Venice Film Festival

August 31, 2021

No stranger to plagues, Venice opens film fest with caution

ROME (AP) — Visitors to Venice could be forgiven for not realizing that beyond the majesty of St. Mark’s Square…

September 3, 2020

VENICE (Reuters) – The heads of Europe’s main film festivals came together for the opening of the Venice movie showcase…

August 28, 2019

The glitzy Venice film festival opens Wednesday with fury over the inclusion of controversial directors Roman Polanski and Nate Parker…

July 31, 2019

Egyptian-Tunisian actress Hend Sabry has become the first Arab woman to ever sit on the judging panel for the world’s…

December 10, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Film Critics Association on Sunday named Alfonso Cuaron’s deeply personal drama “Roma” best…

September 9, 2018

Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron won the Golden Lion top prize at the Venice film festival Saturday for “Roma”, which…

September 8, 2018

A film that follows two friends through four nightmarish years of the Syrian civil war has lifted some of…

August 27, 2018

Global superstars Lady Gaga, Ryan Gosling and Vanessa Redgrave descend on Venice this week as the annual film festival…

September 11, 2017

Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri, detained briefly for previous visits to Israel, blasted Monday people who accused him of normalization…

September 11, 2017

Mexican director Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water”, a dark fairy tale in which a mute cleaning lady falls…