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VENICE IN FOCUS
Francis Ford Coppola gave the Laudatio honoring Werner Herzog
Francis Ford Coppola gave the laudatio honoring Werner Herzog Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the opening ceremony on Wednesday September 27th Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Megalopolis) gave the Laudatio honoring Werner Herzog, on the occasion of the awarding of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to the German director, on Wednesday August 27th in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema (Lido di Venezia), during the ...
VIDEO : Biennale Cinema 2025 - Day by Day 0
A fully electric boat docking at the most photographed pier in the world, the Lido shoreline. A movie theatre whose name evokes water: the Sala Darsena. Then, a film about the lagoon – more water, more salt – leading to a grand finale where we leave the waves behind and dive into the lavish castle of the wicked Queen V. Between a glimpse behind the scenes, a visit to the beach with Emanuela Fanelli, Yann-Arthus Bertrand’s ORIGIN, and the new restoration of the legendary Erich v...
Program of the Winston Baker Film and TV Finance Forum in Venice unveiled join us August 29th 2-3.30 pm
Winston Baker’s 2nd Annual Film & Television Finance Forum Venice will bring together high-level entertainment executives to discuss the state of the industry, finance strategies, international partnerships & co-productions, distribution trends and more! Filmfestivals.com is a proud partner of this exclusive event. The conference will take place at Spazio Incontri on the 3rd floor of the beautiful Hotel Excelsior on the Lido and is open to all badge holders + the public. Th...
Masterclasses and Conversations at the Match Point Arena
The Masterclasses and Conversations of the 2025 Venice Film Festival at the Match Point Arena: the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement Kim Novak and Werner Herzog / Jane Campion with Tanya Seghatchia / Sergio Castellitto with Margaret Mazzantini / Sofia Coppola with Milena Canonero / Alfonso Cuarón, Cristian Mungiu, Tsai Ming-liang, Jia Zhang-ke / Match Point Arena – Lido, 28 August – 5 September After the success of last year, the Masterclasses and&nb...
Gus Van Sant to receive the 2025 Campari Passion for Film Award
La Biennale di Venezia and Campari are pleased to announce that the American director Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, My Own Private Idaho, Elephant) is the recipient of the Campari Passion for Film Award at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (August 27th - September 6th, 2025). The director Gus Van Sant's new film Dead Man’s Wire (105’) to premiere at the Venice Film Fes...
Venice Winston Baker Film ad TV Finance Forum Speaker Additions
Winston Baker’s 2nd Annual Film & Television Finance Forum Venice will bring together high-level entertainment executives to discuss the state of the industry, finance strategies, international partnerships & co-productions, distribution trends and more! ...
2025 Venice Immersive Selection and Competition Unveils 69 projects from 27 countries
Members of the International Jury Include: Eliza McNitt (President), Gwenael François, Boris Labbé The selection of projects for Venice Immersive, the XR - Extended Reality section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (27th August – 6th September 2025) of La Biennale di Venezia, is now complete. Launched in 2017, the section represents the first competition and official selection for works in Extended Reality in an A-list festiv...
Exciting line-up for the Venezia 82 competition with a dazzling array of A-Listers
Venezia 82 The Wizard of the Kremlin Director Olivier Assayas Main Cast Paul Dano, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander, Tom Sturridge, Jeffrey Wright / France / 120’ Jay Kelly Director Noah Baumbach Main Cast George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Wilson, Eve Hewson, Greta Gerwig, Alba Rohrwacher, Josh Hamilton, Lenny Henry, Emily Mortimer, Nicôle Lecky,...
2025 Venice Immersive Selection and Competition Unveils 69 projects from 27 countries
Members of the International Jury Include: Eliza McNitt (President), Gwenael François, Boris Labbé The selection of projects for Venice Immersive, the XR - Extended Reality section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (27th August – 6th September 2025) of La Biennale di Venezia, is now complete. Launched in 2017, the section represents the first competition and official selection for works in Extended Reality in an A-list festiv...
Sofia Coppola, Gus van Sant, Julian Schnabel, Werner Herzog, Marco Bellocchio, Yann Arthus-Bertrand to screen out of competition
Fiction Boşluğa xütbə (Sermon to the Void) Director Hilal Baydarov Main Cast Huseyn Nasirov, Maryam Naghiyeva, Rana Asgarova, Elshan Abbasov, Orkhan Iskandarli / Azerbaijan, Mexico, Turkey / 112’ L’isola di Andrea Director Antonio Capuano Main Cast Teresa Saponangelo, Vinicio Marchioni, Andrea Migliucci / Italy / 105’ Il Maestro Director Andrea Di Stefano Main Cast Pierfrancesco Favino, Tizia...
Final Cut in Venice 2025 - The 8 selected work-in-progress films
La Biennale di Venezia is proud to announce that the 13. edition of Final Cut in Venice, organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge (Aug 28 - Sep 3, 2025), has selected 8 work-in-progress films. Final Cut in Venice is the industry program that has been providing since 2013 concrete support in the completion of films from all African countries and from six countries of the Middle East: Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Yemen. Fi...
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LOCARNO IN FOCUS
Locarno78 wrapped
The 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival concluded yesterday, capping 11 extraordinary days that solidified its position as a vibrant space for cultural exchange and cinematic celebration. The Festival welcomed artists, industry professionals, critics, filmmakers and other film lovers from around the world, underlining its enduring mission: to pay tribute to the variety of contemporary cinema and to chart a path for its future. © Locarno Film FestivalTi-Press Thi...
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SAN SEBASTIAN IN FOCUS
Jennifer Lawrence to receive the Donostia Award 2025
Jennifer Lawrence awarded in San Sebastian The San Sebastián Festival will dedicate one of the Donostia Awards at its 73rd edition to recognising the talent of Jennifer Lawrence, one of the most influential actresses of our time. The Academy-Award winning actress will receive the honorary accolade at a gala to take place on Friday 26th September in the Kursaal Auditorium, followed by a screening of her latest film, Die My Love, in which she de...
73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival´s Official Selection announced
After taking some time away from the computer, I’m back with news from the San Sebastián International Film Festival, which in its 73rd edition (73SSIFF) will be held from September 19 to 27. This year, festival news has been slow to arrive, but after the poster presentations at the end of June, daily updates are now coming in. Let’s see...
The San Sebastian Festival’s Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum Line-up
Laura Baumeister, Alvaro Brechner, Ana Endara, Ignacio Juricic, Valeria Pivato and Pablo Stoll, amongst others, to present their projects at the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum Eleven of the fifteen projects hailing from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Romania, Spain and Uruguay are first or second films The Festival’s Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum will run from 22-24 September in the framework of the Industry activities of the San S...
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PEOPLE IN FOCUS
2025 SCAD Savannah Film Festival To Honor Jennifer Lopez With The Virtuoso Award
Lopez to Participate in Live Recording of The Hollywood Reporter’s ‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast Nov. 1 The 2025 SCAD Savannah Film Festival announced today that global icon and multihyphenate Jennifer Lopez will receive the Virtuoso Award in honor of her performance in Kiss of the Spider Woman and her trailblazing career across film, television, music, and entertainment. Lopez will receive the award following a live recording of ...
Sydney Film Festival celebrates the incredible life and legacy of David Stratton AM, honouring his passing
Sydney Film Festival, and by extension the very culture of cinema in Australia, would not exist as it does today without the remarkable passion and devotion of David Stratton who was the Festival Director from 1966 until 1983. His achievements are too innumerable to list in totality, and would include his successful fight against censorship of films in Australia, the establishment of the Travelling Film Festival, support for emerging filmmakers from Australia and around the world, and fosteri...