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FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER

GOLDEN LION
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THE SMASHING MACHINE

SILVER LION BEST DIRECTOR
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SOTTO LE NUVOLE

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
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THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

SILVER LION GRAND JURY PRIZE
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27 august - 6 september 2024

On the red carpet

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
SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
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
rzeczpospolita
FRANKFURTER R.

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5

SILENT FRIEND

☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5

NO OTHER CHOICE

☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ /5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5

TUTTE LE VOTAZIONI | ALL RATINGS

LEONE D'ORO

FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER

Festival' Stories

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Creative Rhythms

by Redazione VeNews
Third episode of L’Atto Creativo at San Servolo with Tony Esposito

Meeting with...

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The Scapegoat

by Maria Casadei
Stephan Komandarev and Europe’s Fractures in Made in EU

Deep inside

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

by Alberto Marzari
Focus on the wrestler and actor, present at Venice 82 with "The Smashing Machine"

From words to screen

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Mary Shelley

di Loris Casadei
A new cinematic version of Shelley's classic

Stories inside the movies

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Mata Hari

by Adele Spinelli
Jet-black eyes, olive skin. On August 7, 1876, in the Netherlands...

Virtual screens

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Reflections of Little Red Dot

by Riccardo Triolo
The postcolonial age is not over...
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AWARDS-1

GOLDEN LION

FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER Jim Jarmusch

FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER

Jim Jarmusch

SILVER LION

GRAND JURY PRIZE

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB Kaouther Ben Hania

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

Kaouther Ben Hania

SILVER LION

BEST DIRECTOR

THE SMASHING MACHINE Benny Safdie

THE SMASHING MACHINE

Benny Safdie

COPPA VOLPI

BEST ACTRESS

Xin Zhilei

THE SUN RISES ON US ALL Cai Shangjun

THE SUN RISES ON US ALL

Cai Shangjun

COPPA VOLPI

BEST ACTOR

Toni Servillo

LA GRAZIA Paolo Sorrentino

LA GRAZIA

Paolo Sorrentino

BEST SCREENPLAY

À PIED D'OEUVRE Valérie Donzelli

À PIED D’OEUVRE

Valérie Donzelli

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

SOTTO LE NUVOLE Gianfranco Rosi

SOTTO LE NUVOLE

Gianfranco Rosi

PREMIO MASTROIANNI

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS

Luna Wedler

SILENT FRIEND Ildikó Enyedi

SILENT FRIEND

Ildikó Enyedi

PREMIO VENEZIA
OPERA PRIMA

"Luigi De Laurentiis"

SHORT SUMMER Nastia Korkia

SHORT SUMMER

Nastia Korkia

ORIZZONTI

BEST MOVIE

EN EL CAMINO David Pablos

EN EL CAMINO

David Pablos

ORIZZONTI

BEST DIRECTOR

SONGS OF FORGOTTEN TREES Anuparna Roy

SONGS OF FORGOTTEN TREES

Anuparna Roy

PEOPLE'S AWARD

"Armani Beauty"

CALLE MALAGA Maryam Touzani

CALLE MALAGA

Maryam Touzani

BEST FROM THE PHOTOCALL

past conference

Leonardo di Costanzo

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

The Voice of Hind Rajab – Film delegation

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

Kathryn Bigelow

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

Kathryn Bigelow

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

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

Jim Jarmush

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

Jim Jarmush

Gianfranco Rosi
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

Werner Herzog

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

Yorgos Lanthimos
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

Jacob Elordi

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

Jacob Elordi

Alexander Payne

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

Park Chan-wook

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

Valérie Donzelli

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

Luca Guadagnino

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

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

Julia Roberts

Emma Stone

How do you know I’m not an alien?

Emma Stone

Paolo Sorrentino

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

Alberto Barbera
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

Alberto Barbera

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