Will be big female presence in this eightieth edition Venice Film Festivalwhich opens today.
And it will be there already from the inauguration ceremony, during which Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement – Liliane Cavanidirector of The Night Porter, Beyond Good and Evil, the first female director to receive the Golden Lion for services to the genre.
Women at the Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival also awarded last three Golden Lions to female directorsCast: Chloe Zhao, Audrey Divan, Laura Poitras.
And this year, the competition will also feature the first film by an African-American director: è “Origin” by Ava DuVernaywho will receive the awardAMFARan AIDS organization that will celebrate a gala dinner during the festival with performances by singers Rita Ora and Leona Lewis.
The actress will make her directing debut. Michaela Ramazzottiwho in “Happiness” tells the story of a filmmaker: her film competes in the “Horizonte Extra” section, and then will be released in cinemas on September 21.
Sofia CoppolaLost in Translation director, Venice Golden Lion for Somewhere, talks about Elvis Presley’s wife in Priscilla.
After “Elvis” last year with Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, it’s almost backwards, a different story, a different point of view.
A new film is also presented at the competition. Malgorzata SzumowskaPolish director, winner of the “Silver Bear” in Berlin, for the film “Woman”.
Set against the backdrop of Poland’s transformation from communism to capitalism, the film spans forty-five years of Anela’s life, chronicling her journey in search of freedom as a trans woman.
And the Belgian director Fien Troch, already the winner of the award for best director in the Horizons section with Dom, is also participating in the competition. His new film Holly stars 15-year-old Katalina Gerarts in the lead role.
An intelligent woman who has faced the storm of the pandemic with clarity and courage has been honored with the Women in Film Award: an award born from the idea of Angela Prudenzi will go to Ilaria Capua, a world-renowned researcher and virologist. Conte and Cristina Scognamillo.
“The personal and professional story of Ilaria Capua has inspired a film and several documentaries. Ilaria Capua is an all-Italian women’s science story,” says Angela Prudenzi.