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UK features ‘Straight Circle’, ‘Ish’ take top awards at Venice Critics’ Week
‘Straight Circle’ won two prizes with ‘Ish’ taking the audience award.
‘Inside Amir’, Greece-UK feature ‘Bearcave’ among Venice’s Giornate degli Autori winners
Stergios Dinopoulos and Krysianna B. Papadakis’ ‘Bearcave’ wins Europa Cinemas Label.
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Venice Film Festival shakes up Oscar and Bafta races
Kathryn Bigelow, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Sandler, ‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ exit festival with a boost.
Sara Ishaq’s ‘The Station’ wins top prize at Venice’s Final Cut awards
Debut feature of Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker Sara Ishaq takes home La Biennale di Venezia Prize for best film in post-production.
Kaouther Ben Hania talks high-profile EPs, ethical concerns in ‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’
“When you amplify the voice of Palestinians, you are accused of being exploitative,” said Ben Hania.
Julian Schnabel on Gal Gadot, Gerard Butler controversy: “No reason to boycott artists”
“I selected those actors for their merits as actors,” said Schnabel at Venice Film Festival.
Mubi sets December US release for Paolo Sorrentino’s Venice opener ‘La Grazia’
Additional theatrical dates in Mubi’s remaining territories to be announced at later date.
Gus Van Sant’s cast discuss his “guerilla filmmaking” style for ‘Dead Man’s Wire’
“It was hard on our bodies,” says Myha’la Herrold.
Seth Rogen spotted at Venice Film Festival researching season two of ‘The Studio’
The series creator has been attending premieres, parties and the press room.
Italian culture minister updates on tax credit as country gets ready to host a number of “high budget” projects
Presence of international stars means that “the whole world is looking at us, at Venice and this festival,” says Lucia Borgonzoni.
“It’s soft money with no strings,” says Fondazione Prada’s Paolo Moretti on the launch of €1.5m fund
Fashion brand’s cultural foundation aims to back 10-12 films a year and is open to new and experienced directors.
Dwayne Johnson: “Chasing box office can push you into a corner”
Johnson said he’d “been scared to go deep, intense, raw” until ‘The Smashing Machine’.
Amanda Seyfried, Mona Fastvold talk changing “male-dominated” film business
“I’m always trying to create a community on set that’s a bit different,” said Fastvold.
How Julia Jackman’s ‘100 Nights of Hero’ brought together a starry cast including Charli XCX
”We thought we were working through it much more leisurely,” says Jackman. ”Their enthusiasm made it feel real.”
Labina Mitevska reflects on why she believes the world needs her sister Teona Strugar Mitevska’s Venice title ‘Mother’
The Horizons opener stars Noomi Rapace as the Catholic nun Mother Teresa in 1948.
International execs ‘optimistic’ about return of young audiences to cinemas
A Venice Film Festival roundtable hosted by Screen International and sponsored by the Saudi Film Commission debated young cinema audience trends.
