New beginnings
Mehdi Barsaoui's new film, a reflection on identity through the emancipation of a woman
READ Signs from the future
Meeting with Gianni Canova President of the jury for the Debut Film
READ Rebel voices
Director Nader Saeivar tackles the challenges of today's Iran in a female-voiced story
READ The thin thread
Gaia Furrer, the Venice Days between resilience and resistance
READ thursday 5 september 2024
Reality barges in in a million different shapes. Let’s start with an out of competition feature, an ‘unauthorized’ documentary by Russian-Canadian filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova. Her Russians at War about the current war in Ukraine seeks to steer clear of propaganda on either side, focusing instead on Russian soldiers’ bewilderment and disillusionment. From neighbouring Georgia comes filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili, who participates in the main Competition with her film April, the story of an abortionist midwife who defies law for humanitarian reasons. Iddu by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, starring an unrecognizable Elio Germano...
- Soundtrack
Daily #9
Joker: Folie à deux_Todd Phillips discovers musicarello, the coming-of-age musical genre popular in Italian cinema in the 1950s. His film is all about music. He really goes all-in, with a musical film (no dance) that makes musical moments the essential elements and turning points of the plot...
- Director's Cut
I would like the public to understand the importance of the presence of twelve debuting directors in the Competition section out of twenty-one titles. It is important to see Siew Hua Yeo alongside Guadagnino, Dea Kulumbegashvili in the same section as Almodóvar...
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INTERVIEWS
Mehdi Barsaoui's new film, a reflection on identity through the emancipation of a woman
press conference
palazzo del casinò
11.30 RUSSIANS AT WAR (Out of Competition)
12.10 APRIL (Venezia 81)
12.50 M - IL FIGLIO DEL SECOLO 1- 4 (Out of Competition – Series)
13.30 IDDU (SICILIAN LETTERS) (Venezia 81)
14.10 STRANGER EYES (Venezia 81)
12.10 APRIL (Venezia 81)
12.50 M - IL FIGLIO DEL SECOLO 1- 4 (Out of Competition – Series)
13.30 IDDU (SICILIAN LETTERS) (Venezia 81)
14.10 STRANGER EYES (Venezia 81)