The Marcello Mastroianni Award (Italian: Premio Marcello Mastroianni) is one of the awards given out at the Venice Film Festival.
French actress Malou Khebizi was the most recent winner for her performance in A Place to Heal (2026), at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.
History 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: , , , , , , , and Taylor Russell.
Italian actor Niccolò Senni was the first winner for Shooting the Moon (1998) at the 55th Venice International Film Festival.
Fabrizio Falco is the only actor who won for two different films in the same edition, for and It Was the Son (both in 2012), at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.
Winners
1990s Year Performer(s) Role(s) English Title Original Title 1998 Siddharta 1999
2000s Year Performer(s) Role(s) English Title Original Title Ref. 2000 Theresa 2001 2002 2003 Raja 2004 Pelo Sgualo 2005 Legba 2006 Jeanne 2007 Rym 2008 Mariana 2009 Laura
2010s Year Performer(s) Role(s) English Title Original Title Ref. 2010 Lily 2011 2012 Pipino Tancredi CirauloIt Was the SonÈ stato il figlio 2013 2014 Victor 2015 Agu 2016 Anna 2017 2018 Billy 2019 Moses
2020s Year Performer(s) Role(s) English Title Original Title Ref. 2020 Rouhollah Zamani Ali 2021 Filippo Scotti 2022 Taylor Russell Maren Yearly 2023Seydou SarrSeydouIo capitano 2024 Paul Kircher Anthony And Their Children After Them 2025 Luna Wedler Grete Silent Friend Stille Freundin2026Malou KhebiziLuciaA Place to Heal15/18
External links The Venice Film Festival at the IMDb
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