Venice Features
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FeaturesDutch 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.
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Making ‘Spencer’: producer Paul Webster on the most difficult shoot of his career
Pablo Larrain’s ’Spencer’ faced covid, Brexit and casting challenges.
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‘The Power Of The Dog’ producer Tanya Seghatchian talks New Zealand shoot, navigating Covid-19
”It was beguiling to come across a piece of material that wasn’t well-known, that we knew we could put our mark on.”
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Venice 2021 preview: Screen’s guide to the Competition titles
Screen profiles the Venice Competition section, which includes new titles from Pedro Almodovar, Paolo Sorrentino, Jane Campion and Pablo Larrain.
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Venice 2021 preview: Critics’ Week and Giornate degli Autori highlights
Critics’ Week opens with a debut feature from director Jake Wachtel, ’Karmalink’.
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Venice 2021 preview: Screen’s guide to the Out Of Competition titles
The Venice Film Festival runs September 1-11.
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Venice 2021 preview: Screen’s guide to the Horizons titles
The Venice Film Festival runs September 1-11.
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Perspectives on 2020: Venice director Alberto Barbera on the future of festivals
The Venice Film Festival director tells us how hosting a physical festival revealed what was most important about his job.
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Which arthouse films stood out at the autumn festivals?
There were plenty of titles that could be a factor in this year’s awards race.
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International film festival directors offer their verdict on Venice
The directors of Berlin, KVIFF, El Gouna, IDFA, IFFR, Jerusalem and Marrakech are full of praise for Venice.
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Kornel Mundruczo on making his English-language debut with ‘Pieces Of A Woman’
The Hungarian filmmaker, now based in Berlin, received advice from Martin Scorsese in an exec producer role.
