Thursday, 4th September, 10pm, Sala Grande, premiere of the new restored and re-edited version of Yuppi Du (1975) by Adriano Celentano. The actress Claudia Mori will be present, as will the screenwriter, director and cast member Adriano Celentano.
Friday, 5th September, 4:30pm, Sala Grande, Ermanno Olmi will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. Adriano Celentano will be presenting the award. Ceremony for the awarding of the XX Leoncino d’Oro Agiscuola prize and the 29th "Cinema for Unicef" Special Mention.
Friday, 5th September, prize giving ceremony for the Premio “Guglielmo Biraghi” award, sponsored by the SNGCI (National Union of Italian Film Journalists) in partnership with the Venice Film Festival, to emerging talents in Italian cinema Luca Argentero, Isabella Ragonese, Andrea Miglio Risi and Valentina Lodovini. Giuliano Montaldo will receive the Premio Bianchi award.
Friday, 5th September, Sala Conferenze Stampa, Palazzo del Casinò, “L’Oréal Paris per il Cinema” award, set up by L’Oréal in partnership with the SNGCI and destined, in 2008, to a young Italian actress voted for by the public.
Friday, 5th September, Palazzo del Casinò, XIV Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Cinema, organised in cooperation with UNESCO and the European Parliament, dedicated to the subject Cinema: Collective Creativity in the New Media. UNESCO will award the Prix CICT-UNESCO “Enrico Fulchignoni” to coincide with the conference.
Wednesday, 27th August – Friday, 5th September, 5pm - Sala Tropicana - Westin Excelsior Hotel, Lido Philo - Cinema: Images and Mutations of the Human. For the second year running, there will be a series of daily encounters with ten philosophers. Based on an idea by Stefano Bonaga and Andrea Gropplero.
Wednesday, 27th August – Saturday, 6th September, Digital Expo - Second Edition - A p
rogramme of workshops, events and screenings, with the participation of companies and experts operating in the field of digital media. Amongst other initiatives, the second edition of Digital Expo (www.digital-expo.it) will also host the 6th Forum of Digital Cinema, organised by the SMPTE in partnership with La Biennale di Venezia.
Wednesday, 27th August – Saturday, 6th September, first floor of the Palazzo del Cinema, "Bellissima e Mamma Roma, Due Film per Anna Magnani", a photography exhibition created by La Biennale di Venezia and the Centro Cinema Città di Cesena, in cooperation with Annecy Cinéma Italien and the Emilia-Romagna regional council. An homage to Anna Magnani on the 100th anniversary of her birth, it will feature 50 black and white photos, taken by set photographers Paul Ronald (Bellissima) and Divo Cavicchioli (Mamma Roma).
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