The Golden Lion for the best film of the 82/A International Film Festival of Venice goes to Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch (USA, Ireland, France). The film is built on three stories that explore the relationships between parents and children. In the cast Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver, Tom Waits and Charlotte Rampling.
The silver lion – Jury Grand Prix of the 82/A International Film Festival of Venice goes to The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia, France). The film recalls the true story of the five -year -old girl who died in Gaza during an attack. After talking for hours on the phone with the red crescent operators who attempted in vain to save her.
The Volpi Cup for the best male interpretation of the 82/A International Film Festival of Venice goes to Toni Servillo for the film La Grazia by Paolo Sorrentino (Italy). It is the first time that the actor wins a cup at the exhibition.
Venice 82: the prizes
Here are the official prizes of Venice 82 awarded tonight in the closing ceremony of the International Film Festival in the Grande room at the Palazzo del Cinema.
The Venice 82 jury, chaired by Alexander Payne and composed of Stéphane Brizé, Maura Delpero, Cristian Mungiu, Mohammad Rasoulof, Fernanda Torres and Zhao Tao, after watching the 21 movies in competition has decided to award the following prizes:
Golden lion for the best film to:
Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch (USA, Ireland, France)
Silver lion – Jury Grand Prix a:
The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia, France)
Silver lion prize for the best direction to:
Benny Safdie for the film The Smashing Machine (USA)
Volpi Cup for the best female interpretation to:
Xin Zhilei in the film Ri Gua Zhong Tian (The Sun Ress On Us All) by Cai Shangjun (China)
Volpi Cup for the best male interpretation to:
Toni Servillo in the film La Grazia by Paolo Sorrentino (Italy)
Prize for the best screenplay to:
Valérie Donzelli and Gilles Marchand for the film à Pied d’œuvre (at work) by Valérie Donzelli (France)
Special jury award to:
Under the clouds of Gianfranco Rosi (Italy)
Marcello Mastroianni prize to a young actor emerging at:
Luna Wedler in the film Silent Friend of Ildikó Elyedi (Germany, Hungary, France)
Orizzonti section
The Orizzonti jury of the 82. International exhibition of film art, chaired by Julia Ducournau and composed of Yuri Ancarani, Fernando Enrique Juan Lima, Shannon Murphy and Ramell Ross, after viewing the 19 feature films and 14 short films in competition, assigns:
Orizzonti Prize for the best film to:
En el Camino (on the road) by David Pablos (Mexico)
Orizzonti Prize for the best direction to:
Anuporna Roy for the film Songs of Forgotten Trees (India)
SPECIAL AWARD OF THE JURY ORIZZONTI A:
Harà Watan (Lost Land) by Akio Fujimoto (Japan, France, Malaysia, Germany)
Orizzonti Prize for the best female interpretation to:
Benedetta Porcaroli in the film The kidnapping of Arabella by Carolina Cavalli (Italy)
Orizzonti Prize for the best male interpretation to:
Giacomo Covi in the film A year of school by Laura Samani (Italy, France)
Orizzonti Prize for the best script to:
Ana Cristina Barragán for the film Hiedra (The Ivy) (Ecuador)
Orizzonti Prize for the best short film in:
Utan Kelly (Without Kelly) of Lovisa Sirén (Sweden)
Leone del Future – Venice Award Opera first “Luigi De Laurentiis”
The Leone Jury of the Future – Venice Award Opera first “Luigi De Laurentiis” of the 82. International Film Festival, chaired by Charlotte Wells and composed of Erige Sehiri and Silvio Soldini awarded the prize:
Leone del Future – Venice Opera Primo (Luigi De Laurentiis) Award:
Short Summer of Nastia Korkia (Germany, France, Serbia)
Venice Spotlight
Spectators Prize – Armani Beauty a:
Calle Málaga by Maryam Touzani (Morocco, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium)
Venice Classici
The jury chaired by Tommaso Santambrogio and consisting of 23 students from the Italian university cinema courses assigns:
Classic Venice Prize for the best documentary on cinema to:
Mata Hari by Joe Beshenkovsky and James A. Smith (USA)
Classic Venice Prize for the best film restored to:
Bashu, Gharibeye Kooochak (Bashu, The Little Stranger) by Bahram Beyzaie (Iran)
Venice immersive
The jury chaired by Eliza McNitt and composed of Gwenael François and Boris Labbé, after viewing the 30 projects in competition, assigns:
Venice Immersive Grand Prix to:
The Clouds Are Two Thousing Meters Up of Singing Chen (Taipei, Germany)
Special Prize of the Venice Immersive Jury A:
Less than 5gr of saffran by négar motevalymeidanshah (France)
Award for the realization of Venice Immersive to:
In Long Goodbye by Kate Voet and Victor Maestro (Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands)
Career prizes and special awards
Golden lion to career 2025 a:
Kim Novak
Werner Herzog
Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award 2025 A:
Julian Schnabel
Campari Passion for Film 2025 award to:
Gus Van Sant