Il meglio di Venezia 82

A daily focus on the highlights of the 2025 Film Festival: space for the actors, directors and celebrities present at the Lido, with an in-depth look at the most discussed topics and all the films presented. Limelight focused on the red carpet but also with a more intimate look at the atmosphere of the festival. And then the anecdotes and curiosities of the backstage.

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SOUNDTRACK

Music&Movies

The 81st edition through unforgettable moments of music for cinema:… and much more music narrated with irony and a pinch of madness…

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SOUNDTRACK 2024

DIRECTOR'S CUT

Parola di Barbera

The Festival according to its director Alberto Barbera.
Every day, with his usual acuity, he tells us about the choices, performances and themes of the films, with timely digressions on the relationship between cinema and society, and the role of Venice in the international cinema scene.
The opportunities of the present and the challenges of the future according to Barbera.

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INTERNATIONAL CRITICS - FINAL RANKING - TOP THREE

INTERNATIONAL CRITICS

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THE HOLLYWOOD

REPORTER

THE FILM VERDICT

Boris Bastide

Le Monde

BEN CROLL

INDIEWIRE

JONATHAN ROMNEY

THE OBSERVER

TOMMASO KOCH

EL PAIS

J.H. Leitao Ramos

EXPRESSO

BARBARA HOLLENDER

rzeczpospolita

Daniel Kothenschulte

FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU

SCREEN INTERNAT.

HOLLYWOOD R.

FILM VERDICT

Le Monde

THE WRAP

THE OBSERVER

EL PAIS

THE TIMES

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TUTTE LE VOTAZIONI | ALL RATINGS

LEONE D'ORO

FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER

HIGHLIGHTS

Festival' Stories

Hichcock vs. Hitchcock

by Giorgio Placereani

The Ghost of Riccardo Freda, between Italian gothic, melodrama, and irony

INTERVIEWS

Meeting with...

South Tyrol on screen

by Mariachiara Marzari

Renate Ranzi leads IDM Film & Music Commission in promoting local talent, productions, and locations

FOCUS

Deep inside

François Ozon

by Delphine Trouillard

Focus on the French director, at Venice 82 with "L'étranger"

LA VERSIONE DI...

From words to screen

Giuliano da Empoli

di Loris Casadei

From Words to Screen for Olivier Assayas' Film

REAR
WINDOW

Stories inside the movies

Vertigo

by Andrea Zennaro

In the case of Vertigo, the detail of the swirling hair was highlighted...

VENICE IMMERSIVE

Virtual screens

Mirage

by Riccardo Triolo

Seeing, feeling, acting. More and more XR projects are...

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GOLDEN LION

FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER

Jim Jarmusch

SILVER LION

GRAND JURY PRIZE

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

Kaouther Ben Hania

SILVER LION

BEST DIRECTOR

THE SMASHING MACHINE

Benny Safdie

COPPA VOLPI

BEST ACTRESS

Xin Zhilei

THE SUN RISES ON US ALL

Cai Shangjun

COPPA VOLPI

BEST ACTOR

Toni Servillo

LA GRAZIA

Paolo Sorrentino

BEST SCREENPLAY

À PIED D’OEUVRE

Valérie Donzelli

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

SOTTO LE NUVOLE

Gianfranco Rosi

PREMIO MASTROIANNI

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS

Luna Wedler

SILENT FRIEND

Ildikó Enyedi

PREMIO VENEZIA
OPERA PRIMA

"Luigi De Laurentiis"

SHORT SUMMER

Nastia Korkia

ORIZZONTI

BEST MOVIE

EN EL CAMINO

David Pablos

ORIZZONTI

BEST DIRECTOR

SONGS OF FORGOTTEN TREES

Anuparna Roy

PEOPLE'S AWARD

"Armani Beauty"

CALLE MALAGA

Maryam Touzani

ALL THE PRIZES OF THE 82. VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

BEST FROM THE PHOTOCALL

past conference

I was interested in the approach to criminology, this way of looking at the bearer of evil so as not to leave him nailed to the wall like a butterfly for life.

Leonardo di Costanzo

On behalf of all of us actors and in the name of the entire team, we ask: isn't it enough? Enough of the mass killing, the starvation, the dehumanization, the destruction, the ongoing occupation?

The Voice of Hind Rajab – Film delegation

In the meantime, we are really living in a house of dynamite

Kathryn Bigelow

The film is not about the wins and the losses. It’s about what happens when winning becomes the enemy, and we can all correlate to that pressure

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

I don’t really know where the hell the story came from

Jim Jarmush

I discovered a phrase by Cocteau that says that Vesuvius produces all the clouds in the world: a wonderful image of this silent but active volcano, which becomes an accomplice of the skies of the world

Gianfranco Rosi

Which of my films do represent me the most? You cannot ask a mother which of your children represents your best, all of them. I love them all, and they’re all wonderful, and they couldn’t get any better.

Werner Herzog

What the film says, if anything, is that this dystopia is happening now, humanity is facing a reckoning very soon, I don’t know how much time we have left

Yorgos Lanthimos

The Creature in this movie is the purest form of myself – it’s more me than I am.

Jacob Elordi

Soon I was seated next to Francis Coppola watching a restoration of a 1938 silent film, and I thought, I’m in heaven!

Alexander Payne

Anytime, during those two decades, I would tell this story to the people around me and no matter where I told it, no matter what country or culture, they would all relate to the story

Park Chan-wook

Creating something is on the one hand an immense joy, on the other also a pain. You have to be persevering, consistent, you have to believe. You doubt, you are afraid. Even the work of creation is violent.

Valérie Donzelli

I think that even the lies of people tell the truth, as we know very well in many places in the world right now.

Luca Guadagnino

We are challenging people to have conversation, to be excited or to be infuriated by that. It’s up to you

Julia Roberts

How do you know I’m not an alien?

Emma Stone

Pardon is not only a legal instrument available to the President of the Republic but a sort of attitude towards the world and life, which is also a loving attitude.

Paolo Sorrentino

The director spent 15 years reconstructing the complexities of this emblematic figure through direct testimonies. Mother Teresa is a symbol of assistance to the poor, but her character is also complex, contradictory, and at times even ambiguous. This complexity is brought to life in full by Noomi Rapace’s extraordinary performance, which captures every nuance of this controversial figure

FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER

THE SMASHING MACHINE

SOTTO LE NUVOLE

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

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SOUNDTRACK

DIRECTOR'S CUT

INTERNATIONAL CRITICS - FINAL RANKING - TOP THREE

LEONE D'ORO

Festival' Stories

Meeting with...

Deep inside

From words to screen

Stories inside the movies

Virtual screens

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GOLDEN LION

Jim Jarmusch

SILVER LION

GRAND JURY PRIZE

Kaouther Ben Hania

SILVER LION

BEST DIRECTOR

Benny Safdie

COPPA VOLPI

BEST ACTRESS

Xin Zhilei

Cai Shangjun

COPPA VOLPI

BEST ACTOR

Toni Servillo

Paolo Sorrentino

BEST SCREENPLAY

Valérie Donzelli

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

Gianfranco Rosi

PREMIO MASTROIANNI

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS

Luna Wedler

Ildikó Enyedi

PREMIO VENEZIA OPERA PRIMA

"Luigi De Laurentiis"

Nastia Korkia

ORIZZONTI

BEST MOVIE

David Pablos

ORIZZONTI

BEST DIRECTOR

Anuparna Roy

PEOPLE'S AWARD

"Armani Beauty"

Maryam Touzani

past conference

Leonardo di Costanzo

The Voice of Hind Rajab – Film delegation

Kathryn Bigelow

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

Jim Jarmush

Gianfranco Rosi

Werner Herzog

Yorgos Lanthimos

Jacob Elordi

Alexander Payne

Park Chan-wook

Valérie Donzelli

Luca Guadagnino

Julia Roberts

Emma Stone

Paolo Sorrentino

Alberto Barbera

Festival Playlist

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