Venice Film Festival 2025 Complete Winners List

The 82nd Venice Film Festival wrapped up with a spectacular award ceremony, celebrating the finest achievements in world cinema. The winners of the 82nd Venice Film Festival were announced on Saturday, 6 September 2025.

History was made when Indian filmmaker Anuparna Roy won the Best Director award in the Orizzonti section for her debut feature “Songs of the Forgotten Trees“. With this milestone, she became the first indian director ever to claim the honor in this category, shining a global spotlight on Indian cinema.

From powerful storytelling to groundbreaking artistry, this year’s Venice Film Festival 2025 proved once again why it is one of the world’s prestigious cinematic ceremonies.

Curious to know about the complete winners of the 2025 Venice Film Festival? Read this blog from the National Film Awards 2025, and discover the full winner list of 82nd Venice Film Festival.

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Venice Film Festival 2025 Complete Winners List

Golden Lion — Best Film
Father Mother Sister Brother

Silver Lion — Grand Jury Prize
The Voice of Hind Rajab

Silver Lion — Best Director
Benny Safdie for The Smashing Machine

Special Jury Prize
Below the Clouds by Gianfranco Rossi

Best Actor
Toni Servillo for La Grazia (Italy)

Best Actress
Xin Zhilei for The Sun Rises on Us All (China)

Best Screenplay
Valérie Donzelli & Gilles Marchand for At Work (France)

Best Young Actress
Luna Wedler for Silent Friend (Germany, France, Hungary)

Armani Beauty Audience Award
Calle Málaga by Maryam Touzani

Lion of the Future (Venice Award for Debut Film)
Short Summer by Nastia Korkia

Orizzonti (aka Horizons Section)

Best Film
En El Camino by David Pablos (Mexico)

Special Jury Prize
Lost Land by Akio Fujimoto (Japan, France, Malaysia, Germany)

Best Director
Anuparna Roy for Songs of the Forgotten Trees (India)

Best Screenplay
Ana Cristina Barragan for The Ivy (Ecuador, Mexico, France, Spain)

Best Actress
Benedetta Porcaroli for The Kidnapping of Arabella (Italy)

Best Actor
Giacomo Covi for A Year of School (Italy, France)

Best Short Film
Without Kelly, Lovisa Sirén (Sweden)

Venice Classics Section

Best Documentary on Cinema
Mata Hari, Joe Beshenkovsky, James A. Smith (USA)

Best Restored Film
Bashu the Little Stranger, Bahram Beyzaie (Iran)

Venice Immersive Section

Venice Immersive Achievement Prize
The Long Goodbye, by Victor Maes and Kate Voet (Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands)

Special Jury Prize
Less Than 5gr of Saffron, by Négar Motevalymeidanshah (France)

Grand Prize
The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up, by Singing Chen and Shuping Lee (Taiwan)