https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Philippine film "The Woman Who Left", a revenge tale shot in black and white by director Lav Diaz, won the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160911/philippine-film-scoops-golden-lion-at-venice-film-festival Sun, 11 Sep 2016 11:20:45 +0200 philippine-film-scoops-golden-lion-at-venice-film-festival An Italian vet, who sparked a backlash last week after a photo of him posing with a lion he killed in Tanzania emerged online, has been fired from his role at a kennel near Turin. https://www.thelocal.it/20151109/italian-vet-sacked-from-kennel-job-over-lion-killing Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:55:35 +0100 italian-vet-sacked-from-kennel-job-over-lion-killing An Italian vet, who sparked a backlash after a photo of him posing happily alongside a lion he killed in Tanzania emerged online, has pledged to take legal action against protesters who made violent threats against him. https://www.thelocal.it/20151105/i-did-nothing-wrong-italian-lion-killing-vet Thu, 05 Nov 2015 19:03:05 +0100 i-did-nothing-wrong-italian-lion-killing-vet