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A chilling new documentary about Israel’s AI-assisted killing of civilians in Gaza by two Israeli directors won a special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
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documentary → assist → Saturday
NAZA, by Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, had been tipped by some critics for the top Golden Lion prize for best film after a record-breaking 25-minute ovation at its premiere on Thursday.
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NAZA → win → Thursday
The top prize went to Danish filmmaker May el Toukhy’s post-war drama Woman Unknown, with its star Mathilde Arcel also taking best actress honours in a rare double victory.
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Arcel → go → victory
Receiving the award for the Gaza documentary, Abraham said over the 10 days since the festival began, “Israel killed six Palestinian children in Gaza”.
“The Israeli intelligence officers we spoke with talked to us how this mass killing is systemic: not by accident, but by design, actions of murder and policies that are based on the total dehumanisation of Palestinians,” he told the audience.
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he → receive → audience
The special jury prize is given out every year by the jury to recognise an outstanding work, but it is below the Golden and Silver Lions in the pecking order.
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Abraham and Szor used conversations with 24 Israeli military or intelligence whistleblowers who spoke on condition that their identities be protected.
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identities → use → condition
The 80-minute film left many audience members stunned, with interviewees describing how they felt like they worked in a killing “factory” or a lethal video game while using Israel’s AI-powered targeting systems to bombard Gaza.
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they → leave → Gaza
It was described as an “urgent, gut-punch” by magazine Screen, while The Hollywood Reporter said it inspired “outrage… indignity as well.
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it → describe → indignity
Abraham said it was “really, really, especially important for us that Israelis watch this film”.
“It’s our country that is doing these crimes,” he said.
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he → say → crimes
Woman Unknown wins top prize
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Unknown → win → prize
El Toukhy, who directed Woman Unknown, was the only woman directing a feature film in the main, 21-strong movie line-up, a disparity that drew criticism during the festival and prompted renewed scrutiny of the barriers facing women in cinema.
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Set in the aftermath of World War Two, Woman Unknown follows a housemaid played by Arcel whose past relationship with a German soldier threatens to destroy her future.
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relationship → Set → future
The film unfolds against the backdrop of a newly liberated Denmark, where women accused of fraternising with occupying German forces were often subjected to vigilante justice.
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women → unfold → justice
And at the same time, the film tells the tale of women who are invisible, unseen, and voiceless,” El Toukhy said in her acceptance speech.
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Toukhy → tell → speech
Russian-born filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky won best director for DAU, an ambitious project shot largely in Ukraine before the ongoing war that has attracted intense scrutiny and controversy.
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that → bear → scrutiny
Khrzhanovsky, who has renounced his Russian citizenship and is a fierce critic of Moscow, dedicated his prize to Ukraine.
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Malkovich named best actor
John Malkovich was named best actor for his performance as an aging, maverick CIA agent in Martin McDonagh’s razor-sharp comedy Wild Horse Nine.
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Malkovich → name → comedy
“I am humbled to be chosen for this award which has been given to so many wonderful actors,” said Malkovich, speaking via a videolink from Canada.
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Malkovich → humble → Canada
The Venice festival marks the start of the awards season and regularly throws up big favourites for the Oscars.
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festival → mark → Oscars
However, many of the big studio-backed contenders that once crowded the Venice schedule were absent this year as Hollywood reconsiders how to market its movies and cut costs.
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Hollywood → back → costs
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