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US Independent Director Jim Jarmusch Beats Gaza War Film to Venice Top Prize
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The awarding of the main prize to a Jim Jarmusch film is hard to justify, the streaming provider Netflix presents great stars and is still brutally flogged. Five insights from this year's film festival in Venice.
Venice Film Festival: Jim Jarmusch wins top prize while Palestine dominates awards ceremony
The Golden Lion went to 'Father Mother Sister and Brother' by the American filmmaker on Saturday, September 6, while 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, about the death of five-year-old Hind in Gaza, won the Grand Jury Prize.
US independent director Jim Jarmusch beats Gaza war film to Venice top prize
U.S. indie director Jim Jarmusch unexpectedly won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday with "Father Mother Sister Brother", a three-part meditation on the uneasy ties between parents and their adult children. Story by Liza Kaminov.
At the end of a very political edition, the awards were awarded at the closing ceremony on Saturday 6 September.
#SHOWBIZ: Indie favourite Jarmusch beats out Gaza war film for Venice top prize
VENICE: A gentle study of dysfunctional families by veteran American director Jim Jarmusch clinched top prize at the Venice Film Festival Saturday, while a harrowing docu-drama about the Gaza war took second. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
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