The Young Cinema Award ( Italian: Premio Arca Cinema Giovani) is a film award given at the Venice Film Festival. The motto of the award is "Spirit of time: a look to the present". [1] The jury consists of one hundred 18- to 25-year-olds from different countries, such as France, Canada, Poland, Hungary, and Italy. The 2016 edition gathered French, Tunisian, and Italian young people.
The award does not have the same categories every year. The following categories are listed below:
Year | Winner | Director(s) | Country |
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2004 | Mar adentro | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain |
2005 | The Constant Gardener | Fernando Meirelles | United Kingdom |
2006 | Black Book | Paul Verhoeven | Netherlands |
2007 | La Graine et le Mulet | Abdellatif Kechiche | France / Tunisia |
2008 | The Hurt Locker | Kathryn Bigelow | United States |
2009 | Soul Kitchen | Fatih Akin | Germany |
2010 | Balada Triste de Trompeta | Álex de la Iglesia | Spain |
2011 | Shame | Steve McQueen | United Kingdom |
2012 | La Cinquième Saison | Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth | Belgium |
2013 | Miss Violence | Alexandros Avranas | Greece |
2014 | Loin des hommes | David Oelhoffen | France |
2015 | Frenzy | Emin Alper | Turkey |
2016 | Arrival | Denis Villeneuve | United States |
2017 | Foxtrot | Samuel Maoz | Israel |
2018 | Werk ohne Autor | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Germany |
2019 | Ema | Pablo Larraín | Chile |
2020 | Pieces of a Woman | Kornél Mundruczó | Canada |
2021 | L'Événement | Audrey Diwan | France |
2022 | Athena | Romain Gavras | France |
2023 | Zielona granica | Agniezska Holland | Poland |