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.
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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79th Venice Film Festival Unveils Lineup
The Whale by Darren Aronofsky (A24)
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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).
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Paul Schrader Honored with Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of Venice Film Festival
Paul Schrader Director (The Card Counter, First Reformed, Cat People, American Gigolo) and screenwriter (Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Obsession, The Yakuza) Paul Schrader will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022).
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Venice Film Festival Winners. – HAPPENING Wins Best Film + Jane Campion, Penélope Cruz, Maggie Gyllenhaal Win Awards
Happening (L’Evenement) The French drama Happening (L’Evenement) directed by Audrey Diwan is the winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. The film, based on the Annie Ernaux’s novel of the same name, recounts the journey of a young woman’s physical and emotional battle to access illegal abortion in a desperate race against the clock.
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Tilda Swindon Narrates ‘Goliath’, Venice Bound VR Experience
Tilda Swinton (Photo by Brigitte Lacombe) Academy Award-winning actor Tilda Swinton will narrate Goliath: Playing With Reality, a virtual reality experience directed by Barry Gene Murphy and May Abdalla, set to World Premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 1.
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Documentary on Filmmaker Aristide Massaccesi (Joe D’Amato) Premieres at Venice Film Festival
Inferno rosso. Joe D’Amato sulla via dell’eccesso Inferno rosso. Joe D’Amato sulla via dell’eccesso, a documentary by Manlio Gomarasca and Massimiliano Zanin, presented by Nicolas Winding Refn, about filmmaker Aristide Massaccesi known as Joe D’Amato, joins the line-up of Special Screenings at the 78th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia.
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Venice Film Festival Adds 3 New Films to Complete 2021 Lineup
GES – 2 by Nastia Korkia Three Special Screenings – two of them are documentaries that focus on the theme of architecture, along with a tribute to Italian photojournalists Pietro Coccia, complete the line-up of the 78th Venice International Film Festival (September 1 – 11, 2021).
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Giuseppe Tornatore’s Documentary on Prolific Musician Ennio Morricone Premieres at Venice Film Festival
Ennio Morricone in “Ennio” by Giuseppe Tornatore The documentary Ennio by Giuseppe Tornatore, described as “a comprehensive portrait of Ennio Morricone, well-known and beloved all over the world, among the most influential and prolific musicians of the twentieth century, the winner of two Academy Awards® and composer of over 500 unforgettable movie soundtracks” has been added to the line-up, Out of Competition, of the 78th Venice International Film Festival 2021.
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Ridley Scott to Receive Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Prize at Venice Film Festival
Ridley Scott at the 69th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA Awards) (dp) British director and producer Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Blade Runner, Alien) is the recipient of the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker award of the 78th Venice International Film Festival.