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THE MATCH FACTORY Venice Awards 2025

82. Venice Film Festival

Jim Jarmusch won the Golden Lion for FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER!

Gianfranco Rosi could take home the Special Jury Prize for BELOW THE CLOUDS and Toni Servillo was awarded the Coppa Volpi for his work in LA GRAZIA.
Congratulations!

Additionally, AGON by Giulio Bertelli was awarded the Luciano Sovena Award for Best Independent Production and the FIPRESCI Award.

THE MATCH FACTORY at TIFF 2025

50. Toronto Film Festival

We are thrilled to share the first films selected for TIFF!

Discovery:
JULIAN by Cato Kusters

Centrepiece:

DUSE by Pietro Marcello
MIROIRS NO. 3 by Christian Petzold

MY FATHER'S SHADOW by Akinola Davies Jnr.

TIFF Docs:

BELOW THE CLOUDS by Gianfranco Rosi

LANDMARKS by Lucrecia Martel

Special Presentations:

SIRÂT by Oliver Laxe

THE MATCH FACTORY at Venice 2025

82. Venice Film Festival

We are thrilled to announce six premieres in Venice!

Competition:

LA GRAZIA by Paolo Sorrentino

FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch

DUSE by Pietro Marcello

BELOW THE CLOUDS by Gianfranco Rosi

Out of Competition:

LANDMARKS by Lucrecia Martel

Settimana Internazionale della Critica:
AGON by Giulio Bertelli

THE MATCH FACTORY Two awards at Cannes Film Festival 2025

78. Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Awards! SIRÂT takes home the Jury Prize and MY FATHER'S SHADOW by Akinola Davies Jnr. receives the Special Mention for Caméra d'O

THE MATCH FACTORY at Cannes 2025

78. Cannes Film Festival

We are excited to present our Cannes Line-Up, including films in the following sections:

Competition:
THE MASTERMIND by Kelly Reichardt
SIRÂT by Oliver Laxe

Un Certain Regard:
MY FATHER’S SHADOW by Akinola Davies Jnr.

Quinzaine:
MIROIRS No. 3 by Christian Petzold