After about two weeks of the 82nd Venice Film Festival, which included many timed standing ovations, fan cams of the actors able to attend and our favorite directors in taxi boats, the festival is coming to a close. The Venice Film Festival 2025 Main Competition jury is presided over by filmmaker Alexander Payne, and includes director Mohammad Rasoulof, actor Fernanda Torres, director Stéphane Brizé, director Maura Delpero, actor Zhao Tao, and director Cristian Mungiu

Main Competition

Golden Lion “Father Mother Sister Brother,”Jim Jarmusch

Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” Kaouther Ben Hania

Silver Lion Best Director Benny Safdie, “The Smashing Machine”

Special Jury Prize “Below the Crouds,” Gianfranco Rossi

Best Screenplay Valérie Donzelli and Gilles Marchand, “À pied d’œuvre” (“At Work”)

Best Actress Xin Zhilei, “The Sun Rises on Us All”

Best Actor Toni Servillo, “La Grazia”

Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress Luna Welder, “Silent Friend”

Horizons

Best Film

Best Director Anuparna Roy, “Songs of Forgotten Trees”

Special Jury Prize “Harà Watan” (“Lost Land”), Akio Fujimoto

Best Actress Benedetta Porcaroli, “Il Rapimento di Arabella” (“The Kidnapping of Arabella”

Best Actor Giacomo Covi, “Un Anno di Scuola” (“A Year of School”)

Best Screenplay “Hiedra” (“The Ivy”), Ana Cristina Barragán

Best Short Film “Without Kelly,” Lovisa Sirén

Lion of the Future – Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film “Short Summer,” Nastia Korkia

Armani Beauty Audience Award “Calle Malaga,” Maryam Touzani

Venice Classics

Best Documentary “Mata Hari,” Joe Beshenkovsky and James A. Smith

Best Restored Film “Bashu, the Little Stranger,” Bahram Beizai

Venice Immersive

Grand Jury Prize “The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up,” Singing Chen

Special Jury Prize “Less Than 5gr of Saffron,” Négar Motevalymeidanshah

Immersive Achievement Prize “A Long Goodbye,” Kate Voet and Victor Maes