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Venice Film Festival crowns 2026 winners

Published : Sunday, 13 September, 2026 at 4:29 PM

Observer Online Report

Danish director May El-Toukhy’s "Woman Unknown" won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on Saturday.

The drama follows a housemaid whose relationship with a German soldier during World War II puts her future at risk. It was the only film in the competition directed solely by a woman.

El-Toukhy thanked jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal for highlighting the lack of opportunities for female filmmakers. She said the film was made to shed light on the “unknown women” of their shared history.

Mathilde Arcel, who starred in "Woman Unknown", won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. While John Malkovich received the Best Actor award for "Wild Horse Nine".

Malkovich appeared via video from Montreal and thanked director Martin McDonagh and co-star Sam Rockwell.

Lee Chang-dong’s "Possible Love" won the Grand Jury Prize and will represent South Korea at the Oscars. Lee said the film explores what cinema can do “in an era where the meaning of labour is fading”.

Russian director Ilya Khrzhanovsky won the Silver Lion for Best Director for "DAU". While The Special Jury Prize went to "NAZA", a Gaza conflict documentary by Israeli co-directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor.

Stéphane Brizé, Coralie Amédéo and Olivier Gorce won Best Screenplay for "Un Bon Petit Soldat". Malou Khebizi received the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor for "15/18 (A Place to Heal)".

In the Horizons section, "Un détour par Diane" by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni won Best Film. "Laleh Marzban" won Best Actress for Moragheb, while Riccardo Scamarcio won Best Actor for "I figli della scimmia".

The festival also paid tribute to Oscar-winning British producer Jeremy Thomas, who died on Friday aged 77. Thomas won the Best Picture Oscar in 1988 for Bernardo Bertolucci’s "The Last Emperor".

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