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Venice Film Festival 2026 Winners: ‘Woman Unknown’ Takes Golden Lion as May el-Toukhy Leads a Strong Awards Night
May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown has won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, emerging as the top prize winner from a competition that brought together filmmakers including Lee Chang-dong, Ilya Khrzhanovsky and Martin McDonagh. The Danish-Swedish-Latvian production also earned Mathilde Arcel the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, making it the most decorated film in the festival’s main competition. Directed by Danish-Egyptian filmmaker May el-Toukhy,
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Practical Magic 2 has ended Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s six-week reign at the top of the North American box office, opening No. 1 with an estimated $30 million from 4,146...
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The September 11–13 weekend brought a milestone moment for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in China, even as Once Upon a Time in the Middle East continued its dominant run at the top of the mainland chart. In South Korea, The...
