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Amanda Seyfried and Stacy Martin stand near a window in the film The Testament of Ann Lee.

Final Venice Predictions

The winners of the 82nd Venice Film Festival will be announced this Saturday, so here are our final predictions for which films might take home a prize. Recently, Ildikó Enyedi’s competition entry SILENT FRIEND received a very warm reception — great news, as she remains one of our most prominent surreal humanist filmmakers, a true expert at blending the intimate with the metaphysical, the concrete with the dreamlike.

Clouds loom over the city of Naples in a black and white image from the film Below the Clouds.

First, Joseph’s predictions:

Golden Lion: BELOW THE CLOUDS (Gianfranco Rosi)
Runner-up: NO OTHER CHOICE (Park Chan-wook)

Grand Jury Prize: THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (Kaouther Ben Hania)
Runner-up: FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER (Jim Jarmusch)

Special Jury Prize: SILENT FRIEND (Ildikó Enyedi)
Runner-up: FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER (Jim Jarmusch)

Silver Lion, Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
Runner-up: Mona Fastvold, THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE

Coppa Volpi, Best Actor: Tony Servillo, LA GAZIA
Runner-up: Lee Byung-hun, NO OTHER CHOICE

Coppa Volpi, Best Actress: Amanda Seyfried, THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
Runner-up: Emma Stone, BUGONIA

Best Screenplay Award: NO OTHER CHOICE (Park Chan-wook)
Runner-up: LA GRAZIA (Paolo Sorrentino)

Marcello Mastroianni Award, Best Young Actor/Actress: Aidan Delbis, BUGONIA
Runner-up: Jacob Elordi, FRANKENSTEIN

Indya Moore rests her head on Luka Sabbat's shoulder in the film Father Mother Sister Brother.

My predictions:

Golden Lion: FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER (Jim Jarmusch)
Runner-up: SILENT FRIEND (Ildikó Enyedi)

Grand Jury Prize: SILENT FRIEND (Ildikó Enyedi)
Runner-up: NO OTHER CHOICE (Park Chan-wook)

Special Jury Prize: THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (Kaouther Ben Hania)
Runner-up: BELOW THE CLOUDS (Gianfranco Rosi)

Silver Lion, Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
Runner-up: Jim Jarmusch, FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER

Coppa Volpi, Best Actor: Tony Servillo, LA GAZIA
Runner-up: George Clooney, JAY KELLY

Coppa Volpi, Best Actress: Amanda Seyfried, THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
Runner-up: Valerie Bruni Tedeschi, DUSE

Best Screenplay Award: NO OTHER CHOICE (Park Chan-wook)
Runner-up: JAY KELLY (Noah Baumbach)

Marcello Mastroianni Award, Best Young Actor/Actress: Benjamin Voisin, THE STRANGER
Runner-up: Jacob Elordi, FRANKENSTEIN

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