The official awards for the 83rd Venice International Film Festival were presented on Saturday evening during the awards ceremony, as determined by the five international juries tasked with evaluating the films screened in the festival’s various sections. The jury for the main competition, Venice 83, chaired by Maggie Gyllenhaal and composed of Kaouther Ben Hania, Daniel Blumberg, Francesco Casetti, Xavier Giannoli, Shahrbanoo Sadat, and Johnnie To, reviewed the twenty-one films in competition and decided to award the Golden Lion for Best Film to *Kvinde Ukendt* (*Woman Unknown*) by Danish director May el-Toukhy, a co-production between Denmark, Sweden, and Latvia. The Silver Lion, corresponding to the Grand Jury Prize, went to *Ga-neung-han sa-rang* (Possible Love) by South Korean director Lee Chang-dong, while the Silver Lion for Best Director was awarded to Ilya Khrzhanovsky for the film DAU, a German, French, and Swedish co-production.
The Coppa Volpi for Best Actress went to Mathilde Arcel, star of May el-Toukhy’s *Kvinde Ukendt*, while the award for Best Actor was given to John Malkovich for Martin McDonagh’s *Wild Horse Nine*, a co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States, and Chile. The award for Best Screenplay was presented to Stéphane Brizé, Coralie Amédéo, and Olivier Gorce for the French film *Un bon petit soldat*, directed by Brizé himself. The Special Jury Prize went to *Naza*, directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor for the United Kingdom, while the Marcello Mastroianni Award, reserved for a young emerging actor or actress, was awarded to Malou Khebizi for her performance in the French film *15/18* (A Place to Heal), directed by Cédric Kahn.
In the Orizzonti section, which honors films considered representative of new aesthetic and expressive trends in world cinema, the jury chaired by Valérie Donzelli, alongside Peter Becker, Elizabeth Lo, David Pablos, and Barbara Ronchi, after screening the nineteen feature films and thirteen short films in competition, awarded the Orizzonti Prize for Best Film to *Un détour par Diane* (*Diane in the Loop*), directed by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni for Belgium and France. The Orizzonti Award for Best Director went to Jacqueline Lentzou for *Mia mera sti zoi tis Tzo: Kefalaio Faidra* (*A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra*), a co-production between Greece, Germany, and France, while the Orizzonti Special Jury Prize was awarded to *La maison du vent* (*House of the Wind*), directed by Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu in a co-production involving Cameroon, France, Belgium, Benin, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.
Also in the Orizzonti section, the Best Actress Award went to Laleh Marzban for the film *Moraghebeb* (Falling House) by Mohsen Gharaei, a co-production between Iran, the United States, and Germany, while the Best Actor Award was presented to Riccardo Scamarcio for the Italian film *I figli della scimmia*, directed by Tommaso Landucci. Landucci himself, along with Damiano Femfert, also received the Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay for the same film. Finally, the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film went to *Quelques instants de bonheur* (A Few Moments of Happiness), directed by Shaden Safieddine Tazi in a co-production between France, the United Kingdom, and Lebanon.
The jury for the “Leone del Futuro” section—the Venice First Feature Award named after Luigi De Laurentiis—chaired by Carolina Cavalli and composed of Akinola Davies Jr. and Ted Hope, awarded the prize to *La maison du vent* (*House of the Wind*) by Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu, the same film that had already won the Special Jury Prize in the Orizzonti section.
In the Venice Spotlight section, the Armani Beauty Audience Award was presented to *Eu contez* (*I Matter*), directed by Alina Șerban in a co-production between Romania, Germany, and Belgium.
The Venice Classics jury, chaired by Daniele Vicari and composed of twenty-four students from film programs at Italian universities—nominated by their respective professors—awarded the Venice Classics Prize for Best Restored Film to *La lunga notte del ’43* by Florestano Vancini.
Finally, the Venice Immersive jury, chaired by Paul Raphaël and composed of Négar Motevalymeidanshah and Kate Voet, after reviewing the thirty projects in competition, awarded the Venice Immersive Grand Prize to *The Pigeon Ring* by Shixin Tao and Yuqi Zhang, produced in China. The Venice Immersive Special Jury Prize went to *Out of the Ashes* by Rory Mitchell and Nonny De La Peña, a U.S. production, while the Venice Immersive Production Award was presented to *Empire at Sea* by Peter Flaherty, also produced in the United States.
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