80. Venice Film Festival. The collateral prizes of the 2023 edition

Over the past few days, the collateral prizes of the 80th Venice Film Festival have been awarded. Below are the films that received the most important of these awards:

Pietro Bianchi Award 2023

Sergio Castellitto won the Pietro Bianchi 2023 Prize, the award that Italian Cinema Journalists (SNGCI) traditionally assign at the Lido, this year for its 47th edition, to an outstanding personality of Italian cinema.

The award presentation to Sergio Castellitto took place on Wednesday, 6 September. Our Giulia Bianconi interviewed the actor immediately after the award presentation.

FIPRESCI Award | FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics)

Every year since 1948, at the Venice International Film Festival, members of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Press, have awarded a prize to what they consider to be the best film, to support the most ‘risky, original and personal’ cinema.

This year the award as:

• Best film in Orizzonti section went to “Una sterminata domenica” by Alain Parroni
• Best film in Venezia 80 section went to “Evil does not exist”by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Premio Francesco Pasinetti | Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani

The Pasinetti Prize is one of the collateral prizes of the Venice International Film Festival. It is dedicated to Francesco Pasinetti, Italian director, screenwriter, film critic and photographer. The Prize is awarded by the Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani (SNGCI).

This year the Pasinetti Award went to “Io, Capitano” by Matteo Garrone

FRED AWARD 2023

The 2023 FRED Awards were presented in Venice at the Venice Film Festival to two artists whose films have given voice to incredible stories and characters:

• FRED Award 2023 went to Lola Dueñas
• FRED Award 2023 went to Richard Linklater

Premio Queer Lion | Associazione di Promozione Sociale Queer Lion

The 17. Queer Lion Award – collateral award of the 80th Venice International Film Festival, ideated in 2007 by Daniel N. Casagrande – has been awarded to Domakinstvo za pocetnici (Housekeeping for Beginners) by Goran Stolevski, presented in Orizzonti section.

Motivation: “Queer families are not the future; they are the present!”. With this statement, the director commented on the extraordinary, moving and warm welcome from the Venice audience after the screening of his movie.
For the unusual and bold  portrayal of ethnicities, diversity, gender identity, loves, friendships, emotional affinities, the Queer Lion is proud to award Domakinstvo za pocetnici (Housekeeping for Beginners) by Goran Stolevski.”

Premio Film Impresa

Ryusuke Hamaguchi‘s “Evil does not exist”  wins the Film Impresa Award. In our microphones, the prize’s artistic director Mario Sesti describes the motivations behind the choice.