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Venice Film Festival 2025, awards ceremony live | Porcaroli wins Best Actress for Orizzonti, recalling the Flotilla. Armani stands ovation.

Saturday, September 6


The awards ceremony is underway in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema. There are many references to Palestine. All rise to their feet for the late designer.

Mostra del Cinema di Venezia 2025, la premiazione in diretta | In corso la cerimonia. A Benedetta Porcaroli il premio Orizzonti come migliore attrice
Benedetta Porcaroli (photo Ansa)

8:22 PM | September 6

The Lion of the Future Award – Luigi De Laurentiis Venice Award for a First Work at Short Summer

Mara Venier presents the Lion of the Future – Luigi De Laurentiis Venice Award for a Debut Film to Short Summer by Nastia Korkia, which recalls the war in Ukraine. I hope we will keep our eyes open and find the strength to stop the war. I dedicate the award to my grandparents who are no longer here.

8.15pm | 06 September

The Armani Beauty Spectators' Award

The Armani Beauty Viewers' Award, chosen by the votes of viewers of the nine films in the Orizzonti Extra section, goes toCalle Málaga by Maryam Touzani.

8.12pm | 06 September

Standing ovation for Giorgio Armani

Standing ovation and applause for Giorgio Armani, while a black and white photo of the designer in Venice is projected.

8.11pm | 06 September

Emanuela Fanelli: Who times the applause?

The second part of the ceremony begins, broadcast live on Rai3. Emanuela Fanelli introduces the evening by promising that the big questions will be answered during the evening, like who won the Golden Lion or the Volpi Cup. And who is the person who times the minutes of applause at the end of films? What did they do wrong in life? Does he have a family? And how do they earn a living during the rest of the year? And she gives the ironic instructions for accepting the awards.

Mostra del Cinema di Venezia 2025, la premiazione in diretta | Porcaroli migliore attrice per Orizzonti ricorda la Flotilla. Standing ovation per Armani
Emanuela Fanelli

7:45 PM|

Fanelli, an ironic stage beast

Closing the first part of the ceremony, Emanuela Fanelli humorously bid the audience farewell, suggesting she'd saved the best for the live broadcast on Rai3. Prepare to enjoy the entertainment of this stage beast that I am.

7.41pm | 06 September

Orizzonti Award for Best Film to En El Camino

The Orizzonti Award for Best Film was given to En El Camino, directed by David Pablos.

7.39pm | 06 September

Orizzonti Award for Best Director to Anuparna Roy

The Orizzonti Award for Best Director goes to Anuparna Roy for Songs of Forgotten Trees. I would like to thank the producers who agreed to produce a film that is unconventional. I'm shaking, she said. The director recalled the tragedy happening in Palestine. It is our responsibility to show support for Palestine. My country (India, ed.) probably won't like this, but I don't care.

Mostra del Cinema di Venezia 2025, la premiazione in diretta | Porcaroli migliore attrice per Orizzonti ricorda la Flotilla. Standing ovation per Armani
Anuparna Roy (photo Ansa)

7.35pm | 06 September

The Special Jury Prize for the Horizons section goes to Harà Watan

The Special Jury Prize for the Horizons section goes to Harà Watan (Lost Land) by Akio Fujimoto, about Rohingya refugees in Burma.

19:27 | 06 September

The Orizzonti Award for Best Actress goes to Benedetta Porcaroli (who recalls the Global Sumud Flotilla)

The Orizzonti Award for Best Actress goes to Benedetta Porcaroli, the protagonist of Carolina Cavalli's The Kidnapping of Arabella."Thanks to her, I've learned to be more forgiving of myself, even though we live in a world that holds out unattainable role models," she says."I must dedicate this award to our friends in the Flotilla, who remind us that it's not all over and there's a valid reason to get up in the morning, called humanity."

Mostra del Cinema di Venezia 2025, la premiazione in diretta | In corso la cerimonia. A Benedetta Porcaroli il premio Orizzonti come migliore attrice

Benedetta Porcaroli and Carolina Cavalli: The Beauty of a Meeting

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7.14pm | 06 September

Best Restored Film Award goes to Bashu - The Little Stranger

The award for best restored film went to Bashu - The Little Stranger, a 1989 film directed by Iranian director Bahram Beyzai.

19:02 | 06 September

The awards ceremony of the 82nd Venice Film Festival has begun

Host Emanuela Fanelli officially opened the closing ceremony of the 82nd Venice Film Festival. During the awards ceremony, the Golden Lion will be awarded to one of the films in competition.

18:47 | 06 September

The Lion-themed game

Among the favorite titles for the Golden Lion areThe Voice of Hind Rajab by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, about the death of a little girl in Gaza,A House of Dynamite by Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow,Silent Friend by Hungarian director Ildiko Enyedi and La Grazia by Paolo Sorrentino.

September 6, 6:35 PM - Updated September 6, 8:25 PM

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