{"id":1761,"date":"2025-09-06T23:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readtrends.com\/en\/jarmusch-father-mother-sister-brother\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T23:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:05:23","slug":"jarmusch-father-mother-sister-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readtrends.com\/en\/jarmusch-father-mother-sister-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Jarmusch\u2019s Father Mother Sister Brother wins Venice Golden Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>At the 2025 Venice International Film Festival on 6 September, US indie director Jim Jarmusch unexpectedly took the Golden Lion for Father Mother Sister Brother, a three\u2011part film featuring Cate Blanchett and an ensemble cast; Kaouther Ben Hania\u2019s The Voice of Hind Rajab was named runner\u2011up with the Silver Lion after a 23\u2011minute standing ovation.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Jim Jarmusch\u2019s Father Mother Sister Brother won the Golden Lion at Venice on 6 September 2025.<\/li>\n<li>The film is divided into New Jersey, Dublin and Paris chapters and stars Cate Blanchett among others.<\/li>\n<li>Kaouther Ben Hania\u2019s The Voice of Hind Rajab received the Silver Lion and drew a 23\u2011minute ovation.<\/li>\n<li>Toni Servillo won best actor for La Grazia; Xin Zhilei won best actress for Sun Rises on Us All.<\/li>\n<li>Benny Safdie took best director for The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne Johnson as Mark Kerr.<\/li>\n<li>Gianfranco Rosi earned the special jury award for Below the Clouds.<\/li>\n<li>Several high\u2011profile films, including three Netflix titles, left Venice without prizes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Verified facts<\/h2>\n<p>Father Mother Sister Brother, a reflective comedy in three parts set in New Jersey, Dublin and Paris, was announced as the Golden Lion winner at the festival closing ceremony on 6 September 2025. The ensemble cast includes Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Vicky Krieps, Indya Moore and Luka Sabbat alongside Cate Blanchett.<\/p>\n<p>Kaouther Ben Hania\u2019s The Voice of Hind Rajab, which incorporates the recorded pleas of a five\u2011year\u2011old Palestinian girl killed during the Gaza war, received the Silver Lion after its premiere earned a 23\u2011minute standing ovation. Ben Hania dedicated the award to preserving the child\u2019s voice and called for accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Individual awards went to Toni Servillo (best actor) for Paolo Sorrentino\u2019s La Grazia and Xin Zhilei (best actress) for Cai Shangjun\u2019s Sun Rises on Us All. Benny Safdie won best director for The Smashing Machine, a biopic featuring Dwayne Johnson as mixed martial arts figure Mark Kerr. Gianfranco Rosi received the special jury prize for his black\u2011and\u2011white documentary Below the Clouds.<\/p>\n<p>Several anticipated films failed to win prizes, including Kathryn Bigelow\u2019s A House of Dynamite, Guillermo del Toro\u2019s Frankenstein project, Noah Baumbach\u2019s Jay Kelly, Park Chan\u2011wook\u2019s No Other Choice and Yorgos Lanthimos\u2019s Bugonia starring Emma Stone.<\/p>\n<h2>Context &amp; impact<\/h2>\n<p>Venice remains a launchpad for awards\u2011season contenders; films that premiere here often carry momentum into the Oscars. This year, however, the festival\u2019s strongest reactions clustered around politically charged works responding to the Israel\u2011Gaza war, shifting attention from glamour to urgent subject matter.<\/p>\n<p>Jarmusch acknowledged concerns about one of his film\u2019s distributors receiving funds linked to a company with ties to the Israeli military, an issue he said weighed on him as he unveiled the film. Festival winners with explicit political content may see heightened international attention and activist responses as distribution and exhibition decisions follow.<\/p>\n<p>The awards committee emphasised plurality in its choices. Jury president Alexander Payne said the jury valued multiple films for different reasons and wished them long and important lives, while denying reports that a juror had threatened to resign over the decisions.<\/p>\n<h2>Official statements<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Cinema cannot bring Hind back, nor can it erase the atrocity committed against her. Her voice will continue to echo until accountability is real, until justice is served.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  <cite>Kaouther Ben Hania<\/cite>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;As a jury, we treasure both of those films equally, each for its own reason.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  <cite>Alexander Payne, jury president<\/cite>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<aside>\n<details>\n<summary>What is the Golden Lion?<\/summary>\n<p>The Golden Lion is Venice\u2019s top prize, awarded to the best film in the festival\u2019s main competition. It is widely regarded as an early indicator of awards\u2011season prospects and can amplify a film\u2019s commercial and critical visibility.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Unconfirmed<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Reports that a juror threatened to quit over the awards were publicly denied by jury president Alexander Payne and remain contested in press accounts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bottom line<\/h2>\n<p>Jarmusch\u2019s unexpected Golden Lion win spotlights a quietly crafted ensemble film at a festival increasingly shaped by geopolitical themes. Both the prize choices and the strong audience response to politically charged films suggest Venice 2025 will influence awards discussions and distribution debates in the months ahead.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.labiennale.org\/en\/cinema\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venice International Film Festival (La Biennale)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the 2025 Venice International Film Festival on 6 September, US indie director Jim Jarmusch unexpectedly took the Golden Lion for Father Mother Sister Brother, a three\u2011part film featuring Cate Blanchett and an ensemble cast; Kaouther Ben Hania\u2019s The Voice of Hind Rajab was named runner\u2011up with the Silver Lion after a 23\u2011minute standing ovation. &#8230; <a title=\"Jim Jarmusch\u2019s Father Mother Sister Brother wins Venice Golden Lion\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/readtrends.com\/en\/jarmusch-father-mother-sister-brother\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Jim Jarmusch\u2019s Father Mother Sister Brother wins Venice Golden Lion\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"Jarmusch\u2019s Father Mother Sister Brother wins Venice Golden Lion | Film News","rank_math_description":"Jim Jarmusch\u2019s three\u2011part film Father Mother Sister Brother took the Venice Golden Lion on 6 Sept 2025 in a surprise decision; Kaouther Ben Hania\u2019s The Voice of Hind Rajab won the Silver Lion.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Jim Jarmusch,Venice Film Festival,Golden Lion,Cate Blanchett,Voice of Hind Rajab","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readtrends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readtrends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readtrends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readtrends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readtrends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/readtrends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readtrends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readtrends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readtrends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readtrends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}