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George Clooney Calls Out “Authoritarians” Who “Peddle Fear” As He Receives Lifetime Award Achievement In Venice

Deadline · September 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM

George Clooney Calls Out “Authoritarians” Who “Peddle Fear” As He Receives Lifetime Award Achievement In Venice

The Venice Film Festival kicked off on a defiantly humanist note on Wednesday with speeches from Life Achievement Awardee George Clooney and jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal championing the power of cinema as a unifier in divisive times.

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