The Venice Film Festival Opens with a Rupert Murdoch Film, George Clooney and Plenty of Geopolitics – WTOP News
- The 83rd Venice Film Festival opens on Wednesday with an opening ceremony honoring actor George Clooney with a Lifetime Achievement award, followed by the world premiere of British director Danny Boyle's 'Ink'.
- Star wattage has dimmed compared to recent years as rising production costs lead Hollywood studios to stay away, prompting festival chief Alberto Barbera to describe the American film industry as facing a 'serious identity crisis.'
- Twenty-One films will compete for the Golden Lion award, including director Martin McDonagh's 'Wild Horse Nine', director Lance Oppenheim's 'Primetime', and director Florian Zeller's 'Bunker' starring actors Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem.
- The festival serves as a precursor to the Oscars, where eight of the past ten Best Actor or Best Actress awards went to protagonists of films screened in Venice; U.S. actor and director Maggie Gyllenhaal chairs this year's main competition jury.
- Held on the Venice Lido, a barrier island in the Venetian Lagoon accessible by car, the festival concludes on September 12 with the premiere of director Giovanni Veronesi's Italian costume drama 'Dio ride'.
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Everything there is to know about the films in competition and out of competition, and the celebrities expected for the 83rd edition, which begins today
The 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival will begin on Wednesday with the award of an award for the entire career of actor George Clooney and with a list of participants that includes some of the world's greatest names in cinema, reports the DPA press agency, quoted by Agerpres. Romania will be represented with a ...
The Venice Film Festival opens with a Rupert Murdoch film, George Clooney and plenty of geopolitics – WTOP News
VENICE, Italy (AP) — George Clooney and Danny Boyle are helping kick off the Venice Film Festival in style Wednesday on the Lido. Clooney, a festival mainstay, is receiving a lifetime achievement award, while Boyle is premiering “Ink,” his film about Rupert Murdoch’s acquisition of the British tabloid “The Sun” in 1969. Over the course...
Venice to kick off with Clooney Lion and Murdoch biopic Ink - Arts Culture and Style
The 83rd Venice Film Festival will kick off Wednesday night with a Golden Lion for career achievement to George Clooney and the world premiere, in competition, of Danny Boyle's new biopic on Rupert Murdoch's buccaneering acquisition of The Sun in 1969, ti... (ANSA)
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