The awards ceremony for the 82nd Venice Film Festival took place on Saturday. Both the prestigious Orizzonti Horizons section and the main festival section featured some of the most acclaimed and celebrated films from around the world.

In the Horizons category, Indian filmmaker Anuparna Roy made history by winning Best Director for Songs of Forgotten Trees. At the esteemed festival, it was the only Indian film competing.

The American independent film Father Mother Sister Brother surprised everyone by winning the Golden Lion in the main competition, which featured 21 competing films. At the festival, a film about the Gaza crisis, The Voice of Hind Rajab, received a standing ovation that lasted for 22 minutes.

The winners of the festival's two main categories are as follows:

Main Section:

Golden Lion for Best Film - Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch (United States)

Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize - The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia)

Silver Lion award for Best Director - Benny Safdie for The Smashing Machine (United States)

Volpi Cup award for Best Actress - Xin Zhilei for The Sun Rises on Us All (China)

Volpi Cup award for Best Actor - Toni Servillo for La Grazia (Italy)

Best Screenplay - A pied d'oeuvre (At Work) by Valerie Donzelli (France)

Special jury prize - Sotto le Nuvole (Below the Clouds) by Gianfranco Rosi (Italy)

Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress - Luna Wedler in Silent Friend by Ildiko Enyedi (Switzerland)

Orizzonti Section:

Best Film - En El Camino by David Pablos (Mexico)

Best Director - Anuparna Roy for Songs of Forgotten Trees (India)