Venice 2026: Live Updates on the Golden Lion and Festival Winners
The Venice Film Festival 2026 is releasing its award winners in a live update, led by a Golden Lion for Best Film presentation with a jury chaired by Maggie Gyllenhaal (also including Johnnie To, Shahrbanoo Sadat, Xavier Giannoli, Daniel Blumberg and Francesco Casetti). Contenders mentioned include Primetime, Ink, Company, Bucking Fastard, NAZA, Look Back, Wild Horse Nine and Bunker, among others. The ceremony also paid tribute to producer Jeremy Thomas. In Horizons, Riccardo Scamarcio won Best Actor for The Children of the Monkey, and Laleh Marzban won Best Actress for Moragheb, with Un détour par Diane cited as Horizons Best Film. The article promises a live-updating list of Venice award winners as announcements unfold.