83rd Venice International Film Festival

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The 83rd annual Venice International Film Festival took place from 2 to 12 September 2026, at Venice Lido in Italy. American actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal served as Jury President for the main competition. Italian actors Greta Scarano and Nicolas Maupas hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. The Golden Lion was awarded to Woman Unknown by May el-Toukhy. American actress Ellen Burstyn and American actor and filmmaker George Clooney received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival. The festival's full line-up was announced on 23 July, but Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's NAZA was added to the main competition only on 24 August, following safety concerns. While the selection of DAU, directed by Russian dissident filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky, was condemned by Ukrainian official authorities for supposedly ties with the Kremlin. The statement was rebuffed by the festival's organization, which included a strong response from its artistic director Alberto Barbera...

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