Two films addressing the consequences of Israel’s war on Gaza and Lebanon won awards at the closing of the 83rd Venice Film Festival in Italy. “Naza” received the Special Jury Prize, while “A Few Moments of Joy” won the Horizons Award for Best Short Film.
Military testimonies shape the course of “Naza”
In the Horizons competition for short films, director Shaden Safieddine Tazi won the Best Short Film award for the 18-minute documentary “A Few Moments of Joy.” The film follows a young director who left Beirut for Paris before watching Israel’s bombing of Lebanon and the devastation it caused from afar.
The film competed as a co-production between France and the United Kingdom and was shown in Arabic, French and English. The two awards were announced during the festival’s closing ceremony on 12 September 2026, following an edition that included competitions for feature-length and short films, as well as multiple cinema sections.
