Venice Classics line-up includes Antonioni, De Sica, Wertmuller films
18 film restorations include Peter Brook’s ‘The Mahabharata’.
Tim Burton’s ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ to open Venice Film Festival
Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara all star.
Sigourney Weaver to receive honorary Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival
The US actress is best known for ‘Alien’ and ‘Avatar’ franchises.
Venice extends artistic director Alberto Barbera’s contract through 2026
New president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco says “I felt an immediate understanding” with Barbera.
Venice 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’.
Isabelle Huppert to head Venice Film Festival jury
The French actor was nominated for an Oscar in 2017 for ‘Elle’.
Match 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
h264 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.
Right-wing writer Pietrangelo Buttafuoco named as Venice Biennale chairman
Writer nominated by Italian culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano.
Charades 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.
First trailer for Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ (exclusive)
The Japanese drama is the second film from the ‘Drive My Car’ director
Polish 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’
Netflix acquires Richard Linklater’s Venice, TIFF dark comedy ‘Hit Man’
Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) stars, co-wrote, and produced alongside Linklater.
Which 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.
Ketchup Entertainment CEO Gareth West talks ‘Memory’, shift into distribution
”We will be driven by whatever is good in the marketplace each year.”
Agnieszka Holland responds to political attacks on ‘Green Border’
This week the president of Poland attacked the film, comparing it to Nazi propaganda.
