AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Venice Film Festival wraps with Golden Lion race shaped by Gaza documentary's record ovation
The 83rd Venice Film Festival closes Saturday with its top prize still undecided, and a Gaza documentary's record-breaking 25-minute standing ovation has made "NAZA" the film to beat in a competition stacked with Hollywood heavyweights and international auteurs. A jury led by actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal will hand out the Golden Lion for best […] The post Venice Film Festival wraps with Golden Lion race shaped by Gaza documentary's record ovation appeared first on American Almanac .
The 83rd Venice Film Festival closes Saturday with its top prize still undecided, and a Gaza documentary's record-breaking 25-minute standing ovation has made "NAZA" the film to beat in a competition stacked with Hollywood heavyweights and international auteurs. A jury led by actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal will hand out the Golden Lion for best film and prizes for direction and acting after sifting through 21 titles that screened over the past eleven days in Venice, Italy. The competition featured big-budget studio entries, veteran directors returning after long absences, and a pair of documentaries centered on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that drew the festival's most intense audience reactions two years running. "NAZA,"…Open