The protest against the cruise ship ???? in Venice is on the red carpet. Many police agents ready to clear the tapis rouge.
Venice 76. Views by Stella Selvatico for filmfestivals.com
...
By Alex Deleon
Italian actress Alessandra Mastronardi was easy on the eyes as the mistress of ceremonies at the final awards evening
Well, to make a long story short Joaquin Phoenix in an egregious jury misjudgement did not get best actor for his astounding performance in JOKER directed by Todd Phillips. However, the film itself was awarded the Best film Golden Lion top festival prize. Again a misjudgement because while Joker was overall a very strong film it simpl...
In the warm weather many young people camped out under umbrellas in from of the central Red carpet wall. Priceless festival accommodations..
After a full week of sunshine on the last day the Rains Came...
Johnny Depp, a hard nosed officer in a desert fort in The Barbarians The latest from Columbian director Ciro Guerra
Mick Jagger, ageless Rolling Stone (age 76) lends his instantly recognizable features to "The Burnt Orange Heresy" which will be...
La Llorona is The Weeping Woman.
Three words from the director Jayro Bustamante portray events in this film which is evocatively performed and delivers a narrative drama of Genocide, Communist and homophobic events.
In Latin American folklore, La Llorona is one of the most famous oral legends. The lore states a woman was abandoned by her husband and was left alone to raise her two sons, whom she instead drowned in a river out of grief and anger.
Sketch by Nesta Morgan
...
Red Carpet on a rainy ☔️ and windy ???? day
Microphone to Bonifacio Angius, the director of Destiny (a short film about faith, religion and superstition).
Letizia Battaglia, the extraordinary photographer and star of “La mafia non è più quella di una volta”.
The poster of “The Laundromat”
Palazzo del Casinò on a hot sunny day
Exhibition “300 Giant Polaroid” at Hotel Des Bains
Li...
Hotel Des Bains (where Luchino Visconti shot “La morte a Venezia”)
Photos by Stella Selvatico
...
Glamorous Chinese superstar Gong Li arrives on Red Carpet for opening of her new film "Saturday Fiction" (Lan Xin De Ju Yuan) accompanied by her latest French Husband, musician Jean-Michel Jarre. (former husband of Charlotte Rampling)...
After a full week of sunshine on the last day the Rains Came...
Johnny Depp, a hard nosed officer in a desert fort in The Barbarians The latest from Columbian director Ciro Guerra
Mick Jagger, ageless Rolling &...
Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman and Steven Soderbergh have arrived in Venice for the world-premiere promotion of “The Laundromat” (a Netflix film) at the 76th Venice International Film Festival.
When her idyllic vacation takes an unthinkable turn, Ellen Martin begins investigating a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hole of questionable dealings that can be linked to a Panama City law firm and its vested interest in helping the world’s wealthiest citizens...
The 4th Venice Production Bridge - the Festival film market’s evolution into a specialized meeting point for completing projects - was held from August 29 to September 3, 2019 as part of the 76th Venice International Film Festival.
The fourth #VeniceProductionBridge ended yesterday. +8,92% accreditations, +46,26% #BookAdaptationRightsMarket meetings.
Check out all the numbers
Here are the figures of the 2019 VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE:
INDUSTRY DELEGATES a...
"It's such a pleasure to receive this award from the first film festival in the world. I consider myself so blessed for having spent most of my life acting. Thanks to the public that support cinema and its magic."
“#MaryPoppins was an innovative movie. Even now, when you watch it, you cannot see a single trick. It was and still is amazing.”
@JulieAndrews
Photos Mostra
The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 76t...
Alex Deleon, filmfestivals.com
An egotistical saxophonist and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a rocky romance as their careers begin a long, hard up-hill climb.
One of the highlights of the festival week for me was the fully restored 155 minute version of Martin Scorcese's 1977 box office flop New York, New York. Oddly enough I thought I had seen it before but realized that I hadn't as it unfolded in full vanity before my eyes at the Giardino theate...
Passenger - Photo Courtesy of Film Camp
Aliens of a feather
by Anna Reeves
Two virtual realty experiences that are particularly well realised at Venice this year are "Bonfire" by Eric Darnell at Baobab Studios in the States and "Passenger" by Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine from Australia. They are polar opposites in that one utilises high-end animation with powerful A.I. and the other feels handmade from fingers and glue, yet both leave you with an overriding sense of&...
The members of the 2019 SIGNIS jury are Jumpei Matsumoto (Japan), Christoph Strack (Germany), Nancy Usselmann (USA), Massimo Giraldi (Italy) and Sergio Perugini (Italy).
Jumpei Matsumoto (Japan)
Jumpei Matsumoto, born in 1984 in Nagasaki, graduated at Tokyo University department of architecture, and the Institute of Yoshimoto comedian school. In 2012, He directed the film Mada Ningen. His first commercial film Embers was released in 2014 in Japan and in 2015 in Taiwan. The fil...
Alex Deleon for Filmfestivals.com
With six days down and another five to go most of the big guns have already been fired and many top contenders for Venice lion awards are have been spoken for. This is not however the kind of festival where odds on favorites will necessarily come in first as Venice juries are notorious for rewarding dark horses and unknowns out of the Blue on the day of judgement. That being said here are a few of my personal favorites bas...
SEBERG
by Benedict Andrews
Out of Competition - Venice
With Kristen Stewart, Jack O’Connell, Anthony Mackie, Margaret Qualley, Zazie Beetz, Yvan Attal, Vince Vaughn, Stephen Root, Colm Meaney
SCREEN
“'Seberg' is a success. 'Seberg' is a combination of radical politics, inter-racial sex and Hollywood tragedy during a deeply troubled time in the United States which has strong parallels to today.”
VARIETY
“Kristen Stewart delivers a su...
We are publishing the following statement fueling the controversy about NETFLIX films' selections in large festivals (without theatrical release) It came to us from CICAE, AFCAE, art house cinema organizations which see festivals as platform to theatrical film distribution. Many festival might object strongly to that statement.
"For its 76th edition, Alberto Barbera, artistic director of the Venice Film Festival, has selected two films, produced and distributed by Netfli...
Actress Bella Thorne dazzled in Avakian Fine Jewellery at the 76th Venice Film Festival for the screening of “Joker”
The stunning actress stole the show on the red carpet with a magnificent double choker necklace from the Links Fine Jewellery Collection.
The exquisite necklace is comprised of 4,400 round brilliant-cut diamonds with a total of 120cts.
Model Sofia Resing chose Avakian Fine Jewellery at the 76th Venice Fi...
by John Osborne
I was in the industry office in the Hotel Excelsior, just trying to get tickets to Laundromat. I knew it had a great cast, including Meryl Streep.
No tickets available!!
So I came downstairs, and on the second floor landing, I ran straight into Meryl Streep!! I was shocked. She smiled at me and I said hi! Hi back.
Then I went to the hotel bar patio, look...
Humour baked binger Gary Oldman acts out dark material with complex black heart jokes and Meryl Streep in The Laundromat. Soderbergh directs the Dark, he advances technology, questions unexplained 50 people wealth, a US story by jake Bernstein is out.
Sketch by Nesta Morgan
A widow (Meryl Streep) investigates an insurance fraud, chasing leads to a pair of Panama City law partners (Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas) exploiting the world’s financial system. Steven Soderbergh...
La Biennale di Venezia /
76th Venice International Film Festival /
28 August > 7 September 2019
His new film Adults in the Room to be presented Out of Competition
La Biennale di Venezia and Jaeger-LeCoultre are pleased to announce that the great Greek-born French director Costa-Gavras (Z, Missing, Music Box) is the recipient of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker 2019 award of the 76th Venice International Film Festival (28 August - 7 September 2019...
Joaquin Phoenix, actor
Todd Phillips, director
Emma Tillinger Koskoff, producer
Zazie Beetz, actress
The joker says “I’m not political”
He really laughs
“A bit of killing joke and close collaboration” Todd comments
“Use the taxi driver!”
“We have a great composer, he runs in the bathroom”
Zazie shades her ... orange eyes!
Todd comments
“It’s all tone”
Emma’s being shy
Emma’s fingert...
Alexandre Desplat, composer and the team behind "J’accuse An Officer and a Spy" by Roman Polanski
Tragique
Recommence la confiance
Partage avec moi picard, Prends le temps
Sketch by Nesta Morgan
...
Cosa que si lo siendo
Thing that if I am (Alternative translation!)
Sketch by Nesta Morgan, photo by Alex Deleon
...
The 86 year old franco-Greek film politico maestro looking hale and hearty on the red carpet for the premiere of his latest film "Adults in the Room" focusing on the crisis of Greece within the European Union.
The 86 year old franco-Greek film politico maestro looking hale and hearty on the red carpet for the premiere of his latest film "Adults in the Room"
The eagerly-awaited new film by Greek director Costa-Gavras, had its world premiere...
American Suspense master Brian De Palma at master class session at the Excelsior Hotel in Venice. De Palma an Italo American is a festival favorite and is a frequent guest on the Lido.
By Alex Deleon
Sketch by Nesta Morgan
De Palma, 78, often regarded as the American successor to Hitchcock, is not only a filmmaker but a concerned observer of the world beyond cinema. Among his statements yesterday;
" In America we have an insane president. In my films there is suspense bu...
