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Shafaq News – Venice
The 82nd Venice International Film Festival concluded
in Italy with Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch (USA/Ireland/France)
winning the Golden Lion for Best Film.
The closing ceremony, held at the Sala Grande cinema
on September 6, announced the winners across the Main Competition, the
Orizzonti section, Venice Immersive, Venice Classics, and the Luigi De
Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film. Prizes included the Golden Lion, Silver
Lion, acting honors, and audience awards.
Main Competition
The international jury, chaired by French filmmaker
Stéphane Brizé and including directors Cristian Mungiu, Maura Delpero, Mohammad
Rasoulof, actress Zhao Tao, and others, awarded:
– Golden
Lion (Best Film): Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch
(USA/Ireland/France).
– Grand
Jury Prize (Silver Lion): The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania
(Tunisia/France).
– Best
Director (Silver Lion): Benny Safdie for The Smashing Machine (USA).
– Best
Actress (Coppa Volpi): Xin Zhilei in The Sun Rises on Us All by Cai Shangjun
(China).
– Best
Actor (Coppa Volpi): Toni Servillo in La grazia by Paolo Sorrentino (Italy).
– Best
Screenplay: Valérie Donzelli and Gilles Marchand for At Work by Valérie
Donzelli (France).
– Special
Jury Prize: Below the Clouds by Gianfranco Rosi (Italy).
– Marcello
Mastroianni Award (Best Young Actor/Actress): Luna Wedler in Silent Friend by
Ildikó Enyedi (Germany/Hungary/France).
Orizzonti Competition
The Orizzonti jury, chaired by Julia Ducournau,
honored:
– Best
Film: On the Road by David Pablos (Mexico).
– Best
Director: Anuparna Roy for Songs of Forgotten Trees (India).
– Special
Jury Prize: Lost Land by Akio Fujimoto (Japan/France/Malaysia/Germany).
– Best
Actress: Benedetta Porcaroli in The Kidnapping of Arabella by Carolina Cavalli
(Italy).
– Best
Actor: Giacomo Covi in A Year of School by Laura Samani (Italy/France).
– Best
Screenplay: Ana Cristina Barragán for The Ivy (Ecuador).
– Best
Short Film: Without Kelly by Lovisa Sirén (Sweden).
Debut Films and Audience Award
The jury for the Luigi De Laurentiis Venice Award for
a Debut Film, chaired by Scottish filmmaker Charlotte Wells with members Erige
Sehiri (France/Tunisia) and Silvio Soldini (Italy), awarded:
– Luigi
De Laurentiis Award for Best Debut Film: Short Summer by Nastia Korkia
(Germany/France/Serbia).
– Venezia
Spotlight (Audience Award): Calle Málaga by Maryam Touzani
(Morocco/France/Spain/Germany/Belgium).
Venice Classics
The jury, chaired by Italian filmmaker Tommaso
Santambrogio and composed of 23 cinema students from Italian universities,
honored:
– Best
Documentary on Cinema: Mata Hari by Joe Beshenkovsky and James A. Smith (USA).
– Best
Restored Film: Bashu, the Little Stranger by Bahram Beyzaie (Iran, 1985).
Venice Immersive
The jury, chaired by American filmmaker Eliza McNitt
with members Gwenael François and Boris Labbé, selected:
– Grand
Prize: The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up by Singing Chen (Taipei/Germany).
– Special
Prize: Less than 5gr of Saffron by Négar Motevalymeidanshah (France).
– Achievement
Prize: A Long Goodbye by Kate Voet and Victor Maes
(Belgium/Luxembourg/Netherlands).
Festival Overview
The festival, chaired by Alberto Barbera, ran from
August 27 to September 7, 2025, screening films across the Main Competition,
Orizzonti, Immersive, Venice Classics, and special out-of-competition sections.
More than 4,500 participants from over 70 countries attended the world’s oldest
film festival.
For more info: https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/official-awards-82nd-venice-international-film-festival
Credit: Independent journalist and
reporter Mansour Jahani
