Actress Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Gorillas in the Mist, Galaxy Quest) has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 81st Venice International Film Festival set to take place August 28 to September 7, 2024.
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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Sigourney Weaver to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Venice Film Festival
Sigourney Weaver (Andrew H. Walker, Variety, REX, Shutterstock)
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Peter Weir to Receive Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice Film Festival
Peter Weir (left) (Photo courtesy Venice Film Festival) Australian director and screenwriter Peter Weir (Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show, Master & Commander) will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement honor at the 81st Venice International Film Festival taking place August 28 – September 7, 2024.
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Isabelle Huppert Named President of International Jury of Venice Film Festival Competition
Isabelle Huppert (Photo Andrea Avezzu) French actress Isabelle Huppert (Elle, The Piano Teacher, La Cérémonie) has been named the president of the International Jury of the Competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival taking place August 28 – September 7, 2024.
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Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Poor Things’ Wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival
Poor Things Poor Things directed by Yorgos Lanthimos won the Golden Lion for Best Film at Venice Film Festival. In the film starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and Jerrod Carmichael, a young Victorian woman, Bella, is brought back to life by brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.
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Venice Film Festival to Honor Wes Anderson and Premier ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’
Wes Anderson (Photo credit: Roger Do Minh, Netflix) Filmmaker Wes Anderson (The French Dispatch, Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums) will receive the prestigious Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, dedicated to a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry.
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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, Michel Franco, Michael Mann, Pablo Larraín and Agnieszka Holland premiering in official competition.
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Society of the Snow by J.A. Bayona is Closing Film of Venice Film Festival
Society of the Snow (La Sociedad de la nieve) directed by J.A. Bayona Society of the Snow (La Sociedad de la nieve), an epic story of survival in extreme conditions, directed by J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage, The Impossible) is the Closing Film, Out of Competition, of the 80th Venice International Film Festival.
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Comandante Replaces Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers as Opening Film of Venice Film Festival
Comandante directed by Edoardo De Angelis (Credit: Enrico De Luigi) Comandante, directed by Edoardo De Angelis and starring Pierfrancesco Favino, is the new opening film, a world premiere in Competition, of the 80th Venice International Film Festival.
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Venice Film Festival Reveals Official 2023 Immersive Selection
Finalmente Eu (Finally Me) by Marcio Sal The 80th Venice International Film Festival taking place 30th August – 9th September 2023), unveiled the selection of projects for Venice Immersive, the XR – Extended Reality section.
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Venice Film Festival Dedicates Pre-Opening to Late Italian Screen Icon Gina Lollobrigida
Gina Lollobrigida in Orson Welles’ Portrait of Gina The 80th Venice International Film Festival will dedicate its Pre-opening event to actress Gina Lollobrigida, the icon of Italian cinema who passed away last January.
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Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers Starring Zendaya is Opening Film of Venice Film Festival
Zendaya as Tashi in Challengers, directed by Luca Guadagnino. Credit: Niko Tavernise / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures Challengers, directed by Luca Guadagnino, starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist is the Opening Film, Out of Competition, of the 80th Venice International Film Festival taking place August 30 to September 9, 2023.
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Directors Damien Chazelle, Alice Diop and Jonas Carpignano to Chair International Juries at Venice Film Festival
Damien Chazelle, Alice Diop, Jonas Carpignano Directors Damien Chazelle, Alice Diop and Jonas Carpignano will chair the international juries respectively of Venezia 80, the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film and the Orizzonti section of the 80th Venice International Film Festival taking place August 30 – September 9, 2023.