 Venice International Film Festival - Lido, City of Venice and the Mainland
Running event from from August 28th to September 7th 2024
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– The Venice Film Festival will be held this year from 30 August to 9 September 2024 at the Lido of Venice. President will be the
Venice International Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival enlivens the city of Venice every year; starting from the Lido, its historical location and always at the center of the rich program of events, the energy of the Film Festival spreads throughout the city of Venice reaching, for some years, also the Terraferma di Mestre.
The Venice Film Festival is promoted by the Biennale and its director is Alberto Barbera. The mission of the Venice festival has always been the diffusion of world cinema that presents itself with a rich billboard that hosts productions representing numerous nations of the planet.
The official selection of films scheduled at the 81st Venice Film Festival includes the sections Venezia 76 (In Competition), Fuori Concorso, Orizzonti, Venezia Classici, Sconfini and Controcampo Italyno, to which are added the retrospective and two autonomous sections.
Sections of Venice International Film Festival
Venezia 76
International competition of feature films in world premiere. There 21 movies admitted to the competition of 2019:
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Orizzonti
International competition for films that represent new aesthetic and expressive tendencies.
Venezia Classici
The section presents from 2012 a selection of the best classic film restorations made in the last year by productions, film libraries and cultural institutions from all over the world at the International Film Festival. In addition, the Venice Classics section presents a selection of documentaries on cinema and its authors.
Here are the restored films:
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7° Final Cut in Venice
Workshop to support the post-production of films made by African countries and by Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria.
It takes place from August 31st to September 2nd and sees the first two days dedicated to screenings and the last to meetings between producers and accredited buyers such as producers, distributors, production companies and festival programmers. 6 jobs have been selected:
Fiction Film
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Documentaries
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Award of the Exhibition
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Parter Awards
– There are many and rich cash prizes made available by Italyn and international partners for the financial aid for the making of feature films. Please refer to the official website for the complete list.
Fuori Concorso
Works signed by authors of recognized importance.
Sconfini
The section presents works without any kind or duration constraints and therefore includes films by authors, TV series, experimental films:
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The films will be screened in the traditional venues of the Lido of Venice: the Sala Grande, the Sala Volpi, the Palabiennale, the Sala Perla, the Sala Casin� and the Sala Darsena.
Tickets for the Venice Film Festival
Sala Grande: 2.00 pm (single seat) shows: full price � 14, reduced � 12.
Shows at 4.45 pm (numbered seat): full price � 17, reduced � 12.
Shows at 7.30 pm (numbered seat):: full price � 45, concessions � 40.
Shows at 10.15 pm (numbered seats): full price � 30, reduced � 22.
Sala Darsena: Shows at 2.00 pm, 5.00 pm (single seat): full price � 12, reduced � 8.
Sala Giardino: 9.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm, 9.00 pm (single seat): full price � 5.
Reduced: Subscribed to the 81st Venice International Film Festival, Biennale Card 2019, TrenItaly customers with Frecciargento ticket, Frecciabianca, Frecciarossa with destination Venice (travel date before 3 days maximum), holders of a TrenItalia regional train pass valid Veneto or Friuli Venezia Giulia, CartaFRECCIA members (on presentation of the plastic card or temporary paper in paper version), Under 26, Over 60.
Phone: +39.041.5218711
E-mail: ufficiostampa@labiennale.org
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