Despite the continued challenges and uncertainties brought about by COVID-19, the 35th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) continues to move ahead with a full-scale physical edition from October 24 through November 2. Last year, TIFF unveiled dramatic changes, moving its main venues to the Hibiya-Yurakucho-Ginza area and appointing a new programming director. The 35th TIFF…
Each year, Zurich Film Festival deals in its «Hashtag» section with a hot topic that is also trending on social media. This year's hashtag section screens films under the title #MyReligion. It deals with questions of faith, euphoria and modern deities.
Is God dead? Has modern society created new deities, religions and cults? What…
'Drawing from a variety of traditional myths, speculative futures to social realist observations and performative rituals, our winner at the 75th Locarno Film Festival offers a multiplicity of perspectives on urgent themes such as violence against women, the question who has a right to citizenship and the way we deal with our natural environment. The…
Online ticket sales for the public from August 17 (3 pm), online booking service for pass holders from August 28.
SCHEDULE
The screening schedule of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (Venice, 31 August > 10 September 2022) will be published online on the website www.labiennale.org on Tuesday 16 August at 3 pm.
The online ticket sales service for the public will be active from Wednesday…
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…
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…
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…
THE POWER OF A SHARED VISION
The 19th edition of Giornate degli Autori, headed by President Andrea Purgatori, working alongside the Board of Directors, General Delegate Giorgio Gosetti, and Artistic Director Gaia Furrer, will run from August 31st to September 10th, during the 79th Venice Film Festival.
Founded in 2004, the brainchild of Francesco Maselli and Emidio…
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…
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…