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DIRECTOR'S CUT
2025

monday, 1 september 2025

Kim&Marilyn

Kim Novak was one of the major icons of the Hollywood star system, comparable to Marilyn Monroe, but with a crucial difference. Both of them went through similar processes: the studios forced them to change their hair colour, their name, turning them into sex symbols against their will...

sunday, 31 august 2025

The nature of power

Paul Dano’s portrayal is remarkable. He delivers an interpretation of such nuance and precision that, at times, we almost feel sympathy for a character capable of horrifying actions...

saturday, 30 august 2025

The film of his life

For the Mexican director, Frankenstein is the film of his life. It’s a project he’s dreamed of for years, a version of Frankenstein that has inspired many of his other works, particularly his other “monsters.” This is a film he has longed to make but was unable to, due to the high production costs. Thanks to Netflix’s resources, this long-awaited project has finally come to life...

friday, 29 august 2025

Global horizons

The Orizzonti program includes films from all over the world, even from areas that are often completely unknown to us. This reinforces the idea that this line-up is able to present a truly open and inclusive picture of the current state of global cinema...

DIRECTOR'S CUT
2024

monday, 2 september 2024

Pedro’s room

The term “masterpiece” is often overused, but I can’t really think of any other definitions for this film. Almodóvar tackles the complex theme of euthanasia with a delicacy I did not think possible, with precise writing and dialogues that make use of the crystalline talent of two amazing actresses such as Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore...

sunday, 1 september 2024

When clowns cry

Among the documentaries, one in particular stands out: From Darkness to Light by Michael Lurie and Eric Friedler. This documentary, which explores Jerry Lewis’ unfinished and unreleased film The Day the Clown Cried (1972), is one of the most anticipated and surprising entries in this section. The American comedian directed the film in Sweden, playing a clown imprisoned in Auschwitz, tasked by the Nazis with entertaining children destined for the gas chambers...

saturday, 31 august 2024

THE question

Amos Gitai presents Out of Competition Why War, focused on an exchange of letters which took place in the 30s between Einstein and Freud where they question each other why man in the course of his history has always chosen war as a solution to the contrasts and conflicts afflicting the world...

friday, 30 august 2024

To be here

We didn’t have to insist on anyone; indeed, all the big names have immediately expressed their willingness to be here, despite being very busy with shooting movies and many other professional deadlines. Everyone made sure to be able to come at the Lido even if only for 24 or 36 hours. In the past there had always been some defections, as is normal...

DIRECTOR'S CUT
2024

monday, 2 september 2024

Pedro’s room

The term “masterpiece” is often overused, but I can’t really think of any other definitions for this film. Almodóvar tackles the complex theme of euthanasia with a delicacy I did not think possible, with precise writing and dialogues that make use of the crystalline talent of two amazing actresses such as Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore...

sunday, 1 september 2024

When clowns cry

Among the documentaries, one in particular stands out: From Darkness to Light by Michael Lurie and Eric Friedler. This documentary, which explores Jerry Lewis’ unfinished and unreleased film The Day the Clown Cried (1972), is one of the most anticipated and surprising entries in this section. The American comedian directed the film in Sweden, playing a clown imprisoned in Auschwitz, tasked by the Nazis with entertaining children destined for the gas chambers...

saturday, 31 august 2024

THE question

Amos Gitai presents Out of Competition Why War, focused on an exchange of letters which took place in the 30s between Einstein and Freud where they question each other why man in the course of his history has always chosen war as a solution to the contrasts and conflicts afflicting the world...

friday, 30 august 2024

To be here

We didn’t have to insist on anyone; indeed, all the big names have immediately expressed their willingness to be here, despite being very busy with shooting movies and many other professional deadlines. Everyone made sure to be able to come at the Lido even if only for 24 or 36 hours. In the past there had always been some defections, as is normal...

DIRECTOR'S CUT
2023

monday, 4 september 2023

Goodbye, Mr Friedkin!

I was on the set of The Caine Mutiny: Court-Martial in February. Friedkin was shooting in a wheelchair due to circulatory...

monday, 4 september 2023

Natural Balance

No one knew that Hamaguchi was making a new film. He submitted it to the festival without informing us; we discovered it by chance...

sunday, 3 september 2023

On Strike!

There are many different reasons behind this strike. The first one is obviously a demand for higher pay– not for the great movie stars, but for all workers who keep cinema alive as an industry...

saturday, 2 september 2023

My First Time

There are truly many anecdotes and significant moments that fill my memory, first as a passionate attendee of the festival and then as its director. It’s so hard to pick just one! The one experience that changed me the most took place during my first year in Venice. Up to that point, I had been working on a smaller indie cinema festival...

DIRECTOR'S CUT
2022

friday, 2 september 2022

Looking in, looking out

If we didn’t know who made Guadagnino’s Bones and All, we might as well ascribe it to an American director. Bones and All is about a piece of American history that is less known this side of the ocean...

thursday, 1 september 2022

Orizzonti extra Orizzonti

It’s great to see how much the two sections grew in such a short time. My intention was never for them to be a self-referencing, niche programme of movies – nothing of the sort.

wednesday, 31 August 2022

Us and them

We have been trying to work so closely with such an institution as the Academy for a long time. Over the last ten years, a connection has been growing between the two, with many films beginning their journey at Venice to later being awarded an Oscar.