82nd Venice International Film Festival Award Winners - In Progress

Today, September 3, 2025 the post will start as of tomorrow awards will start to be announced and yes, there are some that already had their announcement.

Post will be in progress until after the awards ceremony next Saturday.

The Award Winners

Official Selection

Competition

Golden Lion for Best Film:

Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize:
Special Jury Prize:

Silver Lion for Best Director:

Copa Volpi for Best Actress:
Copa Volpi for Best Actor:
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actress or Actor:

Best Screenplay:
Lion of the Future - Luigi de Laurentiis Award for Best Debut Film:

Orizzonti Awards
Best Film:
Special Jury Prize:
Best Director:
Best Actress:
Best Actor:
Best Screenplay:

Best Short Film:
Short Film nominee for the European Film Awards:

Orizzonti Extra Best Film Audience Award:

Venice Classics
Best Documentary on Cinema:
Best Restored Film:

Venice Immersive
Grand Prize:
Special Jury Prize:
Achievement Prize:

Autonomous Sections

21st Giornate degli Autori
Director's Award:
Label Europa Cinemas Award:
People's Choice Award:
Premio SIAE Career Award: Dario Argento
Premio SIAE Creative Talent Award: Tekla Taidelli for 6:06, Tekla Taidelli, Italy and Portugal 
Premio Le vie dell'immagine: Albert Serra

40. Settimana Internationalle della Critica (Venice International Film Critics Week)

Grand Prize:
Jury Special Mention:

Verona Fillm Club Award:
Mario Serandrei Award for Technical Contribution:
the Film Club Audience Award:
Luciano Sovena Award for Best Independent Production:

Short Film Awards
Best Short Film:
Best Director:
Best Technical Contribution:
Centro Nazionale del Corto Award:

If you wish to check Official Awards at festival site go .

Collateral Awards

FIPRESCI Awards
Best Film in Venezia82:
Best Film in Orizzonti:

Signis Award:

Ambassador of Hope Award Smithers Foundation Award:

Area CinemaGiovani Award
Best Film in Venezia82:
Best Italian Film:

Authors Under 40 Award
Best Director:
Special Mentions
Directing and Screenwriting:
Cinematography:

1964 Pop Art Award:
Brian Award:

Bisato d'Oro Awards
Best Film:
Best Director:
Best Actress:
Best Sound:
Best Screenplay:
Best Director/Producer:
Best Cinematography:
Immersive is Cinema:

Carlo Lizzani Award:

Cinema and Arts Award
Best Film:
Best Multidisciplinary Artist:

Cinema for UNICEF:

CinemaSarà Award:

Edipo re Award:
Edipo Re Youth Jury Award:

Enrico Fulghignoni-CICT-UNESCO Award:

Fanheart3 Awards
Graffeta d'Oro for Best Film:
Nave d'Argento for Best OTP:
XR Fan Experience:

FEDIC Awards Premio FEDIC:
Special Mention:
Special Mention FEDIC to Short Film:

Fondazione Fai Persona Lavoro Ambiente Award:
Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award:
Fondazione Casa Wabi - Mantarraya Award:

Francesco Pasinetti Awards
Best Italian Film:
Best Actress:
Special Award:

FRED Film Radio Award:
Green Drop Award:
Impact Award:
Interfilm Award:

La Pellicola d'Oro Awards
Best Costume Designer:
Best Chief Electrician:
Best Prop Maker:

Lanterna Magica Award:
Leoncino d'Oro Agiscoula Award:
NETPAC Award: v
Nuovoimaeie Talent Award
Best Newcomer Actress:
Best Newcomer Actor:

Premi Film Impresa Special Award: Ferdinando Scianna - Il Fotografo dell'Ombra, Roberto Andò, Italy (documentary)
Queer Lion Award:
RB Casting Award:

Sorriso Diverso Award
Best Italian Film:
Best Foreign Film:

Soundtrack Stars Award
Best Soundtrack in Venezia82:
Soundtrack Star Award:

UNIMED Award:

32th Final Cut in Venice (post production awards)
9th Biennale di Venezia Prize: Al Mahattah (The Station), Sara Ishaq, Yemen, Jordan, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, and Qatar
13th Final Cut in Venice Awards
Meu Semba (My Semba), Hugo Salvaterra, Angola
Al Mahattah (The Station), Sara Ishaq, Yemen, Jordan, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, and Qatar
La Maison du vent (House of the Wind), Auguste Kouemo Yanghu, Cameroon, Benin, France, and Belgium
Let's Play Soldiers, Mariam Al-Dhubhani, Yemen, Qatar, Norway, and France
La Cour des Grands (Out of School), Hind Bensari, Morocco and Denmark
Yesterday the Eye Didn't Sleep, Rakan Mayasi, Belgium, Lebanon and Palestine
Al woqoof ala el atlal (Standing at the Ruins), Saeed Taji Farouky, Egypt and UK
Soleil, lune, étoiles (Legacy), Mamadou Dia, Senegal and France

To check awards each of above films in Final Cut received go to official site here.

CIAK d'Oro Awards
Ciak d'Oro Classic:
Ciak d'Oro Rivelazione:
Ciak Diamond Special Award: Andrea Iervolino

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Kim Novak
Golden Lion for Life time Achievement: Wegner Herzog
Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker: Julian Schnabel
Campari Passion For Film Award: Gus Van Sant Premio Robert Besson: Stéphane Brizé
Premio Bianchi: Antonio Capuano
Liberatum Women in Creativity Award:
Women in Cinema Award:

To check autonomous and collateral award winners go official site