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Venice 2023


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

Víctor Iriarte  • Director of Foremost by Night

Interview: Víctor Iriarte • Director of Foremost by Night

“It was important to give the main characters the possibility to encounter one another and tell their stories”

VENICE 2023: The director talks about his film, which intertwines the fates of a mother, a son and an adoptive mother, bringing to light one of the darkest chapters in Spain's history  

06/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Io Capitano

Review: Io Capitano

VENICE 2023: Focusing on two African teenagers’ voyage to Europe, Matteo Garrone maintains his usual formal rigour but does not give the viewer a true impression of the horrors of migration  

06/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Competition

Enrico Maria Artale • Director of El Paraíso

Interview: Enrico Maria Artale • Director of El Paraíso

“One of the reasons why I wanted to make this film was to portray a strong bond that can easily turn into something oppressive”

VENICE 2023: The Italian director gives us more details on his late-bloomer coming-of-age story about a complicated mother-son relationship  

06/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Orizzonti

Review: Through the Night

Review: Through the Night

VENICE 2023: Delphine Girard’s hard-hitting and meticulous first feature film revolves around a striking and unprecedented trio: a woman, a rapist and the policewoman who answered her distress call  

06/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Cédric Kahn • Director of Making Of

Interview: Cédric Kahn • Director of Making Of

“Comedy is often the best way to say really serious things, right?”

VENICE 2023: The hardships of an idealistic film director and his ever-struggling crew are at the centre of the French helmer's appropriately titled feature  

06/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Out of Competition

Review: The Penitent – A Rational Man

Review: The Penitent – A Rational Man

VENICE 2023: Luca Barbareschi’s drama makes a clunky attempt to build up a cinematic discourse that rails against the meat grinder of the media, cancel culture and political correctness  

06/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Out of Competition

Review: Heartless

Review: Heartless

VENICE 2023: Nara Normande and Tião capture the sensuality and uncertainty of the end of adolescence in a beguiling first feature film set across the beaches of Northeast Brazil  

05/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Orizzonti

Anaïs Tellenne  • Director of The Dreamer

Interview: Anaïs Tellenne • Director of The Dreamer

"I’ve noticed a glaring difference in how people reacted when it came to funding the film and how they’re reacting now that they’re seeing it"

VENICE 2023: The French filmmaker spoke of her debut feature, a surprising work about the new horizons of a man with a Cyclopean physique  

05/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Orizzonti Extra

Chong Keat Aun  • Director of Snow in Midsummer

Interview: Chong Keat Aun • Director of Snow in Midsummer

"Every year, I used to go to the cemetery and interview the families of the victims to get more details about what happened that night"

VENICE 2023: The Malaysian director discusses his second feature, which shines a fresh spotlight on a forgotten chapter in his country's history  

05/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Evelyn Regner • Vice-President, European Parliament

Interview: Evelyn Regner • Vice-President, European Parliament

"Film is also an important means of communication for political reasons"

VENICE 2023: The European Parliament Vice-President discusses the upcoming edition of the LUX Audience Award and why the institution is investing in it  

05/09/2023 | Venice 2023

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