63rd Venice Film Festival

Logo 63. Mostra del CinemaOn July 27, in Rome, the President of the Venice Biennale Davide Croff and the Director of the 63rd Venice Film Festival Marco Müller have presented the line-up of the festival, which runs August 30 – September 9.

The main sections are Venezia 63 – In Competition, Venezia 63 – Out of Competition, and Horizons.

The Venice Films Festival will also include retrospective sections and homages.

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Introduction by the President of the Venice Biennale, Davide Croff

A year ago, presenting the 62nd International Film Festival, we hoped that Venice could give a stimulus both to the growth of the most innovative and courageous cinema, and to the overcoming of the crisis as regards attendance at the cinema...

Introduction by the Director of the 63rd Mostra, Marco Müller

Venice 63. We are about to embark on a new adventure of the eyes, the parabolas of the planetary vision. And the “right” films, those singular and highly singular objects we cannot do without, will certainly be present. If we have drawn...

The opening and closing films of the 63rd Venice Film Festival

The opening film of the 63. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica, that will screen in competition on August 30, is The Black Dahlia by Brian De Palma, starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, and Hilary Swank. The closing film of the...

The Secret History of Russian Cinema at 63rd Venice Film Festival

The Secret history of Russian Cinemais offered by the Festival in collaboration with the Fondazione Prada, chaired by Miuccia Pradaand directed by Germano Celant, and with the Federal Agency for Culture and Film-makingand Sovexportfilm of...

Sections, Juries and Official Awards of the 63rd Venice Film Festival

Venezia 63 An international competition of feature films in 35mm and digital format HD (2K or 4K),  presented as world premieres or at least not yet given public screenings outside their country of origin or in Italy. The International...

63rd Venice Film Festival: A Practical Guide

Screening Venues Sala Grande (Palazzo del Cinema): Passholders and members of the public; Sala Volpi (Palazzo del Cinema): Passholders and Invitation-holders; Palabiennale (Tendostruttura, Via Sandro Gallo): Passholders and members of...

Events for 63rd Venice Film Festival

Tuesday, August 29. Festival Warm-Up, with a tribute to Roberto Rossellini and Mario Soldati in Campo San Polo, Venice, at 9.00 p.m.: Roma Città Aperta (1945) directed by Roberto Rossellini, followed by Quartieri Alti (1945) directed by Mario...

Film-making, tourism and territory

The relationship between film production and a local area is increasingly a subject for study between private and public operators working in the film and tourism industries. The phenomenon is as yet little-known and not investigated...