Venice Film Festival has announced the winners of its 2025 awards.
Scooping the top prize of the Golden Lion for Best Film was comedy-drama Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch, an anthology shot by Fred Elmes ASC and Yorick Le Saux AFC.
Meanwhile, powerful docudrama The Voice of Hind Rajab from Kaouther Ben Hania took home the Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize, while Benny Safdie received the Silver Lion – Award for Best Director for The Smashing Machine, which sees Dwayne Johnson don the gloves of MMA fighter Mark Kerr.
The Venezia 82 Jury was chaired by Alexander Payne and composed of Stéphane Brizé, Maura Delpero, Cristian Mungiu, Mohammad Rasoulof, Fernanda Torres and Zhao Tao, with each viewing all 21 films in competition and deciding on the winners.
The full list of Venezia 82 winners is available below.
Golden Lion for Best Film to:
Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch (USA, Ireland, France)
Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize to:
The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia, France)
Silver Lion – Award for Best Director to:
Benny Safdie for the film The Smashing Machine (USA)
Coppa Volpi for Best Actress:
Xin Zhilei in the film Ri Gua Zhong Tian (The Sun Rises on Us All) by Cai Shangjun (China)
Coppa Volpi for Best Actor:
Toni Servillo in the film La Grazia by Paolo Sorrentino (Italy)
Award for Best Screenplay to:
Valérie Donzelli and Gilles Marchand for the film À Pied d’Œuvre (At Work) by Valérie Donzelli (France)
Special Jury Prize to:
Sotto le Nuvole (Below the Clouds) by Gianfranco Rosi (Italy)
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress to:
Luna Wedler in the film Silent Friend by Ildikó Enyedi (Germany, Hungary, France)
Meanwhile, the rest of the awards handed out at the festival are available below.
Orizzonti Award for Best Film to:
En el Camino (On the Road) by David Pablos (Mexico)
Orizzonti Award for Best Director to:
Anuparna Roy for the film Songs of Forgotten Trees (India)
Special Orizzonti Jury Prize to:
Harà Watan (Lost Land) by Akio Fujimoto (Japan, France, Malaysia, Germany)
Orizzonti Award for Best Actress to:
Benedetta Porcaroli in the film Il Rapimento di Arabella by Carolina Cavalli (Italy)
Orizzonti Award for Best Actor to:
Giacomo Covi in the film Un Anno di Scuola (A Year of School) by Laura Samani (Italy, France)
Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay to:
Ana Cristina Barragán for the film Hiedra (The Ivy) (Ecuador)
Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film to:
Utan Kelly (Without Kelly) by Lovisa Sirén (Sweden)
Lion of the Future:
“Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film to: Short Summer by Nastia Korkia (Germany, France, Serbia)
Giornate degli Autori
Armani Beauty Audience Award to:
Calle Málaga by Maryam Touzani (Morocco, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium)
Venice Classics Award for Best Documentary on Cinema to:
Mata Hari by Joe Beshenkovsky and James A. Smith (USA)
Venice Classics Award for Best Restored Film to:
Bashu, Gharibeye Koochak (Bashu, the Little Stranger) by Bahram Beyzaie (Iran, 1985)
Venice Immersive Grand Prize to:
The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up by Singing Chen (Taipei, Germany)
Venice Immersive Special Jury Prize to:
Less Than 5gr of Saffron by Négar Motevalymeidanshah (France)
Venice Immersive Achievement Prize to:
A Long Goodbye by Kate Voet and Victor Maes (Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands)
