Venice Features – Page 9
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FeaturesLuca Guadagnino talks 'A Bigger Splash'
Ahead of its Venice world premiere, A Bigger Splash director Luca Guadagnino talks to Screen about secret loves and the need for erotic tension with his actors.
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FeaturesConquering 'Everest'
Director Baltasar Kormakur and Working Title co-chair Tim Bevan reveal the remarkable journey behind the Venice-opener.
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FeaturesVenice preview 2015
Screen previews the world premieres at this year’s Venice Film Festival and interviews festival director Alberto Barbera
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FeaturesTom Hooper, 'The Danish Girl'
Reunited on The Danish Girl with Eddie Redmayne and Working Title, Tom Hooper tells Screen about his passion for the project, transgender illumination and Redmayne’s ‘gender fluidity’.
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FeaturesVenice 2015: Alberto Barbera, festival director
Festival director Alberto Barbera tells Geoffrey Macnab about the 72nd line-up, the Toronto détente and forging ties with the streaming giants.
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FeaturesVenice 2015: Horizons
The full line-up of world premieres in Venice’s Horizons programme, with details on each title including sales contacts.
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FeaturesVenice 2015: Out of competition
The full line-up of world premieres Out of Competition at Venice, with details on each title including sales contacts.
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FeaturesVenice 2015: Critics' Week
The full line-up of world premieres in Venice’s Critics’ Week, with details on each title including sales contacts.
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FeaturesVenice 2015: Competition
The full line-up of world premieres In Competition at Venice, with details on each title including sales contacts.
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FeaturesVenice 2015: Venice Days
The full line-up of world premieres in the Venice Days programme at the Venice Film Festival, with details on each title including sales contacts.
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FeaturesDavid Oelhoffen, Far From Men
French director David Oelhoffen adapts Albert Camus’ short story The Guest into a survival story set during the Algerian War, starring Viggo Mortensen and Reda Kateb.
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FeaturesViggo Mortensen, Far From Men
In David Oelhoffen’s Far From Men, Viggo Mortensen plays a reclusive teacher who helps a villager accused of commiting a murder escape into the mountains during the Algerian war.
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FeaturesJoshua & Benny Safdie, Heaven Knows What
The filmmaking brothers talk about their Venice and Toronto selection, including how they were inspired by addict-turned-writer/actress Arielle Holmes.
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FeaturesThelma Schoonmaker: Editing is a misunderstood art
Martin Scorsese’s long-time editor talked Raging Bull, the move to digital and the art of cutting while at the Venice Film Festival where she has picked up a lifetime honour.
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FeaturesNaji Abu Nowar, Theeb
Premiering in Venice’s Orizzonti section, Naji Abu Nowar’s Theeb is a coming-of-age story about a young Bedouin boy who is forced to grow up fast following the death of his father and the arrival of a British army officer on a mysterious mission.
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FeaturesDavid Gordon Green, Manglehorn
The director chats about fables, gospel choirs, casting Harmony Korine and Al Pacino’s preparation process.
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FeaturesRamin Bahrani: Cinema can't be an obsessive selfie
Ramin Bahrani, Andrew Garfield and Michael Shannon talk about their detailed research for housing-crisis thriller 99 Homes, which receives its world premiere in Venice tonight (Aug 29)
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FeaturesFrederick Wiseman, National Gallery
Boston-based 84-year-old Frederick Wiseman, who will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival tonight (Aug 29) is one of the greatest living documentary makers – and one of the most unobtrusive.
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FeaturesFrancesco Munzi, Black Souls
Francesco Munzi talks about the extensive research behind his Venice competition tilte Black Souls, about the Calabrian mafia.
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FeaturesVenice 2014: Competition, Orizzonti, Critics' Week, Venice Days titles
The Competition line-up for this year’s Venice Film Festival marks the return of mavericks such as Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Fatih Akin, with a wealth of talent represented in the Orizzonti, Critics’ Week and Venice Days sections