Orizzonti 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,
2025 winner: David Pablos
2025's Special Jury Prize winner: Akio Fujimoto for Lost Land
2025's Best Director winner: Anuparna Roy for Songs of Forgotten Trees
2025's Best Actress winner: Benedetta Porcaroli for The Kidnapping of Arabella
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
Orizzonti
…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…
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