Overview

• Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother, a three-part drama about adult families, topped the competition at the 82nd Venice Film Festival.
• Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab received the Grand Jury Prize, revisiting a 2024 Gaza death that investigations link to Israeli fire and the Israeli military denies.
• Benny Safdie won the Silver Lion for best director for The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.
• Other awards went to Xin Zhilei (best actress), Toni Servillo (best actor), Valérie Donzelli and Gilles Marchand (best screenplay), Gianfranco Rosi (special jury prize), and Luna Wedler (best young performer).
• This year’s competition featured 21 films evaluated by an international jury chaired by U.S. filmmaker Alexander Payne.