Actor Matt Dillon has joined the members of the Venezia 77 Competition Jury at the 77th Venice International Film Festival (September 2 – 12, 2020) replacing Romanian director Cristi Puiu who will no longer be a member of the Jury.
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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Actor Matt Dillon Replaces Director Cristi Puiu as Juror for Venice Film Festival
Matt Dillon stars in Nimic directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
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15 Films Showcased in Web Theatre of 77th Venice International Film Festival
MILA (APPLES) by CHRISTOS NIKOU The Web Theatre at Venice International Film Festival returns for its ninth edition with a selection of films from the Orizzonti, Out of Competition and Biennale College – Cinema sections available online on La Biennale di Venezia’s official website.
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Composer Terence Blanchard to be Honored at Venice Film Festival
Terence Blanchard (credit: Henry Adebonojo) Oscar nominated and six-time Grammy-winning composer, trumpeter and jazz musician Terence Blanchard, composer of the original scores for a wide range of films by Spike Lee including most recently Da 5 Bloods which was released by Netflix this summer, is the recipient of the Campari Passion for Film Award of the 77th Venice International Film Festival (September 2 – 12, 2020).
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Virtual Reality Works of Venice Film Festival to be Shown in Cultural Institutions Around the World
The Virtual Reality works from 24 different countries in Venice VR Expanded, the Virtual Reality section of the 77th Venice Film Festival set to run September 2-12, 2020, will be available for viewing in the VR Lounge of many cultural institutions around the world, and online.
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Films by Luca Guadagnino and Kyle Rankin Added to Venice Film Festival
Actor Britton Sear in Run Hide Fight, written and directed by Kyle Rankin. Photo credit: Danny Fulgencio The new short film by Luca Guadagnino, Fiori, Fiori, Fiori!, and the independent film, Run Hide Fight, written and directed by Kyle Rankin, with Isabel May, Thomas Jane, and Radha Mitchell, have been added to the Out of Competition line-up of the 77th Venice International Film Festival. The festival is scheduled to take place from September 2 to 12 2020 at the Lido di Venezia.
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New Films by Pedro Almodóvar and Regina King Added to Venice Film Festival Lineup
The Human Voice by Pedro Almodóvar New films directed by Pedro Almodóvar and Academy Award winner Regina King have been added to the lineup in Out of Competition of the 77th Venice International Film Festival scheduled to take place from September 2 to 12 2020.
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Films by Alex Gibney, Abel Ferrara Among Venice International Film Festival 2020 Lineup
Venice International Film Festival announced the lineup for the 77th edition taking place from September 2 – 12, 2020. The festival will open with the Italian film Lacci, directed by Daniele Luchetti (La nostra vita, Mio fratello è figlio unico, Il portaborse).
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Chloé Zhao’s NOMADLAND Sets Premiere Events at Venice, Toronto, Telluride, and New York Film Festivals
(From L-R): Director/Writer Chloé Zhao, Director of Photography Joshua James Richards and Frances McDormand on the set of NOMADLAND. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2020 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved Searchlight Pictures unveiled a series of global screenings to commemorate Chloé Zhao’s upcoming feature film NOMADLAND’s invitations to Venice, Toronto, Telluride, and New York Film Festivals. Zhao’s third film, an exploration of modern-day van dwelling life on the road, will World Premiere with simultaneous screenings on September 11th at the 77th Venice International Film Festival and the 45th Toronto International Film Festival, both of which will feature virtual introductions by producer, writer, editor, and director Zhao, and producer and actor Frances McDormand. Telluride, which canceled its 47th edition due to the global pandemic, will host a special “Telluride from Los Angeles” drive-in screening in Southern California later in the evening, featuring in-person appearances by Zhao and McDormand. Additionally, the New York Film Festival announced NOMADLAND as the Centerpiece Selection of the 58th edition of the festival, leading into a domestic theatrical release this fall, subsequently rolling out internationally.
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Venice International Film Festival Reveals 2020 International Juries
Actress Cate Blanchett, filmmaker Claire Denis and director Claudio Giovannesi to preside over the International Juries of the 77th Venice Film Festival Venice International Film Festival revealed the members of the four international Juries (Venezia 77, Orizzonti, “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for Best Debut Film, Venice Virtual Reality) for the 77th edition of the festival taking place September 2 -12, 2020.
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Venice International Film Festival Pre-Opening Night Film: ‘Molecole’
Venetian director Andrea Segre’s (Io sono Li, La prima neve, Il pianeta in mare) documentary Molecole (68′), made in Venice during the coronavirus lockdown, will be screened on the Pre-opening night of the 77th Venice International Film Festival. The pre-opening night screening will take place on Tuesday, Septemeber 1st, in Sala Darsena (Palazzo del Cinema) at the Lido.
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Italian Film ‘Lacci’ by Daniele Luchetti to Open Venice Film Festival
Set of “Lacci” by Daniele Luchetti. in the picture Luigi Lo Cascio, Alba Rohrwacher, Giulia De Luca and Joshua Cerciello. Photo by Gianni Fiorito Lacci, directed by Daniele Luchetti (La nostra vita, Mio fratello è figlio unico, Il portaborse) starring Alba Rohrwacher, Luigi Lo Cascio, Laura Morante, Silvio Orlando, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Adriano Giannini, Linda Caridi is the Opening Film, Out of Competition, of the 77th Venice International Film Festival (September 2 – 12 September, 2020).
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77th Venice International Film Festival Announces Venice Classics Line Up
Restored Classic: Cronoca Di Un Amore (CHRONICLE OF A LOVE) by Michelangelo Antonioni The final selection of films has been announced for the Venice Classics section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival, which will be hosted this year as part of the Il Cinema Ritrovato program promoted by the Cineteca di Bologna, set to take place from August 25-31 in Bologna.