Venice Film Festival
Venice, Italy
Notes
- The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival still to take place. It took place in the following years: 1932, 1934-1942, 1946-1968, 1971-1972, 1974-1976, 1979-today. Not all of these years were competitive.
Awards
"Lino Miccichè" First Feature Award
'CinemAvvenire' Award
'Commendatore al merito della Repubblica' Medal
'Cult Network Italia' Prize
'Cult Network Italia' Prize - Special Mention
3-D Award
AGIS Award
AIACE Award
AIF - For Film Fest Award
AKAI International Film Fest Award
AKAI International Film Fest Award - Special Mention
ANICA Cup
Absolute Grand Prize
- The Absolute Grand Prize has been given in earlier days of the festival.
Agriculture Ministry Cup
Alitalia Award
Ambiente WWF Award
Amnesty International Italia Award
Anicaflash Prize
- The award is voted for by the festival's FIPRESCI jury.
Arca CinemaGiovani Award
AssoMusica Award
Audience Award
Audience Award (Arena)
Audience Award (Critics' Week)
Audience Award - Armani Beauty (Orizzonti Extra)
Audience Referendum
- There had been no official awards in the festival's first year, instead a public poll was initiated.
Authors under 40 Award
Award of the City of Imola
Award of the City of Imola - Special Mention
Award of the City of Rome
Award of the City of Rome - Special Mention
Award of the City of Venice
Award of the Society for Psychology
BNL People's Choice Award
Best Actor
- From 1980 to 1987 the acting achievements were not awarded a Volpi Cup.
Best Actress
- From 1980 to 1987 the acting achievements were not awarded a Volpi Cup.
Best Animation
Best Artistic Collaboration
Best Cinematography
Best Colonial Film
Best Color Film
Best Director
Best European Short Film
- The winning film is automatically nominated for the European Short Film Award at the next European Film Awards.
Best First Film
Best First Work
Best Foreign Documentary
Best Foreign Screenplay
Best Innovative Budget Award
Best Italian Comedy
Best Italian Documentary
Best Italian Film
- This award is not longer given.
Best Music
Best Musical Film
Best Overall Artistic Contribution
Best Psychological Film
Best Scientific Film
Best Screenplay
Best Short Film
Best Short Film - Special Mention
Best VR Immersive User Experience
Best VR Story
Best World Premiere
Bianchi Award
Biennale Award
- The Biennale Award has been given in earliest days of the festival.
Biennale Cup
- The Biennale Cup has been given in earliest days of the festival.
Biennale Medal
- The Biennale Medal has been given in earliest days of the festival.
Biennale Trophy
Biografilm Award
Bisato d'Oro
Bisato d'Oro - Special Mention
Bresson Award
Brian Award
- Named for Monthy Python's Brian di Nazareth.
- Successor to the UAAR Award.
Bronze Lion
Bronze Medal
- The Bronze Medal has been given in earliest days of the festival.
C.I.C.A.E. Award
C.I.C.A.E. Award - Special Mention
CICT-IFTC Award
CICT-UNESCO C. Smithers Foundation Award
CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award
CIDALC Award
Ca' Foscari Young Jury Award
Campari Passion for the Cinema Award
Career Golden Lion
Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award
Catholic Cinema Clubs Award
Children and Cinema Award
Children and Cinema Award - Special Mention
Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award
Cinecibo Award
Cinecittà Cup
Cinecritica Award
Cineforum 66 Award
Cinema & Arts Award
Cinema & Arts Award - Special Mention
Cinema 60 Award
Cinema of the Present - Lion of the Year
Cinema of the Present - Special Jury Award
Circolo del Cinema di Verona Award
Civitas Vitae Prossima Award
Controcampo Italiano Prize
Controcampo Italiano Prize - Special Mention
Corporations Ministry Cup
Corto Cortissimo Award
Critics' Week Award
De Sica Award
De Sica Award - Special Mention
Digital Cinema Award
Digital Cinema Award - Special Mention
Doc/It Award
Doc/It Award - Special Mention
Don Quixote Award
EIUC Award
EIUC Award - Special Mention
ENIC Cup
ENIC Medal
Edipo Re Award (Università degli Studi di Padova e ResInt Rete dell'Economia Sociale Internazionale)
Education Ministry Cup
Elvira Notari Prize
- The award is the predecessor to the Lina Mangiacapre Award.
Elvira Notari Prize - Special Mention
Enzo Serafin Award
Equal Opportunity Award
FEDIC Award
FEDIC Award - Honorable Mention
FEDIC Award - Special Mention
FEDIC Special Award
FIPRESCI Award
FIPRESCI Prize
FIPRESCI Prize - Honorable Mention
Fair Play Cinema Award
Fair Play Cinema Award - Special Mention
Fanheart3 Award
Fascist Industry Confederation Cup
Fascist Party Cup
Fedeora Award
Fedeora Award - Special Mention
Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award
Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award - Special Mention
Filming Italy Award
Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award
Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Special Award
Franca Sozzani Award
Future Film Festival Digital Award
Future Film Festival Digital Award - Special Mention
GdA Director's Award
Gianni Astrei Award
Gillo Pontecorvo-Arcobaleno Latino Award
Gillo Pontecorvo-Arte e Industria Award
Gingerly Award
Giornate Degli Autori's People Choice Award
Giornate degli Autori - Award for Women Screenwriters Under 40
Giornate degli Autori Award
Golden Ciak
- This award is given to a film in the "Panorama italiano" festival section (as of 1994).
Golden Lion
Golden Medal
- The Golden Medal has been given in earliest days of the festival.
Golden Mouse
Golden Mouse - Special Mention
Golden Osella
- The award is named after the oldest Venetian coin.
Golden Phoenix
Golden Plate
Golden Rudder
Grand Biennale Art Trophy
Grand International Award
Grand Jury Prize for Best VR Immersive Work
Grand Prize Venice International Critics' Week
Grand Prize of the European Academy
Grand Special Jury Prize
Green Drop Award
Green Drop Award - Special Mention
Gucci Prize
HFPA Special Prize
Hearst Film Award
Honorable Mention
Honorary Diploma
- The Honorary Diploma has been given in earliest days of the festival.
Human Rights Film Network Award
Human Rights Film Network Award - Special Mention
ImpACT Award
Interfilm Award
International Award
International Award - Animated Film
International Award - Documentary
International Award - Short Film
International Critics Award
International Critics Award - Special Mention
International Critics' Week Award
International Film Chamber Award
International Peace Award
Isvema Award
Italian Cinema Clubs Award
Italian Film Critics Award
Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award
Jameson Short Film Award
- The Jameson Short Film Award is presented annually at eight (2001) / ten (2002) / twelve (2003) member festivals of the European Coordination of Film Festivals.
Jury Special Mention
Kinematrix Film Award
Kodak Award
Kodak-Cinecritica Award
L'Oreal Paris Award
La Navicella Venezia Cinema Award
La Pellicola d'Oro Award
Label Europa Cinemas
- The "Label Europa Cinemas" is an intiative of the Association "Europa Cinemas" which supports European films, their distribution in Europe and raises awareness about them amongst the public and in the media. In cooperation with the Label, each year a European film in the "Semaine des Réalisateurs" at Cannes, in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film festival and, since 2004, during the "Venice Days" in Venice, a jury of five member cinema operators presents the award to a European film.
Label Europa Cinemas - Special Mention
Lanterna Magica Award
Laterna Magica Prize
Laterna Magica Prize - Special Mention
Le Vie Dell'Immagine Award
Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award
Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award - Cinema for UNICEF
Lina Mangiacapre Award
- The award is the successor to the Elvira Notari Prize.
Lina Mangiacapre Award - Special Mention
Lion of San Marco
- This award is no longer given.
Lion of San Marco - Grand Prize
- This award is no longer given.
Little Golden Lion
Lizzani Award
Luigi De Laurentiis Award
Luigi De Laurentiis Award - Special Mention
Luis Buñuel Award
Magic Lantern Award
Marcello Mastroianni Award
Mario Serandrei - Hotel Saturnia & International Award for the Best Technical Contribution
Max Factor Award
Medal
- Medals have been given for different genres (documentary, animation) or achievements in the early days of the festival.
MigrArti Prize
Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award
Most Promising New Director
Mouse d'Oro Award
Mussolini Cup
- The Coppa Mussolini was the festival's grand prize in the early days. It was given for the Best Foreign Film and the Best Italian Film.
Nazareno Taddei Award
Nazareno Taddei Award - Special Mention
Netpac Award
Netpac Award - Special Mention
New Cinema Award
New Cinema Award - Special Mention
NuovoImaie Award
NuovoImaie Talent Award
OCIC Award
OCIC Award - Honorable Mention
OCIC Special Award
Open Prize
Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film
Pasinetti Award
Pasinetti Award - Special Mention
Persol Award
Persol Tribute Visionary Talent Award
Photographers Award
Piccioni Award
Pietro Bianchi Award
Plaque Lion St. Marc
Plate
- Plates have been given in the festival's early days.
Plate 'Lion of San Marco'
- Plates have been given in the festival's early days.
Popular Culture Ministry Cup
Premio CinemaSarà Award
Premio CinemaSarà Award - Special Mention
Premio Cinematografico "Civitas Vitae prossima" Award
Premio Fondazione Fai Persona Lavoro Ambiente Award
Premio Fondazione Fai Persona Lavoro Ambiente Award - Special Mention
Premio Kinéo
Premio Laguna Sud (Venice Days)
Premio Ulisse Terra di Cinema
Premio Vivere da Sportivi Award
Premio per l'inclusione Edipo Re (Giornate degli Autori)
Premio per la migliore interpretazione
Premium Cinema Talent Award
Prix Pierrot
Prix UIP Venice (European Short Film)
- The winning film is automatically nominated for the European Short Film Award at the next European Film Awards.
Prize of the Forum for Cinema and Literature
Prize of the International Youth Jury
Prize of the Students of the University 'La Sapienza'
Propaganda Ministry Cup
Queer Lion
Queer Lion - Special Mention
RB Casting Award
Robert Bresson Award
Rota Soundtrack Award
S.I.A.E. Award for Emrging Talent
SIAE Award
SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema @ Settimana Internazionale della Critica
SIGNIS Award
SIGNIS Award - Honorable Mention
San Giorgio Prize
- The trophy had been designed by sculptor Francesco Messina.
San Marco Prize
- The award is given in the Upstream (Controcorrente) section of the festival.
San Marco Prize - Special Mention
San Marco Special Jury Award
San Michele Award
Saturnia Prize
Schermi di Qualità Award
Sergio Trasatti Award
Sergio Trasatti Award - Special Mention
Sfera 1932 Award
Sfera 1932 Award - Special Mention
Silver Lion
Silver Lion - Short Film
Silver Medal
Silver Mouse
Silver Osella
Smithers Foundation Award
Smithers Foundation Award - Special Mention
Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award
Soundtrack Stars Award
Soundtrack Stars Award - Special Mention
Soundtrack Stars Lifetime Achievement Award
Special Award
Special Director's Award
Special Golden Ciak
Special Jury Citation
Special Jury Prize
- This award (nowadays) comes with a citation outlining the special qualities of the work and the reasons which for the winner has been chosen.
Special Lion
Special Lion for the Overall Work
Special Mention
Special Pasinetti Award
Special Prize
Special Prize on Occasion of the Festival's Jubilee
Special Recommendation
Special Volpi Cup
Technical Prize
Telepiù Award
Telepiù Award - Special Mention
The Film Club Audience Award
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal
Tourism Supervision Cup
UAAR Award
- Predecessor to the "Brian Awards".
UCCA Venticittà Award
UCCA Venticittà Award - Special Mention
UNESCO Award
UNESCO Award - Special Mention
UNICEF Award
UNICEF Award - Special Mention
UNICRIT Award
UNIMED Award
UNIMED Prize for Cultural Diversity
Upstream Prize
Venezia Classici Award
Venezia Genti - Best Feature Film
Venezia Genti - Best Short Film
Venezia Giovani Prize
Venice Authors Prize
Venice Authors Prize - Special Mention
Venice Award for Best Virtual Reality
Venice Horizons Award
Venice Horizons Award - Special Mention
Venice Horizons Documentary Award
Venice Horizons Youtube Award
Venice Immersive
Venice Immersive Grand Prize
Venice TV Prize
Venice TV Prize - Special Mention
Verona Film Club Award
Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award
Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award - Special Mention
Volpi Award
Volpi Cup
- From 1980 to 1987 the acting achievements were not awarded a Volpi Cup.
Wella Prize
Young Cinema Award
Young Venice Award
Young Venice Award - Special Mention
amfAR Award
Historical Timeline
1932
- Some voting forms included Mickey Mouse as favorite actor.
1934
- The festival takes place without an official jury. Awards are given by the festival board based on a referendum amongst the audience, film experts from several countries and the board of the international institute for the educational cinematography.
1940
- Although the festival is still competitive it takes place without an official jury. Awards are given by the the festival's president based on the decision of Italian and German film delegates.
1947
- From 1947 to 1950 the Coppa Volpi is known as Premio internazionale al miglior attore/alla migliore attrice.
1995
- When an Italian Greenpeace delegation went on stage at the awards ceremony showing a banner protesting against the French nuclear tests in Mururoa, they received evening's only standing ovation from the audience as well as from the jury members.
2000
- The award is not decided on for technical reasons.
2001
- The Jury of the International Film Critics (Jury FIPRESCI) paid hommage to 'Eric Rohmer', for his consistently innovative work and his unique contribution to modern cinema.
2002
- The award is suspended because of the loss of the creator and president of the trophy.
2008
- The festival is dedicated to Youssef Chahine.