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Venice 2023


168 articles available in total starting from 14/03/2023. Last article published on 13/01/2025.

Review: Phantom Youth

Review: Phantom Youth

VENICE 2023: Luàna Bajrami crafts a decent portrayal of Kosovar youth in the mid-2000s, but the narrative gains depth and ups the intrigue only during the second half of the picture  

11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Orizzonti Extra

Mika Gustafson  • Director of Paradise Is Burning

Interview: Mika Gustafson • Director of Paradise Is Burning

“Gradually, a thought started to grow inside of me: what if I can paint this picture myself, that of female friendship at a young age, of sisterhood?”

VENICE 2023: The director shares some thoughts on her vision for this film centring on three young sisters left to their own devices, with no parents around  

11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Orizzonti

Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert  • Directors of Woman of

Interview: Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert • Directors of Woman of

“We hope this movie can change something”

VENICE 2023: The longstanding Polish directorial duo explained how they conducted their research for this film about a trans woman in a small, hostile town  

11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Competition

Review: Out of Season

Review: Out of Season

VENICE 2023: With Guillaume Canet and Alba Rohrwacher in tow as romancers, French filmmaker Stéphane Brizé finds a new creative tool: his funny bone  

11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Competition

JA Bayona  • Director of Society of the Snow

Interview: JA Bayona • Director of Society of the Snow

“Through fiction, we try to give meaning to reality”

VENICE 2023: The Spanish helmer delves into the intricacies of his new project, telling the story of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes in 1972  

11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Out of Competition

Venice’s Golden Lion goes to Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things

Venice’s Golden Lion goes to Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things

VENICE 2023: The top prize has gone to the film by the Greek director; also rewarded were Evil Does Not Exist by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Me Captain by Matteo Garrone and Green Border by Agnieszka Holland  

09/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Awards

Review: Society of the Snow

Review: Society of the Snow

VENICE 2023: Juan Antonio Bayona brings not much new to the recreation of the incredible plane crash in the Andes in 1973, which has already been seen in previous films such as Alive!  

09/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Out of Competition

Review: Forever-Forever

Review: Forever-Forever

VENICE 2023: Anna Buryachkova’s feature debut presents a slice of teen life in 1990s Kyiv  

09/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Orizzonti Extra

Zacharias Mavroeidis  • Director of The Summer With Carmen

Interview: Zacharias Mavroeidis • Director of The Summer With Carmen

"For queer people, friends stand in for their families in many different ways"

VENICE 2023: The Greek director discusses his queer comedy that talks about cinema and the rules of storytelling, where the main characters are two friends who intent on writing a film of their lives  

09/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: The Summer with Carmen

Review: The Summer with Carmen

VENICE 2023: Zacharias Mavroeidis’ queer metatextual film about a film questions assumptions in the constructions of films and of the self  

09/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

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