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Australian director, actor win at Venice Film Festival

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Jennifer Kent, Baykali Ganambarr and Aisling Franciosi attending the Closing Ceremony Red Carpet as part of the 75th Venice International Film Festival (Mostra) in Venice, Italy on September 08, 2018. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM.
Jennifer Kent, Baykali Ganambarr and Aisling Franciosi the 75th Venice International Film Festival Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM Source: ABACA

Australians have taken home two of the major awards at the Venice Film Festival. Director Jennifer Kent and Indigenous actor Baykali Ganambarr have each won a prize for Kent's film The Nightingale. The festival's top "Golden Lion" award went to Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuaron's film Roma, bringing Netflix its first major festival honour.

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Australians have taken home two of the major awards at the Venice Film Festival. Director Jennifer Kent and Indigenous actor Baykali Ganambarr have each won a prize for Kent's film The Nightingale. The festival's top "Golden Lion" award went to Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuaron's film Roma, bringing Netflix its first major festival honour.

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