The call for the 15th edition (2026-2027) of the International Biennale College – Cinema is now open through 6 July. The higher education workshop of La Biennale di Venezia was created for emerging filmmakers to develop and produce microbudget feature-length films that will be presented at the Venice International Film Festival. The call invites the … Read more
American director, actress, screenwriter and producer Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter, The Bride!, Crazy Heart) has been named president of the International Jury of the Competition at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2-12 September 2026), which will assign the Golden Lion for Best Film, as well as other official awards. The decision was made … Read more
THE LION’S DEN Family drama Father Mother Sister Brother claims the Golden Lion at Venice, beating the bookies’ favourite, a film that left critics in tears. The 82nd Venice Film Festival had many talking points, but the most wildly debated was surely reserved for the finale, when jury president Alexander Payne announced the winner of the Golden … Read more
Venice Film Festival has announced the winners of its 2025 awards. Scooping the top prize of the Golden Lion for Best Film was comedy-drama Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch, an anthology shot by Fred Elmes ASC and Yorick Le Saux AFC. Meanwhile, powerful docudrama The Voice of Hind Rajab from Kaouther Ben Hania … Read more
Francis Ford Coppola will honour Werner Herzog with the laudatio at Venice Film Festival, as well as awarding the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to the German director. The award and speech will be presented today (Wednesday 27 August) in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema (Lido di Venezia), during the opening ceremony … Read more
American director Gus Van Sant, known for iconic films like Good Will Hunting and My Own Private Idaho, will receive the Campari Passion for Film Award at this year’s 82nd Venice International Film Festival. The announcement came today ahead of the festival, which runs from August 27th to September 6th, 2025. Van Sant will be … Read more
Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera has unveiled a rich mix of buzzy movies with big stars — as well as smaller titles with awards potential — that will be vying for the Golden Lion during the event’s upcoming 82nd edition. Opening Film La Grazia, dir. Paolo Sorrentino (Italy) (In competition) Closing Film Dog 51, dir. Cedric … Read more
Venice Film Festival to honour Jane Campion’s film school with tribute and competition entry
The International Juries have been selected for Venezia 82, Orizzonti and for “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for Best Debut Film, of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (August 27 – September 6, 2025), directed by Alberto Barbera and organized by La Biennale di Venezia.
La Biennale di Venezia announce that La Grazia, written and directed by the Oscar-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino (The Hand of God, The Great Beauty, Il divo), and starring Toni Servillo and Anna Ferzetti, is the opening film, in a world premiere in competition, of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival directed by Alberto Barbera (27 August – 6 September 2025). La Grazia will have its world premiere screening on Wednesday 27 August 2025 in Sala Grande at the Palazzo … Read more
American director Alexander Payne (The Holdovers, Sideways, Nebraska, The Descendants,) will be the president of the International Jury of the Competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (August 27 – September 6, 2025), which will assign the Golden Lion for Best Film, as well as other official awards. The decision was made by the Board of Directors of La Biennale di Venezia, who confirmed the … Read more
Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door has won the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion main prize. The film was shot by Edu Grau ASC AEC. Jury president Isabelle Huppert and her jury of James Gray, Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Holland, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Abderrahmane Sissako, Giuseppe Tornatore, Julia von Heinz and Zhang Ziyi were on hand to bestow the … Read more
After the success of last year, the masterclasses and conversations with cinema personalities are back at the 81st Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, with a richer program and in a new and larger (250 seats) location – the Match Point Arena, set up at the Tennis Club Venezia on the Lido … Read more
La Biennale di Venezia and Cartier announce that the great French director, writer and producer Claude Lelouch (A Man and a Woman, Happy New Year, The Beautiful Story) is the recipient of the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award of the 811h Venice International Film Festival (August 28th – September 7th, 2024), dedicated to a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary … Read more
La Biennale di Venezia and Campari announce that the Italian production designer Paola Comencini (C’è ancora domani, La bestia nel cuore, Romanzo criminale) will be the recipient of the Campari Passion for Film Award of the 81st Venice International Film Festival (August 28th – September 7th, 2024). The ceremony for the award to Paola Comencini will take place on Friday 6th of September in the Sala Grande (Palazzo del Cinema) at 9.30 pm, before … Read more
The selection of projects for Venice Immersive, the XR – Extended Reality section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival (28th August – 7th September 2024) of La Biennale di Venezia, is now complete. Launched in 2017, the section represents the first competition and official selection for works in Extended Reality in an A-list festival. The official program will take place on the Venice Immersive … Read more
The two opening films of the Orizzonti and Orizzonti Extra competition sections have now been finalised for the 81st Venice International Film Festival (28 August – 7 September 2024) of La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera. Nonostante, by and with Valerio Mastandrea, will be the opening film of the Orizzonti competition section on Wednesday August 28th in Sala Darsena. September, 5 by Tim Fehlbaum, will be the opening film of the Orizzonti Extra competition section on Thursday August 29th in Sala Giardino. Regarding Nonostante, Valerio Mastandrea, at … Read more
Italian illustrator and artist Lorenzo Mattotti is, for the seventh consecutive year, the creative designer of the image for the official poster, which depicts an Elephant in the Lagoon, and for the sixth year, of the opening sequence for the Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, this year in its 81st edition … Read more
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, directed by singular creative visionary Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, with Jenna Ortega, and Willem Dafoe, is the Opening Film, Out of Competition, of the 81st Venice International Film Festival within La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera (28 August > 7 September 2024). Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will have its world premiere on Wednesday August 28th, in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema (Lido … Read more
Acting icon Sigourney Weaver will be honoured with the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. Inarguably one of the most acclaimed and versatile actors of her generation, Weaver, a triple-Oscar nominee, has moved easily across budgets and genres, from big-budget action franchises (Aliens, Avatar), comedy (Ghostbusters, Galaxy Quest), biopics (Gorillas in … Read more