Cinema

Mirren and Dench in spotlight at Venice Film Festival

21 films are in competition for the top Golden Lion award, to be announced on September 9

04/09/2017

Italy

George Clooney kicks off 74th Venice Film Festival

Clooney's new satire tackles racial prejudice which the actor and director said on Saturday continues to erupt in today's angry society

02/09/2017

Cinema

Venice Film Festival honours Jane Fonda and Robert Redford

Jane Fonda and Robert Redford were honoured with lifetime achievement awards at the Venice Film Festival

02/09/2017

Cult

Stars gather at Venice Film Festival kicking-off Oscar race

The Academy Awards may be months away, but speculation has already started as a host of star-studded films are premiered at the Venice Film Festival

01/09/2017

Cult

"Things are changing" - Annette Bening addresses sexism as 74th Venice Film Festival kicks off

There may not be as many women represented at this year's Venice Film Festival as she would like, but jury president Annette Bening believes "things are changing."

30/08/2017

Cinema

First Filipino win at Venice Film Festival

Filipino director Lav Diaz picks up the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for 'The Woman Who Left', while the runner-up Silver Lion is split between Andrei Konchalovsky for Holocaust drama 'Rai'

12/09/2016

Italy

'The Woman Who Left' wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

Lav Diaz’s ‘The Woman Who Left’ (‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’) has won the Golden Lion award for Best Film at the 73rd Venice Film Festival.

10/09/2016

Cinema

Natalie Portman is Jackie Kennedy in Venice

Natalie Portman’s latest movie ‘Jackie’ is among 20 competing for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

08/09/2016

Italy

Portman premieres 'Jackie' at Venice Film Festival

There’s very little that’s not been said, read or written about the Kennedy’s but director Pablo Larrain’s Jackie aims to tell a different tale.

08/09/2016

Cinema

Jude Law stars as an American pope in new HBO series

British actor Jude Law stars as the Pope in HBO's new miniseries 'The Young Pope' by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino.

06/09/2016

Cinema

'The War Show': a video diary of the Syrian conflict

Screened at the Venice Film Festival, 'The War Show' is a documentary about the Syrian conflict told from the point of view of a former radio DJ and her friends.

06/09/2016

Cinema

'La La Land' the Venice Film Festival rolls out the red carpet

The 73rd Venice Film Festival is up and running with the world premiere of the musical 'La La Land', directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.

01/09/2016

Italy

Venice Film Festival - launch pad for award season

There is much excitement in the air ahead of this year’s Venice Film Festival which is once again being seen as the launch pad for the industry’s award season.

30/08/2016

Cinema

A strong line-up for Venice Film Festival 2016

This year the Venice Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Damien Chazelle’s new film “La La Land”.

29/07/2016

Italy

Night of surprises in Venice as debut film from Venezuela grabs Golden Lion

An unknown first-time director has won one of world cinema’s most prestigious prizes, Venice’s Golden Lion. Lorenzo Vigas, for his film “From Afar”

12/09/2015

Cinema

Venice Festival: forbidden love on South Pacific island

A film about forbidden love set on South Pacific island, ‘Tanna’, has had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The film tells the

10/09/2015

Italy

French director Bertrand Tavernier awarded Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

French director Bertrand Tavernier was awarded a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday (September 8). Receiving

08/09/2015

Cinema

War in Afghanistan at Venice Film Festival

Danish director Tobias Lindholm is teaming up again with Pilou Asbaek of the hit tv series ‘Borgen’ for the drama ‘A War’ screened at the Horizons

08/09/2015

Cinema

Star-studded world premieres shine at Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival has kicked off in style with a number of world premieres including ‘A Bigger Splash’ starring Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson

07/09/2015

Cinema

Boston Globe revelations of child abuse hit the silver screen in the film Spotlight

Actors Mark Ruffalo, Stanley Tucci, Rachel McAdams and director Tom McCarthy were at the Venice Film Festival to present the movie ‘Spotlight’. The

04/09/2015