Latest Venice news – Page 35
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NewsSpanish filmmaker wins $500k to make film with Ridley Scott and Michael Fassbender
YouTube and Emirates prize goes to The Guilt director David Victori in Venice; Michael Fassbender and Ridley Scott to act as executive producers on next film.
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NewsWide House picks up Amos Gitai’s Lullaby to my Father
EXCLUSIVE: Wide strikes non-exclusive sales deal for Gitai’s Venice Out of Competition entry, also picks up director’s 2009 film Carmel.
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Wadjda director vows to keep working in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s first female film director Haifaa Al Mansour, whose debut feature Wadjda was enthusiastically received in Venice, has made an outspoken plea for women’s rights in her homeland.
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NewsEurimages confirms Canada and Israel in talks to join fund; Gulf countries could follow
Roberto Olla, executive director of Eurimages (The Council of Europe’s film fund) has again raised the possibility that Eurimages will become a fund “that goes beyond the geographical limit of Europe.”
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NewsHiFilm's Solomon readies shoot for Hotea's Roxanne
Romania’s Ada Solomon of HiFilm Productions has her next feature debut, Valentin Hotea’s Roxanne, going into production on September 12, a week after the world premiere of Paul Negoescu’s debut A Month In Thailand in Venice Critics’ Week.
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NewsMichel Reilhac, Jane Williams to run new Biennale College for young filmmakers
The training workshop will develop and produce micro-budget films.
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NewsDoc & Film picks up Fiennes’ The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales outfit takes on documentary ahead of its world premiere in Toronto’s Mavericks section.
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NewsLucky Red takes on Venice titles The Master and Fill The Void
Italian distributor also acquires John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo.
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NewsRai Trade takes on Bob Wilson's Life and Death of Marina Abramovic
World premiering in Venice Days.
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Match Factory closes French deal for Wadjda with Pretty Pictures
First feature to be shot entirely in Saudi Arabia.
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NewsSwipe Films boards Winter Of Discontent
EXCLUSIVE: Company to handle international sales for Ibrahim El Batout’s film centred around the Arab Spring.
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NewsVenice kicks off today with boosted industry attendees
Festival opens with mixed-to-positive critical response to Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
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NewsVenice's new market to include promo of Agnes B's debut, footage from new Carlos Sorin film
The newly launched Venice Film Market (Aug 30-Sept 3) has announced that it is to show promo reels and footage from selected films.
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NewsMPM Film picks up Venice titles Mold and A Month in Thailand
EXCLUSIVE: MPM also announces Italian sale of Mold to Nanni Moretti and Luigi Musini’s Sacher Distibuzione for Italy.
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NewsBier, Cavani, Nair join Venice Days' Women's Tales project
Susanne Bier, Liliana Cavani and Mira Nair are joining in Venice Days’ new Women’s Tales showcase.The three-day event (Aug 30-Sept 1) is to support women filmmakers. The programme will include screening of four short films by Zoe Cassavetes, Lucrecia Martel, Giada Colagrande and Massy Tadjedin.Q&A sessions with those filmmakes will ...
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NewsVenice pacts with Festival Scope for public online Orizzonti screenings
Selections include Bernard Rose’s Boxing Day [pictured] and Alexey Balabanov’s Me Too.
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NewsVenice confirms four new films including The Master
The 69th Venice International Film Festival has confirmed four new films to play at the festival.
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NewsSpike Lee to receive Jaeger-LeCoultre award in Venice
Lee’s new Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25, will get its world premiere after the award is conferred on August 31.
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Ten finalists in running for Your Film Festival prize
YouTube and Emirates in partnership with Scott Free Productions and the Venice Film Festival have announced [Aug 1] the Your Film Festival finalists to attend the Venice Film Festival and vie for a $500,000 prize.
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Venice Days to open with d'Alo's Pinocchio
Venice Days has announced that the opening film for 2012 will be Pinocchio directed by Enzo d’Alo and scripted by Umberto Marino.For full production details visitPinocchioThe new film is said to be as faithful to Carlo Collodi’s original text as possible, and it features illustrations by Lorenzo Mattotti and music ...