New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- The undeniably brilliant 82nd edition of the Venice International Film Festival has come to an end, closing ten days of bold storytelling and global cinema. Running from August 27 to September 6, the 2025 festival delivered emotion, politics, craft, and history - both on screen and in its awards.

This year's most anticipated contender, 'The Voice of Hind Rajab', a Gaza-set drama by Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, had taken the festival by storm with its urgent depiction of a young girl's pleas for rescue.

Following its thunderous 21-minute standing ovation - one of the longest in the festival's history - many expected it to win the top prize.

However, it was the poignant family drama 'Father Mother Sister B...