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Venice Film Festival kicks off with Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia’

The Venice Film Festival kicks off with the world premiere of Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia” on Wednesday evening

The Independent UK

Hundreds of filmmakers urge Venice Film Festival to take a stronger stand on Gaza

A group of international filmmakers are urging the Venice Film Festival, which starts this week, “to be more courageous and clear in condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”

Euronews

Venice Welcomes Julia Roberts, George Clooney To Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival kicks off this week, rolling out the red carpet for Julia Roberts and George Clooney in a flurry of worldwide premieres at the glitzy celebration on the sandy Lido.

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12 movies premiering at the Venice Film Festival to get excited about

The Venice Film Festival is showcasing an impressive lineup this year

The Independent UK

Venice Film Festival hacked, attendee data leaked online

The Venice Film Festival becomes the latest entertainment event to be affected by a data breach.

TechRadar

Jim Jarmusch reveals his latest movie is ‘anti-action film’

In the run-up to its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival, veteran director Jim Jarmusch has described his new movie Father Mother Sister Brother as “a kind of anti-action film”.

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Venice Film Festival lineup features Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Emma Stone and Dwayne Johnson

Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Emma Stone, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Sandler and Idris Elba are just some of the celebrities headlining films at the Venice International Film Festival

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Little trust in Creative Australia after Venice snafu

Trust in Creative Australia is at an all-time low due to the Venice Biennale controversy, but the decision to reinstate the artistic team may bring healing.

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Creative Australia’s backflip on Venice Biennale representatives exposes deep governance failures

The reinstatement of artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino as Australia’s representatives for the 2026 Venice Biennale closes a bruising recent cultural episode and exposes the fragility of the systems meant to protect artistic freedom in Australia.

The Conversation

‘Theatre puts a finger in the wound’: Willem Dafoe returns to his first love in Venice

He is a transfixing screen presence – but he lives for the raw thrill of the stage. As he takes over the Venice theatre biennale, the star lets us know what to expect: cut-up plays and a Pinocchio unlike any other

The Guardian - UK

Restore Venice artist's name or be sued, says gallerist

Artist Khaled Sabsabi has suffered personally and professionally since Creative Australia rescinded his commission for the Venice Biennale, his gallerist says.

AAP

Ditched art duo drum up cash for Venice project

After Creative Australia rescinded their Biennale commission, Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino are fundraising for an independent artwork in Venice instead.

AAP

Creative Australia’s decisions should be peer reviewed and at arm’s length. Where did things go wrong?

For the past three weeks the arts have been dominated by a recent decision made by the board of Creative Australia. On February 7 it was announced Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino had been chosen as the artistic team to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale in 2026.

The Conversation

Venice Biennale team wants apology as supporters rally

The artist and curator dumped from their Venice Biennale commission have called for Creative Australia to explain and apologise, as their supporters rally.

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‘Artists should let the cat out of the bag’: Lubaina Himid to represent Britain at 2026 Venice Biennale

She was once forced to exhibit in a corridor by the ICA toilet. Now the 70-year-old artist is going to the ‘Olympics of art’ where she has ‘all sorts of things to say about Britain’s history and the British pavilion itself’

AAP

Venice biennale winners 'appalled' at artist dumping

Australia's winners of the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale have added their voices to calls to reinstate the nation's 2026 artistic team.

AAP

Demands for inquiry into dumping of Aust Venice art duo

How and why did Creative Australia uninvite the team it picked for the Venice Biennale? There are calls for an independent inquiry to find out.

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“You could tell it was gonna be a good group, but people wouldn’t even book the band”: Long-awaited Becoming Led Zeppelin documentary gets its first trailer – and hints at the band’s early struggles

The first authorized Led Zeppelin documentary was premiered at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival – and now it’s been given a 2025 release date

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The Room Next Door review – Almodóvar’s stylish end-of-life drama feels emotionally empty

Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore seem constrained in the Spanish director’s uneasy first English-language film, winner of this year’s Venice Golden Lion prize

The Guardian - UK

Akala: rapper, author, public intellectual – and friend of Angelina Jolie?

Since their appearance together at the Venice film festival, there has been much speculation about the pair

The Guardian - US

From The Brutalist to Conclave: what is the state of this year’s Oscar race?

With most of the year’s awards-aiming films now premiered at fests, potential nominees are starting to fall into place

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Almodóvar's 'The Room Next Door' Wins Venice Golden Lion

Discover the highlights of the 81st Venice Film Festival, featuring award-winning films and star-studded red carpet moments.

The Independent UK

George Clooney could learn a thing or two from Daniel Craig about ageing on screen

At this week’s Venice Film Festival, two films – the action comedy ‘Wolfs’ and the surrealist drama ‘Queer’ – saw some of acting’s most successful fifty and sixtysomething stars facing up to their own mortality. But only our most recent 007 is doing it well, writes Xan Brooks

International Business Times

Ukrainians Assail Russian War Film At Venice Fest

Ukrainian politicians and cultural figures on Friday slammed a screening of a Russian-Canadian filmmaker's war documentary as propaganda, a claim the director denied.

The Guardian - UK

‘I probably shouldn’t do this again’: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga talk about ‘difficult’ Joker diets

The stars of Joker: Folie à Deux worked under medical supervision to lose weight for physically demanding sequel, which premieres at the Venice film festival this week

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