Giornate Degli Autori: Claire Simon, Cyril Aris, Firouzeh Khosrovani & Gianni Di Gregorio Set For Parallel Venice Sidebar

Giornate Degli Autori: Claire Simon, Cyril Aris, Firouzeh Khosrovani & Gianni Di Gregorio Set For Parallel Venice Sidebar

Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori has unveiled the line-up for its 22nd edition.   The main competition, showcasing 10 features, will open with Ukrainian artist and filmmaker Vladlena Sandu’s Memory, a deeply personal work piecing together childhood memories of life in Chechnya’s capital of Grozny amid the violence of the First Chechen War.   […]

Venice Days Unveils Lineup Featuring Italy’s Valeria Golino-Starrer ‘La Gioia’ and Movies Set in War-Torn Countries

Films from parts of the world plagued by war and other hardships dominate the Venice Film Festival’s independently run Giornate Degli Autori that will open with Ukrainian-born director Vladlena Sandu’s autobiographical documentary “Memory” that revisits her traumatic childhood memories in war-torn Chechnya. The competition of the Giornate – which is also known as Venice Days […]

The personal is political at the 22nd Giornate degli Autori

25/07/2025 - The Venice Film Festival’s parallel section will offer up 25 titles from 20 countries screening in competition and out of competition, as well as in special events and Venice Nights