Masterclasses and Conversations return for the 81st Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, with actress Sigourney Weaver, director Peter Weir, actor Ethan Hawke and director Pupi Avati among the directors and performers holding Masterclasses.

Sigourney Weaver and Peter Weir will attend the festival to receive the Golden Lion for Career, and Pupi Avati is the director of the closing film L’orto americano.

There will be three Conversations organized by Cartier – The Art and Craft of Cinema, in collaboration with La Biennale, which will include the dialogue between composer Nicola Piovani (Oscar award for Life Is Beautiful) and Cristina Comencini, director Claude Lelouch (Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker award) with singer, composer and actress Barbara Pravi (respectively director and performer of the out-of-competition film Finalement) and actor Richard Gere with his Italian voice actor, Mario Cordova.

Masterclasses and Conversations

Masterclass with Sigourney Weaver (Golden Lion for her Career), led by Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan, film critic

Masterclass with Peter Weir (Golden Lion for his Career), led by Paolo Bertolin, film critic

Masterclass with Ethan Hawke, led by Emanuele Rauco, film critic

Masterclass with Pupi Avati, led by Angela Prudenzi, film critic

Conversation between Nicola Piovani and Cristina Comencini, Il Cinema cambia Musica, led by Stéphan Lerouge, expert in music for cinema and curator of the collection Ecoutez le cinéma!

Conversation between Claude Lelouch (Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award) and Barbara Pravi, Music as an actor’s director, led by Stéphan Lerouge, expert in film music and curator of the collection Ecoutez le cinéma!

Conversation between Richard Gere and Mario Cordova, The connection(s) between a movie star and creative collaborators: Richard Gere on acting, screenwriting, lighting, film scoring… and dubbing, led by Stéphan Lerouge, expert in music for the cinema and curator of the collection Ecoutez le cinéma!