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Woman Unknown wins Venice Golden Lion as Gaza documentary NAZA takes jury prize
September 12, 2026 at 09:56 PM
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4 reports · 3 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 8 hours
TGThe Guardian
Woman Unknown wins Venice film festival as NAZA takes special jury prize
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
"غزة" و"راجعين" و"أنا أسامة".. فلسطين حاضرة بقوة في مهرجان البندقية
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
بعد تصفيق قياسي.. وثائقي "نازا" عن استهداف المدنيين في غزة يفوز بجائزة فينيسيا
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
فيلم "نازا" يفجّر غضب مسؤولين وشخصيات إسرائيلية
(opens the publisher’s site)May el-Toukhy's Woman Unknown won the Golden Lion at the 83rd Venice Film Festival, where the Gaza documentary NAZA took the special jury prize.
- May el-Toukhy's Woman Unknown won the Golden Lion for best film at the festival's closing ceremony on Saturday.
- Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's NAZA won the special jury prize, a documentary based on testimony from 24 Israeli military insiders about the targeting of civilians in Gaza.
- Jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal said the jury made an exception because its vote for best actress winner Mathilde Arcel was unanimous.
- John Malkovich won the best actor Volpi Cup for Wild Horse Nine, while Ilya Khrzhanovsky took best director for DAU.