The 82nd Venice Film Festival came to a close on Saturday, with Jim Jarmusch’s “Father Mother Sister Brother” taking the top award, the Golden Lion for Best Film. The drama starring Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Tom Waits and Charlotte Rampling is a triptych that follows three stories set in different countries. “Father” takes place in the Northeast U.S.; …
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Refresh for latest…: The closing night of the 82nd Venice Film Festival is upon us, and with it the awards ceremony which is about to kick off inside the Sala Grande. The main competition jury, led by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alexander Payne, will anoint the next Golden Lion laureate while handing out prizes for acting, directing, screenwriting and more. Scroll down …
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The undeniably robust 82nd edition of the Venice International Film Festival has come to a triumphant finish. Heading into Saturday night’s ceremony, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab was widely viewed as the movie to beat for this year’s Golden Lion. The powerful Gaza-set drama, which tells the story of a 6-year-old Palestinian girl’s desperate pleas …
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The Venice Film Festival closing ceremony is underway, and it will soon be revealed which movie is taking home the prestigious Golden Lion for best film. Hostess Emanuela Faneli began the ceremony briskly by reminding the audience of the honorary awardees this edition: Werner Herzog, Gus Van Sant and Julian Schnabel, before the first winner of in the Venice Immersive …
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A heart-wrenching docudrama about the Gaza war, a wrestling-themed love story starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and a darkly satirical South Korean thriller are among 21 films vying for the top prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. The Barron’s news department was not involved in the creation of the content above. This article was produced by AFP. For …
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‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ premieres at Venice Film Festival | The Jerusalem Post Jerusalem Post/J-Spot Meanwhile, US director Julian Schnabel criticized calls for two of the stars of his latest film, Gal Gadot and Gerard Butler, not to show up at the festival over their support for Israel. KAOUTHER BEN HANIA (left) and Saja Kilani hold a picture of …
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For most of its 82 years, Venice has been perceived as the world’s most glamorous film festival. This year was no exception: stars including Julia Roberts, Cate Blanchett, Jude Law and George Clooney dutifully waved from canals and trooped down red carpets (although Law tripped while on a water taxi and Clooney got ill). But the films themselves struck a …
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‘Let her voice echo’: Hind Rajab film gets record-breaking standing ovation at Venice Haaretz ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Stuns Venice With Its Longest Standing Ovation of 22 Minutes Amid Tears and ‘Free Palestine’ Chants Variety ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Review: A Gripping Gaza Drama The Hollywood Reporter The Voice of Hind Rajab review – provocative docufiction is fierce, urgent and heart-shattering The …
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A gut-wrenching new film about a five-year-old girl allegedly killed by Israeli forces in Gaza last year was given a 23-minute standing ovation after its premiere at the star-studded Venice Film Festival on Wednesday. “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” a docu-drama about real events from January 2024, left much of the audience and many journalists sobbing as it screened for …
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