2026 KINÉO AWARDS
25th Anniversary of the Foundation
THE WINNERS
Lifetime Achievement Award – Faye Dunaway
Kinéo & GCHR Award – Askold Kurov – His work focuses on human rights issues and social conflicts in contemporary Russia
Best Italian Film – La Gioia by Nicolangelo Gelormini – Indigo Film / Vision Distribution
Best Italian Comedy – Buen Camino by Gennaro Nunziante – Medusa Film / Indiana Production
Best Director – Gennaro Nunziante for Buen Camino
Best Debut Film – La salita by Massimiliano Gallo – Panama Film / F.A.N.
Best Italian Series – La legge di Lidia Poët – by Letizia Lamartire, Pippo Mezzapesa, Jacopo Bonvicini – Netflix
Best International Film – A Battle after Another – by Paul Thomas Anderson – Warner Bros.
Best International Series – A House of Dynamite – by Kathryn Bigelow – Netflix
Best Italian Lead Actor – Fabio Volo – for Prendiamoci una pausa
Best Italian Supporting Actor – Ricky Memphis – for Prendiamoci una pausa
Best Italian Lead Actress – Chiara Francini – for Agata Christian, delitto sulle nevi – by Eros Puglielli
Best Italian Supporting Actress – Maria Gifuni – for Un bel giorno – by Fabio De Luigi
Young Breakout Talent – Paolo Calvano – for Natale senza babbo – by Stefano Cipani
Best Actor in an Italian TV/Streaming Series – Raniero Monaco di Lapio – for A testa alta, Il coraggio di una donna – by Giacomo Martelli
Best Actress in an Italian TV/Streaming Series – Sara Lazzaro – for Call My Agent 3 – by Simone Spada
Best Actor in an International TV/Streaming Series – Alp Navruz – for Be My Sunshine /Ada Masali
Best Choreography – Luca Tommassini – for Il Diavolo veste Prada 2 – by David Frankel
Rising Star Award – Nicola Peltz Beckham – for Lola – directed by Nicola Peltz Beckham
Promising Star Award – Oka Giner – for Las hijas de la señora García – directed by Salvador Garcini and Fez Noriega
Best Short Film – Dinner with Dante – written by Katherine Schimmel – directed by Cecilia Miniucchi
Ambassador Kinéo 2026 Award – Vialina Lemann
Evening Hosts – Marcello Foti and Tatiana Luter
Kinéo 2026 Award Guests:
Brooklyn Beckham
Luca and Alessandro Morelli
Nelson Peltz
Claudia Heffner Peltz
Brad Peltz
Brittany Peltz
Amanda Rothenberg
Silvia Bizio
Scott Lambert
