{"id":2338,"date":"2025-09-08T09:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/2338\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T09:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:57:17","slug":"father-mother-sister-brother-takes-top-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/2338\/","title":{"rendered":"Father Mother Sister Brother takes top prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

And the winner is Father Mother Sister Brother<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Venice Film Festival<\/a> ended its star-studded festivities by crowning Jim Jarmusch<\/a>\u2019s Father Mother Sister Brother \u2014 about siblings who reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents \u2014 the prestigious Golden Lion for Best Film, in a bit of a surprise.<\/p>\n

“Art does not have to address politics directly to be political,” said Jarmusch. “It can engender empathy and a connection between us, which is really the first step to solving the problems that we have.”<\/p>\n

The grand jury prize went to The Voice of Hind Rajab<\/a>. Director Kaouther Ben Hania’s film, which is Tunisia’s Oscar submission, had been the toast of the festival, earning a record 22-minute standing ovation. “I dedicate this award to the Palestinian residents and to all those who have risked everything to save lives in Gaza,” said Ben Hania. “We all believe in the force of cinema. It’s what gathers us here tonight and gives us the courage to tell stories that might otherwise be buried.”<\/p>\n

\"Lady<\/a> \"Jimmy<\/a> <\/p>\n

The Silver Lion best director prize was awarded to Benny Safdie<\/a> for The Smashing Machine<\/a>, who called it “the honor of a lifetime.”<\/p>\n

“This is a dream come true,” said Safdie. “I wanted this movie to be an exercise in radical empathy. And if we can empathize with somebody who seems invincible, then we can empathize with anybody, and empathy right now is more important than ever.” He also called out star Dwayne Johnson for “diving in headfirst with a blindfold and X-ray vision and no net.”<\/p>\n

Toni Servillo was named best actor for his starring role in Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grazia, about an Italian president in his final term, facing tough decisions about whether to sign a controversial euthanasia law and grant clemency to two prisoners. Italy has yet to make its official selection for international feature for the Oscars<\/a>, but La Grazia is considered a strong contender. Xin Zhilei was named best actress for her role in Chinese director Shangjun Cai’s The Sun Rises on Us All. China has yet to make its selection as well.<\/p>\n

While the top prize at Venice can provide a welcome boost to a film’s profile, especially in a competitive season, it has a mixed track record as a predictor of major awards. Last year’s winner was Pedro Almodovar’s The Room Next Door, which was ultimately ignored by the Academy. But just a year earlier, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things fared far better, earning 11 Oscar nominations and winning four. <\/p>\n

The ceremony was marked by several impassioned speeches calling out the conflict in Gaza. “Politics might fail, but art is and will always be a home for justice, freedom and humanity,” said director Maryam Touzani, who won the audience award for her film Calle Malaga.<\/p>\n

The main competition jury was chaired by\u00a0Alexander Payne (The Holdovers), and included\u00a0St\u00e9phane Briz\u00e9\u00a0from France (Out of Season),\u00a0Maura Delpero\u00a0from Italy (Vermiglio),\u00a0Cristian Mungiu\u00a0from Romania (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days),\u00a0Mohammad Rasoulof\u00a0from Iran (The Seed of the Sacred Fig),\u00a0Fernanda Torres\u00a0from Brazil (I’m Still Here), and\u00a0Zhao Tao\u00a0from China (Caught by the Tides). The jury for the Horizons section, which focuses on debut films and highlights the latest trends aesthetic and expressive trends in film, was led by Julia Ducournau (Titane).<\/p>\n

Here is the full list of winners:<\/p>\n

COMPETITION<\/p>\n

Golden Lion for Best Film: Father Mother Sister Brother<\/p>\n

Grand Jury Prize: The Voice of Hind Rajab<\/a><\/p>\n

Silver Lion for Best Director: Benny Safdie, The Smashing Machine<\/p>\n

Special Jury Prize: Below the Clouds (Sottoe Le Nuvole), Gianfranco Rossi<\/p>\n

Best Screenplay: At Work (A Pied D’Oeuvre), Valerie Donzelli and Gilles Marchand <\/p>\n

Best Actor: Toni Servillo, La Grazia<\/p>\n

Best Actress: Xin Zhilei, The Sun Rises on Us All<\/p>\n

Best Young Actor\/Actress: Luna Wedler, Silent Friend<\/p>\n

Debut Film: Short Summer, Nastia Korkia<\/p>\n

Audience Award: Calle Malaga, Maryam Touzani<\/p>\n

HORIZONS<\/p>\n

Best Film: On the Road (En El Camino), David Pablos <\/p>\n

Best Director: Anuparna Roy, Songs of Forgotten Trees<\/p>\n

Special Jury Prize: Lost Land (Hara Watan), Akio Fujimoto\u00a0<\/p>\n

Best Actor: Giacomo Covi, A Year of School (Un Anno di Scuola)<\/p>\n

Best Actress: Benedetta Porcaroli, The Kidnapping of Arabella (Il Rapimento di Arabella)<\/p>\n

Best Screenplay: The Ivy (Hiedra), Ana Cristina Barragan<\/p>\n

Best Short Film: Without Kelly, Lovisa Sir\u00e9n<\/p>\n

VENICE CLASSICS<\/p>\n

Best Documentary: Mata Hari, Joe Beshenkovsky and James A. Smith<\/p>\n

Best Restored Film: Bashu, The Little Stranger (Bashu, Gharibeye Koochak), Bahram Beizai<\/p>\n

VENICE IMMERSIVE<\/p>\n

Grand Prize: The Clouds Are Two Thousands Meters Up, Singing Chen<\/p>\n

Special Jury Prize: Less Than 5Gr of Safran, N\u00e9gar Motevalymeidanshah<\/p>\n

Achievement Prize: A Long Goodbye, Kate Voet and Victor Maes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And the winner is Father Mother Sister Brother. The Venice Film Festival ended its star-studded festivities by crowning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3216,3217,3218,2219,42,3219,43,3220,3221,40,38,41,39,2623],"class_list":["post-2338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-2026-oscars","tag-benny-safdie","tag-father-mother-sister-brother","tag-fyc","tag-headlines","tag-jim-jarmusch","tag-news","tag-oscars","tag-the-voice-of-hind-rajab","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-venice-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}