Venice Days Winners: Argentinian Director Maria Aparicio’s ‘Sadness Sometimes, Sometimes Rebellion’ Claims Top Prize

Venice Days: María Aparicio’s ‘Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion’ Wins GdA Director’s Award

Venice's GdA Director's Award and cash prize of 20,000 Euros has gone to Maria Aparicio and Mubi's 'Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion.

Venice Days Winners: Argentinian Director Maria Aparicio’s ‘Sadness Sometimes, Sometimes Rebellion’ Claims Top Prize

Argentinian director Maria Aparicio’s drama “Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion” — which mixes personal and political elements — has scored the Venice Days director’s award, the section’s top prize. “Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion,” which marks Aparicio’s fourth feature, follows a woman named Eva who is passing through Madrid. “She spends her days there alone: she doesn’t know anyone and isn’t particularly interested in getting to …

Venice Parallel Section Giornate degli Autori Unveils 2026 Winners

Argentinian director María Aparicio’s third feature Sadness Sometimes, Other Times Revolt has scooped the top prize at the 2026 edition of Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori, the GDA Director’s Award. In other key prizes, French director Robert Guediguian’s A Woman Today (Une Femme Aujourd’hui) won the Europa Cinemas Label, while Italian director Nicola Sorcinelli’s […]

Venice Days: ‘Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion’ Wins

With this year’s Venice Film Festival drawing to a close, the dishing out of awards has begun. The Giornate degli Autori jury — headed by Spanish filmmaker Carla Simón — has awarded this year’s GdA Director’s Award and cash prize of 20,000 Euros ($23,000) to Maria Aparicio and Mubi’s Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion (A veces me entra […]