{"id":48166,"date":"2025-09-06T23:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/48166\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T23:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:43:07","slug":"dublin-set-jim-jarmusch-movie-scoops-golden-lion-at-venice-international-film-festival-2025-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/48166\/","title":{"rendered":"Dublin-set Jim Jarmusch movie scoops Golden Lion at Venice International Film Festival 2025 \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jim Jarmusch<\/a>\u2019s Father Mother Sister Brother, a co-production of Screen Ireland<\/a>, has, in a significant upset, won the Golden Lion at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival<\/a>. \u201cOh, s**t!\u201d the veteran American director said from the stage. \u201cAll of us here who make films, we\u2019re not motivated by competition, but this is something I truly appreciate \u2013 this unexpected honour. And I have to really respectfully thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The gentle anthology film follows three sets of siblings as they visit the homes of parents in the rural United States, Dublin<\/a> and Paris. That middle section sees Cate Blanchett<\/a> and Vicky Krieps<\/a> driving through recognisable streets \u2013 Blanchett\u2019s car breaks down in Stoneybatter \u2013 to meet mum Charlotte Rampling<\/a>. Tensions then bubble over afternoon tea.<\/p>\n

There were unmistakable echoes of last year\u2019s event when Pedro Almod\u00f3var, a near contemporary of Jarmusch, also belatedly won at one of the big three European festivals (the other two being Cannes and Berlin). <\/p>\n

\"JimJim Jarmusch receives the Golden Lion for Best Film for Father Mother Sister Brother from Venice Film Festival president Pietrangelo Buttafuocco on Saturday. Photograph: Tiziana Fabi\/AFP via Getty Images <\/p>\n

\u201cArt does not have to address politics directly to be political,\u201d Jarmusch, known for low-key classics such Dead Man and Stranger than Paradise, continued. \u201cIt can engender an empathy and a connection between us, which is really the first step for solving problems that we have. So I thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

That last line could be read as a reference to his film\u2018s beating Kaouther Ben Hania\u2019s The Voice of Hind Rajab, strong favourite with Lion watchers, to one of the most important awards in world cinema. Hania, who took the second prize, delivered a docudrama concerning a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed by the Israel Defense Forces<\/a> in Gaza<\/a>. Hania daringly includes original audio of Rajab\u2019s desperate call to the Palestine Red Crescent Society as they struggle to assist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI dedicate this war to the Palestinian Red Crescent and to all those who have risked everything to save lives in Gaza,\u201d the director said. \u201cThey are real heroes. The voice of Hind is the voice of Gaza itself, a cry for rescue to the entire world here. Yet no one answered.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"KaoutherKaouther Ben Hania with the Grand Jury Prize for The Voice of Hind Rajab at the Venice International Film Festival on Saturday. Photograph: Vittorio Zunino Celotto\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

The continuing crisis had already generated much debate at the festival. Venice4Palestine, an body of international film professionals, issued an open letter asking the organisers to condemn Israel<\/a>\u2019s military campaign in Gaza. On the first Saturday of the event, a sizeable pro-Palestinian protest progressed from the Piazza Santa Maria Elisabetta to the Palazzo del Cinema on the Venice Lido.<\/p>\n

Benny Safdie, the eccentric American director, took the Silver Lion \u2013 the best-director prize \u2013 for The Smashing Machine. The rough-hewn film stars Dwayne \u201cthe Rock\u201d Johnson as Mark Kerr, a former wrestler who became a pioneer in the early days of mixed martial arts. \u201cTo be here amongst the giants of the past and all the giants who are even here this year, it just blows my mind,\u201d Safdie said. Best actor went to home favourite Toni Servillo for his role as an Italian president wrestling with moral crises in Paolo Sorrentino\u2019s La Grazia. <\/p>\n

Father Mother Sister Brother is the second Irish co-production to win the Lion in just two years, after Yorgos Lanthimos\u2019s Poor Things triumphed in 2023. \u201cWhat a remarkable place, what an experience!\u201d Jarmusch puffed.<\/p>\n

Main Competition Prizes for the 82nd Venice International Film Festival <\/p>\n

Golden Lion: Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch<\/p>\n

Grand Jury Prize: The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania<\/p>\n

Special Jury Prize: Below the Clouds by Gianfranco Rosi<\/p>\n

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

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

Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Toni Servillo for La grazia<\/p>\n

Best Screenplay: Val\u00e9rie Donzelli and Gilles Marchand for At Work<\/p>\n

Marcello Mastroianni Award: Luna Wedler for Silent Friend <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jim Jarmusch\u2019s Father Mother Sister Brother, a co-production of Screen Ireland, has, in a significant upset, won the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[75],"tags":[27217,27218,52,18,117,3761,19,17,71,6220,27219,35657,11492,27221],"class_list":["post-48166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-cate-blanchett","tag-charlotte-rampling","tag-dublin","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-gaza-strip","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-israel","tag-israel-defence-forces","tag-jim-jarmusch","tag-screen-ireland-fis-eireann","tag-venice-film-festival","tag-vicky-krieps"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}