Latest in Tag: Venice Film Festival Highlight
Latest in Tag: Venice Film Festival
16 Arab films participate in Venice Film Festival, including six in official competition
âExodusâ wins Audience Award, Egyptian film âMy Intimate Friendâ raises controversy
Director Bong Joon Ho named President of Venice Film Festivalâs Jury
Jury will award Golden Lion for Best Film, as well as other official awards
Venice Film Festival wraps up successful âpandemicâ edition
Cate Blanchett, who presided over festivalâs proceedings as jury president, was one of the few internationally recognised faces of acting present, in person, at the event
Venice Film Festival 2020 opens despite pandemic
A total of 18 films are vying to grab the top prize and help movie buffs forget the pandemic, at least for a while.
Venice Film Festival announces main features of 77th edition
Festival will physically take place after Italy announced cancellation of several lockdown measures
Venice Film Festival to support 26 micro-budget films
âThe Fits feature film is a transfixing sensory experience and a potent portrait of adolescent turmoil,â say critics
Julie Andrews awarded Golden Lion in Venice Film Festival
Festival to screen Victor Victoria
Venice Film Festival to honour cinematographer Luca Bigazzi
Luca Bigazzi award ceremony will take place on September 1st before the Out of Competition world premiere screening of his latest work, The New Pope by Paolo Sorrentino series featuring Jude Law, John Malkovich, Silvio Orlando, Cécile de France, Javier Cåmara, and Ludivine Sagnier.
Closing ceremony of Venice Film Festival to screen Capotondiâs The Burnt Orange Heresy
The art world and the underworld collide in Capotondiâs elegant and erotic neo-noir thriller, The Burnt Orange Heresy.
The Truth by Kore-eda Hirokazu to open 76th Venice Film Festival
Film stars Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke
Pedro AlmodĂłvar to receive Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival
Acknowledgement to great director will be presented during festivalâs 76th edition
Venice 2018 kicks off on with controversy
The 76th Venice Film Festival (the oldest in the world) has gotten off to a slightly controversial start with critics citing the small number of works by female filmmakers and the participation of Netflix in the festivalâs lineup. Festival director Alberto Barbera has been criticised for not scheduling more films from distaff side directors. Only one female …
What to expect at the 75th Venice Film Festival
The festival opens with Damien Chazelle’s First Man, starring Ryan Gosling. From the Coen brothers to Mike Leigh, an impressive number of (male) star directors are in the competition â and Netflix is a major player.While Cannes has decided to stop showing Netflix productions, the Venice International Film Festival is going in the opposite direction, …
Lifetime Achievement 2018 Golden Lion, David Cronenberg holds masterclass at Venice Film Festival
As a tribute to David Cronenberg, winner of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 2018 Venice Film Festival, his masterpiece film âM. Butterflyâ (1993) will be screened during the festival as recommended by the director himself, who considers it to be one of the most personal, though perhaps not most successful, of his …
âLooking For Om Kalthoumâ participates at 74th Venice Film Festival
The film highlight the prominent singerâs power in breaking social boundaries and her participation in the political scene
Natalie Portman, Ryan Gosling to shine at Venice Film Festival
The prestigious Venice Film Festival has announced a lineup of 20 films vying for a Golden Lion. Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Ryan Gosling in a musical romantic comedy made the shortlist.
Spies and drop-outs in Venice for the Golden Lion
By Ella Ide / AFP Spies, torture and betrayal have come to Venice with Tomas Alfredson’s cold war thriller, “Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy” â an espionage whodunit, without a James Bond gadget or femme fatale in sight. The Swedish director’s adaptation of John le CarrĂ© âs bestselling novel peers into the dark heart of “the Circus” …
Arnold premiers ‘Wuthering Heights’ in Venice
British director Andrea Arnold describes her experience creating a new film version of Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte’s only novel and 250-year-old literary phenomenon, as "a very difficult journey" but one which she couldn’t abandon. The result, in which the character of Heathcliff is portrayed by a black actor for the first time on the big …
Women steal the show at Venice film festival
From the red carpet to the big screen, women are dazzling at this year’s Venice Film Festival with the key roles going to female stars who amaze with glamour and sheer chutzpah. Pop diva Madonna crazed the island when she sauntered down the celebrity runway in a striking Vionnet dress with red butterfly motif and …
McQueen launches sex-addict film ‘Shame’ in Venice
For British director Steve McQueen, there was no better place than Manhattan to film "Shame," his new film that portrays the life of a 30-something sex addict, played by Michael Fassbender in often graphic detail. "Excess and access. New York is the place," McQueen said ahead of his second film’s world premiere in competition at …
Chastain inspired Pacino’s ‘Wilde Salome’
Al Pacino’s movie "Wilde Salome" is a complicated examination of Oscar Wilde’s once-forbidden play about illicit love and revenge. But his inspiration was simple: Jessica Chastain. "There is Jessica Chastain, who I really believe is the reason I made the movie," Pacino said ahead of the film’s long-awaited world premiere in a side event at …