Venice Features – Page 3
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“Fiction allows me to express what is happening”: Syrian filmmaker Soudade Kaadan on Venice title ‘Nezouh’
The family drama follows two parents in conflict about whether to flee their war-torn home city of Damascus.
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Venice transgender title ‘Monica’ takes singular route in depicting rejection
Transgender actress Trace Lysette stars as the title character.
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Reality check: how Venice Immersive is taking filmmakers into the metaverse
Extended reality section of the Venice Film Festival to showcase 75 projects.
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“I take large doses of vitamins”: Alberto Barbera prepares for Venice’s 79th edition
Ahead of this year’s edition, Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera speaks about achieving his vision.
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Venice 2022 preview: Critics’ Week and Giornate Degli Autori highlights
This year’s Venice Film Festival runs August 31-September 10.
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Venice 2022 preview: Screen’s guide to the Horizons titles
Screen presents its essential guide to the main Venice sections.
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Venice 2022 preview: Screen’s guide to the Out Of Competition titles
Strand includes Olivia Wilde’s ’Don’t Worry Darling’ and Walter Hill’s ‘Dead For A Dollar’.
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Venice 2022 preview: Screen’s guide to the Competition titles
Screen presents its essential guide to the main Venice sections.
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How film festivals are navigating the international boycott of Russia
Some festivals are looking to encourage dialogue between the warring countries.
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Eight talking points from the Venice 2022 line-up
Talking points include the powerhouse competition line-up, the heavy presence of streamers, and the ”modest but mighty” UK showing.
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Dutch filmmaker Bianca Stigter on found-footage documentary ‘Three Minutes - A Lengthening’
Her husband Steve McQueen is executive producer on the feature based on a three-minute home movie.
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Audrey Diwan on Venice abortion drama ‘Happening’: “My first response to the book was one of shock”
The feature is adapted from French writer Annie Ernaux 2019 on her illegal abortion in 1964.
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Indian filmmaker Aditya Vikram Sengupta talks Venice premiere ‘Once Upon A Time In Calcutta’
Sengupta’s third feature is premiering in the Horizons section.
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“Don’t forget about Afghanistan,” Afghan filmmakers tell Venice Film Festival
Directors Sahraa Karimi and Sahra Mani recount final days in Kabul as Taliban approached.
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Producer-directors Michel Franco and Lorenzo Vigas on cutting out each other’s “bullshit”
Longtime friends and filmmakers Michel Franco and Lorenzo Vigas produce each other’s films.
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Egypt’s Mohamed Diab talks Palestinian drama ‘Amira’, working with Marvel and US projects
Diab is currently directing Marvel series Moon Knight after a trio of Arab-language features, 678, Clash and Amira.
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Mediapro head Jaume Roures talks ‘Official Competition’, his dislike of the red carpet
Roures has ‘Official Competition’ at Venice and ‘The Good Boss’ at San Sebastian.
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‘The Hand Of God’ producer Lorenzo Mieli on Netflix, Billy Wilder and his new slate
Prolific Rome-based film and TV producer is in Venice with two Golden Lion contenders.
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“A part of me was afraid”: Maggie Gyllenhaal on producing, writing and directing ‘The Lost Daughter’
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Israeli producers Talia Kleinhendler and Osnat Handelsman-Keren bonded over Elena Ferrante’s writing.
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Isabelle Huppert on “showing malevolence” on screen, being a cinema owner and Venice title ‘Promises’
The French actress is back in Venice starring in Thomas Kruithof’s political drama.