Venice Film Festival Reveals Award Winners (Updating Live) — SkimNews
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- Venice Film Festival is revealing its 2026 award winners live, including the Golden Lion for best film, with category results filling in as the ceremony unfolds
- Maggie Gyllenhaal presides over the competition jury alongside Johnnie To, Shahrbanoo Sadat, Xavier Giannoli, Daniel Blumberg, Francesco Casetti, and Kaouther Ben Hania
- Films vying for the Golden Lion include Danny Boyle's "Ink," Casey Affleck's "Company," Werner Herzog's "Bucking Fastard," Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Look Back," Martin McDonagh's "Wild Horse Nine," and "NAZA" by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
- Last year's Golden Lion went to Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother," while Benny Safdie took the Silver Lion for best director for "The Smashing Machine"
- "The Voice of Hind Rajab" by Kaouther Ben Hania, last year's grand jury prize winner, is represented this year through its filmmaker's role on the competition jury
Why it matters: The Golden Lion can launch films into awards-season contention and reshape auteur careers, and this year's race pairs established names (Boyle, Herzog, McDonagh, Kore-eda) with newer voices like Abraham and Szor under a jury that includes last year's winning filmmaker. With both Variety and Deadline running parallel live coverage, the picks will be scrutinized across the industry the moment they're announced.
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