Venice, August 29, 2023 – Italy in the front row at the 80th edition International Film Festival, which this year will be a red thread of Italian creativity. Six films Italians at competitions and the red carpet with several American stars, given the actors’ and writers’ strike that has paralyzed Hollywood for months. Venice 80′ will open tomorrow. Wednesday, August 30.
Palazzo del Cinema and the poster of “Venice of the 80s”.
Will Pierfrancesco Favino open Venice 80 with the film’Commander» by Edoardo De Angelis, the tense and courageous story of a brave officer who rescues 26 Belgians shipwrecked at sea, at the cost of ending up before a German military tribunal. ‘she’s a director Liliana Cavani between ‘Golden Lion for Lifetime AchievementAnd last but not least, there is also an Italian among the favorites: “Aenea” by Castellitto Jr. Here’s everything you need to know about Venice 2023.
We start in the afternoon with sectionsHorizons‘ AND ‘Out of competition‘, in addition to parallel reviews Author’s days (for the first time without President Andrea Purgatori) and Critics’ Week. Awards ceremony on the last evening Saturday, September 9. Bond Girl to be Godmother of 2023 Katerina Murino. This evening (Tuesday, August 29) great preview with Gina Lollobrigida: Double screening with Orson Welles’s “Portrait of Gina” and Mario Soldati’s “Hill Country.”
Guests: VIPs on the red carpet.
Due to a strike that prevents Hollywood actors from promoting films, he will not be in Venice. Bradley Cooper – of which the competition will feature “Maestro” about the life of Leonard Bernstein – and, probably, Woody Allenout of competition with “Coup de chance”.
There will be a director instead Sofia Coppola for the film about Elvis Presley’s wife Priscilla and colleague Michael Mann for the film about the great Enzo “Ferrari” together with the main characters Adam Driver AND Penelope Cruz. Besides Driver, he is the most anticipated American star. Jessica Chastainthe protagonist of Michel Franco’s Memento: both actors were released from the union because they were leads in independent films.
Italy again became the protagonist of the first evening with “Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement”‘ awarded to the director and screenwriter Liliana Cavani, which at 90 years old will become Venice (out of competition) with The Order of Time. Another lion for services to the genre awarded to a Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu Wai61 years old, the protagonist of three works awarded in Venice: Città dolente (1989) by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Cyclo (1995) by Tran Anh Hung and Lust, Caution (2007) by Ang Lee.
Film lovers are looking forward to seeing Yorgos Lanthimos’ new film in competition.”Poor creatures‘that David Fincher’Murderer‘, AND ‘El Conde‘, in which Pablo Larren imagines Pinochet as a vampire. The French patrol is led by Luc Besson.Great Dane Man‘, and Léa Seydoux will accompany the film by Betrand Bonello’La bet’. Meanwhile, the films of two great old men are beyond competition, Roman Polanski and Woody Allen,Castle‘ AND ‘Random coup‘, are already expected by the Italian public in cinemas in September.
Great anticipation ‘I’m the captain Matteo Garrone, which tells the odyssey of two Senegalese boys who dream of coming to Italy, and for the new film by Saverio Costanzo,Finally dawn‘, which takes place in the 1950s in Cinecittà, and was seen by a girl who came to the cinema for the first time. Favino is also the protagonist of another Italian film in competition.SlowlyStefano Sollima, while Pietro Castellitto competes for the Golden Lion with his second film as director,Aeneasand Giorgio Diritti with “Lyubo”.
I 23 films this year at competitions, of which 6 Italians. The rules are clear: to be eligible, works must be unpublished and created (or completed) within the last year. Here’s the full list of films that will compete for the coveted lions: “COMMANDER” by Edoardo De Angelis (opening film) – BASTARDEN (Promised Land) by Nikolai Arcel – DOGMAN Luc Besson – LA BETE Bertrand Bonello – ZAKOSNKA-SEASON Stefan Brise – AENEAS Pietro Castellitto – OWNER Bradley Cooper – PRISCILLA Sofia Coppola – DAWN AT LAST Saverio Costanzo – ANY Giorgio Diritti – SOURCE Ava DuVernay – MURDERER David Fincher – MEMORY Michelle Franco – I AM CAPTAIN Matteo Garrone – AKU WA SONZAI SINAI (Evil Does Not Exist) Ryusuke Hamaguchi – ZIELONA GRANICA (Green Border) Agnieszka Holland – ALLEM THEORY Timm Kroger – POOR THINGS (Poor creatures!) by Yorgos Lanthimos – EL CONDE Pablo Larraín – FERRARI Michael Mann – SLOWLY Stefano Sollima – KOBIETA Z Małgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert – HOLLY Fien Troch.
As every year, in the coming days in Venice will be presented, as the organizers explain, “works by recognized authors” that have a “spectacular scale and expressive originality”, but are not eligible for prizes. This year they are: Random coupWoody Allen – The Remarkable Story of Henry SugarWes Anderson – Penitent. Rational manLuca Barbareschi – Snow SocietyJ. A. Bayonka – Time orderLiliana Cavani – LifeAlix Delaporte – Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss Quentin Dupiax – Kane Mutiny Trial. CombatWilliam Friedkin – ManufacturingCedric Kahn – Agro Dr1ftHarmony Korine – HitmanRichard Linklater – CastleRoman Polanski – Xue Baoby Pema Tseden.
Are you here films marked “made in Italy”. The exhibition opens on Wednesday, August 30th.CommanderEdoardo De Angelis with Pierfrancesco Favino. The place of honor given to him by Alberto Barber’s jury after the failure of Luca Guadagnino’s The Contenders starring Zendaya, which was withdrawn after its theatrical release, was postponed until next year. After this, Pietro Castellitto’s films will also compete withAeneas‘ – who manages, among others, his father Sergio and himself in a winning combination – Saverio Costanzo with ‘Finalmenet dawn‘, Giorgio Diritti with ‘Lubo‘, Matteo Garrone with ‘I’m the captain‘ and Stefano Sollima s ‘Slowly‘.
The official selection includes sections Venice 80, Out of competition, Horizons, Additional Horizons, Student Film Biennale AND Venetian classic. In addition, parallel sections will be organized, International Critics Week And Author’s days.
The jury of the Venice 80 competition will award, without the possibility of ex aequo, the Golden Lion for the best film, the Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize, the Silver Lion for the best director, the Volpi for the best female performance, the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, Special Jury Prize, Best Screenplay Prize and Marcello Mastroianni Award for Emerging Young Actor or Actress.
Actress from Cagliari Katerina Murino will open the film festival in the prestigious role of godmother. She will be the host of the two most important evenings. The grand opening will take place on Wednesday, August 30th, then we’ll see her back in the spotlight at the closing ceremony on Saturday, September 9th. The eyes of the world will be on her when she announces the Lions and other official awards. Here you are who is the godmother of the festival Venice 2023.
The parallel exhibition Giornate degli Autori, which will take place from August 30 to September 9, was held for the 20th time. The common thread will be the exhibitionPosters worth saving‘. This will be the first edition without the late journalist Andrea Purgatori, president of Giornate. Under art direction by Gaia FurrerThere will be 10 competition films, 7 special events in the official selection, 8 films for the Venice Nights, an evening dedicated to Jean-Marc Vallée and Quebec cinema, and 4 special screenings in the Laguna room at Casa degli. Author.
There International Critics Week (SIC) is an autonomous section organized by the National Union of Italian Film Critics. The selection includes seven first entries in the competition and three special events outside the competition. Here plan 38th edition.