‘Letters From the Silenced Country’ Wins Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary Presented During Venice Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)

The Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary has been awarded to "Letters from the Silenced Country," a film by Belarusian director Andrei Kutsila, at the Venice Film Festival. The documentary explores the lives of five individuals affected by state violence and political repression in Belarus.

The Venice Film Festival also saw the awarding of the Golden Lion to "Woman Unknown," a Danish post-war drama directed by May el-Toukhy. The film tells the story of a housemaid whose past relationship with a German soldier threatens to destroy her future in a newly liberated Denmark. According to Variety and South China Morning Post, star Mathilde Arcel took best actress honours.

Other winners at the festival included "Possible Love" by South Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong, which won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, and "NAZA," a Gaza documentary that received the special jury prize, as per Yonhap News and France 24.

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