World news about “Venice film festival” published by euronews.
Egypt’s Winter of Discontent at Venice Film Festival It is a film title to sum up events in Egypt, ‘Winter of Discontent’. As director Ibrahim el-Batout stood among the crowds in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on the eve… 04/09/2012
Ice Man and Superstar cast hit the red carpet in Venice There was a ‘tour de force’ on the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival. Doe-eyed Winona Ryder showed she’s still got it as she smiled for the cameras at… 31/08/2012
Mostra Di Venezia The Venice International Film Festival, or Mostra Di Venezia, celebrated its 80th anniversary this year. Holding its own throughout the years the festival… 30/08/2012
Sokurov’s Faust takes Golden Lion at Venice Russian director Alexander Sokurov’s film Faust – loosely based on Goethe’s classic German tale – has won the Golden Lion for Best Picture at the Venice Film… 12/09/2011
Fassbender’s double take at Venice Actor Michael Fassbender has been working overtime at the Venice Film Festival with not one but two films to promote; A Dangerous Method directed by David… 08/09/2011
Pacino presents most personal project in Venice The Venice Film Festival is known to attract some of the biggest stars and Al Pacino is one of Hollywood’s most celebrated. The legendary actor was awarded… 05/09/2011
Venice Film Festival highlights Madonna is at the Venice film festival to promote her second feature film ‘W.E.’ which is screening out of competition. It deals with the relationship between… 02/09/2011
Venice Film Festival opens The Venice Film Festival has opened with a star spangled splash. Vittoria Puccini was the hostess for the evening, which featured the premiere of George… 01/09/2011
Clooney at Venice Film Festival – nocomment George Clooney and the cast of his latest movie, “The Ides of March,” arrive at the Lido in Venice for a press conference ahead of the film’s festival… 01/09/2011
Venice: South Korean film scoops Golden LionKim Ki-duk’s brutal South Korean story of love and revenge has scooped the Golden Lion award for best picture, at the Venice film festival. ‘Pieta’ was one… 08/09/2012
Venice film festival finaleThe closing credits will roll on this year’s Venice film festival on Saturday. Eleven days of screenings, parties and interviews will end with an awards… 08/09/2012
Scientology inspired film ‘The Master’ premieres at VeniceA controversial film inspired by the founder of the Scientology movement has received its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. ‘The Master’, loosely… 02/09/2012
Venice film festival opens with ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’The 69th Venice Film Festival has opened with a gala ceremony. The festival’s grand jury features stars of the screen from all corners of the globe. … 30/08/2012
Venice Film Festival goes back to its rootsThe 69th Venice Film Festival gets underway later and the world’s oldest film fair has a new director, Alberto Barbera who takes the helm from the respected… 29/08/2012
“Faust” grabs Golden Lion at Venice Film FestivalRussian director Alexander Sokurov’s German language film “Faust” has won the Golden Lion at this years Venice Film Festival. The film follows Faust and a… 11/09/2011
Faust wins at Venice Film FestivalRussian film “Faust”, based on the classic German legend, has won the Golden Lion at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. Acclaimed director… 10/09/2011
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy shines at VeniceA new favourite has emerged for the top prize at the Venice film festival. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is an adaptation of John Le Carre’s famous espionage… 06/09/2011
Pacino honoured at Venice Film FestivalHollywood heavyweight Al Pacino has received a Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. The 71 year old, who has received one Oscar and eight… 05/09/2011
Freud, Jung… and Keira Knightley hit VeniceThe birth of psychoanalysis may not be an obvious subject for the big screen. But the Venice Film Festival gave a rapturous red carpet welcome to the cast… 03/09/2011
Venice Film Festival set to openLast minute preparations are underway for the 68th Venice film festival which opens tonight in the picturesque Italian city. A star-studded guest list has… 31/08/2011
Dino’s dead: eclectic film producer passes away in LADynamic film producer, Dino De Laurentiis, has died in Los Angeles aged 91. He was behind some of cinema’s most significant films. The Italian born movie… 11/11/2010
Tarantino denies nepotism at Venice MostraChoked with emotion, US director and president of the jury at this year’s Venice Film Festival Quentin Tarantino handed out the top prize to former girlfriend… 13/09/2010
Affleck’s The Town shows at VeniceBen Affleck’s latest film The Town has just premiered out of competition at Venice. Jeremy Renner of the Hurt Locker, Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall star in the… 09/09/2010
Venice honours Tamil filmmaker Mani RatnamThe Venice Film festival honours one of Bollywood’s most outstanding protagonists – Tamil film director, screenwriter and producer Mani Ratnam. Festival… 08/09/2010
Vallanzasca/PassioneVallanzasca, from Italian director Michele Placido, is showing out of competition at the Venice Film Festival. It is a biopic about one of Italy’s most… 07/09/2010
John Woo at Venice Film FestivalHong Kong director John Woo has collected a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival, where his latest film “Reign of Assassins” was screened… 06/09/2010
Ex-Golden Lion laureate makes Venice comebackFormer Golden Lion laureate Tran Anh Hung is back in Venice with his latest film, Norwegian Wood – an adaptation of the best-selling novel by Japanese author… 03/09/2010
US action movie makes surprise opening in VeniceCausing some surprise at the midnight screening for the opening of the Mostra in Venice, Robert Rodriguez’s “Machete” was an unusual choice at a film festival… 02/09/2010
Aronofsky and Coppola in competition at VeniceBlack Swan by US director Darren Aronofsky will open this year’s Venice Film Festival. Along with 22 other films including Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere, it will… 30/07/2010
Israeli war film takes Golden Lion prize at VeniceDirector Samuel Moaz celebrates after his hard-hitting Israeli war movie “Lebanon” won the Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice film festival. “… 12/09/2009
Another Israeli take on war – ‘Lebanon’Israeli director Samuel Maoz commits his personal experiences inside a tank to celluloid in ‘Lebanon’. The movie, which is showing in competition at the… 11/09/2009
Akin cooks up kitchen comedy for Venice filmfestTurkish-German director Fatih Akin has cooked up a comedy treat for the Venice Film Festival. “Soul Kitchen” – about a restaurant in the suburbs of Hamburg… 11/09/2009
Venice is European premiere of “Delhi 6”The Indian cinema audience has already discovered “Delhi 6”, from native son Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, who came to Venice to present his fifth film, showing… 10/09/2009
The Men Who Stare At Goats/Brooklyn’s FinestGeorge Clooney and Ewan McGregor star in The Men Who Stare At Goats – a screwball psychic warzone comedy. Despite the cheesy tash he wears in the film… 09/09/2009
Clooney and new love go public in VeniceHe is a regular at the Venice Film Festival but this year George Clooney didn’t come alone. The American actor was joined by his latest love interest… 09/09/2009
The Informant approaches the office…The Informant, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon, was premiered out of competition at the Venice Film Festival and managed to get the… 08/09/2009
Desert Flower releasedDesert Flower, by director Sherry Hormann, is the true story of Waris Dirie. She fled Somalia to avoid a forced marriage in her early teens and having… 08/09/2009
Venezuelan president steals the show at VeniceIt was a red carpet event with a difference at the Venice Film Festival; instead of the usual movie makers and their stars, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez… 08/09/2009
Venice hands out first Golden Lion to “Woody”The Venice Film festival may be only half way through but the first Golden Lion has been awarded. It has gone not to just one film maker but to an entire… 07/09/2009
Cop controversy at the Venice Film FestivalControversy dominated the Venice Film Festival, with two directors arguing about their work, one saying the other should go to hell. Bad Lieutenant – Port… 05/09/2009
“The Road” and “Life During Wartime”Director John Hillcoat joined Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee for the Venice premiere of the much anticipated screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s… 04/09/2009
Venice gets a bittersweet show on Day 1The Venice film festival has had its first day of new movies. Todd Solondz’s latest release “Life during Wartime” picks up with the Jordan family where he… 04/09/2009
Baaria: an epic story of Sicilian lifeThe Venice Film Festival is showcasing “Baaria”, an epic autobiographical tale told by Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore – spanning three generations in the… 03/09/2009
Venice opens with “Baaria”The world’s oldest film festival, the Venice jamboree, has opened with the jury steeling itself for a marathon of screenings and a barrage of paparrazi… 03/09/2009
