The 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival ended with the awards ceremony on Saturday. Some of the most acclaimed and well-known films from around the world competed in the main festival section and the prestigious Orizzonti (Horizons) section.
This situation was on the topic of hot buttons throughout the 82nd edition of the festival. This was shy and shy on October 7, 2023, the second anniversary of Operation Hamas against the Zionist Israeli regime.
At least 64,000 people living in the Gaza Strip were slaughtered during the subsequent Israeli massacre campaign aimed at clearing up Gazan. This is while warning about the looming “artificial” hunger, which is expected to cause at least 132,000 children under the age of five to suffer from acute malnutrition.
US indie director Jim Jalmusch unexpectedly won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival with his mother’s sister and brother.
He declared his opposition to the continued lockdown and bombing of Gaza by pasting a chest badge on a coat that reads “fully enough.” He had previously expressed concern about the financial ties of one of his film distributors to the Israeli military.
According to a website’s deadline report, Tunisian director, Couser director Ben Hania was the most outspoken as he won the Silver Lion Grand Jue Award for the voice of Hind Rajab.
According to reports from The Guardian, Hindrajab’s voice used the real voice of the young girl’s desperate plea to help out as her car fell into an Israeli shootout, earning a 23-minute standing ovation in its premiere. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian said it was “a fierce, intense work.”
In her acceptance speech, Ben Hania stated, “The film cannot regain the back, nor can the atrocities committed against her. Although it cannot recover what has been taken, the cinemas can maintain her voice and resonate it across the border.
The film about the murder of 6-year-old Hindrajab, who was in a car with his family fired by Israeli military, tried to escape from Gaza City in early 2024, but rocked the festival early in the week, receiving a record 23-minute and 40-second overall.
Apart from these two winners, others also paid tribute to Gaza. Elsewhere, Italian Toni Serbilo was named Best Actor for his portrayal of the hardships of a tired president approaching the end of his mission at La Grazia, paying tribute to activists seeking to end Gaza’s lockdown by sailing towards Gaza.
He said the activists “decided to sail bravely towards Palestine, bringing the signs of mankind to the land where human dignity is trampled daily and in brutal ways.”
Additionally, Indian filmmaker Anuparna Roy created history with the best director victory of the Forgotten Tree Moon in the Horizons section. In her speech to the audience, she said that every child deserves peace. Palestine is no exception. She added that she is standing with Palestine, even if it disrupts his country.
Mariam Tuzani, a Moroccan filmmaker and winner of the Armani Beauty Audience Award for the film “Calle Malaga,” asked the audience in her speech.
Therefore, the 82nd Venice Film Festival, considered the most important and attractive film festival in the world, delivered a clear message in 2025. The voice of Gaza is not silent. Artists use a variety of opportunities to communicate the voices of the people in the area until justice is achieved.
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