Venice International Film Festival

NAME OF FESTIVAL: Venice International Film Festival

SINCE: 1932

WHERE: Venice, Italy

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The Venice International Film Festival is organized by La Biennale di Venezia. The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote 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 towards a better understanding of the history of cinema.

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Venice International Film Festival

La Notte (The Night) by Michelangelo Antonioni (Archivio Fotografico CSC - Cineteca Nazionale)

Restored Masterpieces by Antonioni, Refn, Wiseman Among Classics Program of 81st Venice Film Festival

The Venice Classics program of the 81st Venice International Film Festival will present the world premiere of 18 film restorations of masterpieces.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)

World Premiere of Tim Burton’s ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ to Open Venice Film Festival

The world premiere of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel to his award-winning film Beetlejuice, is the Opening Film of the 81st Venice International Film Festival

Sigourney Weaver (Andrew H. Walker, Variety, REX, Shutterstock)

Sigourney Weaver to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Venice Film Festival

Sigourney Weaver, in accepting, said, “I am truly honored to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement from the Biennale di Venezia. To be gifted this award is a privilege I share with all the filmmakers and collaborators I have worked with throughout the years.”

Peter Weir (left) (Photo courtesy Venice Film Festival)

Peter Weir to Receive Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice Film Festival

Australian director Peter Weir will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement honor at the 81st Venice International Film Festival

Isabelle Huppert Named President of International Jury of Venice Film Festival Competition

French actress Isabelle Huppert has been named the president of the International Jury of the Competition at Venice International Film Festival.

Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Poor Things’ Wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things starring Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo wins the Golden Lion for Best Film at Venice Film Festival.

Wes Anderson (Photo credit: Roger Do Minh, Netflix)

Venice Film Festival to Honor Wes Anderson and Premier ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’

Wes Anderson (The French Dispatch, Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums) will receive the prestigious Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award at Venice International Film Festival

Venice Film Festival Lineup – New Films by Sofia Coppola, Ava DuVerna, Bradley Cooper, Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Roman Polanski

Venice Film Festival unveiled the 2023 lineup with new films by Luc Besson, Bradley Cooper, Sofia Coppola, David Fincher, Ava DuVernay,

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