Venice Film Festival

L’oro di Napoli announced as pre-opening Film of Venice Film Festival

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The classic film by and with Vittorio De Sica, L’oro di Napoli (The Gold of Naples, 1954) starring Eduardo De Filippo, Sophia Loren, Silvana Mangano, Paolo Stoppa and Totò, will be the Pre-opening film on Tuesday August 27th of the 81st Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, on the 50th anniversary of the death of Vittorio De Sica and the 70th anniversary of the film. L’oro di Napoli, … Read more

Golden Lion awarded to the Robbie Ryan BSC ISC shot Poor Things

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The 80th Venice Film Festival handed out its awards and Yorgos Lanthimos has clinched the top prize with his latest feature Poor Things, shot by Robbie Ryan BSC ISC. The Greek filmmaker’s latest feature is based on Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel of the same name and follows Emma Stone as Bella Baxter, a creation of the brilliant and … Read more

Alexandre Jamin / Vermines

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Tangled web Lensing the eight-legged invasion of a Paris banlieue was an exciting first feature project for cinematographer Alexandre Jamin. The closing film of Venice Critics Week, Vermines unites two long-time collaborators: cinematographer Alexandre Jamin and director Sébastien Vaniček. Jamin tells us about the film’s innovative use of colour, choosing the perfect lenses for the … Read more

Venice Film Festival announces the masterclasses of the festival

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From Friday, August 31 to Monday, September 4, celebrities from the world of film will be the focus of a series of masterclasses and conversations at the 80th Venice International Film Festival (August 30 – September 9) of the Biennale di Venezia. They will be held in the Conference Room of the Palazzo del Casinò at the Lido … Read more

Tonino Zera announced as the recipient of the Campari Passion for Film Award

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La Biennale di Venezia and Campari announce that the production designer Tonino Zera (The First King, Rose Island, Angel of Evil) is the recipient of the Campari Passion for Film Award of the 80th Venice International Film Festival (August 30th – September 9th, 2023). The Campari Passion for Film Award, instituted five years ago at the 75th Venice Film Festival, seeks to highlight the remarkable contribution given by the … Read more

Pre-opening event of the 80th Venice International Film Festival dedicated to Gina Lollobrigida

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The Pre-opening event of the 80th Venice International Film Festival (30 August – 9 September 2023) directed by Alberto Barbera will be dedicated entirely to the great actress Gina Lollobrigida, the icon of Italian cinema who passed away last January. A double-feature screening will take place will take place in the Sala Darsena (Palazzo del … Read more

International Juries have been selected for the Venezia 80 competition

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The International Juries have been selected for the Venezia 80 Competition, chaired by Damien Chazelle, for Orizzonti, chaired by Jonas Carpignano and for the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film, chaired by Alice Diop, of the 80th Venice International Film Festival (30 August – 9 September 2023) of La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera. Venezia 80 The personalities convened as members of the Jury for the Venezia 80 Competition are:  Damien … Read more

The focus of the Venice Production Bridge 2023 will be dedicated to Germany and Quebec

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Germany and Quebec will be this year’s Focus of the Venice Production Bridge, which will be held from August 31st to September 5th, during the 80th Venice International Film Festival (August 30th – September 9th), organized by La Biennale di Venezia. Focus on Germany is supported by German Films, Focus on Quebec is supported by SODEC. After successfully launching the Focus in 2021 with the Netherlands, in 2022 we took an … Read more

Liliana Cavani and Tony Leung Chiu-wai to be honoured at 80th Venice Biennale Cinema

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The director Liliana Cavani and the actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai will each receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 80th International Film Festival of the Biennale di Venezia (30 August – 9 September 2023). The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale, upon recommendation of the Director of the … Read more

“From Venice To London” returns for second edition

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Created in 1932, the Venice Film Festival was the first film festival in history. As well as being the oldest film festival in the world, it’s also regarded as one of the world’s most important and iconic international film festivals. In November 2021 for the first time in its history, a selection of the programme … Read more

Venice International Film Festival announce Ukrainian Day

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The Biennale di Venezia announces a Ukrainian Day on Thursday, September 8, 2022 during the 79th Venice International Film Festival. A number of initiatives have been organised to manifest the festival’s solidarity with Ukraine and its support of Ukrainian artists, with particular attention to the condition of the film industry, within the tragic context affecting the country’s entire population. Through … Read more

Venice Film Festival reveal official poster for 79th edition

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Italian illustrator and artist Lorenzo Mattotti is, for the fifth consecutive year, the designer of the image for the official poster, and for the fourth year, of the opening sequence for the Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia. The image chosen for the poster this year depicts “a Lioness gliding through the air offering us this anniversary ­– the 90th, explains Lorenzo … Read more

Venice Classics section returns to the Venice International Film Festival

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The Venice Classics section returns to the Venice International Film Festival, following two years in which, due to the pandemic, it was hosted in Bologna by the Il cinema ritrovato festival (August 2020), and held last year in the historic city centre of Venice. Also returning is the Jury composed of film students from Italian universities which ­ – for the ninth … Read more

The Gotham Awards honour the Venice Film Festival

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The Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia and its artistic director Alberto Barbera will receive the Gotham Impact Salute at the 2022 Gotham Awards ceremony, to be held in New York on November 28th this year, to honour their major impact on independent U.S. film. The announcement was made on Saturday July 9th by Jeff Sharp, Executive Director of the Gotham Film & Media Institute of New York, during the conference … Read more

The 8 work-in-progress films have been selected for Final Cut in Venice

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The eight work-in-progress films of the 10th edition of Final Cut in Venice have been selected. Final Cut in Venice is the project that has been providing since 2013 concrete support in the completion of films from all African countries and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria. Final Cut in Venice is one of the projects launched by the Venice Production Bridge of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31st – September … Read more

Projects selected for the Venice Gap-Financing Market

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The 9th edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market (September 2 – September 4, 2022), organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, will take place during the forthcoming 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31st – September 10th, 2022) and will offer selected European and global projects the opportunity to close their international financing, through one-to-one meetings with international decision-makers. The 3-day Venice Gap-Financing Market will present 63 … Read more

Programme finalised for day one at Venice Film Festival

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The programme has been finalised for the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Venice International Film Festival – the first edition of which was held from August 6th through 21st 1932 on the terrace of the Hotel Excelsior on the Lido – which La Biennale di Venezia is organizing on Saturday July 9th 2022. The international conference (Biennale-ASAC Library, Giardini) The celebrations will open in … Read more

Two weeks left to submit to the Venice Immersive section of La Biennale

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There are only two weeks left before the deadline (31 May 2022) to submit projects for the Venice Immersive section of the 79th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia (31 August – 10 September 2022). To register for the selection, before the 31 May deadline, applicants must: –        fill out the pre-selection Entry-Form; –        pay the registration fee, for works registered for the … Read more

Paul Schrader receives Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

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The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022) has been awarded to the American director (The Card Counter, First Reformed, Cat People, American Gigolo) and screenwriter (Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Obsession, The Yakuza) Paul Schrader. The decision was made by the board of the Biennale di Venezia, which embraced the proposal of the … Read more

Final Cut in Venice: call for the 10th edition opens

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Launching on the website of La Biennale di Venezia, is the call for the 10th edition of the Final Cut in Venice workshop, which will take place from September 3rd to 5th 2022 as part of the Venice Production Bridge of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (31 August – 10 September 2022). Since 2013, … Read more