The Young Cinema Award ( it, Premio Arca Cinema Giovani) is a

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given at the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival h ...

. The

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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

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, and

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. The 2016 edition gathered French, Tunisian, and

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young people.

Categories

The award does not have the same categories every year. The following categories are listed below: ;Best Italian Film * 2003 – '' Buongiorno, notte'' di

Marco Bellocchio Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and career Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schoolt ...

* 2004 – '' Nemmeno il destino'' di

Daniele Gaglianone Daniele Gaglianone is an Italian director. Biography Born in Ancona, Gaglianone has lived in Turin since the age of six. From 1989 to 2000 he realized a few shorts and documentary films. In 1998 he works as scenarist for the film '' Così ri ...

* 2005 – '' La bestia nel cuore'' di

Cristina Comencini Cristina Comencini (; born 8 May 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist. Biography She is one of four daughters of Italian film director Luigi Comencini. She attended with her sisters the Lycée français Chateaubriand (Rom ...

* 2006 – '' La rieducazione'' di Amanda Flor * 2007 – ''

Non pensarci ''Non pensarci'' is a 2007 Italian-language Comedy directed by Gianni Zanasi. The film follows Stefano Nardini a post-punk guitarist stuck in a strange career limbo. Cast *Valerio Mastandrea: Stefano Nardini *Anita Caprioli: Michela Nardini *Gi ...

'' di Gianni Zanasi * 2008 – '' Pranzo di ferragosto'' di

Gianni Di Gregorio Gianni Di Gregorio (born 19 February 1949) is an Italian director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Di Gregorio trained as a stage actor and director in the Drama School of Alessandro Fersen. He started his professional ca ...

* 2009 – '' La doppia ora'' di

Giuseppe Capotondi Giuseppe Capotondi (born 1 January 1968) is an Italian director of feature films, music videos and commercials signed to Oil Factory in the United States and Factory Films in the United Kingdom. Before signing with Factory Films, he worked with ...

* 2010 – '' 20 sigarette'' di Aureliano Amadei * 2011 – '' L'ultimo terrestre'' di

Gipi Gianni Pacinotti, better known by the pseudonym of Gipi, is an Italian cartoonist, filmmaker, and author. Biography Born in Pisa in 1963, he began his career illustrating for the publishing and advertising industries. He began illustrating stor ...

* 2012 – '' La città ideale'' di

Luigi Lo Cascio Luigi Lo Cascio (born 20 October 1967) is an Italian actor. He won the David di Donatello as best actor for his starring role in ''I cento passi''. In 2012, he debuted as film director and writer with '' La città ideale''. Filmography *2000: ' ...

* 2013 – '' L'arte della felicità'' di Alessandro Rak * 2014 – '' Belluscone - Una storia siciliana'' di

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* 2015 – '' Pecore in erba'' di Alberto Caviglia * 2016 – '' Orecchie'' di Alessandro Aronadio * 2017 – '' Beautiful Things'' di Giorgio Ferrero * 2018 – '' Capri-Revolution'' di Mario Martone * 2020 - '' Notturno'' di Gianfranco Rosi ;Alternatives * 2005 – '' Lady Vendetta'' di

Park Chan-wook Park Chan-wook ( ; born 23 August 1963) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. He is considered as one of the most prominent filmmakers of South Korean cinema as well as world cinema in 21st century. ...

* 2006 – ''

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'' di

Christoffer Boe Christoffer Boe (born 1974) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is an established and well-known not only in Denmark, but all through the world. Among his international awards there are FIPRESCI Director of the Year at San Sebastián ...

* 2007 – '' Sous les bombes'' di

Philippe Aractingi Philippe Aractingi (born 1964, Beirut, Lebanon) is a film director and producer. He was born in Beirut, Aractingi is Franco- Lebanese. Early life At the age of 8, his father gave him his first camera. He lived on the demarcation line, at the hea ...

* 2008 – '' Sell Out!'' di Yeo Joon Han ;Best Digital Film * 2004 – '' Un silenzio particolare''

Best International Film

References

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