- Father Mother Sister Brother won the Golden Lion in Venice.
- Jim Jarmusch is one of the important personalities of the independent film.
- The best actress is Chinese Xin Zhilei for The Sun Rises.
- The best actor is Italian Toni Servillo for La Grazia.
- The festival awarded Werner Herzog a prize for his lifelong contribution.
The main prize of the International Film Festival in Venice, the Golden Lion, was awarded this year by Father Mother Sister Brother Brother’s director Jim Jarmusch. This was announced on Saturday night at the end of the 82nd year of the prestigious event, the jury reports on the basis of AFP and DPA reports.
The award -winning film examines dysfunctional families through three stories that take place in New York, Dublin and Paris. They played Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver and Tom Waits. Jim Jarmusch (72) is one of the most famous contemporary author filmmakers and representatives of American independent film. His films include night on earth, dead man or broken flowers.
The best actress was declared Chinese Sin No. for the main role in The Sun Rises on the US All (Ž ‘kua chung tchien; the sun hangs in the sky). She portrayed a woman trying to reconcile with her ex -lover who served his sentence for her crime in prison.
The best actor is this year according to the Toni Servillo jury from Italy For the figure of the aging president, who ends the mandate, in La Grazia, director Paolo Sorrentin. The Grand Prix of the Jury, the second most important trophy of the Venetian Festival, was taken by The Voice of Hind Rajab director Kaouther Ben Hania, whose theme is the death of a five -year -old Palestinian girl in the Gaza Strip.
The silver lion for the best director got American Benny Safdie For the biographical drama about wrestler Mark Kerr, called The Smashing Machine. A special jury award was awarded to the documentary film Sotto Le Nulele (under the clouds) of Italian-American director Gianfranc Rosi, which represents fragments of the daily lives of people living and working in Naples.
According to the jurors, the best screenplay was written by Valéria Donzelli and Gilles Marchand for the French film à Pied d’Oeuvre (at work). The International Film Festival in Venice, Italy, is the oldest event of its kind in the world, and besides the French Cannes and Berlinale, France, it is considered one of the three most important.
The 82nd year was held from 27 August to 6 September 2025 and the Golden Lion for the best film was applied for 21 works. The awards were decided by an international jury chaired by American director Alexander Payne. The Golden Lion Award for his lifelong contribution was awarded to German director Werner Herzog and American actress Kim Novaková at the beginning of the festival.
