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

Venice Film Festival Announces Minor Changes to 77th Edition

The 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival will take place September 2-12 with some minor changes to comply with Covid-19 protocols.

We Are One: A Global Film Festival Unveils Lineup Co-Curated by 21 International Film Festivals

We Are One: A Global Film Festival, co-curated by 21 festivals including Berlin, Cannes, and Venice Film Festivals, will feature over 100 films on Youtube.

Italian VR Film VAJONT Selected for 77th Venice International Film Festival

The Italian film Vajont from director Iolanda Di Bonaventura will participate in the Virtual Reality section in the 77th Venice International Film Festival.

African Documentary MAKONGO Wins at Cinéma du réel

The documentary Makongo by Elvis Sabin Ngaibino about the Aka pygmies in the Central African Republic won at the 42nd Cinéma du réel in Paris.

Cate Blanchett to Head Jury of 2020 Venice Film Festival

Actor/Producer Cate Blanchett will be the president of the International Jury of the Competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.

J'Accuse (An Officer and a Spy) directed by Roman Polanski

JOKER and Roman Polanski’s J’ACCUSE Win Top Awards at Venice Film Festival 2019. Complete List of Award Winners

Joker directed by Todd Phillips won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 2019 Venice International Film Festival, with the Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize going to J’Accuse (An Officer and a Spy) by Roman Polanski.

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Director Costa-Gavras to Receive Glory to the Filmmaker 2019 Award at Venice Film Festival

Greek-born French director Costa-Gavras is the recipient of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker 2019 award of the 76th Venice International Film Festival.

Venice Film Festival to Honor Cinematographer Luca Bigazzi with Passion for Film Award

Cinematographer Luca Bigazzi (The Great Beauty, The Way We Laughed, Bread and Tulips) will be honored with Campari Passion for Film Award at the 76th Venice International Film Festival.

Imelda Marcos on her 85th birthday in KINGMAKER. Photo Credit: Lauren Greenfield.

THE KINGMAKER Documentary on Imelda Marcos to World Premiere at Venice Film Festival

Director Lauren Greenfield’s documentary The Kingmaker, on Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines, will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

New Films by Nate Parker, Graeme A. Scott and Buddy Squires to World Premiere at Venice Film Festival

The world premiere of American Skin by Nate Parker and Beyond the Beach: The Hell and the Hope, by Graeme A. Scott and Buddy Squires, will complete the line-up in the Sconfini section of the 76th Venice International Film Festival.

Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s CHOLA (SHADOW OF WATER) will Premiere at Venice Film Festival

Independent Indian director Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s latest film, Chola (Shadow of Water), will compete at the 76th Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti program.

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76th Venice International Film Festival Announces Lineup

The line-up of the 76th Venice International Film Festival was announced today, and includes World Premiere of films by Roy Andersson, Olivier Assayas, Noah Baumbach, Atom Egoyan, Pablo Larraín and Steven Soderbergh.

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