Marcello Mastroianni Award

Marcello Mastroianni Award
Paul Kircher, 2024 winner
Awarded forBest Performance by an Emerging Actor or Actress
CountryItaly
Presented byVenice Film Festival
First awarded1998
Currently held byPaul Kircher for And Their Children After Them
Websitelabiennale.org/en/cinema

The Marcello Mastroianni Award (Italian: Premio Marcello Mastroianni) is one of the awards given out at the Venice International Film Festival.

It was established in 1998 in honor of the Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni, who died at the end of 1996. The award was created to recognize an emerging actor or actress.

Winners

Year Performer(s) Role English Title Original Title
1990s
1998 Niccolò Senni Siddharta Shooting the Moon L'albero delle pere
1999 Nina Proll Jasmin Schmid Northern Skirts Nordrand
2000s
2000 Megan Burns Theresa Liam
2001 Gael García Bernal Julio Zapata Y tu mamá también
Diego Luna Tenoch Iturbide
2002 Moon So-ri Han Gong-ju Oasis 오아시스
2003 Najat Benssallem Raja Raja
2004 Marco Luisi Pelo Working Slowly (Radio Alice) Lavorare con lentezza
Tommaso Ramenghi Sgualo
2005 Ménothy Cesar Legba Heading South Vers le sud
2006 Isild Le Besco Jeanne The Untouchable L'intouchable
2007 Hafsia Herzi Rym The Secret of the Grain La graine et le mulet
2008 Jennifer Lawrence Mariana The Burning Plain
2009 Jasmine Trinca Laura The Big Dream Il grande sogno
2010s
2010 Mila Kunis Lily Black Swan
2011 Shota Sometani Yuichi Sumida Himizu ヒミズ
Fumi Nikaidō Keiko Shazawa
2012 Fabrizio Falco Pipino Dormant Beauty Bella addormentata
2013 Tye Sheridan Gary Jones Joe
2014 Romain Paul Victor The Last Hammer Blow Le Dernier Coup de marteau
2015 Abraham Attah Agu Beasts of No Nation
2016 Paula Beer Anna Frantz
2017 Charlie Plummer Charley Thompson Lean on Pete
2018 Baykali Ganambarr Billy The Nightingale
2019 Toby Wallace Moses Babyteeth
2020s
2020 Rouhollah Zamani Ali Sun Children خورشید
2021 Filippo Scotti Fabietto Schisa The Hand of God È stata la mano di Dio
2022 Taylor Russell Maren Yearly Bones and All
2023 Seydou Sarr Seydou Io capitano
2024 Paul Kircher Anthony And Their Children After Them Leurs enfants après eux