Marcello Mastroianni Award

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Marcello Mastroianni Award
Paul Kircher at 81st Venice International Film Festival (cropped).jpg
Paul Kircher, 2024 winner
Awarded forBest Performance by an Emerging Actor or Actress
Country Italy
Presented by Venice Film Festival
First award 1998
Currently held by Paul Kircher for And Their Children After Them
Website labiennale.org/en/cinema

The Marcello Mastroianni Award (Italian: Premio Marcello Mastroianni) is one of the awards given out at the Venice International Film Festival.

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It was established in 1998 in honor of the Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni, who died at the end of 1996. The award was created to recognize an emerging actor or actress. Since then, several future high profile worldwide actors were awarded: Gael García Bernal , Diego Luna , Hafsia Herzi , Jennifer Lawrence , Jasmine Trinca , Mila Kunis , Tye Sheridan , Paula Beer and Taylor Russell.

Niccolò Senni was the first winner for Shooting the Moon in 1998, while Paul Kircher is the most recent winner for And Their Children After Them in 2024.

Winners

Gael Garcia Bernal
won for Y tu mama tambien (2001) GaelGarciaBernalTIFFSept2012.jpg
Gael García Bernal won for Y tu mamá también (2001)
Diego Luna
won for Y tu mama tambien (2001) Diego Luna Cannes 2016.jpg
Diego Luna won for Y tu mamá también (2001)
Hafsia Herzi
won for The Secret of the Grain (2007) Hafsia Herzi Cannes 2011 (cropped).jpg
Hafsia Herzi won for The Secret of the Grain (2007)
Paula Beer
won for Frantz (2016) Paula Beer 2017.jpg
Paula Beer won for Frantz (2016)

1990s

YearPerformer(s)Role(s)English TitleOriginal Title
1998 Niccolò SenniSiddharta Shooting the Moon L'albero delle pere
1999 Nina Proll Jasmin Schmid Northern Skirts Nordrand

2000s

YearPerformer(s)Role(s)English TitleOriginal Title
2000 Megan Burns Theresa Liam
2001 Gael García Bernal Julio Zapata Y tu mamá también
Diego Luna Tenoch Iturbide
2002 Moon So-ri Han Gong-ju Oasis 오아시스
2003 Najat BenssallemRaja Raja
2004 Marco LuisiPelo Working Slowly (Radio Alice) Lavorare con lentezza
Tommaso RamenghiSgualo
2005 Ménothy CesarLegba Heading South Vers le sud
2006 Isild Le Besco Jeanne The Untouchable L'intouchable
2007 Hafsia Herzi Rym The Secret of the Grain La graine et le mulet
2008 Jennifer Lawrence Mariana The Burning Plain
2009 Jasmine Trinca Laura The Big Dream Il grande sogno

2010s

YearPerformer(s)Role(s)English TitleOriginal Title
2010 Mila Kunis Lily Black Swan
2011 Shota Sometani Yuichi Sumida Himizu ヒミズ
Fumi Nikaidō Keiko Shazawa
2012 Fabrizio FalcoPipino Dormant Beauty Bella addormentata
2013 Tye Sheridan Gary Jones Joe
2014 Romain PaulVictor The Last Hammer Blow Le Dernier Coup de marteau
2015 Abraham Attah Agu Beasts of No Nation
2016 Paula Beer Anna Frantz
2017 Charlie Plummer Charley Thompson Lean on Pete
2018 Baykali Ganambarr Billy The Nightingale
2019 Toby Wallace Moses Babyteeth

2020s

YearPerformer(s)Role(s)English TitleOriginal Title
2020 Rouhollah Zamani Ali Sun Children خورشید
2021 Filippo Scotti Fabietto Schisa The Hand of God È stata la mano di Dio
2022 Taylor Russell Maren Yearly Bones and All
2023 Seydou SarrSeydou Io capitano
2024 Paul Kircher Anthony And Their Children After Them Leurs enfants après eux