Venice 2026 Winners: Red Carpet Underway With Sightings Of ‘Woman Unknown’ & ‘Possible Love’ Directors Alongside Jury – Updating Live
The awards ceremony of the Venice Film Festival kicks off at 7pm local time (10am PT) and Deadline will be live updating the winners. The red carpet is already underway with Maggie Gyllenhaal and her jury posing for photos, with sightings of Golden Lion contenders, May El-Toukhy (Woman Unknown) and Lee Chang-dong (Possible Love) suggesting […]
Maggie Gyllenhaal presided over the Venice Film Festival jury. The Golden Lion award went to "Woman Unknown", directed by May el-Toukhy. According to Variety, Gyllenhaal had noted the lack of women filmmakers in the competition.
The film "Woman Unknown" is a post-war drama set in Denmark after World War II. It follows a housemaid whose past relationship with a German soldier threatens her future. The film's star, Mathilde Arcel, also won the best actress award, according to the South China Morning Post.
The jury also awarded the Silver Lion to "Possible Love" by South Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong. The Special Jury Prize went to the documentary "Naza" co-directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor.
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