Actress Kim Novak, known starring in Vertigo, Picnic, Bell, Book and Candle, will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival taking place August 27 – September 6, 2025.
Venice International Film 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.
Venice International Film Festival started in 1932 and takes place in Venice, Italy
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Actress Kim Novak to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honors at Venice Film Festival
Kim Novak (Jean Nelson, Depositphotos)
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‘The Holdovers’ Director Alexander Payne Named President of Venice Film Festival International Jury
Alexander Payne (courtesy La Biennale di Venezia) Alexander Payne, director of The Holdovers, Sideways, Nebraska, and The Descendants, will chair the International Jury of the Competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival taking place August 27 – September 6, 2025. The International Jury will assign the Golden Lion for Best Film, as well as other official awards.
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Werner Herzog to Receive Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice International Film Festival
Werner Herzog (courtesy of Lena Herzog) Director Werner Herzog (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, Nosferatu the Vampyre) will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia taking place August 27 – September 6, 2025.
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Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ Wins Golden Lion at 81st Venice Fest, Nicole Kidman Wins Best Actress
Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore in The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodóvar © EL DESEO DA S.L.U. – Foto: Iglesias Más Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore won the top prize, the Golden Lion for for Best Film at 81st Venice International Film Festival.
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Netflix Scoops up Pablo Larraín’s ‘Maria’ Starring Angelina Jolie as Opera Legend | Watch First Clip
Angelina Jolie in Maria by Pablo Larraín (Netflix) Ahead of the world premiere at the 81st Venice Film Festival, a new clip was released for Maria, Pablo Larraín’s biopic of American opera singer Maria Callas, starring Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie.
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Sigourney Weaver, Peter Weir, Ethan Hawke Lead Masterclasses and Conversations at Venice Film Festival
Sigourney Weaver and Peter Weir (photo credits Andrew H. Walker Variety REX, Shutterstock; courtesy Venice Film Festival) 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.
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Production Designer Paola Comencini To Receive Campari Passion for Film Award at Venice Fest
Paola Comencini (courtesy Venice Film Festival) Italian production designer Paola Comencini (C’è ancora domani, La bestia nel cuore, Romanzo criminale) will receive the Campari Passion for Film Award at the 81st Venice International Film Festival taking place August 28th – September 7th, 2024.
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Claude Lelouch to Receive Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award at Venice Film Festival
Claude Lelouch (courtesy Venice Film Festival) French director, writer and producer Claude Lelouch (A Man and a Woman, Happy New Year, The Beautiful Story) is the recipient of the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award of the 81st Venice International Film Festival. The award is dedicated to a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry.
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Tilda Swinton Narrates ‘Impulse: Playing With Reality’ Mixed Reality Experience Documentary Premiering at Venice Fest
Tilda Swinton, Impulse: Playing With Reality (Credits LtoR: Anagram, Tilda Swinton by Brigitte Lacombe) Academy Award-winning Actor Tilda Swinton will narrate Impulse: Playing with Reality, the interactive mixed reality documentary and second installment in the Playing With Reality collection, Impulse.
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Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter Two’ World Premieres at Venice Film Festival
Kevin Costner in Horizon: An American Saga -Chapter Two Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter Two, directed by and starring the Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Costner, and also starring Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone and Danny Huston, will world premiere in the out-of-competition section at the 81st Venice International Film Festival taking place August 28th – September 7th 2024. Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter One will also be screened on the same day, Saturday 7 September, at the 81st VFF.
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Films Starring Nicole Kidman, Tilda Swinton, Daniel Craig Among 81st Venice Film Festival Lineup
The Room Next Door (El Deseo | Iglesias Mas) Venice Film Festival unleashed a star studded lineup filled with films featuring Jude Law, Jurnee Smollett, Tye Sheridan, Nicole Kidman, Antonio Banderas, Sophie Wilde, and Caleb Landry Jones.
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‘Nonostante’ and ‘September, 5’ Set as Opening Films of Orizzonti Sections of 81st Venice Film Festival
Nonostante (Matteo Graia) Nonostante, by and with Valerio Mastandrea, will be the opening film of the Orizzonti competition section, and September, 5 by Tim Fehlbaum, will be the opening film of the Orizzonti Extra competition section for the 81st Venice International Film Festival taking place August 28 – September 7, 2024.