Here are the winners of the 2025 Venice Film Festival
International Competition
Golden Lion for Best Film
Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch
Silver Lion (Grand Jury Award) :
The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania
Silver Lion for best director:
The Smashing Machine by Benny Safdie
Special Jury Award:
Below The Clouds by Gianfranco Rosi
Best Script :
Valérie Donzelli for At Work
Volpi Cup for Best Actor:
Toni Servillo in La grazia
Volpi Cup for Best Actress:
Xin Zhilei in The Sun Rises on Us All
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Most Promising Newcomer:
Luna Wedler in Silent Friend
Orizzonti
Grand Prize :
En el camino by David Pablos
Best Director :
Songs of Forgotten Trees d’Anuparna Roy
Special Jury Prize
Lost Land by Akio Fujimoto
Best Actress:
Benedetta Porcaroli in The Kidnapping of Arabella
Best Actor :
Giacomo Covi in A Year of School
Best Script:
The Ivy by Ana Cristina Barragán
Best short film :
Without Kelly by Lovisa Sirén
Lion of the Future – Luigi De Laurentiis Prize (first feature film):
Short Summer by Nastia Korkia
Orizzonti Extra
People’s Choice Award – Armani Beauty:
Calle Malaga by Maryam Touzani
Venice Classics
Best Documentary about Cinema:
Mata Hari by Joe Beshenkovsky
Best Restoration Award:
Bashu, the little stranger by Bahram Beyzaie
Venise Immersive
Grand Prize :
The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up by Singing Chen
Special Jury Prize:
Less Than 5gr of Saffron by Négar Motevalymeidanshah
First Film!
A Long Goodbye by Kate Voet, Victor Maes
Giornate Degli Autori
GDA DIRECTOR’S AWARD
Daroon-E Amir (Inside Amir) by Amir Azizi
THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Memory by Vladlena Sandu
and
A Sad and Beautiful World by Cyril Aris
EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL
Arkoudotrypa (Bearcave) by Stergios Dinopoulos et Krysianna B. Papadakis.
THE VALENTINA PEDICINI AWARD FOR WOMEN FILMMAKERS UNDER 40
Mayra Hermosillo in Vainilla
THE CINEMA & ARTS AWARD
Qui vit encore (Who is still alive) by Nicolas Wadimoff
THE CARLO LIZZANI AWARD FOR BEST ITALIAN FILM
Confiteor – come scoprii che non avrei fatto la rivoluzione by Bonifacio Angius
THE BOOKCIAK AWARD TO THE BEST FILM ADAPTATION OF A LITERARY WORK
Écrire la vie. Annie Ernaux racontée par des lycéennes et des lycéens by Claire Simon
THE BISATO D’ORO AWARD
Gabriel Azorín and Giuseppe Truppi for Anoche conquisté Tebas by Gabriel Azorín
Settimana della Critica
Grand Prize (Best Picture)
STRAIGHT CIRCLE by Oscar Hudson
Circolo del Cinema di Verona Award for best innovative film
STRAIGHT CIRCLE by Oscar Hudson
Audience Award
ISH by Imran Perretta
Luciano Sovena Award for best independant production
Agon by Giulio Bertelli
Mario Serandrei – Hotel Saturnia Award for best technical contrubution
Waking Hours by Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini,
, praised for its experimental cinematography that transforms visual matter into abstraction and new human geographies.
Best Short Film
Marina by Paoli De Luca
Best Director
Festa in Famiglia by Nadir Taji
The complete list of awards is avalaible here.