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  "id": 7008376,
  "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",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-12T22:26:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NYT Arts",
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    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/movies/venice-film-festival-golden-lion-woman-unknown.html"
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  "summary": "The film \"Woman Unknown\", directed by May el-Toukhy, has won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The drama follows a Danish servant in the aftermath of World War II and stars Mathilde Arcel, who also took home the best actress award.\n\nThe film is set in a newly liberated Denmark where women who fraternized with German forces during the war were often subjected to vigilante justice. According to el-Toukhy, the film is about \"the female body as a battleground and a public matter\" and tells the story of \"women who are invisible, unseen, and voiceless\".\n\nThe runner-up Silver Lion award went to Lee Chang-dong for \"Possible Love\". Other winners included Ilya Khrzhanovsky, who won best director for \"DAU\", and Belarusian director Andrei Kutsila, whose documentary \"Letters from the Silenced Country\" won The Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "title": "(URGENT) Lee Chang-dong's 'Possible Love' wins grand jury prize at Venice film fest",
        "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"
      },
      {
        "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": "Variety",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-09-12T21:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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": "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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