Overview

• The 82nd Venice Film Festival closed with Jim Jarmusch taking the top award for his three-part family drama featuring Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Charlotte Rampling and Cate Blanchett.
• The Voice of Hind Rajab used real emergency-call audio and drew prolonged standing ovations of roughly 22–24 minutes before winning the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize.
• Director Alexander Payne presided over the main competition jury, which faced reported internal divisions over how to honor the Gaza-centered film.
• Benny Safdie won Best Director for The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne Johnson, while the Coppa Volpi acting prizes went to Toni Servillo and Xin Zhilei.
• Coverage noted a cool reception for Jarmusch’s film in some quarters and highlighted high-profile titles from studios such as Netflix that left without major awards.