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Venice Film Festival goes Latin with Jenna Ortega, Cuarón, Almodóvar and more stars

The 81st Venice Film Festival is spotlighting Latino and Spanish filmmakers and actors, showcasing a diverse lineup

Latin Times

Watch: Stars including Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline arrive for second day of Venice Film Festival

Watch as filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron and his Disclaimer mini-series stars Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline and Jung Ho-yeon arrive at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday 29 August.

The Independent UK

Cate Blanchett To Showcase Show-Stopping Looks At Venice Film Festival

Cate Blanchett to shine at Venice Film Festival with sustainable fashion and starring role in Disclaimer series. Don't miss her red carpet moments!

Top News

Hollywood heads to Venice's 'mega Mostra' film frenzy

French actress Isabelle Huppert is set to preside over the jury of the annual Venice International Film Festival, which begins on Wednesday, attracting a slew of Hollywood stars.

Radio France Internationale

Venice Gets Surge Of Star Power, From Lady Gaga To Pitt, Clooney

Stars from Angelina Jolie to George Clooney will gather this week at the Venice Film Festival, bringing a high dose of Hollywood pizzazz back to the watery city's sandy Lido.

International Business Times

Maria Callas, Lady Gaga and divas of a different stripe: Peter Bradshaw’s picks of the Venice film festival

Meaty roles for Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig and George Clooney will feature alongside premieres of intense dramas from across the globe

The Guardian - UK

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Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter 2’ gets Venice Film Festival premiere

The second part of Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga" will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September, organizers said Wednesday

The Independent UK

"We have spent years designing this film to be experienced on the big screen with the best possible sound": That long-awaited Led Zeppelin documentary is finally coming to a cinema near you

Becoming Led Zeppelin premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2021: Now it's finally found a distributor

Louder

Venice Biennale: our picks of the shows to see in Venice from John Akomfrah to Ethiopia's first ever pavillion

The 60th edition of the biggest art event of the year boasts 331 invited artists, 88 National Pavilions, 30 Collateral Events, a new president and the first ever Latin American curator

Evening Standard

Exploring The World's Top Film Festivals

Explore top global film festivals like Cannes, Sundance, and Venice, showcasing diverse films and talent.

Top News

Venice Biennale: regional Australian theatre company wins prestigious Golden Lion

Geelong’s Back to Back receives lifetime achievement award for work that ‘blows away’ prejudice and ‘makes disability a tool of artistic inquiry’

The Guardian - AU

‘Living in Brixton allowed me not to be judged non-stop’: Zineb Sedira, the artist who makes people feel at home

The child of Algerian parents who grew up in France and found artistic freedom in London on family, ideas of belonging and how she and close friend Sonia Boyce came to be the toast of 2022’s Venice Biennale

The Guardian - UK

Shah Rukh Khan's 'Jawan' slips to 6th spot as 'The Nun 2', 'A Haunting in Venice' top US box office

Shah Rukh Khan's action-drama 'Jawan' which debuted at the number 4 spot on the list of highest-earning films at the US box office, slipped two spots to number 6 on its second weekend.

The Times of India

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Rage against the machine? Why AI may not mean the death of film

Generative technology is Hollywood’s current arch nemesis, but as exhibitors on Venice film festival’s ‘immersive island’ will tell you, AI, VR and XR could lead to a brighter future

The Independent UK

Ava DuVernay says she was discouraged from applying to Venice Film Festival: ‘You won’t get in’

Filmmaker is making history as the festival’s first African American woman to compete

The Guardian - UK

Vanishing act: what happens when stars don’t show up for the red carpet?

As the Sag-Aftra strikes roll on, film schedules are being torn up and A-listers are ditching promotional duties. But what’s a film festival without the talent?

France 24

Film show: Venice Film Festival opens amid Hollywood strikes

Film critic Lisa Nesselson speaks to Eve Jackson about the week's film news, including the Venice and Deauville film festivals, the box office hits of the summer "Oppenheimer", "Barbie" and "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning", plus a look at the Franco-Senegalese writer-director Ramata-Toulaye Sy's love story "Banel & Adama", which is…

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The Independent UK

Watch: Jury members arrive for 80th Venice International Film Festival

Watch as jury members arrive for the 80th Venice International Film Festival on Wednesday, 30 August.

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Brazil scoops 2023 Golden Lion award for national participation at the Venice Architecture Biennale

The Brazil Pavilion won the prestigious 2023 Golden Lion award for best national participation, as announced at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy this weekend - along with more honours for individual and country-led installations

The Independent UK

Venice Architectural Biennale gives overdue voice to long-silenced Africa

Scottish-Ghanaian architect Lesley Lokko is giving voices that have long been silenced a platform at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale

The Conversation

Venice architecture biennale: how pioneering Ghanaian architects reckoned with tropical modernism

As curator of the 2023 Venice architecture biennale, the Ghanaian-Scottish architect, Lesley Lokko, has chosen to highlight the African continent as “the laboratory of the future”.

The Independent UK

Alberta Whittle exhibition opens in Edinburgh

The artist represented Scotland at last year’s Venice Biennale.

The Independent UK

Legacy of racism explored in ‘hugely important’ Alberta Whittle exhibition

It opens in Edinburgh on Saturday.

The Conversation

Southeast Asian movies have never been a bigger hit at the local box office – and the boom may dampen streaming growth

After premiering at Venice and picking up a swag of awards on the festival circuit, Indonesian political thriller Autobiography began its theatrical run in its home country this month.

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