Overview

• The jury led by Norwegian writer-director Dag Johan Haugerud praised the Tehran-set film as a meditation on everyday life.
• Director Amir Azizi’s third feature follows a young man on the verge of emigrating who holds onto his bicycle as a tie to his past.
• The Europa Cinemas Label went to Bearcave by Stergios Dinopoulos and Krysianna B. Papadakis, bringing promotional and exhibition support.
• The People’s Choice Award was shared by Vladlena Sandu’s Memory and Cyril Aris’s A Sad and Beautiful World, each earning 77.4% of audience votes.
• Giornate degli Autori, an independent Venice sidebar for emerging auteurs, uses its awards to help films secure wider release.