The 78th Cannes Film Festival stood out not only with Jafar Panahi’s Un Simple Accident winning the Palme d’Or but also with its tributes to Palestinian journalist Fatma Hassona, who was killed in Gaza, and the film world’s collective stand against silence.
The 81st Venice International Film Festival concluded on Saturday, with the prestigious Golden Lion for Best Film awarded to Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar for ‘The Room Next Door.’ The world’s oldest film festival, held on Venice’s Lido Peninsula, began on Aug. 28
