Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mom Sister Brother won the Golden Lion for greatest movie on the 2025 Venice Movie Competition on an evening when politics took centre stage.
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In his winners speech, Jarmusch referenced the various political speeches of the evening, saying: “I respect what (fellow winner) Benny Safdie mentioned about empathy – artwork doesn’t have to handle politics on to be political, it could possibly engender empathy and a connection between us which is absolutely step one in the direction of fixing the issues we have now”.
Safdie received one of the best director award for The Smashing Machine, his biopic of former UFC determine Mark Kerr. He paid tribute to star Dwayne Johnson in his speech, telling the group: “I wish to thanks for diving head first with a blindfold and x-ray imaginative and prescient, you actually carried out with no internet and we jumped off the cliff collectively.” A24 are dealing with worldwide gross sales on the movie.
The Grand Jury Prize went to Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab, which tells the real-life story of a six-year-old woman killed by Israeli forces and was met with a rapturous standing ovation at its premiere earlier this week.
The director devoted the award to “the Palestinian Purple Crescent and all those that threat every part to avoid wasting lives in Gaza,” including: “The voice of Hind is the voice of Gaza itself. Her voice will proceed to echo till accountability is actual.”
Alexander Payne’s jury gave the particular jury prize to Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary Beneath The Clouds.
The perfect actor prize went to native favorite Toni Servillo for his efficiency in Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grazia. China’s Xin Zhilei received greatest actress for Cai Shanjun’s drama The Solar Rises On Us All.
The Venice Luigi De Laurentis award for debut movie went to Nastia Korkia’s Brief Summer season. In her speech the German-based director who was raised in Russia urged the viewers to maintain their “eyes broad open” to the battle in Ukraine, which she mentioned was “like radiation, it destroys society from inside.”
The highest prize within the Horizons strand went to David Pablos’ Mexican street film On The Street, while Anuparna Roy collected greatest director prize for Songs of Forgotten Bushes.
Roy additionally referenced the Gaza battle in her speech, saying: “Each baby deserves peace, freedom and liberation and Palestine is not any exception. It’s a duty to assume for a second and stand beside Palestine. I’d upset my nation however it doesn’t matter to me anymore.”
The ceremony, hosted by Italian actress Emanuela Fanelli, paid tribute to the late Gorgio Armani with an prolonged standing ovation.
UK options have already thrived within the competition’s impartial sidebars, with Straight Circle and Ish main the winners in Critics’ Week; and Greece-UK co-production Bearcave taking the Europa Cinemas Label in Giornate degli Autori.
Golden Lion awards for lifetime achievement have already been offered to Werner Herzog, who attended the competition together with his new movie Ghost Elephants; and Vertigo star Kim Novak. Julian Schnabel, who confirmed his new movie In The Hand of Dante out of competitors, acquired the honorary Glory to the Filmmaker award.
The competition closed with the world premiere this night of Cedric Jimenez’s Chien 51, out of competitors.
Final 12 months’s Golden Lion for greatest movie went to Pedro Almodovar’s The Room Subsequent Door.
Venice 2025 winners
Competitors
Golden Lion – Father Mom Sister Brother. dir. Jim Jarmusch
Particular Jury Prize – Beneath The Clouds, dir. Gianfranco Rosi
Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize – The Voice of Hind Rajab, dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
Silver Lion for greatest director – Benny Safdie for The Smashing Machine
Volpi Cup for greatest actress – Xin Zhilei for The Solar Rises On Us All
Volpi Cup for greatest actor – Toni Servillo for La Grazia
Golden Osella for greatest screenplay – Valerie Donzelli, Gilles Marchand for At Work
Marcello Mastroianni award for rising actor/actress – Luna Wedler for Silent Buddy
Horizons
Greatest movie – On The Street, dir. David Pablos
Greatest director – Anuparna Roy for Songs Of Forgotten Bushes
Particular jury prize – Misplaced Land, dir. Akio Fujimoto
Greatest actress – Benedetta Porcaroli, The Kidnapping Of Arabella
Greatest actor – Giacomo Covi, A 12 months of Faculty
Greatest screenplay – Ana Cristina Barragan for The Ivy
Greatest brief movie – With out Kelly, dir. Lovisa Siren
Luigi De Laurentis award for debut movie
Brief Summer season, dir. Nastia Korkia
Venice Classics
Greatest documentary on cinema – Mata Hari, dir. Joe Beshenkovsky, James A. Smith
Greatest restored movie – Bashu, The Little Stranger, dir. Bahram Beyzaie
Venice Immersive
Grand Prize – The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up, cre. Singing Chen
Particular Jury Prize – Much less Than 5gr of Saffron, cre. Negar Motevalymeidanshah
Achievement Prize – A Lengthy Goodbye, cre. Kate Voet, Victor Maes
