Jewish American filmmaker, Sarah Friedland, calls out Israel's 'genocide in Gaza' at Venice Film Festival while accepting her Lion of the Future award

METROPOLITAN CITY OF VENICE  Film Festival

Sarah Friedland won Best Debut Film at the Venice Film Festival, accepting the Lion of the Future award in the Italian city at the weekend. 

Familiar Touch won won three prizes at the festival’s 81st edition—one for best debut feature, another for Chalfant as best actress in the Orizzonti section (which the performer accepted in Italian), and a third for Friedland as best director.