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BLACK MASS starring Johnny Depp to World Premiere at 72nd Venice International Film Festival | TRAILER

Warner Bros. Pictures’ highly anticipated drama Black Mass, directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Out of the Furnace) will world premiere in out-of-competition at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. The film stars Johnny Depp as notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, along with an acclaimed ensemble cast including Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Jesse Plemons, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, and Kevin Bacon. Black Mass will screen on Friday September 4th 2015 in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo […]

72nd Venice Film Festival Unveils Official Film Lineup

The 72nd Venice International Film Festival, organized by la Biennale di Venezia, held on the Lido of Venice from September 2nd to September 12th, 2015, unveiled the official film lineup. The Official Selection includes the sections Venezia 72, Out of Competition, Orizzonti, and Venice Classics, as well as the three feature films in the project, Biennale College – Cinema. The Independent and Parallel Sections include the SIC – International Critics’ Week, and the Giornate degli […]

EVEREST Starring Jake Gyllenhaal to Open 72nd Venice Film Festival | TRAILER

Everest, directed by Baltasar Kormákur, has been selected as the opening film, out of Competition, of the 72nd Venice Film Festival taking place September 2nd to 12th 2015. The world premiere of Everest will be screened on September 2 in the Sala Grande theatre (Palazzo del Cinema) at the Lido. Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions […]

Birdman Starring Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton to Open 71st Venice Film Festival | TRAILER

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 (August 27th – September 6th 2014). Along with Michael Keaton the film also stars Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone and Naomi Watts.

Official Awards of 70th Venice Film Festival; SACRO GRA by Gianfranco Rosi Wins Golden Lion for Best Film | VIDEO

Gianfranco Rosi was awarded the GOLDEN LION for Best Film for SACRO GRA at the 70th Venice Film Festival

The documentary SACRO GRA by Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France) was awarded the GOLDEN LION for Best Film at the 70th Venice Film Festival, and the GRAND JURY PRIZE went to JIAOYOU by Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese Taipei, France). In SACRO GRA, Gianfranco Rosi travelled over two years in a minivan and filmed life on Rome’s giant ring road—the Grande Raccordo Anulare, or GRA, to discover the invisible worlds and possible futures harbored in this area of constant turmoil.

Judi Dench, Steve Coogan and Stephen Frears, stars of PHILOMENA at 70th Venice Film Festival

Judi Dench, Steve Coogan and Stephen Frears, stars of PHILOMENA, in the Venice Movie Stars Lounge at the 70th Venice Film Festival.

WHY DON’T YOU PLAY IN HELL? by Sono Sion Among 15 Films from 70th Venice International Film Festival to Screen Online

JIGOKU DE NAZE WARUI (WHY DON’T YOU PLAY IN HELL?) by Sono Sion

12 feature-length films from the Orizzonti section and 3 feature-length films from the brand-new Biennale College – Cinema from the 70th Venice International Film Festival will be available online as part of the Web Theatre program, at the same time as they are screening at the festival which runs 28 August – 7 September 2013.

UNE PROMESSE Among Final Films to Complete Lineup for Venice International Film Festival.

A PROMISE (UNE PROMESSE), by French director and scriptwriter Patrice Leconte, starring Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, and Richard Madden, as well as 4 new films in the Out of Competition and Venezia Classici sections, will complete the program of the 70th Venice International Film Festival, taking place 28 August to 7 September 2013.

7 Films Selected to Compete in 28th Venice International Film Critics’ Week

L’Armée du salut (SALVATION ARMY) by Abdellah Taïa

Nine films, including seven in competition, have been selected for the 28th Venice International Film Critics’ Week, August 28 through Sept. 7, 2013. The seven films in competition are eligible for two awards – RaroVideo Audience Award and the USD$100,000 Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis” Award for a Debut Film. The week of screenings will open with world premiere of the Italian film L’arte della felicità (THE ART OF HAPPINESS) by Alessandro Rak and close with International Premiere of the Chilean film Las analfabetas (ILLITERATE) by Moisés Sepúlveda.

Paul Schrader, Shekhar Kapur Among 70 Filmmakers to Make Short Films to Celebrate 70th Venice International Film Festival

Director Paul Schrader at 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Paul Schrader, Shekhar Kapur, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul are amont 70 movie directors from all over the world invited to make a short film lasting between 60 and 90 seconds, for a special project, Venezia 70 – Future Reloaded, in celebration of the 70th Venice International Film Festival (August 28 – September 7, 2013).

World Premiere of “GRAVITY” starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney to Open 70th Venice International Film Festival

The world premiere of GRAVITY, the new film from director Alfonso Cuarón (Y tu mamá también, Children of Men), and starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, will be screened in 3D as the opening film (Out of Competition) of the 70th Venice International Film Festival (August 28 – September 7, 2013).

Venice International Film Festival Names New Directors

The new Board of La Biennale di Venezia, the organization behind the Venice International Film Festival, chaired by Paolo Baratta and composed of Giorgio Orsoni (Vice-President), Luca Zaia, Francesca Zaccariotto and Emmanuele Francesco Maria Emanuele, met for the first time on 27th December 2011 in the Biennale offices at Ca’ Giustinian and appointed the Directors of the Architecture and Cinema sectors. David Chipperfield was named Director of the Architecture Sector with the specific responsibility of […]

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