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Alberto Brabera, Director of the 74th Venice International Film Festival
In the light of the latest developments in the revolution that is changing the audiovisual experience as conceived since the invention of the cinematograph, one might respectfully toy with Hegel's maxim, according to which everything that is rational is real, updating it to everything that is virtual is real. How else might we approach a phenomenon that until just a few months ago was considered little more than the latest technological gimmick, but that now seems destined to become one of the most colossal investments to which the cultural industry will devote a significant share of its future?
When, early this year, we decided to hesitate no longer and take a risk by dedicating a workshop of the Biennale College Cinema, as well as a totally new competition, to the products of Virtual Reality (more synthetically, VR), we never imagined that we would receive more than one hundred proposals for short films, features, and installations (interactive and not). From these we have chosen 22 titles, to be submitted to the evaluation of an international jury and to viewers who will enter the new specially-equipped space on the island of Lazzaretto Vecchio, a short distance from the Lido di Venezia. MORE
New developments in 2017!
Paolo Baratta: President of the Biennale di Venezia
The “Citadel of Cinema” at the Lido is completing its rebirth. The program which was launched after the annus horribilis in 2010, when the fragility and criticality which had accumulated over time reached a highpoint, is progressing in a systematic fashion.
The Red Cube sets the seal on this rebirth. And as such, it is a complement to the surrounding buildings, reminders of the decisive stages in the Festival’s history (the terrace of the Excelsior was the first Festival’s headquarters; the Palazzo del Cinema, constructed in 1937, was the first hall created for a film festival; today, the brand new Sala Darsena crowns the open-air arena which, in its time, was a symbol of the Festival’s openness to its public; the Casinò, which became a definitive Festival acquisition in 2000, symbolizes a new, programmatic relationship with the international press. MORE
VENICE TODAY
Nico, 1988 directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli opens the Orizzonti section
World premiere on the afternoon of the Venice Film Festival’s opening day, Wednesday 30 August, in the Sala Darsena. Nico, 1988 directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli (Cosmonaut, Discovery at Dawn) will be the opening film of the Orizzonti section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival of the Biennale di Venezia (30 August – 9 September 2017), directed by Alberto Barbera, and organized by the Biennale chaired b...
The World Premiere Screening of Downsizing, directed by Alexander Payne, opens the Festival
Downsizing, directed by Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Descendants, Nebraska) starring Matt Damon,Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau and Kristen Wiig will be the opening film, in Competition, of the 74th Venice International Film Festival (30 August – 9 September 2017) directed by Alberto Barbera and organized by the Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta. Downsizing will
be shown in its&nbs...
Pre-inaugural Evening (Tuesday, August 29th, 2017) of the 74th Venice International Film Festival
In the Sala Darsena at the Lido: the legendary silent film Rosita (1923) by Ernst Lubitsch, in a vivid new restoration by MoMA, with the support of The Film Foundation, and presented as a world premiere Live musical accompaniment by the Mitteleuropa Orchestra directed by Gillian Anderson from her arrangement of the original score Rosita (1923, 82’), famed as the single collaboration between two of the giants of the silent screen, the director Ernst Lubitsch and the star...
THE VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE DAILIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FILMFESTIVALS.COM
The second edition of the Venice Production Bridge focuses on the presentation and exchange of original projects
31 Aug – 5 Sept, 2017 The Venice Production Bridge comprises the Venice Gap Financing Market, the workshop Final Cut in Venice, the Book Adaptation Rights Market, the European Film Forum, Networking Sessions and Panels, as well as an Exhibition Area, and much more. The Venice Production Bridge will be held dur...
Films without sales representation in Venise
Newly completed feature and medium length films, from the official line-up and the collateral sections of the festival, currently without world sales representation. Synopsis supplied by current rights holders. In order of Programme Section: OUT OF COMPETITION IL SIGNOR ROTPETER / MR. ROTPETER 37’ Director: Antonietta De Lillo Country of Origin: Italy Production Company: marechiarofilm (Italy) Contact Person: Alice Mariani (marechiarofilm) Telephone: +39 3336888726 Email /...
Venice Book Adaptation Rights Market
Download the brochure of the Book Adaptation Rights Market and like to let you know that the meetings will take place on September 1st in the morning from 9:30 to 12:00 and on the 2nd and 3rd from 9:30 until 18:00 in the Venice Production Bridge dedicated BARM area at the Excelsior Hotel on the Lido di Venezia, within a short distance from Palazzo del Cinema, the main festival hub. In order to book your meetings with the project representatives, you p...
Venice Gap-Financing Market last chance for meetings one on one
With the start of the Venice Production Bridge just a week away, we like to remind you of the possibility of booking one to one meetings with the 47 projects selected for the Venice Gap-Financing Market . For a quick overview of the variety of projects, here is the updated Book of Projects (please click). To book your meetings, please download the Meeting Request Form . Please fill this out and return it by tomorrow, Frid...
Watch Previous works by filmmakers with projects in Venice Gap-Financing Market (31 August - 5 September)
Venice Film Market offers Venice attendees an access to watch the previous works by filmmakers who present a project at Venice Gap-Financing Market (31 August - 5 September). Please use the following link to log-in https://pro.festivalscope.com/users/connect/bdde205abb8fc8dc21e5e3ccc0b04c4ede854d62 and visit the Venice Gap-Financing Market page. ...
Calendar of events, presentations and talks
Calendar of events, presentations and talks THURSDAY AUGUST 31ST Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior. Beginning date of the VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE, which will continue until the 5th of September. Lazzaretto Vecchio Island, VR Theater. Beginning date of the VENICE VIRTUAL REALITY, which will continue untile the 5th September. The International Jury of Venice Virtual Reality will award, with no ex aequo awards permitted, the following prizes to the 22 projects in competition: Best VR, Best VR Ex...
How To VR at at Lazzaretto Vecchio Island (VR Theater)
(August 31 – September 5; press preview August 29 -30) Lazzaretto Vecchio island, where the VR Theater of the 74th Venice Film Festival will be set up, is located just a short distance from the lagoon side of the Lido, in front of Riva di Corinto and across from the Hotel Excelsior. The VR Theater will host the Venice Virtual Reality competition, the first competition of its kind for films made using Virtual Reality (VR) technology; other VR projects from Biennal...
Services and special offers for the public, young people and accredited visitors
Lido in Mostra La Biennale has once again activated the Lido in Mostra project, thanks to the long established relationship with local businesses. This will provide special offers designed specifically for industry professionals and for the public. Services and facilities - ACTV, the Venetian public transportation company, will guarantee daily transport service to and from the Venice Film Festival, extending and increasing l...
1400 online tickets for the films from Orizzonti section and the Biennale College
Web Theatre for the films of the Orizzonti section and the Biennale College - Cinema at the Venice International Film Festival Following the successful experience of the past five years, the Web Theatre returns to the 74th Venice Film Festival for the films of the Orizzonti section and the Biennale College - Cinema, with a maximum capacity of 1,400 seats for each screening. The films will be streamed simultaneously with the official presentations of the films on the Lido. This ...
Line up for Venezia 74 - in competition
HUMAN FLOW by AI WEIWEI Germany, USA / 140’ MOTHER! by DARREN ARONOFSKY starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, Ed Harris USA / 120’ SUBURBICON by GEORGE CLOONEY starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe, Oscar Isaac / USA / 104’ THE SHAPE OF WATER by GUILLERMO DEL TORO starring Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Micha...
ORIZZONTI Line UP 2017
ORIZZONTI NAPADID SHODAN (DISAPPEARANCE) by ALI ASGARI starring Sadaf Asgari, Amir Reza Ranjbaran, Nafiseh Zare, Sahar Sotoodeh Iran, Qatar / 89’ ESPÈCES MENACÉES by GILLES BOURDOS starring Alice Isaaz, Vincent Rottiers, Grégory Gadebois, Suzanne Clément France, Belgium / 105’ THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR by NANCY BUIRSKI USA / 91’ CANIBA by LUCIEN CASTAING-TAYLOR, VERENA PARAVEL...
Venice 74 Out of Competition and Special Events announced
OUT OF COMPETITION SPECIAL EVENTS CASA D’ALTRI by GIANNI AMELIO Italy / 16’ MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER 3D by JOHN LANDIS starring Michael Jackson, Ola Ray / USA / 14’ MAKING OF MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER by JERRY KRAMER starring Michael Jackson / USA (1983) / 45’ FICTION OUR SOULS AT NIGHT by RITESH BATRA starring Jane Fonda, Robert Redford / USA / 101’ IL SIGNOR ROT...
"The Cousin" has it's World Premiere at Venice Film Festival Orizzonti Competition
World Premiere - Venice Film Festival - Orizzonti Competition. Nominated for 3 Israeli Academy Awards. THE COUSIN World Premiere at Venice Film Festival Orizzonti Competition Press & In...
Do not miss the regatta
THURSDAY 31st AUGUST 6.00 pm Campo della Salute Blessing of the gondolini Water parade in Grand Canal, presentation of the crews, blessing of the belts of all regattas and of the boats. 5.00 pm Gathering at P.le Roma 5.30 pm Departure of the parade SATURDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER 4.30 pm Murano, Canal Grande (from Museo waterbus stop to Ponte Longo). Regatta on caorline by firemen of the cities of Venice and New York From 7.00 pm Waiting for the Regatta...
The Festival by Countries
Film Productions and Coproductions in the Official Selection ARGENTINA Lucrecia MARTEL, Zama (Out of Competition) Pablo GIORGELLI, Invisible (Orizzonti) Manuel ABRAMOVICH, Años luz (Venice Classics - Documentaries) AUSTRALIA Warwick THORNTON, Sweet Country (Venezia 74) Jason RAFTOPOULOS, West of Sunshine (Orizzonti) Michael LEONARD, Jamie HELMER, The Knife Salesman (Orizzonti – Short Films) Alena LODKINA, Strange Colours (Biennale College &nd...
Maestri and debutants attending #Venezia74
Maestri and debutants Are attending the Official Selection: · 4 Golden Lion-winning directors (Tsai Ming-liang for Vive l'amour, 1994; Gianni Amelio for Così ridevano, 1998; Darren Aronofsky for The Wrestler, 2008; Samuel Maoz for Lebanon, 2009) · 2 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement-winning directors (William Friedkin, Frederick Wiseman) 6 Academy Award-w...
Venice International Film Festival N°74 ... sharing other Facts and Numbers
71 new feature films in the Official Selection divided as follows: · 21 in Venezia 74 (Competition) · 20 in Out of Competition (8 of which are documentaries and 2 medium-length films) · 19 in Orizzonti · 5 in Cinema nel giardino · 3 in Biennale Coll...
80 years of Cinecittà “Pillole” from the Istituto Luce archive
(edited by Nathalie Giacobino – film editing by Patrizia Penzo) In 2017, Cinecittà - its legendary Studios, “the dream factory,” the ideal home for Federico Fellini and Italy’s collective imaginary - turned 80. This is an important birthday and the Istituto Luce Cinecittà absolutely had to celebrate it. In Venice, too, where, for several years now, the Pillole d’Archivio (“Archive Capsules) have been sparking the curiosity, the ...
Stephen Frears to receive the 2017 Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker award at the Venice International Film Festival
Victoria & Abdul - director Stephen Frears 2b © Focus Features His new film Victoria & Abdul to be screened Out of Competition La Biennale di Venezia and Jaeger-LeCoultre are pleased to announce that the great English director Stephen Frears (Philomena, The Queen, Dangerous Liaisons) will receive the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker award at the 74th Venice International Film Festival (30th August - 9th September 2017), dedicated to a personality who has mad...
Venice celebrates the centennial of the birth of Jean Rouch with a screening of Cousin Cousine (shot in Venice)
On the centennial of the birth of Jean Rouch the programme of the Venice Film Festival (7 and 8 September) adds the only film he ever made in Venice, the previously unreleased Cousin, cousine (1985-1987, 31') For the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the great French director and ethnographer Jean Rouch (1917 – 2004), the programme of the Venice Film Festival adds to its line-up the world-premiere screening of the only film ...
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Jane Fonda and Robert Redford
The Electric Horseman (1979) by Sydney Pollack Thursday, August 31st in the Sala Volpi (5:30 p.m.) A tribute to Jane Fonda and Robert Redford 2017 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement In honor of Jane Fonda and Robert Redford, who will each be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2017 Venice Film Festival, there will be a screening of one of the four movies in which the two great actors performed together. The film, The Electric Horseman (1979), was directed ...
Venice Film Festival Calendar Public Screenings
Calendario delle proiezioni per il pubblico della 74. Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica Martedì 29 agosto 2017 20:30 SALA DARSENA PREAPERTURA - INVITI IN COLLABORAZIONE CON I QUOTIDIANI VENEZIANI PARTITURA ORIGINALE RICOSTRUITA E DIRETTA DA GILLIAN ANDERSON ED ESEGUITA DALLA MITTELEUROPA ORCHESTRA VENEZIA CLASSICI ROSITA (1923) di Ernst Lubitsch (...
The restored films of Venezia Classici 2017
Italian director Giuseppe Piccioni (Not of This World, Light of My Eyes, These Days) will chair the Jury of Cinema History Students which – for the fifth time – will award the VENEZIA CLASSICI AWARD for the BEST RESTORED FILM and the BEST DOCUMENTARY ON CINEMA. The list of the films selected for the Venezia Classici section of the 74th Festival: VENEZIA CLASSICI IL DESERTO ROSSO (RED DESERT) by MICHELANGELO...
Cinema Nel Gardino Line up 2017
CINEMA NEL GIARDINO MANUEL by DARIO ALBERTINI starring Andrea Lattanzi, Giulia Elettra Gorietti, Francesca Antonelli, Raffaella Rea / Italy / 97’ CONTROFIGURA by RÄ DI MARTINO starring Valeria Golino, Filippo Timi, Corrado Sassi, Nadia Kounda, Younes Bouab Italy, France, Switzerland, Morocco / 75’ WOODSHOCK by KATE MULLEAVY, LAURA MULLEAVY starring Kirsten Dunst, Pilou Asbaek, Joe Cole, Stephan Duvall / USA / 116’ NAT...
Venice opens with Downsizing by Alexander PAYNE, and closes with OUTRAGE CODA by KITANO Takeshi
OPENING FILM – Venezia 74 Competition will be Alexander PAYNE's Downsizing starring Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau and Kristen Wiig OUTRAGE CODA by KITANO Takeshi will close the festival, Out of Competition Nico, 1988 by Susanna NICCHIARELLI will open Orizzonti section, starring Tryne Dyrholm, John Gordon Sinclair, Anamaria Marinca and Sandor Funtek ...
THE LEISURE SEEKER A film by Paolo Virzì with Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland In competition in Venice
Paolo Virzì’s THE LEISURE SEEKER starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland will screen in competition at the upcoming 74th Venice International Film Festival. Written by Stephen Amidon, Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo and Paolo Virzì the film is inspired by the novel “The Leisure Seeker” by Michael Zadoorian. The Leisure Seeker was the nickname of the old campervan used by Ella and John Spencer to go on vacation with their children in the 1970s. On a sum...
Casa d'altri, Gianni Amelio's eyewitness account of Amatrice at the 74th Venice Film Festival
As a Special Event of the 74th Venice International Film Festival, La Biennale di Venezia presents Casa d'altri, the documentary by Gianni Amelio filmed in Amatrice one year after the earthquake that struck central Italy on August 24th, 2016. The screening of Casa d'altri, which will take place on August 31st 2017 in Sala Giardino, intends to be an important opportunity to keep alive the perception of what has happened since that day on August 24th. The 74th Ven...
47 projects, 19 publishers take part at The Venice Production Bridge: Gap - Financing and Book Adaptation Rigths markets
VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE Venice Gap - Financing Market Book Adaptation Rights Market The Venice Production Bridge is pleased to announce and introduce the 47 selected projects that will be presented at the Venice Gap-Financing Market and the 19 publishers who will present their catalogues at the Book Adaptation Rights Marke...
THIRST STREET by Nathan Silver will have its International Premiere in Venice Days!
Samuel Goldwyn will release Thirst Street by Nathan Silver in the US in Fall 2017 G...
Fien Troch juror of the Orizzonti jury at the 74th Venice International Film Festival
Belgian director Fien Troch is a juror of the Orizzonti section at the 74th Venice International Film Festival, which will be held from August 30 to September 9, 2017. This annual event at the Lido is one of the most prestigious platforms for the promotion of cinematographic art for more than half a century. Last year Fien Troch won the award for Best Director of the Orizzonti section herself with her fourth feature film HOME. ...
The four International Juries of the 74th Venice International Film Festival
The selection is complete for the members of the four international Juries (Venezia 74, Orizzonti, “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for Best Debut Film, Venice Virtual Reality) of the 74th Venice International Film Festival (30 August-9 September 2017), directed by Alberto Barbera and organized by the Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta. The personalities convened as members of the Jury for the Venezia 74 Competition, in addition to the pre...
Rosita (1923) by Ernst Lubitsch Pre-inaugural evening of the 74th Venice International Film Festival
Pre-inaugural Evening (Tuesday, August 29th, 2017) of the 74th Venice International Film Festival In the Sala Darsena at the Lido: the legendary silent film Rosita (1923) by Ernst Lubitsch, in a vivid new restoration by MoMA, with the support of The Film Foundation, and presented as a world premiere. Live musical accompaniment by the Mitteleuropa Orchestra directed by Gillian Anderson, from her arrangement of the original score Rosita (1923, 82&rsqu...
Jane Fonda and Robert Redford to receive Lifetime Achievement at the 74th Venice Festival
The decision was made by the Board of Directors of La Biennale di Venezia, upon recommendation of the Director Alberto Barbera Fonda and Redford perform together in "Our Souls at Night", which will be screened after the Award Ceremony Iconic American actors Jane Fonda and Robert Redford have each been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 74th Venice International Film Festival (30 August ...
Downsizing by Alexander Payne is the opening film of the 74th Venice Film Festival
world premiere screening on Wednesday August 30th The fims stars Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, and Kristen Wiig Downsizing, directed by Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Descendants, Nebraska) starring Matt Damon,Christoph Waltz,Hong Chau and Kristen Wiig will be the opening film, in Competition, of the 74th Venice International Film Festival (30 August – 9 September 2017) directed by Albert...
The second edition of the Venice Production Bridge will take place from August 31st to September 5th
The second edition of the Venice Production Bridge will take place from August 31st to September 5th at the third floor of the Excelsior Hotel of the Lido di Venezia. The idea of building an opportunity for networking for all the professionals involved in production, not only in cinema but across all the audiovisual sector, has shown its relevance in the huge success of the first edition, with a 35% increase of accredited professionals and an enthusiastic feedback from all participants. T...
Nico, 1988 directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli opens the Orizzonti section
World premiere on the afternoon of the Venice Film Festival’s opening day, Wednesday 30 August, in the Sala Darsena. Nico, 1988 directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli (Cosmonaut, Discovery at Dawn) will be the opening film of the Orizzonti section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival of the Biennale di Venezia (30 August – 9 September 2017), directed by Alberto Barbera, and organized by the Biennale chaired b...
The World Premiere Screening of Downsizing, directed by Alexander Payne, opens the Festival
Downsizing, directed by Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Descendants, Nebraska) starring Matt Damon,Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau and Kristen Wiig will be the opening film, in Competition, of the 74th Venice International Film Festival (30 August – 9 September 2017) directed by Alberto Barbera and organized by the Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta. Downsizing will be shown in its&nbs...