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Venice 2024


188 articles available in total starting from 08/05/2024. Last article published on 14/05/2025.

Pupi Avati • Director of American Backyard

Interview: Pupi Avati • Director of American Backyard

“My movie is the cheapest of all the Italian films at the festival”

VENICE 2024: Well into his seventh decade as a filmmaker, the Italian cinema adventurer’s career choice has brought both pain and joy  

09/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: American Backyard

Review: American Backyard

VENICE 2024: The latest feature by Pupi Avati is a truly over-the-top noir gothic thriller, unsettling and ridiculous  

09/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: Basileia

Review: Basileia

VENICE 2024: In her feature debut, Italy’s Isabella Torre creates an eerie, if somewhat unpolished, supernatural eco-thriller  

09/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Olha Zhurba • Director of Songs of Slow Burning Earth

Interview: Olha Zhurba • Director of Songs of Slow Burning Earth

“The war is already part of our daily lives, and we, as artists, can't do anything else but portray it”

VENICE 2024: The Ukrainian documentarian discusses how she depicts the long-term effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War on her people  

09/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: Aïcha

Review: Aïcha

VENICE 2024: Tunisian director Mehdi Barsaoui’s thriller follows a young woman who bravely seeks a new identity after surviving a bus crash  

09/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Marianna Brennand • Director of Manas

Interview: Marianna Brennand • Director of Manas

"I thought that through fiction I could build a story that was both delicate and deep"

VENICE 2024: The Brazilian filmmaker, winner of the GdA Director's Award, talks about her film set in a community in the Amazon where the sexual abuse of minors appears to be the norm  

07/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

The Golden Lion goes to Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door

The Golden Lion goes to Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door

VENICE 2024: The jury chaired by Isabelle Huppert also rewarded Vermiglio, the Mountain Bride, The Brutalist, April, and actors Vincent Lindon and Nicole Kidman  

07/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Awards

Review: Honeymoon

Review: Honeymoon

VENICE 2024: This modest, effective film by Zhanna Ozirna shows that you really can’t escape war, not even in your own home  

07/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Biennale College Cinema

Francesca Comencini • Director of The Time It Takes

Interview: Francesca Comencini • Director of The Time It Takes

“Paying public but also private homage to my father involved walking through fire”

VENICE 2024: The Italian director talked to us about the courage that was necessary to evoke her relationship with her father, filmmaker Luigi Comencini, and the importance of resilience  

07/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Nader Saeivar • Director of The Witness

Interview: Nader Saeivar • Director of The Witness

“The new generation wants to win using forgiveness and beauty”

VENICE 2024: The Iranian director explains how he intended to commemorate the women’s movement and its non-violent forms of protest  

07/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti Extra

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