The Young Cinema Award () is a film award given at the Venice Film Festival. The motto of the award is "Spirit of time: a look to the present". The jury consists of one hundred 18- to 25-year-olds from different countries, such as France, Canada, Poland, Hungary, and Italy. The 2016 edition gathered French, Tunisian, and Italian young people.
Winners The following categories are listed below:
Best Italian Film YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)2002Due AmiciSpiro Scimone e Francesco Sframeli2003Good Morning, NightBuongiorno, notteMarco Bellocchio2004Changing DestinyNemmeno il destinoDaniele Gaglianone2005Don't TellLa bestia nel cuoreCristina Comencini2006La rieducazioneAmanda Flor2007Don't Think About ItNon pensarciGianni Zanasi2008Mid-August LunchPranzo di ferragostoGianni Di Gregorio2009The Double Hour La doppia oraGiuseppe Capotondi201020 Cigarettes20 sigaretteAureliano Amadei2011The Last Man on EarthL'ultimo terrestreGipi2012The Ideal CityLa città idealeLuigi Lo Cascio2013The Art of HappinessL'arte della felicitàAlessandro Rak2014Belluscone: A Sicilian StoryBelluscone - una storia sicilianaFranco Maresco2015Burning Love Pecore in erbaAlberto Caviglia2016EarsOrecchieAlessandro Aronadio2017Beautiful ThingsGiorgio Ferrero2018Capri-RevolutionMario Martone2019Martin EdenMartin EdenPietro Marcello2020NotturnoGianfranco Rosi2021The Hand of GodÈ stata la mano di DioPaolo Sorrentino2022Monica Andrea Pallaoro2023El paraísoEnrico Maria Artale2024VittoriaAlessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman2025La GraziaPaolo Sorrentino
Best International Film YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production country2002MagdaleneThe Magdalene SistersPeter MullanUnited Kingdom, Ireland2003Monsieur IbrahimMonsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du CoranFrancois DupeyronFrance2004The Sea InsideMar adentroAlejandro AmenábarSpain, France, Italy2005The Constant GardenerFernando MeirellesUnited Kingdom, Germany2006Black BookZwartboekPaul VerhoevenNetherlands, Germany, Belgium, United Kingdom2007The Secret of the GrainLa Graine et le MuletAbdellatif KechicheFrance, Tunisia2008The Hurt LockerKathryn BigelowUnited States2009Soul KitchenFatih AkinGermany2010The Last CircusBalada Triste de TrompetaÁlex de la IglesiaSpain, France2011ShameSteve McQueenUnited Kingdom, Canada2012The Fifth SeasonLa Cinquième SaisonPeter Brosens and Jessica WoodworthBelgium, Netherlands, France2013Miss ViolenceAlexandros AvranasGreece2014Far from MenLoin des hommesDavid OelhoffenFrance2015FrenzyAblukaEmin AlperTurkey2016ArrivalDenis VilleneuveUnited States2017FoxtrotפוֹקְסטְרוֹטSamuel MaozIsrael, Germany, France, Switzerland2018Never Look AwayWerk ohne AutorFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckGermany2019EmaPablo LarraínChile2020Pieces of a WomanKornél MundruczóCanada, United States, Hungary2021HappeningL'ÉvénementAudrey DiwanFrance2022AthenaRomain Gavras2023Green BorderZielona granicaAgniezska HollandPoland, Czech Republic, France, Belgium2024The BrutalistBrady CorbetUnited States, Hungary, United Kingdom2025The Voice of Hind RajabHind RajabKaouther Ben HaniaFrance, Tunisia
Other categories
Alternatives (ALTRE VISIONI AWARD) 2005 – Lady Vengeance by Park Chan-wook 2006 – Offscreen by Christoffer Boe 2007 – Sous les bombes by Philippe Aractingi 2008 – Sell Out! by Yeo Joon Han
Best Digital Film 2002 Porto Marghera. Inganno Letale by Paolo Bonaldi 2004 – Un silenzio particolare by Stefano Rulli
SPECIAL AWARD ARCA 18 years
2019 Tutto il mio folle amore by Gabriele Salvatores
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