At the starting line there Venice Film Festival number 78 to be held on the Lido from 1 to 11 September. With all the characteristics of one of the most important festivals in the world whose selection aspires to production companies, directors and great actors of international cinema. Springboard for films that have won, after the Golden Lion of Venice, the statuettes of the Hollywood Oscars. The prerequisites for a successful edition this year are all there, despite the pandemic forcing the organization to strict controls, mandatory Grenn Passes and a wall that will protect the Red Carpet. If last year they were missing, this year the great Majors of American cinema will also arrive at the Lido of Venice, with all the contours of stars and stars of the highest level. But there will also be a lot of Italian cinema, with five films made in Italy in competition.

At the Venice Film Festival there will be a parade of stars

If Sharon Stone has already arrived in Venice for the high fashion shows organized in the lagoon by Dolce and Gabbana, many iconic faces are expected for this 78th edition of the International Film Festival. By Jacqueline Bisset for Madeleine Collins, to Gerard Depardieu for Lost illusions. To Penélope Cruz for Parallel Mothers e Officil Competition. TOl Lido will arrive Isabelle Huppert who will open the Horizons section with Promises. Among the most anticipated international celebrities there are also Ben Affleck and Matt Damon who together with Adam Driver are the protagonists of the new film by Ridley Scott, the last duel, presented Out of Competition.

Venice Film Festival Sala Grande

The five Italian films in competition

Ma many Italian artists are also expected of the caliber of Claudio Santamaria and Pietro Castellitto for Freak Out. Female faces such as Jasmine Trinca and Benedetta Porcaroli for The Catholic school. And then Toni Servillo who will play Eduardo Scarpetta in the film Qui laugh io, in addition to being also in the cast, with Luisa Ranieri, de It was the hand of God, of Paolo Sorrentino. Elio Germano should land in Venice for Latin america of the D'Innocenzo twins. To complete the list of five Italian films in competition, in addition to the aforementioned Freak Out, Qui laugh io, Latin america ed It was the hand of God, the film The hole by Michelangelo Frammartino.

Given the circumstances, and since the beauty has yet to begin, the list of stars on the Venetian Red Carpet could still be very long and "brilliant". Meanwhile, today, double pre-opening at the Sala Darsena of the Palazzo del Cinema with the diary signed by Andrea Segre The Venice Biennale, the cinema at the time of the Covid, a film that is very current and contextualized. A tribute to Nino Manfredi for the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great Italian actor. The restored version of the film is scheduled By grace received (1971), written, directed and performed by Manfredi. Tomorrow, September XNUMXst, President Sergio Mattarella will arrive in Venice for the opening night of the Festival together with the Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini.

Sergio Mattarella at the opening ceremony of the Festival

The actress will do the honors on the stage of the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema del Lido Serena Rossi, godmother of the Festival and, as usual, host of the opening and final evening of the event. But you will probably also see her every day on the Red Carpet. Director Bong Joon-ho (Parasite, Snowpiercer, Memoirs of an Assassin) is the president of the international jury of the 78th Venice Film Festival which will award the Golden Lion for best film and other official prizes.

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And not to forget the dramatic news of recent days, a panel was announced (Saturday 4 September) on the Afghan crisis with particular attention to the situation of film directors and artists in general in Afghanistan, in the tragic context of the entire population of that country. The Afghan director Sahraa Karimi, the first female president of the Afghan Film Organization and the author of the recent appeal to sensitize the media, governments and world humanitarian organizations on the conditions in her country, will participate.

The Golden Lion by Roberto Benigni

Il Golden Lion to the career attributed to the director, screenwriter, Italian actor Roberto Benigni will be delivered tomorrow, in the Sala Grande immediately after the opening ceremony of the Festival. Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement also to American actress Jamie Lee Curtis. Delivery is scheduled for Wednesday September 8 in the Great Hall of Palazzo del Cinema, before the out-of-competition screening of Halloween kills, directed by David Gordon Green and played by Jamie Lee Curtis herself.

Roberto Benigni

So we start with the opening film, the highly anticipated Madres Paralelas by Pedro Almodòvar, with Penélope Cruz. The film (in competition) will be in Italian cinemas next autumn. A start under the best auspices and with many expectations. The director of the Festival, Alberto Barbera believes in this: “We look to the future of cinema with renewed confidence and interest. We will not be proven wrong ". And the president of the Biennale, Roberto Cicutto, also believes in it, speaking of a second “masked” construction site, referring to the organizational and operational machinery of the Festival. After that of 2020, also that of 2021, however convinced that "2021 is a better year for major cultural events".

The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. In 2022 it will be 90 years since the first appointment in 1932. It is also one of the most prestigious, which combines the great artistic value of its programs with the charm of glamor, a characteristic feature of this event.

(credit: La Biennale di Venezia photo Asac)

Venice Film Festival 2021: the curtain rises last edit: 2021-08-31T12:46:00+02:00 da Cristina Campolonghi

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