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…
Festivals
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…
Traveling by definition is both coming closer and moving away. (…)
I wonder if the meaning of travel is not ultimately in returning, having taken one’s distance to see better, or simply to be able to see.
Wim Wenders, from “The Act of Seeing”
Today, there is no simple or predictable answer to the…
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…
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…
JULY 28 SPECIAL EVENT #1: LAUNCH EVENT WORLD’S BEST “DIE HARD” SCREENING EVER… (PROBABLY!) 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM - The Royal Geographical Society
Copyright: Die Hard © 1988 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.
A Die Hard Screening like no other! Including a Q&A with iconic director John McTiernan who promises to settle the…
The International Juries have been selected for the Venezia 79 Competition, for Orizzonti and for the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022) of La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera.
Venezia 79
Julianne Moore – president (USA). Academy Award…
Director, screenwriter and actor Giulio Base (Crack, Il banchiere anarchico, A Starry Sky Above the Roman Ghetto) will chair the Jury of Film Students which will award the VENICE CLASSICS prizes for the respective competitions for BEST RESTORED FILM and for the BEST DOCUMENTARY ABOUT CINEMA. The following is the complete line-up of the restorations…
This year the director and screenwriter Céline Sciamma will serve as president of the Giornate degli Autori jury. It’s a homecoming of sorts for the director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire (awarded Best Screenplay at Cannes), ever since she was shortlisted for the 2014 LUX Prize at 27 Times Cinema, the initiative organized…