To The Wonder, Olga Kurylenko. Sketch by Nesta 2/09/12 Venice.
Fill The Void - Lemale et Ha'Chalal, Yiftach Klein, Hadas Yaron. Nesta's Sketch 1/09/12 Venice.
Peter Zumthor at his Atelier with black canvas. A Short film by Wim Wenders. Arsenale, Venice. Sketch by Nesta 30/08/12 Venice.
“It is now established that the main function of a festival is to choose what we can and must see from among the huge blind mass of production”. Far from wishing to refute this claim, which may well be true, I feel I must add a few comments. Not marginal comments, however, if it is true that one of the reasons that led me to return to serving the Venice Film Festival, turns its gaze - in cross-eyed fashion - in a different direction. Nor am I referring to what's left of the f...
Eighty years ago, on the 6th of August 1932 at the Lido di Venezia, on the terrace of the Hotel Excelsior, the first international film festival in the world – conceived and organized by the Biennale di Venezia – was inaugurated.
At 9:15 PM, on a screen set up outdoors for the occasion, under sporadic rain showers, it began with a showing of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde by Rouben Mamoulian. The screening was followed by a grand ball in the Excelsior ballroom.
“Stemming di...
Kyrah Julian from 'I'm Carolyn Parker' at Venice 68! photo by Vanessa McMahon
Kyrah Julian from 'I'm Carolyn Parker' at Venice 68! photo by Vanessa McMahon
'I'm Carolyn Parker' at Venice 68! Director Jonathan Demme. photos by Vanessa McMaho
'I'm Carolyn Parker' at Venice 68! Director Jonathan Demme. photos by Vanessa McMahon
Director Nicolas Provost of THE INVADER (2011) at 68th Venice Film Festival, 2011
At the 68th Venice Film Festival, Belgian director Nicolas Provost held his world premier for his first feature film THE INVADER (2011). He immediately after traveled to Toronto for TIFF 2011 where he held his North American premier and where we held our interview.Director Nicolas Provost, Actress Stefania Rocca photo by Vanessa McMahon
At the 68th Venice Film Festival, Belgian director Nicolas Provost held his world premier for his first feature film THE INVADER (2011). He immediately after traveled to Toronto for TIFF 2011 where he held his North American premier and where we held our interview.Actor Isaka Sawadogo (Amadou) photo by Vanessa McMahon
At the 68th Venice Film Festival, Belgian director Nicolas Provost held his world premier for his first feature film THE INVADER (2011). He immediately after traveled to Toronto for TIFF 2011 where he held his North American premier and where we held our interview.Director Nicolas Provost photo by Vanessa McMahon
Director Milcho Manchevski at Venice Film Festival 1994 winning the Golden Lion for his film BEFORE THE RAIN (1994)
La Biennale President: Paolo Baratta and the festival artisitic Director Marco Muller introduce the festival's highlights.
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Me standing in the press lineup for photo opts
Venice 2010
QT, Venice Jury member, walking around after a screening of a film
during La Biennale FF 2010.
TABLOID (Errol Morris, USA)
OK......even for someone who is internet-connected, it is still impossible for me to be physically in more than one place at any given time (please work on that, Steve Jobs.....). As I am sitting typing this at the Montreal World Film Festival, simultaneous events are happening around the world at a pace that is dizzying indeed.
Montreal is hot and humid, which is perhaps the weather I could be expect if I was attending that other major internation...
On my first evening at the Montreal World Film Festival on September 1, my thoughts are going to Venice. Not only because that venerable film festival opens today but because Venice, as both a real place and a metaphor, is a potent symbol in the Polish film viewed this evening in Montreal, which is simply called VENICE.
The film, which is making its International Premiere in the World Competition section here, is written and directed by Jan Jakub Kolski, a vete...
Venice kicks off tomorrow, however, I’m hearing things that the big festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlin and Toronto etc are being called the falling stars of the festival circuit and that the whole star-studdied red carpet routine is getting rather dull and boring. This is an interesting point, but not one that I fully agree with – based on my experience of last years Cannes. Although I didnt see many of the in-competition films as I was doing my research around the film market...
On the day of the Cerimonia di premiazione Leone d'Oro alla carriera when John Lasseter and the animation team at Disney Pixar were on stage receiving their awards... over in Venice with a view from the terrace of New Zealand's event for the Art biennale at Fondazione Claudio Buziol, Palazzo Magilli-Valmarana, Cannaregio, I went to see the famous Venice Ragatta as it raced to and fro. Drawn in blue screen, well we ca
Venice Screenings is the market section held in cunjunction to the Festival
The Venice Critics Week is an independent and competitive section of the Venice Film Festival, focusing on first feature films.
Previews, special events and professional panels.
The event provides an international forum to introduce, highlight and discuss the main features of Italian and Swiss film production.
