Lion of the Future
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The Lion of the Future, also known as Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film, is an official award of the Venice Film Festival. Inspired by Cannes' Caméra d'Or, it is awarded to the best first fea
2025 recipient: Nastia Korkia
Abdellatif Kechiche won for Poetical Refugee in 2000
Andrey Zvyagintsev won for The Return in 2003
Brady Corbet won for The Childhood of a Leader in 2015
Venice Film Festival
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The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Venice. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the "Big Five" International film festivals
Lion of the Future
…The Lion of the Future, also known as Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film, is an official award of the Venice Film Festival. Inspired by Cannes' Caméra d'Or, it is awarded to the best first feature film work presented in any section of the festival. As of 2026, the winner…
Venice Cinema Palace on Lido island in 2018
The Doge's Palace in Piazza San Marco hosted the 1947 festival.
The Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro and Pier Paolo Pasolini together in Venice at the premiere of the movie The Gospel According to St. Matthew in 1964
Todd Phillips with the Golden Lion won by his film Joker at the 2019 edition