Venice Film Festival Award Winners (Updating Live) - hollywoodreporter.com
The Venice Film Festival concluded with the film 'Woman Unknown' winning the Golden Lion for best film. The event also highlighted ongoing industry discussions regarding gender inequality and the lack of female representation in major film competitions.
Why it matters
The festival serves as a bellwether for the film industry, and the focus on gender parity reflects broader cultural shifts within global entertainment.
Amid a busy fall festival season, all eyes were back on the Lido Saturday night as Woman Unknown won the Venice Film Festival ‘s coveted Golden Lion for best film.
The honors were handed out by the international jury, headed up by U.S. filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal, as stars dressed to the nines one last time for this year’s final, glitzy Lido red carpet. Among the other big winners were DAU director Ilya Khrzhanovsky, who took home the Silver Lion for best director; Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love , which won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize; and NAZA , which received the Special Jury Prize. Related Stories Movies 'Words Are Weapons': Michaël R. Roskam on Turning a WWII Fake-Newspaper Prank Into a Heist Movie Movies Inside 'NAZA,' the Bombshell Exposé on IDF's War in Gaza
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