Director Liliana Cavani and actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai will each receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 80th Venice Film Festival (International Film Festival of the Biennale di Venezia) taking place August 30 to September 9, 2023.
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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Liliani Cavani and Tony Leung Chiu-wai to Receive Lifetime Achievement at Venice Film Festival
Liliani Cavani and Tony Leung Chiu-wai
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79th Venice Film Festival Winners: Laura Poitras’ ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Wins Golden Lion
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed by Laura Poitras Laura Poitras’ All the Beauty and the Bloodshed won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 79th Venice Film Festival. The documentary chronicles the photographer and activist Nan Goldin and her crusade to hold Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sackler family, accountable for the opioid epidemic.
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Jafar Panahi’s NO BEARS Unveils Official Poster Ahead of Venice Film Festival Premiere | Trailer
No Bears directed by Jafar Panahi Prior to its world premiere in the official competition category of the 79th Venice Film Festival, No Bears, the film directed by Jafar Panahi, unveiled the first official poster
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FRAMERATE: Pulse of the Earth Trailer. Immersive Experience by Matthew Shaw Premieres at Venice Film Festival
FRAMERATE: Pulse of the Earth Award-winning creative studio ScanLAB Projects will World Premiere the immersive art installation, FRAMERATE: Pulse of the Earth, as part of the prestigious Venice Immersive section at La Biennale di Venezia’s Venice International Film Festival 2022.
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Director Walter Hill to Receive Filmmaker Award and Premiere ‘Dead For A Dollar’ at Venice Film Festival
Walter Hill (credit: Nicolas Aproux) Director, writer and producer Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48 Hrs., Last Man Standing) is the recipient of the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award of the 79th 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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Award Winning VR ‘Gumball Dreams’ to International Premiere at Venice Film Festival | Trailer
Gumball Dreams The virtual reality production Gumball Dreams from the award-winning VR production company Ferryman Collective and Screaming Color, will make its international premiere as an Official Selection of the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Directed by Deirdre V. Lyons, Gumball Dreams won the SXSW Audience Award XR Experience Competition.
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Venice Film Festival Reveals 2022 Venice Immersive Official Selections
Gumball Dreams by Deirdre V. Lyons, Christopher Davis Venice International Film Festival unveiled the selection of projects for Venice Immersive, the XR – Extended Reality section of the 79th edition of the festival. The Venice Immersive section will be held in person again this year, presenting 43 projects from 19 countries, including 30 projects in Competition, and 10 projects Out of Competition.
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79th Venice Film Festival Unveils Lineup
The Whale by Darren Aronofsky (A24) The 79th Venice Film Festival set to take place from August 31-September 10, unveiled the lineup of films including, competition and non-competition titles.
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WHITE NOISE Starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle to Open 79th Venice Film Festival
White Noise directed by Noah Baumbach White Noise, written and directed by Noah Baumbach, starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, André L. Benjamin and Lars Edinger is the Opening Film, in Competition, of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022). This is Baumbach’s return to the Lido; he premiered Marriage Story at the festival in 2019.
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Venice Film Festival Reveals 2022 Venice Classics Restored Films Selections
Monica Vitti in Teresa the Thief, directed by Carlo Di Palma The Venice Classics section returns to the 79th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, following two years in which, due to the pandemic, it was hosted in Bologna by the Il cinema ritrovato festival (August 2020), and held last year in the historic city centre of Venice.
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Julianne Moore Named President of the International Jury at Venice Film Festival
Julianne Moore in Still Alice Actress Julianne Moore will be the president of the International Jury of the Competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022), which will assign the Golden Lion for Best Film, as well as other official awards.
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Catherine Deneuve Receives Venice Film Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Catherine Deneuve French actress Catherine Deneuve will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 79th Venice International Film Festival taking place August 31 – September 10, 2022).