Lion of the Future - “Luigi De Laurentiis”Venice Award for a Debut Film

Là-bas by Guido Lombardi (Italy) - International Critics' Week

and a prize of 100,000 USD, donated by Filmauro di Aurelio e Luigi De Laurentiis, to be divided equally between the director and the producer

 CONTROCAMPO ITALIANO

• Controcampo Award (for narrative feature-length films)

Scialla! by Francesco Bruni

• Controcampo Award (for short films)

A Chjàna by Jonas Carpignano

• Controcampo Doc Award (for documentaries)

Pugni chiusi by Fiorella Infascelli

• Special Mentions:

to the documentary Black Block by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt

to Francesco Di Giacomo for the cinematography of Pugni chiusi

 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

• Marco Bellocchio

Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award 2011

• Al Pacino

Persol 3D Award for the Most Creative Stereoscopic Film of the Year

• Zapruder Filmmakers Group (David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi, and Monaldo Moretti)

 L'Oréal Paris Award for Cinema

• Nicole Grimaudo

VENEZIA 68

• Golden Lion for Best Film

Faust by Aleksander Sokurov (Russia)

• Silver Lion for Best Director

Shangjun CAI for the film Ren Shan Ren Hai (People Mountain People Sea) (China - Hong Kong)

• Special Jury Prize

Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese (Italy)

• Coppa Volpi for Best Actor

Michael Fassbender in the film Shame by Steve McQueen (United Kingdom)

• Coppa Volpi for Best Actress

Deanie Yip in the film Tao jie (A Simple Life) by Ann Hui (China - Hong Kong)

• Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress

Shôta Sometani and Fumi Nikaidô in the film Himizu by Sion Sono (Japan)

• Osella for the Best Cinematography

Robbie Ryan for the film Wuthering Heights by Andrea Arnold (United Kingdom)

• Osella for Best Screenplay

Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou for the film Alpis (Alps) by Yorgos Lanthimos (Grecia)

ORIZZONTI

• Orizzonti Award (full-length films):

Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto (Japan)

• Special Orizzonti Jury Prize (full-length films):

Whores’ Glory di Michael Glawogger (Austria, Germania)

• Orizzonti Award:

Accidentes Gloriosos (medium-length films) by Mauro Andrizzi and Marcus Lindeen (Sweden, Denmark, Germany)

• Orizzonti Award (short films):

In attesa dell'avvento by Felice D'Agostino and Arturo Lavorato (Italia)

• Special Mentions:

O Le Tulafale (The Orator) by Tusi Tamasese (New Zealand, Samoa)

All The Lines Flow Out by Charles LIM Yi Yong (Singapore)