SortI concluded the 82nd Venice Film Festival 2025, The jury chaired by the American Alexander Payne He did his job. Payne, to whom the first day had been asked to express himself on Gaza, had diplomatically declared himself not competent in the matter. Gaza, however, forced him and his colleagues sworn to a choice that perhaps they heard obliged, between cinema and politics. The two worlds, and the two looks on the world they impose, are not in contradiction. Indeed, the vases have never been more communicating.
Venice 2025: all the winning films of the exhibition, from the golden lion to Father Mother Sister Brother to the jury award a Hind Rajab
Jim Jarmusch, director of Father Mother Sister Brother, The Golden Lion of Venice wins 2025
The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania wins the jury Grand Prix
Benny Safdie, author of The Smashing Machine It wins the Regia prize
Luna Wedler, among the protagonists of Silent friend, Ildikó’s film Enyedi wins the Mastroianni Prize, destined for the beginning
Luna Wedler in “Silent Friend”. (Biennale)
The Volpi Cups of Venice 2025
The prizes to the actors on which rumors alternated during the day:
Toni Servillo is the best actor for Grace by Paolo Sorrentino
Xin Zhilei, protagonist of the Chinese film The Sun Ress On Us All she is the best actress
Xin Zhilei, best leading actress for “The Sun Ress on us all”. (Getty Images)
The best screenplay to France
Gianfranco Rosi wins the jury prize for Under the clouds
TO Valerie Donzelli The script prize for À Pied d’œuvre.
“The Voice of Hind Rajab” by Kaouther Ben Hania won the jury Grand Prix. (Biennale)
The other prizes and other sections
Horizons
Best movie
En el Caminodirected by David Pablos
Special jury prize
Lost Land by Akio Fujimoto
Best direction
Anuporna Roy for Songs of Forgotten Trees
Best Screenplay
Ana Cristina Barragan for The Ivy
Best actress
Benedetta Porcaroli for Arabella’s kidnapping
Best actor
Giacomo Covi for A year of school
Days of the authors
Inside Amir by Amir Azizi
International Critician Week
Straight Circle by Oscar Hudson
Queer Lion Award | Queer Lion Association
Best film with homosexual themes and queer cultures: En el Camino by David Pablos