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Her new film The Golden Era will close the 71st Venice Film Festival
Orizzonti: the latest aesthetic and expressive trends in international cinema
The most important woman director in Hong Kong, Ann Hui, will chair the International Jury fortheOrizzonti section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival 2014, which will award the Orizzonti prize for Best Film and the other official awards.
Her latest work, The ...
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it is the first time a film composer chairs the Jury for the competition of the Venice Film Festival
the Jury will award the Golden Lion for Best Film
Alexandre Desplat (photo: Brigitte Lacombe), the internationally renowned French film composer, will be the president of the International Jury for the Competition of the 71st Venice International Film Festival (27 August – 6 September 2014), which will award the Golden Lion...
the film stars Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone and Naomi Watts, the world premiere will be screened on August 27th in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema
Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance, directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Amores Perros,21 Grams, Babel, Biutiful), starring Michael Keaton, has been selected as the opening film of the 71st Venice Film Festival (Augus...
71st Venice International Film Festival will take place 27th August to 6th September 2014
Director: Alberto Barbera
Alberto Barbera
Born in Biella in 1950. After graduating in Modern Literature with a thesis on the History and Criticism of Film, he began his collaboration with the AIACE (the Italian association of Friends of Art-House Films) of Turin, for which he served as president from 1977 to 1989. From 1980 to 1983 he was the film critic for the da...
After a 2nd edition which showed a 25% increase in the number of distributors, producers and sales agents attending the market as well as films presented, the 3rd edition of the Venice Film Market continues its development and launches a new initiative, the Venice European Gap-Financing Co-production Market, which will take place on August 29 and 30, 2014.
The Venice European Gap-Financing Co-Production Market is a new platform intended to support the European producers to secure the final fina...
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Italian films and the special project, Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded
17th December 2013 to 5th January 2014
Cinematheque Seoul Art Cinema, in cooperation with the la Biennale di Venezia and the Italian Cultural Institute in Seoul, is proud to present the 2nd edition of Venice in Seoul from 17th December 2013 to 5th January, 2014.
This year the Venice Film Festival celebrated its 70th edition. A selection of 17 films is now ready to meet the ...
The 71st Venice International Film Festival, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, will run on Venice Lido from 27th August to 6th September 2014, directed by Alberto Barbera.
The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote the various aspects of international cinema in all its forms: as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and dialogue. The Festival also organizes retrospectives and tributes to major figures as a contribution tow...
By Liza Foreman
The 70th Venice Film Festival came to a close Saturday night with a raft of prizes awarded here on the Lido by a jury headed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
The main prize, the Golden Lion, went to Sacro Gra by Gianfranco Rosi, while Best Director went to one of the hottest titles from the festival, Miss Violence, and director Alexandros Avranas.
The Grand Jury prize prize went to Tsai Ming-liang for Stray Dogs which had been tipped by critics to win prizes h...
70th Venice Film Festival Winners Announced
By Liza Foreman The 70th Venice Film Festival came to a close Saturday night with a raft of prizes awarded here on the Lido by a jury headed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The main prize, the Golden Lion, went to Sacro Gra by Gianfranco Rosi, while Best Director went to one of the hottest titles from the festival, Miss Violence, and director Alexandros Avranas. The Grand Jury prize prize went to Tsai Ming-...
The closing Ceremony in pictures, Copa Volpi, Golden Lion. and any more preestigious awards were given.
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At the Venice Film Festival
Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica
(August 28 – September 7, 2013)
the Jury of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Jury)
presented two prizes:
Prize, international competition:
"Tom at the Farm" (Tom a la ferme),
directed by Xavier Dolan (Canada\France 2013)
"for the energetic, tense and sensual filmmaking,
and for the rare example of convi...
70th Venice International Film Festival (28th August – 7th September 2013)
The German film THE POLICE OFFICER'S WIFE by Philip Gröning (Philip Gröning Filmproduktion, Bavaria Pictures, 3L Filmproduktion) was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the International Film Festival in Venice. The film screened in the Venezia 70 competition.
The German co-production WHITE SHADOW by Noaz Deshe (IT/DE/TZ, Chromosom Filmproduktion, French Exit), which competed in ...
The Venice Film Market of the 70th Venice International Film Festival will be located at the first floor of the Excelsior Hotel of the Lido di Venezia and it will join and reinforce the Industry Office, which in turn will continue to function as it has in past years throughout the entire Venice Film Festival, offering many services to the guests (Booking for Industry Services no later than August 2nd, 2013 ).
The Venice Film Market will offer a ...
• New feature films in the Official selection
54, of which 52 world premieres, and 2 international premieres
Divided as follows:
Venezia 70
20, 19 of which world premieres, and 1 international premiere
Out of Competition
17, 16 of which world premieres, and 1 international premiere (+ 4 short/medium-length features)
Orizzonti
17, all world premieres
• Orizzonti – Short films
14, all world premieres
• Ve...
Official Awards of the 70th Venice Film Festival
VENEZIA 70
The Venezia 70 Jury, chaired by Bernardo Bertolucci and comprised of Andrea Arnold, Renato Berta, Carrie Fisher, Martina Gedeck, Jiang Wen, Pablo Larraín, Virginie Ledoyen, and Ryuichi Sakamotohaving viewed all 20 films in competition, has decided as follows:
GOLDEN LION for Best Film to:
SACRO GRA by Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France)
SILVER LION fo...
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to William Friedkin award ceremony.
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FIPRESCI Award
Best Film of Venezia 70 to Tom à la ferme by Xavier Dolan
Best Film of Orizzonti and International Critics’ Week to The Reunion (Återträffen) by Anna Odell
SIGNIS Award
to Philomena by Stephen Frears
Special Mention to Ana Arabia by Amos Gitai
Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola per il Cinema Award
to Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi
Cinema for UNICEF mention to Philomena by Stephen Fr...
Speech by the Director of the 70th Venice International Film Festival
Alberto Barbera
Some people say that “history runs, cinema walks, and festivals mark time.” This cruel synthesis summarizes a certain widespread impatience with contemporary cinema and with what, until a short while ago, had been considered invaluable opportunities for promoting new movies and meeting new filmmakers. There are greater nuances in Paul Schrader’s comment, “It’s a changin...
The Signature Sketch collection of caricature filmic moments in the festival community...
"I enjoyed Venice 2013 very much; I am happy to share these sketches in exclusivity with filmfestivals.com.
I storyboard, and design film and tv sets. My sketchbooks are full of the character and environment settings of both cinema and literary worlds, they are my own original storyboard collection of festival travel sketches, with pen and paper."
Nesta's Sketch Collection covers The&n...
Venezia 70 (Competition)
The members of the international Jury of Venezia 70 are:
· Bernardo Bertolucci (president) is the most active Italian director in the world and one of the most influential in the history of cinema. At the Venice Film Festival, he has presented La commare secca (The Grim Reaper), Partner, Strategia del ragno (The Spider’s Stratagem), La luna (Luna), and The Dreamers. He won the Golden Lion of the 7...
A selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema
CHANTAL AKERMAN - LE 15/8 (1973)
Belgium, 42'
CHANTAL AKERMAN - HÔTEL MONTEREY (1972)
Belgium, Usa, 65'
RAY ASHLEY, MORRIS ENGEL, RUTH ORKIN - LITTLE FUGITIVE (1953)
Usa, 75'
Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing, Jay Williams
GIANNI BORGNA (CURATED BY) - PROFEZIA. L'AFRICA DI PASOLINI [DOCUMENTARIES]
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Important works by directors already established in previous editions of the Festival
SHINJI ARAMAKI - SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK
Japan, 115'
ALFONSO CUARÓN - GRAVITY
Usa, 90'
George Clooney, Sandra Bullock
SALVO CUCCIA - CUCCIA - SUMMER 82 WHEN ZAPPA CAME TO SICILY
Italy, Usa, 80'
Gail Zappa, Moon Zappa, Diva Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, Mathild...
VALERIA ALLIEVI - QUELLO CHE RESTA
Italy, 20'
(documentary)
SERIK APRYMOV - BAUYR (LITTLE BROTHER)
Kazakhstan, 95'
Almat Galym, Alisher Aprymov
ENRICO MARIA ARTALE - IL TERZO TEMPO
Italy, 96'
Stefania Rocca, Stefano Cassetti, Lorenzo Richelmy, Edoardo Pesce, Margherita Laterza
AGNÈS B. - JE M'APPELLE HMMM...
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MERZAK ALLOUACHE - ES-STOUH
Algeria, France, 94'
Adila Bendimerad, Nassima Belmihoub, Ahcene Benzerari, Aïssa Chouat, Mourad Khen, Myriam Ait El Hadj
GIANNI AMELIO - L'INTREPIDO
Italy, 104'
Antonio Albanese, Livia Rossi, Gabriele Rendina, Alfonso Santagata, Sandra Ceccarelli
ALEXANDROS AVRANAS - MISS VIOLENCE
Greece, 99'
Themis Panou, Eleni Roussinou
JOHN CURRAN ...
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