Orizzonti

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Orizzonti
David Pablos at 82nd Venice International Film Festival-1.jpg
2025 winner: David Pablos
Country Italy
Presented by Venice Film Festival
First award 2004
Currently held by David Pablos
On the Road (2025)

Orizzonti (lit. 'Horizons') is a section of the Venice Film Festival's official selection. Inspired by Cannes sidebar Un Certain Regard, it features a competition of upcoming filmmakers, usually first or second works, with focus on global independent cinema.

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Among the now well established filmmakers who have been part of section are: Luca Guadagnino, Josh Safdie and Ben Safdie, Hong Sang-soo, Karim Aïnouz, Frederick Wiseman, Catherine Breillat, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Quentin Dupieux, Lav Diaz, Wang Bing, Robin Campillo, Jia Zhangke, Gianfranco Rosi, Franco Maresco, Brady Corbet, Pietro Marcello, Kaouther Ben Hania, Saeed Roustayi, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Oliver Hermanus, Andrea Pallaoro, Gia Coppola, Ti West, Haifaa al-Mansour and Paul Morrissey.

The section usually features awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Jury Prizes and acting prizes. Alongside the Best Short Film prize.

Winners

Best Film

YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
2004 The Grand Sons Les petits filsIlan Duran CohenFrance
2005 First on the Moon Первые на Луне Aleksei Fedorchenko Russia
2006 Courthouse on the Horseback 马背上的法庭Liu JieChina
2007 Autumn Ball Sügisball Veiko Õunpuu Estonia
2008 Melancholia Lav Diaz Philippines
2009 ClashEngkwentro Pepe Diokno
2010 Summer of Goliath Verano de Goliat Nicolás Pereda Canada, Mexico, Netherlands
2011 Kotoko Shinya Tsukamoto Japan
2012 Three Sisters 三姊妹 Wang Bing China
2013 Eastern Boys Robin Campillo France
2014 Court Chaitanya Tamhane India
2015 Free in Deed Jake MahaffyUnited States, New Zealand
2016 Libera Nos Liberami Federica Di Giacomo Italy, France
2017 Nico, 1988 Susanna Nicchiarelli Italy, Belgium
2018 Manta Ray กระเบนราหู Phuttiphong Aroonpheng Thailand, France, China
2019 Atlantis Атлантида Valentyn Vasyanovych Ukraine
2020 The Wasteland دشت خاموشAhmad BahramiIran
2021 Pilgrims Piligrimai Laurynas Bareiša Lithuania
2022 World War III جنگ جهانی سوم Houman Seyyedi Iran
2023 Explanation for Everything Magyarázat mindenre Gábor Reisz Hungary, Slovakia
2024 The New Year That Never Came Anul Nou care n-a fostBogdan MureșanuRomania
2025 On the Road En el Camino David Pablos Mexico

Special Jury Prize

2025's Special Juy Prize winner: Akio Fujimoto for Lost Land Akio Fujimoto at 82nd Venice International Film Festival-3.jpg
2025's Special Juy Prize winner: Akio Fujimoto for Lost Land
YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Ref
2010 The Forgotten Space Noël Burch and Allan Sekula
2011 Whores' Glory Michael Glawogger
2012 Tango libre Frédéric Fonteyne
2013 Ruin Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Michael Cody
2014 Belluscone: A Sicilian Story Belluscone, una storia siciliana Franco Maresco
2015 Neon Bull Boi neon Gabriel Mascaro
2016 Big Big World Koca Dünya Reha Erdem
2017 Caniba Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor [1]
2018 The Announcement AnonsMahmut Fazil Coşkun [2]
2019 Verdict Raymund Ribay Gutierrez [3]
2020 Listen Ana Rocha de Sousa [4]
2021 The Great Movement El Gran MovimientoKiro Russo [5]
2022 Bread and Salt Chleb i sól Damian Kocur [6]
2023 An Endless Sunday Una sterminata domenicaAlain Parroni [7]
2024 One of Those Days When Hemme Dies Hemme’nin öldüğü günlerden biriMurat Fıratoğlu [8]
2025 Lost LandHara WatanAkio Fujimoto [9]

Best Director

2025's Best Director winner: Anuparna Roy for Songs of Forgotten Trees Anuparna Roy at 82nd Venice International Film Festival-3.jpg
2025's Best Director winner: Anuparna Roy for Songs of Forgotten Trees
YearRecipient(s)English TitleOriginal TitleRef
2013 Flag of Italy.svg Uberto Pasolini Still Life
2014 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Jordan.svg Naji Abu Nowar Theeb ذيب
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Brady Corbet The Childhood of a Leader
2016 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Fien Troch Home
2017 Flag of Iran.svg Vahid Jalilvand No Date, No Signature بدون تاریخ، بدون امضا [1]
2018 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Emir Baigazin The River Өзен [2]
2019 Flag of Spain.svg Flag of Chile.svg Théo Court White on White Blanco en blanco [3]
2020 Flag of the Philippines.svg Lav Diaz Genus PanLahi, Hayop [4]
2021 Flag of France.svg Éric Gravel Full Time À plein temps [5]
2022 Flag of Italy.svg Tizza Covi and
Flag of Austria.svg Rainer Frimmel
Vera [6]
2023 Flag of Sweden.svg Mika Gustafson Paradise Is Burning Paradiset brinner [7]
2024 Flag of the United States.svg Sarah Friedland Familiar Touch [8]
2025 Flag of India.svg Anuparna Roy Songs of Forgotten Trees [9]

Best Actress

2025's Best Actress winner: Benedetta Porcaroli for The Kidnapping of Arabella Benedetta Porcaroli at 82nd Venice International Film Festival-4.jpg
2025's Best Actress winner: Benedetta Porcaroli for The Kidnapping of Arabella
YearRecipient(s)English TitleOriginal TitleRef
2016 Flag of Spain.svg Ruth Díaz The Fury of a Patient Man Tarde para la ira
2017 Flag of Algeria.svg Flag of France.svg Lyna Khoudri The Blessed [1]
2018 Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Kudryashova The Man Who Surprised Everyone Человек, который удивил всех [2]
2019 Flag of Spain.svg Marta Nieto Mother Madre [3]
2020 Flag of Morocco.svg Khansa Batma Zanka Contact [4]
2021 Flag of France.svg Laure Calamy Full Time À plein temps [5]
2022 Flag of Italy.svg Vera Gemma Vera [6]
2023 Flag of Colombia.svg Margarita Rosa de Francisco El paraíso [7]
2024 Flag of the United States.svg Kathleen Chalfant Familiar Touch [8]
2025 Flag of Italy.svg Benedetta Porcaroli The Kidnapping of Arabella Il rapimento di Arabella [9]

Best Actor

2025's Best Actor winner: Giacomo Covi for A Year of School Giacomo covi at 82nd Venice International Film Festival-5.jpg
2025's Best Actor winner: Giacomo Covi for A Year of School
YearRecipient(s)English TitleOriginal TitleRef
2014 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Emir Hadžihafizbegović These Are the Rules Takva su pravila
2015 Flag of France.svg Dominique Leborne Land Legs Tempête
2016 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Nuno Lopes Saint George São Jorge
2017 Flag of Iran.svg Navid Mohammadzadeh No Date, No Signature بدون تاریخ، بدون امضا [1]
2018 Flag of Israel.svg Kais Nashef Tel Aviv On Fire תל אביב על האש [2]
2019 Flag of Tunisia.svg Flag of France.svg Sami Bouajila A Son Bik Eneich: Un fils [3]
2020 Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Yahya Mahayni The Man Who Sold His Skin الرجل الذي باع ظهره [4]
2021 Flag of Cambodia.svg Piseth Chhun White Building ប៊ូឌីញស [5]
2022 Flag of Iran.svg Mohsen Tanabandeh World War III جنگ جهانی سوم [6]
2023 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tergel Bold-Erdene City of Wind Сэр сэр салхи [7]
2024 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Gheghi Familia [8]
2025 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Covi A Year of School Un anno di scuola [9]

Best Screenplay

YearRecipient(s)English TitleOriginal TitleRef
2016 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Bing Bitter Money 苦钱
2017 Flag of Iran.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alireza Khatami Oblivion Verses Los Versos del Olvido [1]
2018 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Pema Tseden Jinpa ལག་དམར་ [2]
2019 Flag of France.svg Jessica Palud Back Home Revenir [3]
2020 Flag of Italy.svg Pietro Castellitto The Predators I predatori [4]
2021 Flag of Slovakia.svg Péter Kerekes and Ivan Ostrochovský 107 Mothers Cenzorka [5]
2022 Flag of Chile.svg Fernando Guzzoni Blanquita [6]
2023 Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Maria Artale El paraíso [7]
2024 Flag of Palestine.svg Scandar Copti Happy Holidays ينعاد عليكو [8]
2025 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ana Cristina Barragán The IvyHiedra [9]

Best Short Film

2025's Best Short Film winner: Lovisa Siren for Whithout Kelly Lovisa Siren at 82nd Venice International Film Festival-1.jpg
2025's Best Short Film winner: Lovisa Sirén for Whithout Kelly
YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Ref
2010 Coming Attractions Peter Tscherkassky
2011 In attesa dell'avventoFelice D'Agostino and Arturo Lavorato
2012 Invitation초대Yoo Min-young
2013 Kush Shubhashish Bhutiani
2014 Maryam Sidi Saleh
2015 Belladonna Dubravka Turić
2016 La voz perdida Marcelo Martinessi
2017 Gros ChagrinCéline Devaux [1]
2018 A GiftKado Aditya Ahmad [2]
2019 Darling Saim Sadiq [3]
2020 Entre tú y milagrosMariana Saffon [4]
2021 The BonesLos Huesos Cristobal León and Joaquín Cociña [5]
2022 Snow in September 9-р Сарын Цас Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir [6]
2023 A Short TripErenik Beqiri [7]
2024 Who Loves the Sun Arshia Shakiba [8]
2025 Without KellyLovisa Sirén

Retired Awards

Best Documentary

YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Ref
2005 East of Paradise Lech Kowalski
2006 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts Spike Lee
2007 Useless 無用 Jia Zhangke
2008 Below Sea Level Gianfranco Rosi
2009 1428Du Haibin

Special Awards

YearAwardEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Ref
2013 Special Award for Innovative Content Fish & Cat ماهی و گربه Shahram Mokri

Best Medium-Length Film

YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Ref
2010 Outצא Roee Rosen
2011 Accidentes gloriososMauro Andrizzi and Marcus Lindeen

References

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