{
  "id": 7127416,
  "title": "Venice Film Festival: May el-Toukhy's 'Woman Unknown' wins Golden Lion at politically charged edition",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/venice-film-festival-may-el-toukhys-woman-unknown-wins-golden-lion-at",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-13T16:05:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2026/09/13/venice-film-festival-may-el-toukhy-s-woman-unknown-wins-golden-lion-at-politically-charged-edition_6757474_30.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival was given to \"Woman Unknown\" directed by May el-Toukhy. The director paid tribute to \"invisible and voiceless women\".\n\nThe Silver Lion was awarded to Ilia Khrjanovski, who dedicated his prize to Ukrainians fighting for freedom, according to Le Monde English.\n\nThe Special Jury Prize was given to Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor for their documentary about civilians killed by the Israeli army in Gaza, as reported by Le Monde English.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "John Malkovich wins Venice acting award, sparks Oscar buzz for Wild Horse Nine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/john-malkovich-wins-venice-acting-award-sparks-oscar-buzz-for-wild",
        "published": "2026-09-13T02:34:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Venice Film Festival: Woman Unknown wins Golden Lion; John Malkovich bags best actor award",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/venice-film-festival-woman-unknown-wins-golden-lion-john-malkovich",
        "published": "2026-09-13T04:47:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Lee congratulates S. Korean director on Venice film festival award",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/lee-congratulates-s-korean-director-on-venice-film-festival-award",
        "published": "2026-09-13T08:54:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Lee congratulates Korean director on Venice film festival award",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/lee-congratulates-korean-director-on-venice-film-festival-award",
        "published": "2026-09-13T11:12:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}