AwardsWatch - Venice Film Festival

2024 Venice Film Festival Lineup: Star-Studded ‘Joker: Folie à Deux,’ ‘Maria,’ ‘Queer,’ ‘Babygirl’ Headed to the Lido

Venice Film Festival

2024 Venice Film Festival Lineup: Star-Studded ‘Joker: Folie à Deux,’ ‘Maria,’ ‘Queer,’ ‘Babygirl’ Headed to the Lido

Erik Anderson July 23, 2024

The 81st Venice Film Festival has revealed its lineup for this year’s edition and boasts the most star-studded, Oscar-winning Hollywood royalty in years set to... Read More

Willem Dafoe Appointed Artistic Director of La Biennale di Venezia Theatre Department for 2025-2026

Erik Anderson July 8, 2024

Willem Dafoe is the new Artistic Director of the Theatre Department of La Biennale di Venezia for the two-year term 2025-2026, it was announced today. The appointment was deliberated by... Read More

Starry 2023 Venice Lineup Includes Cooper’s ‘Maestro,’ Coppola’s ‘Priscilla,’ Fincher’s ‘The Killer,’ Mann’s ‘Ferrari,’ DuVernay’s ‘Origin’

Erik Anderson July 25, 2023

Glitzy lineup marred by the inclusion of films from accused rapists and sexual assaulters like Woody Allen, Roman Polanski and Luc Besson The lineup for... Read More

J.A. Bayona’s ‘Society of the Snow (La Sociedad de la nieve)’ to Close 2023 Venice Film Festival

Erik Anderson July 22, 2023

Society of the Snow (La Sociedad de la nieve) directed by J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage, The Impossible, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) is the Closing Film,... Read More

2023 Venice Classics Lineup: Agnès Varda’s ‘Les Créatures,’ Carlos Saura’s ‘La Caza,’ ‘Andrei Rublev’ Director’s Cut and More

Erik Anderson July 21, 2023

The lineup for the the Venice Classics section of the 80th Venice Film Festival has been announced, featuring Les Créatures by Agnès Varda, Terence Malick’s... Read More

2023 Venice International Film Festival Immersive Selections Revealed

Erik Anderson July 20, 2023

The selection of projects for Venice Immersive, the XR – Extended Reality section of the 80th Venice International Film Festival (30th August – 9th September 2023) of La Biennale di Venezia, is... Read More

Jane Campion, Mia Hansen-Løve, Martin McDonagh, Shu Qi Join Damien Chazelle’s Venice Jury

Erik Anderson July 13, 2023

The juries for the 80th Venice International Film Festival has been selected for the main competition, Orizzonti and Lion of the Future sections. Academy Award-winning... Read More

Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers’ to Heat Up the Lido as 80th Venice Film Festival Opener

Erik Anderson July 6, 2023

Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers will have its world premiere on Wednesday, August 30 in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema (Lido di Venezia), as the opening night film of the 80th Venice Film... Read More

Damien Chazelle to head competition jury at Venice; Alice Diop, Jonas Carpignano lead Debut Film and Horizons juries

Erik Anderson May 5, 2023

Academy Award-winning U.S. director Damien Chazelle will preside over the competition jury of the upcoming 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival, which runs from August 30... Read More