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  "id": 6990492,
  "title": "‘Letters From the Silenced Country’ Wins Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary Presented During Venice Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/letters-from-the-silenced-country-wins-golden-globes-impact-prize-for",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-12T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/letters-from-silenced-country-golden-globes-impact-prize-1236858484/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nOther 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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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/urgent-lee-chang-dongs-possible-love-wins-grand-jury-prize-at-venice",
        "published": "2026-09-12T18:47:20.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Venice Film Festival 2026, «Woman Unknown» of May el-Toukhy wins the Golden Lion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/venice-film-festival-2026-woman-unknown-of-may-el-toukhy-wins-the",
        "published": "2026-09-12T19:02:40.000Z"
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        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Danish WWII drama wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/danish-wwii-drama-wins-golden-lion-at-venice-film-festival",
        "published": "2026-09-12T19:15:14.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Gaza genocide documentary ‘NAZA’ wins Special Jury Prize at Venice",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/gaza-genocide-documentary-naza-wins-special-jury-prize-at-venice",
        "published": "2026-09-12T19:50:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Israeli-made Gaza documentary wins Venice special jury prize",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/israeli-made-gaza-documentary-wins-venice-special-jury-prize",
        "published": "2026-09-12T21:30:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "May El-Toukhy On Venice Golden Lion Win & Riccardo Scamarcio Remembers Jeremy Thomas — Winners Press Conference",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/may-el-toukhy-on-venice-golden-lion-win-riccardo-scamarcio-remembers",
        "published": "2026-09-12T21:59:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NYT Arts",
        "title": "‘Woman Unknown’ Takes Top Prize at Venice Film Festival",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/woman-unknown-takes-top-prize-at-venice-film-festival",
        "published": "2026-09-12T22:26:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Israeli documentary NAZA wins Venice Jury Prize, challenges IDF Gaza civilian death claims",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/israeli-documentary-naza-wins-venice-jury-prize-challenges-idf-gaza",
        "published": "2026-09-12T23:06:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Lee Chang-dong's 'Possible Love' wins Grand Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/lee-chang-dongs-possible-love-wins-grand-jury-prize-at-venice-film-7012680",
        "published": "2026-09-12T23:17:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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