Venice 82: Collateral Awards at the 2025 Film Festival

At the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, the collateral awards were announced, adding to the official competition with recognitions dedicated to independent cinema, new voices, and experimental storytelling.

Queer Lion Award 2025

• En el camino by David Pablos

Cinema & Arts Award

• Best Film (ex aequo): The Tale of Silyanby Tamara Kotevska, Qui vit encore by Nicolas Wadimoff

• Best Multidisciplinary Artist: Morteza Ahmadvand, Firouzeh Khosrovani

FRED Award 2025

• Dag Johan Haugerud, President of the Giornate degli Autori Jury

Final Cut in Venice

• Main Award: The Station (Al Mahattah) by Sara Ishaq

• Partner Awards: My Semba, House of the Wind, Let’s Play Soldiers, Out of School, Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep, Standing at the Ruins, Legacy

Other Collateral Awards

• 1964 Pop Art Award (Cineteca Calabria): Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

• Arca CinemaGiovani: The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania (Best Film in Competition), La grazia by Paolo Sorrentino (Best Italian Film)

• Under 40 Women Authors Award (Parallelo 41 Produzioni): Un anno di scuola by Laura Samani (Best Director), Vainilla by Mayra Hermosillo (Best Screenplay)

• BookCiak Award (Calipso Association): L’Étranger by François Ozon

• Brian Award (UAAR): La grazia by Paolo Sorrentino

• Fundación Casa Wabi – Mantarraya Award: assigned to the winner of the Luigi De Laurentiis Venice Award for a Debut Film

• XXXVII CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Prize – Fellini Medal: The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania

• CinemaSarà Award (Fondazione Cineteca Italiana): Silent Friend by Ildikó Enyedi

• Italian Red Cross Award: The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania

• Edipo Re Award: The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania, Silent Friend by Ildikó Enyedi – Youth Jury Award: Straight Circle by Oscar Hudson

• Fai Persona Lavoro Ambiente Foundation Award: Human Resource by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit – Special Mentions: À pied d’œuvre (work), Ghost Elephants (environment), Sotto le nuvole (social environment)

• Fanheart3 Award: Frankenstein by Guillermo Del Toro (Golden Graffetta), Hateshinaki Scarlet by Mamoru Hosoda (Silver Ship – Best OTP), Happy Shadow by Pei-Ying Lin and Ting-Ruei Su (XR Fan Experience)

• FEDIC Award: La valle dei sorrisi by Paolo Strippoli (Feature), Arca by Lorenzo Quagliozzi (Short)

• Film Impresa Special Award (Unindustria): Ferdinando Scianna – Il fotografo dell’ombra by Roberto Andò

• FIPRESCI Award: Silent Friend by *Ildikó Enyedi (Competition), Agon by *Giulio Bertelli (SIC)

• Europa Cinemas Label: Bearcave by Stergios Dinopoulos and Krysianna B. Papadakis

• People’s Choice Award (Giornate degli Autori): Memory by Vladlena Sandu, A Sad and Beautiful World by Cyril Aris

• GDA Director’s Award: Inside Amir by Amir Azizi

• Green Drop Award: Bugonia by Yorgos Lanthimos, Silent Friend by Ildikó Enyedi

• Impact Golden Globes Prize (Documentary): Remake by Ross McElwee

• Interfilm Award (Interreligious Dialogue): Silent Friend by Ildikó Enyedi

• Lanterna Magica Award (CGS): Un anno di scuola by Laura Samani

• Leoncino d’Oro Agiscuola/UNICEF: The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania – UNICEF Special Mention: The Voice of Hind Rajab

• Carlo Lizzani Award (ANAC): Confiteor by Bonifacio Angius

• NETPAC Award: Hijra (The Ivy) by Shahad Ameen

• NUOVOIMAIE Talent Award – Fabio Sartor Prize: Giacomo Covi, Pietro Giustolisi, Samuel Volturno (Un anno di scuola)

• Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI): La grazia by *Paolo Sorrentino (Best Film), Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Best Actress), Toni Servillo (Best Actor), Anna Ferzetti (Special Award)

• La Pellicola d’Oro Award: Elda Baldi (Production Manager – La grazia), Michael Ceracchini (Props – Duse), Diana Maria Hernandez Giralo (Chief Electrician – Elisa)

• RB Casting Award: Tiziano Menichelli (Il Maestro)

• SIC Grand Prize: Straight Circle by Oscar Hudson

• SIC Audience Award: Ish by Imran Perretta

• Luciano Sovena Award: Agon by Giulio Bertelli

• Mario Serandrei – Hotel Saturnia Award: Waking Hours by Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini

• SIC@SIC Awards: Marina by Paoli De Luca (Best Short, Best Technical Contribution), Festa in famiglia by Nadir Taji (Best Direction)

• SIGNIS Award: Elisa by Leonardo Di Costanzo

• Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award: Elisa by Leonardo Di Costanzo (Italian Film), The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania (Foreign Film)

• Soundtrack Stars Award: Duse (score by Fabrizio Elvetico, Marco Messina, Sacha Ricci)

• UNIMED Award: The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania