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The Zurich Film Festival 2022 (ZFF) announces first Gala Premieres

The Zurich Film Festival’s «Gala Premieres» section presents the year’s most anticipated international auteur films. We are unveiling the first seven titles, including the star-studded drama THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN by oscar-winning director Martin McDonagh, the European premiere of the German film adaptation ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT by Edward Berger as well as the world…

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OFFICIAL LINE UP OF VENICE IMMERSIVE 2022

VENEZIA 79 In Competition

WHITE NOISE - OPENING FILM by NOAH BAUMBACH with Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, André L. Benjamin and Lars Eidinger/ USA / 136’   IL SIGNORE DELLE FORMICHE by GIANNI AMELIO with Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Leonardo Maltese, Sara Serraiocco / Italy / 134’ THE…

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Game Changer Award for Michael Barker and Tom Bernard

Game Changer Award for Michael Barker and Tom Bernard

The Zurich Film Festival honours the two American studio bosses this year for their services to film culture. The two founded Sony Pictures Classics exactly 30 years ago, and popularised auteur filmmakers such as Asghar Farhadi, Wim Wenders and Pedro Almodóvar. They have won more than 40 Academy Awards and championed diversity in cinema long…

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OFFICIAL LINE UP OF VENICE IMMERSIVE 2022

OFFICIAL LINE-UP OF VENICE IMMERSIVE 2022

Back to the Island of Lazzaretto Vecchio (Lido). 43 projects from 19 countries / 32 worlds in the Worlds Gallery. May Abdalla (President), David Adler, and Blanca Li are the members of the International Jury. VENICE IMMERSIVE 2022 The selection of projects for Venice Immersive, the XR – Extended Reality section of the 79th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale…

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OUT OF COMPETITION Venezia 79

OUT OF COMPETITION – Venezia 79

FICTION THE HANGING SUN  – CLOSING FILM by FRANCESCO CARROZZINI with Alessandro Borghi, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sam Spruell, Frederick Schmidt, Raphael Vicas, Peter Mullan, Charles Dance / Italy, UK / 93’   KAPAG WALA NANG MGA ALON (WHEN THE WAVES ARE GONE) by LAV DIAZ with John Lloyd Cruz, Ronnie Lazaro, Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino, Dms Boongaling…

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THE 2022 LION AWARDS FOR MUSIC

THE 2022 LION AWARDS FOR MUSIC

THE AWARDS Composer Giorgio Battistelli, one of the most renowned names in Italy and abroad, is the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Music “for his work in experimental musical theatre and his intense operatic production, staged by the most important European institutions”; whereas the Ars Ludi ensemble, consisting of three exceptional percussionists ­– Antonio Caggiano, Rodolfo Rossi and Gianluca…

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POSTER AND OPENING SEQUENCE FOR THE BIENNALE CINEMA 2022 DESIGNED BY LORENZO MATTOTTI

Poster and Opening Sequence for Venice International Film Festival 2022 Designed by Lorenzo Mattotti

A Lioness with classical grace to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Biennale Cinema. Italian illustrator and artist Lorenzo Mattotti is, for the fifth consecutive year, the author of the image for the official poster, and for the fourth year, of the opening sequence for the Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia. The image chosen for the poster this year depicts “a Lioness…

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WORLD PREMIERE Concorso internazionale

75th Locarno Film Festival Line-up.

WORLD PREMIERE Piazza Grande Last Dance Directed by Delphine Lehericey Cast: François Berléand, Kacey Mottet Kein, La Ribot, Déborah Lukumuena, Astrid Whettnall, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Sabine Timoteo, Anna Pieri, Dominique Reymond, Lisa Harder, Luc Bruchez 2022 – Switzerland / Belgium – 84' - v.o. French Synopsis Germain, an introspective retiree, abruptly becomes a widower at 75. He barely has the time…

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