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Venice 2021


153 articles available in total starting from 01/12/2020. Last article published on 22/10/2021.

Venice's Orizzonti Short Film Competition offers an eclectic selection

Venice's Orizzonti Short Film Competition offers an eclectic selection

VENICE 2021: As the selection prepares to unspool in front of audiences on the Lido, we examine some of the new talents that can be uncovered within  

08/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Orizzonti

Review: Captain Volkonogov Escaped

Review: Captain Volkonogov Escaped

VENICE 2021: Rising young Russian actor Yuriy Borisov plays the titular escaped captain in Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova’s thriller set amidst Stalin’s Great Purge  

08/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Competition

Alessandro Capitani  • Director of I nostri fantasmi

Interview: Alessandro Capitani • Director of I nostri fantasmi

"The key to this film is that in life, you always get a second chance"

VENICE 2021: The writer-director talks to us about his film, which tells the story of a father and his young son who hide away in the attic of a house, pretending to be ghosts  

08/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

Gender equality and inclusivity take centre stage at this year’s Venice Production Bridge

Gender equality and inclusivity take centre stage at this year’s Venice Production Bridge

VENICE 2021: The 12-month update on the current state of things demonstrated that some progress has been made, but there is still a long way to go to achieve true equality  

08/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Venice Production Bridge

Bianca Stigter  • Director of Three Minutes - A Lengthening

Interview: Bianca Stigter • Director of Three Minutes - A Lengthening

"I got the chance to pay my respects to all the people that we see in the movie"

VENICE 2021: The Dutch historian uses an amateur clip lasting three minutes, filmed in 1938 in a Jewish town in Poland, as her starting point to craft a work with a strong emotional impact  

08/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

Stefano Mordini  • Director of The Catholic School

Interview: Stefano Mordini • Director of The Catholic School

“I wanted to bring this story forwards to the present day and make it everyone’s responsibility”

VENICE 2021: Based on a true crime which unfolded in 1975, the Italian director talks to us about his film which is screening Out of Competition  

08/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Out of Competition

Review: Caveman – The Hidden Giant

Review: Caveman – The Hidden Giant

VENICE 2021: Tommaso Landucci pays tribute to a man who turned his delicate and courageous art into a veritable testimony  

08/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Mother Lode

Review: Mother Lode

VENICE 2021: Matteo Tortone’s film is deep and unforgiving, like the mines in the Peruvian Andes where young Lima-born Jorge goes looking for work  

08/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | International Film Critics’ Week

Review: Out of Sync

Review: Out of Sync

VENICE 2021: The sheer talent and sensitivity of extraordinary actress Marta Nieto enable her to carry this complex psychological and aural labyrinth of a plot helmed by Juanjo Giménez  

08/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Miracle

Review: Miracle

VENICE 2021: Bogdan George Apetri offers a rare, gripping Romanian thriller that tells an unpredictable, violent story while commenting on Romanian society  

08/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Orizzonti

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