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‘Before The War’, ‘Our Share Of Sand’ Scoop Top Venice Critics’ Week Prizes

Italian-French director Tommaso Usberti's Before the War, a coming-of-age tale exploring contemporary masculinity, has scooped the Grand Prize at the 41st Venice International Film Critics' Week. In other key feature film prizes, Chilean-Indian London-based director Shalini Adnani's Our Share of Sand, a family drama reflecting on inequality and environmental crisis, won the Audience Award.

‘Before The War’, ‘Our Share Of Sand’ Scoop Top Venice Critics’ Week Prizes

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Italian-French director Tommaso Usberti's Before the War, a coming-of-age tale exploring contemporary masculinity, has scooped the Grand Prize at the 41st Venice International Film Critics' Week.

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Italian-French director Tommaso Usberti's Before the War, a coming-of-age tale exploring contemporary masculinity, has scooped the Grand Prize at the 41st Venice International Film Critics' Week. In other key feature film prizes, Chilean-Indian London-based director Shalini Adnani's Our Share of Sand, a family drama reflecting on inequality and environmental crisis, won the Audience Award.

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