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Venezia'22: Tessa Thompson in Miss DIOR

TESSA THOMPSON, AMERICAN ACTRESS, IS WEARING DIOR SUNGLASSES 79TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL  MISSDIOR - CD40094U Thélios is the official eyewear sponsor of 79th Venice International Film Festival – Biennale Credit: Daniele Venturelli ...

Venice Film Festival Audience Award - Armani beauty

La Biennale di Venezia 79th Venice International Film Festival Audience Award - Armani beauty for Best Film in the Orizzonti Extra section   The Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia will again present the Audience Award to the best film in the Orizzonti Extra section, now in its second year, with the support of the main sponsor of the Festival, Armani beauty.   The winner of the Audience Award  - Armani beauty will be decided by the votes cast by ...

Ukrainian Day at the 79th Festival on Thursday, September 8

Venice Fest will bring a series of initiatives in support of Ukraine and its artists  thursday, September 8, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at Spazio Incontri, Venice Production Bridge (Hotel Excelsior, Venice Lido)   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 organized to manifest the festival's solidarity with Ukraine and its support of Ukrainian artists, with par...

Venice Festival_The Sala Web Theatre to present 18 Feature Films and 12 Short Films

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The Sala Web theatre of the Venice International Film Festival – organised with enduring success for the past 11 years by La Biennale di Venezia – this year presents 18 feature-length films and 12 short films (the latter may be viewed free of charge) from around the world online, to be streamed concurrently with the official premiere screenings of the films on the Lido, for a limited number of viewers.   These are important films, world premiere screenings, from the Official S...

Better World Fund Event During the Venice Film Festival La Mostra: Food, Health & Sustainability September 8th & 9th

Better World Fund, a Paris-based non-profit organization raising awareness on critical global issues, will host a big event on “Food, Health and Sustainability,” on September 8 th & 9 th, during the 79th Venice Film Festival. The event is organized in partnership with the David Lynch Foundation. The event is organized in partnership with the David Lynch Foundation. The conference will highlight the critical importance of Earth’s precious resources during a series of eve...

Restored version of Stella Dallas Pre-opening night (Tuesday August 30th) of the 79th Venice International Film Festival /

Pre-opening night (Tuesday August 30th) of the 79th Venice International Film Festival /   In Sala Darsena on the Lido the silent film classic Stella Dallas (1925) by Henry King in the new version restored by The Museum of Modern Art, New York,  and The Film Foundation Film score by Stephen Horne performed live by the Gaga Symphony Orchestra of Venice   The silent film classic Stella Dallas (1925), starring Belle Bennett, Ronald Colman, Lois Moran and Douglas Fairb...

Venice Film Festival : The Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award to Walter Hill

Walter Hill : his new film Dead For A Dollar to premiere at Festival  photo credit by Nicolas Aproux DOC839-lowrez   La Biennale di Venezia and Cartier are pleased to announce that the legendary American director, writer and producer Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48 Hrs., Last Man Standing) is the recipient of the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31st – September 10th, 2022), dedicated to a personality who has made...

Venice Film Festival_Campari Award to Artist and Costume Designer Arianne Phillips (Don't Worry Darling)

Artist and Costume Designer Arianne Phillips announced as the recipient of the Campari Passion for Film Award / She created the costumes and helped build the aesthetic For New Line Cinema’s Don’t Worry Darling by Olivia Wilde, to be presented Out of Competition   La Biennale di Venezia and Campari are pleased to announce that the artist and costume designer Arianne Phillips (Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood, A Single Man, The Crow) is the recipient of the Campari Passi...

White Noise by Noah Baumbach starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig will open Venice

White Noise, written and directed by Noah Baumbach, starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, André L. Benjamin and Lars Edinger is the Opening Film, in Competition, of the 79th Venice International Film Festival within La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera (31 August > 10 September 2022). This is Baumbach’s return to the Lido; he premiered Marriage Story at the festival in 2019.    Alb...

Oscars come to Venice for the first time

La Biennale di Venezia Cinecittà and  Mastercard are honored to welcome for the first time the AMPAS to the Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica di Venezia - Venice International Film Festival on the occasion of its 90thanniversary.​ All three institutions share similar visions and values. They educate, support, promote and honor the cinematic artists of today and preserve the legacy and history of moviemaking’s past”. Newly named Academy CEO Bill K...

The Venice Classics restored films announced

La Biennale di Venezia / 79th Venice International Film Festival / The Venice Classics section returns to the fold of the Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, 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 yea...

2022 Venice Immersive Selections Revealed 43 projects from 19 countries hosted in the Island of Lazzaretto Vecchio (Lido)

 32 worlds in the Worlds Gallery  May Abdalla (President), David Adler, Blanca Li are the members of the International Jury    The selection of projects for Venice Immersive, the XR - Extended Reality section of the 79th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, is now complete. The official selection will return to  the Venice Immersive Island (island of Lazzaretto Vecchio), a short distance from the Lido di Venezia, for the first time sinc...

Julianne Moore President of the Venezia 79 International Jury

Julianne Moore will preside the Venezia 79 International Jury with members Mariano Cohn, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Audrey Diwan, Leila Hatami, Kazuo Ishiguro, Rodrigo Sorogoyen   American actress Julianne Moore will be the president of the International Jury of the Competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022), which will assign the Golden Lion for Best Film, as well as other official awards.   Academy Award (Still Al...

Final Cut in Venice 10th edition (September 3rd – September 5th) The 8 work-in-progress films have been selected

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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 10th, 2022), directed by Alberto Barbera and ...

Venice Production Bridge / Book Adaptation Rights Market

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The 7th edition of the Book Adaptation Rights Market (September 2 - September 4, 2022), organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, will take place in-person at the Excelsior Hotel on the Lido di Venezia, during the forthcoming 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31st  – September 10th, 2022). The Book Adaptation Rights Market will offer 33 selected, international publishing houses and literary agencies a dedicated area within the Venice Production Bridge and the p...

Venice Production Bridge / Projects Selected for the Venice Gap-Financing Market

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. Photo Leone d'oro (Credits La Biennale di Venezia - foto ASAC) The 3...

The LVMH eyewear expert and La Biennale di Venezia have signed a strategic three-year collaboration

Photo: courtesy of Thelios Thélios, the LVMH eyewear expert, is proud to announce their three-year collaboration with La Biennale di Venezia as a supporter of the Venice International Film Festival, becoming its official sponsor for eyewear starting this year. The luxury eyewear company founded in 2017, makes its official entry to the world of cinema, which has greatly contributed to make eyewear a fashionable accessory, thanks to iconic actresses and actors over the decades. &ldqu...

Venice International Film Critics' Week / Programme unveiled

The Venice Settimana Internazionale della Critica (SIC), now in its 37. edition, is the result of a tight teamwork that makes us proud and has always been the crowning achievement of the Union of Italian Film Critics (SNCCI). First of all, the selection committee headed by the general delegate Beatrice Fiorentino, who is joined by a new group: Enrico Azzano, Chiara Borroni, Ilaria Feole and Federico Pedroni. Their challenge, as always, is to draft a map of the cinema of the future by choosing...

A Lioness with classical grace to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Venice Film Festival

A Lioness with classical grace to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Venice Film Festival in the image of the official poster by Lorenzo Mattotti, also the author of the opening sequence   Italian illustrator and artist Lorenzo Mattotti is, for the fifth consecutive year, the author 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 t...

France in Focus at Venice Production Bridge

La Biennale di Venezia is pleased to announce the first of two Countries in Focus for this edition of the Venice Production Bridge (September 1 - 6, 2022).   FRANCE IN FOCUS supported by Unifrance After successfully launching the country focus at the previous edition with the Netherlands, for the second year the Venice Production Bridge will further highlight projects with their filmmakers and producers at the Venice Gap-Fi...

79th Venice International Film Festival announces the Juries for the Orizzonti section and the “Luigi de Laurentiis” Award

79th Venice International Film Festival announces the Juries for the Orizzonti section and the “Luigi de Laurentiis” Award for a Debut Film / Director Isabel Coixet president of the Orizzonti Jury / Director Michelangelo Frammartino president of the Debut Film Jury   The International Juries have been selected for the Orizzonti section and the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film of the 79th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di V...

Final Cut in Venice - Upcoming application deadline

  We like to remind you that the deadline to submit a film to the 10th edition of Final Cut in Venice will be Monday, June 20th. Don't miss out on the opportunity to present your film  at this prestigious workshop, which will take place from 3rd to 5th September, 2022, as part of the Venice Production Bridge, during the 79. Venice International Film Festival. The Venice Production Bridge launched Final Cut in...

Kubrick's First Film at the 1952 Venice Film Festival

From the Archives of La Biennale: “A young man 23 years old by the name of Stanley Kubrick” /   Stanley Kubrick’s first film, Fear and Desire, was previewed at the 1952 Venice Film Festival under the title Shape of Fear / The entire story reconstructed for the first time in the letters  and documents of the Historical Archives of the Contemporary Arts (ASAC) of La Biennale   Fear and Desire, the first feature-length film directed by Stanley Kubrick, ...

Catherine Deneuve Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 79th Venice International Film Festival

Iconic French actress Catherine Deneuve has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022).   The decision was made by the board of the Biennale di Venezia, which embraced the proposal of the Festival's Director, Alberto Barbera.   Catherine Deneuve, in accepting, said, “It is a joy to receive this prestigious award at the Venice Festival, which I love and have known for a long ...

La Biennale di Venezia celebrates the 90th anniversary of the Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica

  In 2022, La Biennale di Venezia will celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica (Venice International Film Festival).   The first Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica, as it was called at the beginning before taking the name Mostra in 1934, was held from 6 to 21 August 1932, on the terrace of the Hotel Excelsior on the Lido di Venezia.   This fortunate and significant anniversary – which commemorates the...

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