At the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival, May el-Toukhy's Woman Unknown won the Golden Lion. The film is set in post-war Denmark, and lead actress Mathilde Arcel also received the Best Actor award. The Grand Jury Prize went to Lee Chang-dong for Possible Love. NAZA by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, a documentary about the genocide of Palestinians, had to settle for the Special Jury Prize. The Best Director award went to Ilya Krzhanovsky for DAU, despite allegations of inappropriate behavior on his set. In Venice Immersive, The Pigeon Ring by Yuqi Zhang and Shixin Tao won the top prize.