Venice Shock! Jim Jarmusch Wins Big With Cate Blanchett-Starrer

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[{"selector":"#anim-5f3e7d40-a1f7-404f-9c74-95834cfc79d3 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-16.899097369728867%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The indie icon behind Stranger Than Paradise said: “We’re not motivated by competition

[{"selector":"#anim-8a321f5d-3187-4efa-bb56-9d5483fad42a [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-16.235512594383774%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Ben Hania takes Silver Lion for her devastating true-life film about a Palestinian girl killed in Gaza.

[{"selector":"#anim-21f70005-7f12-4b59-b75f-cb8765246266 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-18.050672179866183%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The film includes the actual desperate phone calls of 5-year-old Hind Rajab, caught in gunfire during the Gaza war

[{"selector":"#anim-1adabcc2-3702-4f32-aa3a-37292b80f84a [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-16.129816189949633%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] “Cinema cannot bring Hind back… but it can preserve her voice,” said Ben Hania in a powerful

[{"selector":"#anim-d2ee396f-120f-41b7-8d3b-cd61c7649c7c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-10.457233595583519%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Many critics expected Voice of Hind Rajab to win the Golden Lion.

[{"selector":"#anim-15e17432-1e09-44fd-bce1-411f6aa3612a [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-7.345249320788428%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Jury president Alexander Payne defended the choice, saying both films were “equally treasured.”