Biennale Cinema 2022

79th Venice International Film Festival

The 79th Venice International Film Festival is organised by La Biennale di Venezia and directed by Alberto Barbera. It will take place at Venice Lido from 31 August to 10 September 2022. The Festival is officially recognised by the FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Association).

The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote international cinema in all its forms as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and dialogue. The Festival also organises retrospectives and tributes to major figures as a contribution towards a better understanding of the history of cinema.

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22 June 2022

Towards the 90th anniversary of the Venice International Film Festival

The programme has been finalised for the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Biennale Cinema, which will take place on Saturday 9 July.

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14 June 2022

2 masterpieces from the 1932 festival to screen at Lido on Saturday 9 July

Regen (Rain) by Mannus Franken and Joris Ivens, and Gli uomini, che mascalzoni... by Mario Camerini, with Vittorio De Sica.

Cinema

8 June 2022

Stanley Kubrick’s first film, Fear and Desire, at the 1952 Venice Film Festival

The entire story reconstructed for the first time in the letters and documents of the Historical Archives of the Contemporary Arts (ASAC) of La Biennale.

Cinema

8 June 2022

Biennale College Cinema: call now open for applications from international teams

The call, aimed at emerging filmmakers, will be open until 3 July 2022.

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1 June 2022

Catherine Deneuve Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

The honour to the iconic French actress will be awarded during the 79th Venice International Film Festival.

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19 May 2022

Two weeks left to submit projects to the Venice Immersive section

Deadline for registration: 31 May 2022.

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6 May 2022

Rocío Muñoz Morales to host the opening and closing nights of Venezia 79

The 79th Venice International Film Festival opens on August 31st and will come to an end on September 10th.

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4 May 2022

Paul Schrader Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

The honour to the director and screenwriter will be awarded during the 79th Venice International Film Festival.

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14 April 2022

Classici fuori Mostra 2022. 3rd Permanent Festival of Restored Films

Venice, Cinema Rossini, from 10 February to 26 May, every Thursday at 7 pm.

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