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…

Bycinema scopeJuly 26, 20220Comments

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The International Juries for the Venezia 79 Competition, for Orizzonti and “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film

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…

Bycinema scopeJuly 20, 20220Comments

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The Venice Classics restored films

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…

Bycinema scopeJuly 19, 20220Comments

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Filmmaker Céline Sciamma to head the Giornate degli Autori jury at Venice Film Festival

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…

Bycinema scopeJuly 14, 20220Comments

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Paul Schrader Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 79th Venice International Film Festival

The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022) has been awarded to the American director (The Card Counter, First Reformed, Cat People, American Gigolo) and screenwriter (Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Obsession, The Yakuza) Paul Schrader. The decision was made by the board of the Biennale…

Bycinema scopeMay 4, 20220Comments

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Jamie Lee Curtis Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

The honour to the iconic American actress will be awarded on Wednesday September 8th in the Palazzo del Cinema. GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Iconic American actress Jamie Lee Curtis (photo: Andrew Eccles) has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 78th Venice International Film Festival (September 1–11, 2021). The decision was made by the board of the Biennale di…

Bycinema scopeSeptember 7, 20210Comments

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International Panel on Afghanistan and the Situation of Afghan Filmmakers and Artists

The panel will take place on Saturday 4 September, 3 pm, at the Palazzo del Casinò. Participants include Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi. The 78th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia announces a panel discussion about the crisis now underway in Afghanistan with special attention to the situation of filmmakers and Afghan artists in general, in the tragic context in…

Bycinema scopeAugust 29, 20210Comments

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Anti-covid 19 Measures / Green Pass at the 78th Venice Film Festival

The purpose is guaranteeing the safety of all accredited visitors and audiences. ANTI COVID-19 MEASURES / GREEN PASS In collaboration with the competent authorities, La Biennale di Venezia has developed the Anti-Covid 19 / Green Pass measures summarised below, which will be implemented for the 78th Venice International Film Festival (1 – 11 September 2021), with the purpose of guaranteeing the safety…

Bycinema scopeAugust 27, 20210Comments

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The Web Theatre at the 78th Venice Film Festival

22 feature films and 14 shorts from the Out of Competition, Orizzonti, Orizzonti Extra and Biennale College Cinema sections will be available online. The line-up includes the films by Leonardo Di Costanzo and Wilma Labate. THE SALA WEB THEATRE A remarkably rich selection of 22 feature-length films and 14 short films (the latter may be viewed free of charge) from…

Bycinema scopeAugust 24, 20210Comments

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Three Special Screenings Complete the Line-up of the 78th Venice Film Festival

Two documentaries on the theme of Architecture and a tribute to photojournalist Pietro Coccia. SPECIAL SCREENINGS Three Special Screenings are added to and complete the line-up of the 78th Venice International Film Festival (1 – 11 September 2021) of La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera. Two of them are documentaries that focus on the theme of Architecture: – Ricostruire insieme –…

Bycinema scopeAugust 16, 20210Comments