WorldPingMaggie Gyllenhaal kicked off her term as Venice jury president by calling out the lack of women filmmakers in the running for the prestigious Golden Lion.
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Venice 2026 Winners: May El-Toukhy’s ‘Woman Unknown’ Wins Golden Lion For Best Film – Full List
‘Woman Unknown’ Wins Golden Lion in Venice: Full Winners List
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Venice Jury Didn’t Award ‘Woman Unknown’ the Golden Lion Just Because It Was Directed by a Woman: It ‘Was Like a Laser Beam’
Woman Unknown wins Venice film festival as NAZA takes special jury prize
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Read the full report at VarietyAll eyes were on the Lido as John Malkovich ('Wild Horse Nine') and Mathilde Arcel ('Woman Unknown') won best actor and best actress, and Venice sensation 'NAZA' claimed the Special Jury Prize.
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WorldPingDanish-Egyptian director May El-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown has won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 83rd Venice Film Festival.
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WorldPingMay el-Toukhy becomes eighth female director to take Golden Lion as Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love and Guardian-produced exposé of Israel’s Gaza killings also awarded Bold and bravura choices as Venice celebrates A Woman Unknown, Possible Love – and…
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WorldPingJohn Malkovich named best actor; Israeli-made Gaza documentary wins special jury prize…
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WorldPingVenice Golden Lion winner May El-Toukhy is not surprised that some pundits considered her win a surprise this evening. “It doesn’t surprise me that some people would say ‘Oh, did she get it?
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WorldPingBelarusian director Andrei Kutsila’s “Letters from the Silenced Country,” a portrayal of contemporary Belarus seen through the lives of five individuals whose existence has been upended by state violence and political repression, is the winner of The…
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