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83rd Venice Film Festival Announces Collateral Awards and Side Events

award · 2026-09-12

The collateral awards for the 83rd Venice Film Festival have been revealed, with Lee Chang-dong's "Possible Love" taking home the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film in the Venezia 83 competition. In the Orizzonti section, Xavier Tera's "The Color of the Sun" was honored as Best Film. The Giornate degli Autori recognized María Aparicio's "A veces me entra tristeza, otras veces rebelión" with the GDA Director's Award, while Robert Guédiguian's "Une femme aujourd'hui" received the Label Europa Cinemas award, and Nicola Sorcinelli's "Balcanica" won the People's Choice Award. Hirokazu Koreeda's "Look Back" garnered several collateral accolades. Marco Bechis's "Ritorno a Buenos Aires" earned the Premio Francesco Pasinetti, and the Queer Lion was awarded to Theo Rollason's "Queer Edward II." Additional honors included the Green Drop Award and lifetime achievements for Tinto Brass and Pedro Costa.

Key facts

  • The 83rd Venice Film Festival announced its collateral awards, assigned by film critics' associations, cultural organizations, cineclubs, and film culture circles
  • Lee Chang-dong's "Possible Love" won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film in the Venezia 83 competition
  • Xavier Tera's "The Color of the Sun" won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film in Orizzonti
  • Hirokazu Koreeda's "Look Back" received multiple collateral awards including CinemaSarà, SIGNIS, UNIMED, and a Fanheart3 mention
  • María Aparicio's "A veces me entra tristeza, otras veces rebelión" won the Giornate degli Autori Director's Award
  • The Queer Lion went to "Queer Edward II" by Theo Rollason and "London" by Victor Di Marco and Márcio Picoli
  • Tinto Brass received the Premio Pietro Bianchi and Pedro Costa received the Premio Robert Bresson
  • The Settimana Internazionale della Critica awarded "Prima della guerra" by Tommaso Usberti the Gran Premio IWONDERFULL

Entities

Artists

Institutions

  • Cineteca della Calabria
  • Cinetour
  • Cinit
  • ARCA
  • Enel
  • Parallelo 41 Produzioni
  • Associazione Calipso
  • UAAR - Unione degli Atei e degli Agnostici Razionalisti
  • Fundación Casa Wabi
  • Mantarraya Production
  • CICT UNESCO
  • Associazione Kalambur Teatro
  • Ateatro
  • Centro Sperimentale Accademia Eleonora Duse
  • Fondazione Cineteca Italiana di Milano
  • Croce Rossa Italiana
  • Edipo Re Srl Sociale
  • Università Ca' Foscari
  • Associazione Fanheart3
  • Federazione Italiana dei Cineclub
  • Unindustria
  • FIPRESCI
  • Giornate degli Autori
  • Think-Impact Production
  • Artemis Rising Foundation
  • Green Cross Italia
  • International Interchurch Film Organisation
  • Associazione Nazionale C.G.S.
  • Agiscuola
  • UNICEF
  • ANAC
  • NUOVOIMAIE
  • Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani
  • Sindacato Nazionale Critici Cinematografici Italiani
  • Associazione Culturale S.A.S.
  • Associazione Queer Lion
  • RB Casting
  • Fondazione Roma Lazio Film Commission
  • Settimana Internazionale della Critica
  • SIGNIS International
  • Dream On Srls
  • Free Event
  • UNIMED
  • Fondazione Ente dello Spettacolo
  • Rivista del Cinematografo
  • Associazione Culturale Kinéo

Locations

  • Venice
  • Italy
  • Calabria
  • Milan
  • Rome
  • Lazio
  • Frosinone
  • Latina
  • Rieti
  • Viterbo
  • Buenos Aires
  • Argentina

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