All Venice articles – Page 9
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FeaturesWhich films are in the running for the 2024 Venice Film Festival?
Films starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Daniel Craig, Gal Gadot, Angelina Jolie and Jude Law are tipped for the Lido.
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NewsVenice extends artistic director Alberto Barbera’s contract through 2026
New president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco says “I felt an immediate understanding” with Barbera.
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NewsVenice Film Festival to present Peter Weir with honorary Golden Lion
The Australian filmmaker is a six-time Oscar nominee for films including ‘Dead Poets Society’ and ‘The Truman Show’.
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NewsIsabelle Huppert to head Venice Film Festival jury
The French actor was nominated for an Oscar in 2017 for ‘Elle’.
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FeaturesKetchup Entertainment CEO Gareth West talks ‘Memory’, shift into distribution
”We will be driven by whatever is good in the marketplace each year.”
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NewsMatch Factory secures key territory deals for Michel Franco’s ‘Memory’
New York set film starring Jessica Chastain and Peter Saarsgard world premiered in competition at Venice
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Reviews‘Snow In Midsummer’: Review
Festival heavyweight revisits the tragic race riots that occured in Kuala Lumpur on May 13, 1969
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Newsh264 closes US, multiple territories on Venice award-winner ‘Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person’ (exclusive)
Drafthouse Films takes US; deals also close in France, Australia, Latin America.
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NewsRight-wing writer Pietrangelo Buttafuoco named as Venice Biennale chairman
Writer nominated by Italian culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano.
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NewsCharades inks UK-Ireland and French deals for Venice title ‘Stolen’ (exclusive)
Karan Tejpal’s Indian action thriller has played at Venice, Zurich and London film festivals.
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NewsFirst trailer for Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ (exclusive)
The Japanese drama is the second film from the ‘Drive My Car’ director
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NewsPolish arthouse cinemas refuse to show propaganda spot before screenings of Agnieszka Holland’s ‘Green Border’
Deputy interior minister announced last week that 30-second spot would be shown before ‘Green Border’, describing the Venice prize winning film as a ‘disgusting lampoon’
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FeaturesAgnieszka Holland responds to political attacks on ‘Green Border’
This week the president of Poland attacked the film, comparing it to Nazi propaganda.
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NewsNetflix acquires Richard Linklater’s Venice, TIFF dark comedy ‘Hit Man’
Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) stars, co-wrote, and produced alongside Linklater.
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NewsEuropean directors add support for Agnieszka Holland in face of Polish political attack
Federation of European Screen Directors (FERA) issues statement strongly defending Holland and her film ’The Green Border’
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NewsVenice competition title ‘The Theory Of Everything’ scores UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Timm Kröger’s feature debut title is being sold by Paris-based sales outfit Charades.
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Reviews‘El Paraiso’: Venice Review
A Colombian immigrant and her adult son find their bond under threat in this intense Italian drama.
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NewsEuropean Film Academy demands end to threats against Agnieszka Holland by Polish justice minister
Filmmaker was criticised last week after the Venice premiere of competition film ’The Green Border’
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FeaturesVenice 2023 standout titles: the hits and misses
Here are the hits (and misfires) of 10 days on the Lido, according to Screen’s critics.
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NewsFive talking points from the 2023 Venice Film Festival
From the strikes to awards contenders and the inclusion of films by controversial directors.