Jordan |
| Three Keenings | Three Keenings | Oliver McGoldrick | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| Who Loves the Sun | Who Loves the Sun | Arshia Shakiba | Canada |
| Out of Competition ||||
| F II - Lo Stupore del Mondo | F II - Lo Stupore del Mondo | Alessandro Rak | Italy |

### 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 – for the eleventh year – 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:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | Restored By |
| Restored Films |||||
| The Big Heat (1953) | The Big Heat (1953) | Fritz Lang | United States | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Bend of the River (1952) | Bend of the River (1952) | Anthony Mann | United States | Universal Pictures / The Film Foundation |
| Blood and Sand (1941) | Blood and Sand (1941) | Rouben Mamoulian | United States | Walt Disney Studios / The Film Foundation |
| Ecce Bombo (1978) | Ecce Bombo (1978) | Nanni Moretti | Italy | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia |
| Forbidden Games (1952) | Jeux Interdits | René Clément | France | StudioCanal |
| Ghatashraddha (1977) | Ghatashraddha (1977) | Girish Kasaravalli | India | The Film Foundation |
| Goldflakes (1976) | Les Flocons d'or | Werner Schroeter | West Germany, France | Filmmuseum Düsseldorf / Filmmuseum München |
| The Gold of Naples (1954) | L'Oro di Napoli | Vittorio de Sica | Italy | Cinecittà / Filmauro |
| His Girl Friday (1940) | His Girl Friday (1940) | Howard Hawks | United States | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (1965) | A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga | Roberto Santos | Brazil | LC Barreto Produções Cinematográficas |
| Manji (1964) | 卍 | Yasuzô Masumura | Japan | Kadokawa Corporation |
| The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970) | 東京戦争戦後秘話 | Nagisa Ôshima | Japan | Oshima Productions LTD |
| Model (1980) | Model (1980) | Frederick Wiseman | United States | Zipporah Films |
| La Notte (1961) | La Notte (1961) | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy, France | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia |
| The Mahabharata (1989) | The Mahabharata (1989) | Peter Brook | France, United Kingdom, United States | Brook Productions |
| The Soft Skin (1964) | La Peau Douce | François Truffaut | France | mk2 Films |
| Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (1974) | Travolti da un Insolito Destino Nell'azzurro Mare d'Agosto | Lina Wertmüller | Italy | Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna / Minerva Pictures |
| Pusher (1996) | Pusher (1996) | Nicolas Winding Refn | Denmark | byNWR |
| Documentaries about Cinema |||||
| Carlo Mazzacurati - Una Certa Idea di Cinema | Carlo Mazzacurati - Una Certa Idea di Cinema | Enzo Monteleone and Mario Canale | Italy | Italy |
| Chain Reactions | Chain Reactions | Alexander Philippe | United States | United States |
| Constel·Lació Portabella | Constel·Lació Portabella | Claudio Zulian | Spain | Spain |
| Le Cinéma de Jean-Pierre Léaud | Le Cinéma de Jean-Pierre Léaud | Cyril Leuthy | France | France |
| From Darkness to Light | From Darkness to Light | Michael Lurie and Eric Friedler | United States, Germany | United States, Germany |
| “I will Revenge this World with Love” Sergej Paradjanov | “I will Revenge this World with Love” Sergej Paradjanov | Zara Jian | Armenia, France | Armenia, France |
| Maroun Returns to Beirut | Wa Ada Maroun Ila Beirut | Feyrouz Serhal | Qatar, Lebanon | Qatar, Lebanon |
| Miyazaki, L'Esprit de la Nature | Miyazaki, L'Esprit de la Nature | Leo Favier | France | France |
| Volonté - L’Uomo dai Mille Volti | Volonté - L’Uomo dai Mille Volti | Francesco Zippel | Italy | Italy |

### Venice Immersive

The Venice Immersive is entirely devoted to immersive media and includes all XR means of creative expression, from 360° 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

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Address Unknown: Fukushima Now | 住所不明：福島今 | Arif Khan | Japan, United States, Taiwan |
| All I Know About Teacher Li | All I Know About Teacher Li | Zhuzmo | United States |
| The Art of Change | The Art of Change | Simone Fougnier and Vincent Rooijers | Italy, Netherlands, United States |
| A Simple Silence | A Simple Silence | Craig Quintero | Taiwan |
| Bodies of Water | Une Eau la Nuit | Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin and Caroline Laurin-Beaucage | Canada |
| Ceci est Mon Coeur | Ceci est Mon Coeur | Stéphane Hueber-Blies and Nicolas Blies | Luxembourg, Canada, France |
| Champ de Bataille | Champ de Bataille | François Vautier | France, Belgium, Luxembourg |
| Fragile Home | Fragile Home | Ondrej Moravec and Victoria Lopukhina | Czech Republic |
| Free ur Head | 放開你的頭腦 | Tung-Yen Chou | Taiwan |
| The Guardians of Jade Mountain | 玉山守護者 | Hayoun Kwon | France, Taiwan |
| Impulse: Playing with Reality | Impulse: Playing with Reality | Barry Gene Murphy and May Abdalla | United Kingdom, France |
| In the Realm of Ripley | In the Realm of Ripley | Soo Eung Chuck Chae, Eun Jung Chae | South Korea |
| Ito Meikyu | Ito Meikyu | Boris Labbé | France, Luxembourg |
| Mamie Lou | Mamie Lou | Isabelle Andreani | France, Luxembourg |
| Mammary Mountain | Mammary Mountain | Tara Baoth Mooney, Camille C. Baker and Maf'j Alvarez | United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom | 機動戦士ガンダム 銀灰の幻影 | Kenichi Suzuki | Japan, France, United States |
| Oto's Planet | Oto's Planet | Gwenael François | Luxembourg, Canada, France |
| Play Life | Žaisti Gyvenima | Zilvinas Naujokas, Vilius Petrauskas, Mantas Pronckus, Donatas Ulvydas, Algis Krisciunas and Darius Zickus | Lithuania |
| Project: Lost Worlds | Project: Lost Worlds | Fins | United States |
| Project_Y: Working Title | Project_Y: Working Title | Yuzo Sugano, Shingo Yoshimura, Toshiki Sakamoto and Taro Hirai | Japan |
| Pudica | Pudica | Keisuke Itoh | Japan |
| Rencontres | 漫步源雨㵵 | Mathieu Pradat | France, Taiwan |
| Strangeways | Strangeways | Adam Lieber and Chris Bianchi | United Kingdom, South Africa, Malta |
| Symbiosis /\ Dybiosis: Sentience | Symbiosis /\ Dybiosis: Sentience | Tosca Terán, Brenda Lehman, Andrei Gravelle and Sven Steffens | Canada, Germany, Chile |
| Uncanny Alley: A New Day | Uncanny Alley: A New Day | Stephen Buchko and Rick Treweek | United States, South Africa |
| Un Soir Avec les Impressionnistes, Paris 1874 | Un Soir Avec les Impressionnistes, Paris 1874 | Pierre Gable | France |

#### 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:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Best of Experiences ||||
| Turbulence: Jamais Vu | Turbulence: Jamais Vu | Ben Joseph Andrews, Emma Roberts | Australia |
| What If...? - An Immersive Story | What If...? - An Immersive Story | Dave Bushore | United States |
| 40 Days Without the Sun | 40 Dias Sem o Sol | Joao Furia | Brazil |
| Nightmara: Episode 3 | Nightmara: Episode 3 | Gianpaolo Gonzalez | United States |
| Astra | Astra | Eliza McNitt | France, United States |
| Adventure | Adventure | Charlotte Mikkelborg, Elliot Graves | United Kingdom |
| Riven | Riven | Rand Miller, Richard Vander Wende, Hannah Gamiel, Eric Anderson, Tony Fryman | United States |
| Museum Alive Immersive with David Attenborough | Museum Alive Immersive with David Attenborough | Bhaumik Patel | United Kingdom |
| Telos I | Telos I | Emil Dam Seidel, Dorotea Saykaly | Canada, Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom |
| The 7th Guest VR | The 7th Guest VR | Paul van der Meer | The Netherlands |
| Best of Worlds ||||
| ․⁄ Complication | ․⁄ Complication | Ende | — |
| Chromatic Frequency | Chromatic Frequency | Axinovium | — |
| Concrete - Pale Sands | Concrete - Pale Sands | May ~ and jerk | — |
| Eccentic Rooms | Eccentic Rooms | suzuki_i | — |
| Endless Residents Super Ultra Deluxe Edition | Endless Residents Super Ultra Deluxe Edition | Spencer Filson | — |
| Exoplanet Journey | Exoplanet Journey | Niko | — |
| Finishing Tough - Art Studio & Gallery | Finishing Tough - Art Studio & Gallery | Mixie! | — |
| Like a Canvas | Like a Canvas | haruki_haru | — |
| Liminal Dreams: The Poolrooms | Liminal Dreams: The Poolrooms | ∗Lotus∗ | — |
| Magic AI-Art: Dimensions | Magic AI-Art: Dimensions | Niko∗ | — |
| Magnetizse | Magnetizse | Juice... | — |
| Mormoverse: Under the Pillow | Mormoverse: Under the Pillow | GeorgyMolodtsov | — |
| Overview Effect Experience | Overview Effect Experience | The Shushu | — |
| Phatta | Phatta | Sumeru | — |
| Polyrhythm | Polyrhythm | SkyeSage | — |
| Sanctum | Sanctum | Muzz, ju.no | — |
| Smew Brush! | Smew Brush! | Smew | — |
| Sanctum | Sanctum | Muzz, ju.no | — |
| SNR Labs: Test Facility | SNR Labs: Test Facility | A://DDOS | — |
| Suku | Suku | durk@work | — |
| VRC Museum | VRC Museum | Ectique | — |
| Biennale College Cinema Immersive ||||
| Bellow Deck | Bellow Deck | Martina Mahlknecht and Martin Prinoth | Germany, Italy |
| Duchampiana | Duchampiana | Lilian Hess | France, Germany |
| Earths to Come | Earths to Come | Rose Bond | United States |
| Echoes of Ash Valley | Echoes of Ash Valley | Shu Zhu | United States |
| Garden Alchemy | Garden Alchemy | Michelle Kranot and Uri Kranot | Denmark |
| The Gossips's Chronicles | The Gossips's Chronicles | Corinne Mazzoli | Italy |
| Somewhere Unknown in Indochina | 中南半島未知某處 | Asio Chihsiung Liu and Feng Ting Tsou | Taiwan, Belgium, Canada, Vietnam, Cambodia |

### Biennale College - Cinema

The following films were selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Fisherman | The Fisherman | Zoey Martinson | Ghana |
| Honeymoon | Medovyi Misiats | Zhanna Ozirna | Ukraine |
| Január 2 | Január 2 | Zsófia Szilágyi | Hungary |
| My Birthday | Il mio compleanno | Christian Filippi | Italy |

### 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:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Fiction ||||
| Aisha Can't Fly Away | Aisha la tastaea al tayran | Morad Mostafa | Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, France |
| In This Darkness I See You | In This Darkness I See You | Nadim Tabet | Lebanon, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia |
| My Father’s Scent | My Father’s Scent | Mohamed Siam | Egypt, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, France |
| The Prophet | O Profeta | Ique Langa | Mozambique, South Africa |
| Docufiction ||||
| Ancestral Visions of the Future | Ancestral Visions of the Future | Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese | France, Germany, Lesotho |
| Your Daughter | Your Daughter | Sara Shazli | Egypt |
| Documentary ||||
| Those Who Watch Over | Ceux qui veillent | Karima Saidi | Belgium, France, Qatar |

## Independent Sections
### Giornate degli Autori

The following films were selected to be screened in Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days):

#### Main Selection

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 authorised the screening.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| In Competition ||||
| Alpha. | Alpha. | Jan-Willem Van Ewijk | Netherlands |
| The Antique | Antikvariati | Rusudan Glurjidze | Georgia |
| The Book of Joy | Selon Joy | Camille Lugan | France |
| Boomerang | Boomerang | Shahab Fotouhi | Iran |
| Manas | Manas | Marianna Brennand | Brazil |
| Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass | Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass | Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay | United Kingdom |
| Sugar Island | Sugar Island | Johanné Gómez Terrero | Dominican Republic |
| Super Happy Forever | Super Happy Forever | Kohei Igarashi | Japan |
| Taxi Monamour | Taxi Monamour | Ciro De Caro | Italy |
| To Kill a Mongolian Horse | 一匹白马的热梦 | Jiang Xiaoxuan | Mongolia |
| Out of Competition - Special Events ||||
| Basileia (closing film) | Basileia (closing film) | Isabella Torre | Italy |
| Kora | Kora | Cláudia Varejão | Brazil |
| The Open Couple (opening film) | Coppia Aperta Quasi Spalancata | Federica Di Giacomo | Italy |
| Peaches Goes Bananas | Peaches Goes Bananas | Marie Losier | France, Belgium |
| Possibility of Paradise | Mogucnost Raja | Mladen Kovačević | Serbia |
| Soul of the Desert | Alma del Desierto | Mónica Taboada-Tapia | Colombia, Brazil |
| Sudan, Remember Us | Soudan, Souviens-Toi | Hind Meddeb | France, Tunisia, Qatar, Italy |
| Miu Miu Women's Tales ||||
| #27 I Am the Beauty of Your Beauty, I Am the fear of Your Fear | #27 I Am the Beauty of Your Beauty, I Am the fear of Your Fear | Tan Chui Mui | Malaysia, Italy |
| #28 The Miu Miu Affaire | #28 The Miu Miu Affaire | Laura Citarella | Argentina |

#### Venice Nights (Notti Veneziane)

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| A Man Fell | A Man Fell | Giovanni C. Lorusso | Italy |
| Bosco Grande | Bosco Grande | Giuseppe Schillaci | France |
| Desert Suite | Desert Suite | Fabrizio Ferraro | Italy |
| The Eye of the Hen | L’Occhio Della Gallina | Antonietta De Lillo | Italy |
| High Stakes – A Night in the Ward | La Scommessa – Una Notte in Corsia | Giovanni Dota | Italy |
| Hold on Miss! Isabella Ducrot Unlimited | Tenga Duro Signorina! Isabella Ducrot Unlimited | Monica Stambrini | Italy |
| Quasi a Casa | Quasi a Casa | Carolina Pavone | Italy |
| Sempre | Sempre | Luciana Fina | Portugal |
| Vakhim | Vakhim | Francesca Pirani | Italy |

### 39. Settimana Internazionale della Critica

The selection is curated by the General Delegate of the Venice Critics’ 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 Critics’ Week sections:

#### Main Selection

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| In Competition ||||
| Anywhere Anytime | Anywhere Anytime | Milad Tangshir | Italy |
| Don't Cry, Butterfly | Mưa trên cánh bướm | Dương Diệu Linh | Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia |
| Homegrown | Homegrown | Michael Premo | United States |
| No Sleep Till | No Sleep Till | Alexandra Simpson | United States, Switzerland |
| Paul & Paulette Take A Bath | Paul & Paulette Take A Bath | Jethro Massey | United Kingdom |
| Peacock | Peacock | Bernhard Wenger | Austria, Germany |
| Perfumed With Mint | Moattar binanaa | Muhammed Hamdy | Egypt, France, Tunisia |
| Out of Competition - Special Events ||||
| Planet B (opening film) | Planète B | Aude Léa Rapin | France, Belgium |
| Little Jaffna (closing film) | Little Jaffna (closing film) | Lawrence Valin | France |

#### SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| In Competition ||||
| At Least I Will Be 8 294 400 Pixel | At Least I Will Be 8 294 400 Pixel | Marco Talarico | Italy |
| Black Silver | Nero argento | Francesco Manzato | Italy |
| Cowboy Billi | Billi il cowboy | Fede Gianni | Italy |
| Phantom | Phantom | Gabriele Manzoni | Italy |
| Playing God | Playing God | Matteo Burani | Italy, France |
| Sans Dieu | Sans Dieu | Alessandro Rocca | Italy |
| Things That My Best Friend Lost | Things That My Best Friend Lost | Marta Innocenti | Italy |
| Out of Competition - Special Events ||||
| Dark Globe (opening film) | Dark Globe (opening film) | Donato Sansone | Italy, France |
| The Eggregores’ Theory (opening film) | The Eggregores’ Theory (opening film) | Andrea Gatopoulos | Italy |
| Sunday Night (closing film) | Domenica sera | Matteo Tortone | Italy |

## Official Awards

The following official awards were presented at the 81st Edition:

### Main Competition (Venezia 81)

* Golden Lion: The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodóvar
* Grand Jury Prize: Vermiglio by Maura Delpero
* Special Jury Prize: April by Dea Kulumbegashvili
* Silver Lion: Brady Corbet for The Brutalist
* Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Nicole Kidman for Babygirl
* Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Vincent Lindon for The Quiet Son
* Best Screenplay: Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega for I'm Still Here
* Marcello Mastroianni Award: Paul Kircher for And Their Children After Them

### Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

* Peter Weir
* Sigourney Weaver

### Orizzonti

* Best Film: The New Year That Never Came by Bogdan Mureșanu
* Best Director: Sarah Friedland for Familiar Touch
* Special Jury Prize: One of Those Days When Hemme Dies by Murat Fıratoğlu
* Best Actress: Kathleen Chalfant for Familiar Touch
* Best Actor: Francesco Gheghi for Familia
* Best Screenplay: Scandar Copti for Happy Holidays
* Best Short Film: Who Loves the Sun by Arshia Shakiba

### Horizons Extra (Orizzonti Extra)

* Audience Award: The Witness by Nader Saeivar

### Lion of the Future

* Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film: Familiar Touch by Sarah Friedland

### Venice Classics

* Best Documentary on Cinema: Chain Reactions by Alexander Philippe
* Best Restored Film: Ecce Bombo (1978) by Nanni Moretti, restored by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia

### 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

### Glory to the Filmmaker Award

* Claude Lelouch

## Independent Awards
### Venice International Critics' Week

* IWONDERFULL Grand Prize: Don't Cry, Butterfly by Dương Diệu Linh
** IWONDERFULL Grand Prize - Jury Special Mention: No Sleep Till by Alexandra Simpson
* The Film Club Audience award: Paul and Paulette Take a Bath by Jethro Massey
* Verona Film Club Award for Most Innovative Film: Don't Cry, Butterfly by Dương Diệu Linh
* Mario Serandrei – 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

### Giornate degli Autori

* GdA Director's Award: Manas by Marianna Brennand Fortes
* Europa Cinemas Label Award: Alpha. by Jan-Willem van Ewijk
* Andrea Purgatori SIAE Career Award: Alice Rohrwacher
* SIAE Creative Talent Award: Federica Di Giacomo

### Queer Lion

* Soul of the Desert by Mónica Taboada-Tapia

### Ambassador of Hope Award

* King Ivory by John Swab

### ARCA CinemaGiovani Award

* Best Film of Venezia 81: The Brutalist by Brady Corbet
* Best Italian Film in Venice: Vittoria by Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman

### Authors Under 40 Award

* Best Directing and Screenwriting: Jiang Xiaoxuan for To Kill a Mongolian Horse
* Best Directing: (ex aequo)
** Anne-Sophie Bailly for Mon Inséparable
** Elizabeth Lo for Mistress Dispeller
* Special Mention for Best Cinematography: Boróka Biró for The New Year That Never Came

### Brian Award

* The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodóvar

### Casa Wabi - Mantarraya Award

* Familiar Touch by Sarah Friedland

### CICT - UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award

* The Fisherman by Zoey Martinson

### Cinema & Arts Award

* Golden Musa: Riefenstahl by Andres Veiel
* Golden Musa: Paul & Paulette Take a Bath by Jethro Massey
** Special Mention Dedicated to a Multidisciplinary Artist': Brothers Quay

### Premio CinemaSarà

* The Brutalist by Brady Corbet
** Special Mention: Kill the Jockey by Luis Ortega

### Edipo Re Award

* Kill the Jockey by Luis Ortega
** Special Mention: Sugar Island by Johanné Gómez Terrero
* Ca' Foscari Young Jury Award: Sugar Island by Johanné Gómez Terrero

### 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

* Vittoria by Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman
** Special Mention for Best Film: Familia by Francesco Costabile
** Special Mention for Best Short Film: Playing God by Matteo Burani

### FIPRESCI Awards

* Best Film from Venezia 81: The Brutalist by Brady Corbet
* Best Film from Orizzonti and parallel sections: The New Year That Never Came by Bogdan Mureşanu

### Francesco Pasinetti Award

* Sicilian Letters by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza
* Best Actress: Romana Maggiora Vergano for The Time It Takes
** Special Mention: The cast of Familia (Francesco Gheghi, Barbara Ronchi, Francesco Di Leva and Marco Cicalese)

### Green Drop Award

* Vermiglio by Maura Delpero
* I'm Still Here by Walter Salles

### ImpACT Award

* The Quiet Son by Delphine and Muriel Coulin

### Interfilm Award

* Quiet Life by Alexandros Avranas

### Lanterna Magica Award

* The Story of Frank and Nina by Paola Randi

### Leoncino d'Oro Award

* The Quiet Son by Delphine and Muriel Coulin
* Cinema for UNICEF: Familia by Francesco Costabile

### Lizzani Award

* Sicilian Letters by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza

### NETPAC Award

* Mistress Dispeller by Elizabeth Lo

### NUOVOIMAIE Talent Awards

* Best New Young Actress: Tecla Insolia for Familia
* Best New Young Actress: Martina Scrinzi for Vermiglio

### La Pellicola d'Oro Award

* Best Costume Designer: Antonella Bachini for Battlefield
* Best Chief Electrician: Kristian De Martiis for Vermiglio
* Best Prop Maker: Italo Maurizi for Sicilian Letters

### Premio Speciale Film Impresa

* Anne-Sophie Bailly for Mon Inséparable

### RB Casting Award

* Francesco Gheghi for Familia

### SIGNIS Award

* I'm Still Here by Walter Salles

### "Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award" XI Edition

* Best Italian Film: Vermiglio by Maura Delpero
* Best Foreign Film: Mon Inséparable by Anne-Sophie Bailly

### Premio Soundtrack Stars Award

* Best Soundtrack: Hildur Guðnadóttir for Joker: Folie à Deux
* Best Soundtrack: Colapesce for Sicilian Letters
** Special Mention:
*** Fabio Massimo Capogrosso for The Time It Takes
*** CAM Sugar for the restoration of Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August

### UNIMED Award

* Prize for Cultural Diversity: The Brutalist by Brady Corbet