Venice Film Festival โข2025โ Crowns Winners, Signaling Shifts in Global Cinema
Venice, Italy – The 82nd Venice โฃInternational โคFilm Festival concluded Saturday, awarding top honors to a โdiverseโ slate of filmmakers and performers, reflecting a growing international focus and emerging cinematic voices. The festival, a key bellwether for the upcoming awards season,โ showcased โคa range of films fromโ establishedโค auteurs โto debut directors, โwith prizes distributedโ across multiple sections.
The Veniceโข Filmโ Festival holds significant weight in the โคfilm industry, often launching films and filmmakers โto international acclaim. Winners โfrequently gain momentum heading into โawards season, including theโ Oscars.This year’s selections โhighlight a trend toward sociallyโฃ conscious storytelling and โinnovative filmmaking techniques, potentially influencing the direction ofโข cinematic trends in the coming year.
key Award Recipients:
Golden Lion: โฃXin Zhilei,The Sun Rises on Us All (China)
Lion of the Future (Venice Award for Debut Film): nast tall,Shortโข Summer
best Film – Horizons Section: Davidโ Pablos,Alongโ the way โฃ (Mexico)
special Jury Prize – Horizons โSection: Akio Fujimoto,Lost Land (Japan,France,Malaysia,Germany)
Best Director – โHorizons section: Anuparna Roy,Songs of โฃthe Forgotten Trees (India)
best Screenplay – Horizons Section: โคANA CRISTINA BARRAGAN,Theโฃ Ivy (Ecuador,Mexico,France,Spain)
Best Actress – Horizons Section: โขBenedettaโฃ Porcaroli,The Kidnapping of Arabella โ (Italy)
best Actor -โข Horizons Section: โ Giacomoโ Covi,A โYearโ of School (Italy,France)
Best Short Film – Horizons Section: Lovisa Sirรฉn,Without Kelly (Sweden)
Best Documentary on Cinemaโ – Venice Classics Section: Joe Beshenkovsky & James A. Smith, The โeyes ofโฃ the day (USA)
Best Restored โFilm – Venice Classics Section: Bahram Beyzaie, bashu theโข Little Stranger (Iran)
Venice Immersiveโค Achievement Prize: Victor Maes & โkate Voice, The Long Goodbye (Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands)
Special Jury Prize – Venice Immersive Section: Nรฉgar Motevalymeidanshah, less Than 5gr ofโฃ Saffron (France)
Grand Prizeโ – Venice Immersive Section: Singing Chen โ& Shuping Lee, Theโข Clouds Are โคTwo Thousand Meters Up (Taiwan)
Best Screenplay: valรฉrie Dongelli & Gilles Marchand, At Work (France)
Best Young Actress: Luna Wedler, Silent Friend (Germany, France, Hungary)
Armani Beauty Audience Award: Maryam Touzani, Malaga street*