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The Opening Ceremony of #Venezia75 with Actor Michele Riondino and Paolo Baratta![]()
The Opening Ceremony of #Venezia75 from the Lido di Venezia. ...
Golden Lion to Vanessa Redgrave presented during the Opening Ceremony![]()
British actress Vanessa Redgrave has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 75th Venice International Film Festival (29 August – 8 September, 2018). The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, upon recommendation of the Director of the Venice Film Festival, Alberto Barbera. This is the second Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 75th Venice Film Festival. As already announced, the Golden Lion to a direc...
Actor Michele Riondino will host the opening and closing events of the 75th Venice International Film Festival 2018![]()
Actor Michele Riondino will host the opening and closing events of the 75th Venice International Film Festival 2018, directed by Alberto Barbera and organized by the Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta. Michele Riondino will open the 75th Venice Film Fest on the evening of Wednesday August 29th 2018, for the inauguration ceremony on the stage of the Sala Grande (Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido), and will lead the ...
Video Interview with Pascal Diot, head of Venice Production Bridge
Filmfestivals.com partner of Venice Production Bridge sat down with the Pascal Diot who shared with our audience a few practical facts and figures on the Market which he has created 6 years ago. ...
José by Li Cheng will have it's world Premiere in Venice Days![]()
José by Li Cheng The director Li Cheng Official Selection - Giornate degli Autori / Venice days Guatemala, 2018, 85', color, DCP SYNOPSIS José (19 years old) lives with his Mother (50s) in Guatemala City - a typical lower-class existence in one of the world’s most dangerous, religious, and impoverished countries. She never had a husband, and José is her youngest and favorite child. Her life is ...
José, a sensation from Guatemala, grabs festival attention and creates buzz with packed house at opening screening
Huge line was formed an hour before the 5pm screening, full house and with crew in attendance answering questions in the queue and audience. People seemed so curious to discover Guatemala behind the curtain! The film screening made it to front page of the two main publications in Guatemala. The government reacted to the event and is now supporting the film and flying more crew to attend the public screening sept 6! The director Li Cheng José is in Offici...
The lineup of the 2018 Venice International Film Critics’ Week![]()
The Venice International Film Critics’ Week (SIC) is an independent and parallel section organized by the National Union of Italian Film Critics (SNCCI) during the 75th Venice International Film Festival (29th August – 8th September, 2018). The programme includes a selection of seven debut films in competition and two special events out of competition, all presented in world premiere screenings. The selection is curated by the General Delegate of the Venic...
Giornate degli Autor Official Selection![]()
Giornate Degli Autori @giornate The Independent section held in parallel to the Venice Film Festival with the support of @Anacautori and @100autori. The 15th edition runs Aug. 29 - Sep. 8, 2018. #Giornate2018 The official screening schedule for the #Giornate2018 is up on the website: Official Selection Pearl by Elsa Amiel ...
The 33rd Venice International Film Critics' Week is opening next week![]()
The 33rd Venice International Film Critics' Week (Venice, August 29 - September 8, 2018) is opening next week. THE 2018 LINEUP COMPETITION AKASHA | THE ROUNDUP by hajooj kuka (Sudan, South Africa, Qatar, Germany) ADAM UND EVELYN | ADAM & EVELYN by Andreas Goldstein (Germany) BÊTES BLONDES | BLONDE ANIMALS by Alexia Walther, Maxime Matray (France) LISSA AMMETSAJJEL | STILL RECORDING by ...
The Web Theatre is back for the 75th Venice Film Festival withh 18 features![]()
A selection of 18 feature-length films from the Orizzonti, Biennale College – Cinema, Sconfini and Out of Competition sections / Sale of tickets or digital passes starts August 21 A selection of 18 feature-length films, including eleven from the Orizzonti section, two from Biennale College – Cinema, three from Sconfini and two Out of competition, make up the rich programme of world premieres for the Web Theatre of the 75th Venice Film Festival 2018, headed by Albe...
The five Juries of the 75th Venice International Film Festival![]()
The selection is complete for the members of the five Juries (Venezia 75, Orizzonti, “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for Best Debut Film, Venice Virtual Reality, Venezia Classici) of the 75th Venice International Film Festival: Venezia 75 The personalities convened as members of the Jury for the Venezia 75 Competition are: the President of the Jury, Mexican director, screenwriter and producer Guillermo del Toro; the actress, director, screenwriter and producer Sy...
Dutch presence on The Lido![]()
Three films from the Netherlands have been selected for the 75th Venice International Film Festival. Sergei Loznitsa’s Process (The Trial), produced by Atoms & Void, Loznitzas own Hague-based production house, world-premieres Out of Competition while the documentary essay Living the Light – Robby Müller by Claire Pijman (produced by Moondocs) screens in VENICE CLASSICS – Documentary on Cinema section. Sven Bresser’s short film L’été et tout le...
MAD Solutions Presents Its Award at the Final Cut in Venice Workshop for the 4th Year![]()
Continuing its support for Arab cinema, MAD Solutions will present its award at the 6th Final Cut in Venice workshop (September 1-3), held on the margins of the 75th Venice International Film Festival, for the fourth consecutive year. The award offers marketing and distribution services across the Arab world to the winning film project. In 2017, the film project Joint Possession by Moroccan director Leila Kilani won the MAD Solutions award at the 5th Final Cut in Venice. Before that, ...
Venice Announces Two New Collateral Awards to residency programme filmmakers and debut filmamkers![]()
La Biennale di Venezia / 75th Venice International Film Festival Announces Two New Collateral Awards: · Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) Award to three winning filmmakers from Orizzonti for a residency programme / · Fundación Casa Wabi - Mantarraya Award to the winning director of the Venice Award for a Debut Film La Biennale di Venezia has ann...
Vanessa Redgrave Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2018 and screening of The Aspern Papers by Julien Landais![]()
The Aspern Papers by Julien Landais starring Vanessa Redgrave, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Joely Richardson / Thursday 30 August in Sala Casinò (11:30 am) Special screening by invitation only On the occasion of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award of the 2018 Venice Film Festival to Vanessa Redgrave, a special screening of the film The Aspern Papers, directed by Julien Landais, by invitation only, will be held on Thursday August 30th at 11:30...
75th Venice International Film Festival - Screening Schedule – For Ticket Holders![]()
21:00 SALA DARSENA PRE OPENING FILM – INVITATION SCORING WITH ORIGINAL MUSIC BY MAESTRO ADMIR SHKURTAJ COMMISSIONED BY LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA AND PERFORMED LIVE BY THE MESIMÈR ENSEMBLE VENEZIA CLASSICI DER GOLEM, WIE ER IN DIE WELT KAM by Paul WEGENER (Germany, 76’, intertitles German s/t Italian/English) Wednesday 29 August 2018 19:00 ...
Campari Passion for Film Award to Bob Murawski![]()
La Biennale di Venezia / 75th Venice International Film Festival / American film editor Bob Murawski winner of the new Campari Passion for Film award of the Venice International Film Festival / His latest work, the reconstruction of Orson Welles’ legendary The Other Side of the Wind, to be presented Out of Competition as a World Premiere La Biennale di Venezia and Campari are pleased to announce that American film editor Bob Murawski (The Hurt Locker, Sp...
Master Class by David Cronenberg![]()
A tribute to David Cronenberg Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2018 / M. Butterfly (1993) by David Cronenberg Thursday 6 September in Sala Grande (2 pm) after the awards ceremony / Master Class by the director Wednesday 5 September (3 pm) (Sala Perla 2, encounter with the public) As a tribute to David Cronenberg, winner of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 2018 Venice Film Festival, there will be a screening on the Lido of M. Butterfly (1993), as recommended by t...
Zhang Yimou will receive the 2018 Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker award of the Venice Film Festival
Chinese director Zhang Yimou Credits Foto Asac-La Biennale di Venezia His new film Ying (Shadow) to be presented Out of Competition La Biennale di Venezia and Jaeger-LeCoultre announce that the great Chinese director Zhang Yimou (Hero, Raise the Red Lantern, Ju Dou; twice winner of the Golden Lion in Venice, in 1992 with The Story of Qiu Ju and in 1999 with Not One Less) has been awarded the 2018 Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker of the 75th Venice Intern...
Pre-sales for screenings open for the 75th Venice International Film Festival![]()
The advanced sales ticketing service will be available from 8th August at 3 pm on www.boxol.it/biennalecinema for some selected screenings until the end of the available quantities for this kind of sale. The screenings available in pre-sale will be selected among those in Palazzo del Cinema (Sala Grande), Palabiennale, Sala Darsena and Sala Giardino theaters. If you buy a ticket for the following time slots: 7:30 pm and 10:00 pm in Sala Grande and 8:00 pm in PalaBiennale, you will...
VR in Venice 75
COMPETITION – INTERACTIVE MAKE NOISE Director May Abdalla Main Cast Nikki Amuka-Bird / Great Britain / 8’ THE UNKNOWN PATIENT Director Michael Be...
Follow the leaders to The 3rd edition of the Venice Production Bridge![]()
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Brochures of the Venice Production Bridge 4 main sections![]()
The third edition of the Venice Production Bridge (#VeniceProductionBridge) will take place from August 30th to September 4th, 2018. It will join and reinforce the Venice Production Bridge Office which will work, as it has in past years, throughout the entire 75th Venice International Film Festival (August 29th – September 8th ), offering many services to its guests. The Venice Production Bridge focuses on the presentation and exchange of original projects for ...
Venice Production Bridge launches new website
Among the major new features of the 75th Venice International Film Festival, and in particular of the 2018 edition of the Venice Production Bridge (30th August - 4th September 2018), what was previously known as the Venice Production Bridge Platform has been transformed into a website dedicated to the Venice Production Bridge. This will be open to all users and the various implemented sections (Home and News, Agenda, Downloads, Locations, Digit...
Driven by Nick Hamm will close the 75th Venice Film Festival![]()
Driven directed by Nick Hamm (The Journey, Killing Bono) is the closing film, Out of Competition, of the 75th Venice International Film Festival (August 29 – September 8, 2018), directed by Alberto Barbera and organized by the Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta. The world premiere of Driven will be screened on Saturday, September 8th in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema at the Lido di Venezia; the screening will be held after the awards ceremony. Nick Hamm declared: &l...
6 projects selected for Final Cut in Venice Production Bridge
The 6 projects that are going to participate in Final Cut in Venice have been selected. The workshop, promoted by La Biennale di Venezia and the Venice Production Bridge has the purpose to provide concrete assistance in the completion of films from all African countries and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria. FINAL CUT IN VENICE Download the brochure (pdf) The workshop offers the opportunity to present films still in production phase to international film ...
21 Films competing for Venice 75![]()
VENEZIA 75 FIRST MAN Director Damien Chazelle Main Cast Ryan Gosling, Jason Clarke, Claire Foy / USA / 138’ THE MOUNTAIN Director Rick Alverson Main Cast Tye Sheridan, Jeff Goldblum, Hannah Gross, Denis Lavant, Udo Kier / USA / 106’ DOUBLES VIES ...
Line-Up of the 75th Venice Film Festival announced![]()
The 75th Venice International Film Festival will include the following sections: Venezia 75 An international competition comprising a maximum of 20 feature-length films, presented as world premieres. Out of Competition Some of the most important works of the year will be presented in the non-competing section, for a maximum of 18 films. They may include the works of established authors who have participated in Competition in previous editions of the Venice Fi...
David Cronenberg Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement![]()
DAVID CRONENBERG GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT The acknowledgement to David Cronenberg will be presented during the 75th Venice Film Festival (29 August - 8 September 2018). David Cronenberg will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement for directors at the 75th Venice International Film Festival (August 29 – September 8, 201...
46 projects selected for The Venice Gap Financing Market @ Venice Production Bridge![]()
European and international projects selected during the year will be able to close their financing. The 5th edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market (August 31 - September 2, 2018), organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, to be held during the 75th Venice International Film Festival, will once again be the place where European and international projects selected during the year will be able to close their financing, through one-to-one meetings with potential ...
3rd edition of the book adapatation rights market @ Venice Production Bridge,
he From 31 August to 2 September as part of the Venice Production Bridge, in the context of the 75th Venice Film Festival. Book Adaptation Rights Market will offer 23 international publishing houses a dedicated area within the Venice Production Bridge that, with this event, renews its vocation to foster the development and production of international and European projects across a range of audiovisual forms. During this 3-day event one-to-one m...
Vanessa Redgrave to receive Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Venice![]()
British actress Vanessa Redgrave has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 75th Venice International Film Festival (29 August – 8 September, 2018). The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, upon recommendation of the Director of the Venice Film Festival, Alberto Barbera. This is the second Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 75th Venice Film Festival. As already announced, the Golden Lion t...
A Star is Born to hold World Premiere at the 75th Venice Film Festival![]()
Director/writer Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born, starring Cooper and Lady Gaga, to hold world premiere at the 75th Venice Film Festival The Biennale di Venezia announced today that A Star is Born, the much-anticipated directorial debut of four-time Oscar® nominee Bradley Cooper (American Sniper, American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook) and feature film debut of award-winning actor and Oscar® -nominated musical artist Lady Gaga (Best Song, “Til It Happens ...
Venice Film Festival The Golem (1920) Pre-opening Event of the 75th Venice Film Festival![]()
La Biennale di Venezia / Pre-opening event (Tuesday 28 August) of the 75th Venice International Film Festival 2018 In Sala Darsena on the Lido a classic of silent film The Golem – How He Came Into The World (1920) by Paul Wegener in a world premiere screening of a newly restored 4K digital copy made from the original negative / Scoring with original music by maestro Admir Shkurtaj commissioned by La Biennale di Venezia and perfor...
First Man, directed by Damien Chazelle (La La Land, Whiplash) to open the 75th Venice Film Festival![]()
La Biennale di Venezia / 75th Venice International Film Festival / August 29 – September 8, 2018 Universal Pictures’ First Man, from Director Damien Chazelle, Makes World Premiere as Opening Film of the 75th Venice Film Festival Universal Pictures’ First Man, directed by Damien Chazelle (La La Land, Whiplash) and starring Ryan Gosling, Jason Clarke and Claire Foy, has been announced as the opening film, in Competition, of the 75th Ven...
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