by Alex Deleon
The 2017 Venice Film Festival was so overwhelmingly dominated by Hollywood films and personalities that it was to all intents and purposes an American festival that happened to be taking place in Italy. First of all the career awards. Tandem career Lions were presented to senior Hollywood icons, Robert Redford (81) and one time First Lady of Protest Jane Fonda (79) on the second night of the fest. Both still looking good in spite of their dental lengthiness ...
Among the many celebrities who attended Palazzina diner partie this year: Penelope Cruz and husband Javier Bardem who brought Loving Pablo to Venice.
Friday September 1s the cast of the film Diva! was the guest of Palazzina dinner gala. The world premiere screening is going to be at the 74th Venice International Film Festival and on Sky arte in autumn. 8 the actress who took part at the shooting of the director Francesco Patierno, Nastro D’argento winner at the Panorama section of Be...
The award for Best screenplay in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival (Aug 30-Sept 9) went to the Iranian director Alireza Khatami for Oblivion Verses (Los versos del Olvido). It is Khatami’s first feature film, a film where the spectator assembles the story with no traditional plot or storyline and no embellishment of characters with only 20% dialogue. The silence is important, which Khatami explains using Heidegger’s “Being and Time”. " Silence suspe...
Iranian films are noted for their in depth exploration of moral subjects. Details are turned over and over again for this examination. This results in films with an almost timeless content because even under scrutiny the themes produce more questions. There is no real causality in these intriquing treatises of the human condition. No Date, No Signature (Bedoone Tarikh, Bedoone Emza), which premiered on September 2 at the 74th Venice Film Festival (Aug 30- Sept 9), is one example. The cine...
Watch the Video Capture of the Awards Ceremony of the 74th Venice International Film Festival. Sala Grande theater, Palazzo del Cinema, 9th September 2017
OFFICIAL AWARDS – 74th VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
VENEZIA 74
The Venezia 74 Jury, chaired by Annette Bening, and comprised of Ildikó Enyedi, Michel Franco, Rebecca Hall, Anna Mouglalis, David Stratton, Jasmine Trinca, Edgar Wright&n...
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mother! by Darren Aronofsky press conference and photocall
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La vie en La villa - parfait !
FRENCH film :-)
I think it's Stephen Frears signature on reverse side of the page (in blue) ! (see Nesta's sketch of Stephen Frrear's Victoria & Abdul)
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"The film that Mr Trump must go to see!" (Stephen Frears) British humour gives large pat on back to Director Frears !
Best film in my book :-)
Eddie Izzard, Ali Fazal, Judi Dench all excel in their performance.
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Loving moment director #PaoloVirzi shouts as opportunist tips water on my sketch @theleisureseekers @la_Biennale :-)
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FINAL CUT IN VENICE 2017 AWARDS
(74th Venice International Film Festival)
3 Sept - 5 Sept
Workshop to support films in post-production from Africa, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria.
For this 5th edition of Final Cut in Venice, La Biennale di Venezia has decided to strengthen the workshop with a new cash award of € 5,000...
Official sponsor of the Film Festival for over a decade, Jaeger-LeCoultre reaffirms its commitment to encouraging and celebrating filmmaking.
During the Official Awards Ceremony on the closing night of the festival, Jaeger-LeCoultre presented its iconic Reverso watch to the winners of the Best Film (Golden Lion) Award,
Best Actress and Best Actor (Coppa Volpi Award).
These three personalised timepieces – adorned with a lacquered engraving depicting a lion, the symb...
THE PRINCE AND THE DYBBUK by Elwira Niewera and Piotr Rowalski
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DCP/HD • POLAND/ GERMANY • 2017 • 82’
Directed by: Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rowalski
Produced by: Film Art. Production, Kundschafter Filmproduktion
Original languages: English, Italian, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Yiddish, Polish, German, Spanish
A cinematic journey on the trail of Hollywood filmmaker and “human chameleo...
Natalia Garagiola wins the SIAE Audience Award for TEMPORADA DE CAZA (Hunting Season), her first feature film co-produced by Argentina, USA, Germany, France and Qatar at the 74th Venice Film Festival.
Today, F...
The jury and Annette Bening the President gave their awards this week end.
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The World Premiere of Abel Ferrara’s out of competition film Piazza Vittorio at the Venice Film Festival (Sept 9) is an evocative document on one of Rome’s most beloved squares in Esquilino, the XV "rione" or district. Ferrara shows how the area has developed since the last century with historic footage. The open-air markets of that time were packed with people who sold fruit, vegetable, bread, cheese and meat. This kind of market is disappearing and...
MY VENICE HIGHLIGHTS
Alex Deleon
Annette Bening jury president was regal at the closing ceremony
In a sense everybody sees a different festival depending on choices made and the fallout of the daily agenda.
My festival started out slowly but picked up steam tooward the end. Arriving late I missed many the films I wanted to see and didn't see any of the einners, but I did catch a few good ones.
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OFFICIAL AWARDS – 74th VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
VENEZIA 74
The Venezia 74 Jury, chaired by Annette Bening, and comprised of Ildikó Enyedi, Michel Franco, Rebecca Hall, Anna Mouglalis, David Stratton, Jasmine Trinca, Edgar Wright and Yonfan having viewed all 21 films in competition, has decided as follows:
GOLDEN LION for Best Film to:
THE SHAPE OF WATER
by Guillermo del Toro (USA)
SILVER LION - GRAND JURY PRIZE to:
FOXTROT ...
COLLATERAL AWARDS
Arca CinemaGiovani Award
Venezia 74 Best Film: FOXTROT by Samuel Maoz
Best Italian Film: BEAUTIFUL THINGS by Giorgio Ferrero
BNL People's Choice Award – Giornate degli Autori
GA’AGUA (LONGING) by Savi Gabizon
Brian Award
LES BIENHEUREUX by Sofia Djama
Circolo del Cinema di Verona Award – 32nd Venice International Film Critics’ Week
TEAM HURRICANE by Annika Berg
Civitas Vitae ...
by Alex Deleon
A sudden summer Downpour bombards the festival (the second of the week) -- and many stay put indoors, like myself, unable to get to a screening invitation -- -- Is this the wettest Mostra on Record, or just a little climate change?
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Venice Production Bridge 31 Aug – 5 Sept, 2017
FINAL CUT IN VENICE
September 3 to September 5, 2017
The fifth edition of this workshop has presented 6 work-in-progress films coming from Africa and Arab countries. A Kasha by hajooj kuka has won this year's new Biennale Prize.
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Official sponsor of the Venice International Film Festival for over a decade, Jaeger-LeCoultre celebrated its commitment with a Gala Dinner held on the 5th of September in the Arsenal of Venice.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Deputy CEO Geoffroy Lefebvre welcomed friends of the Maison and an array of prestigious guests: Catherine Deneuve, Diane Kruger, jury member of the Film Festival Rebecca Hall, Italian actresses Cristiana Capotondi and Eva Riccobono, international talents Ann Hsu, Shi Ke, G...
Wednesday September 6th the Venice Movie Stars Lounge hosted the national and international press activities of the actors Javier Bardem e Penelope Cruz, the only Spanish actors to win an Academy Award with both obtaining Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively. They came to present the director's, Fernando León de Aranoa, new film, “Loving Pablo” that narrates about the relationship between the Colombian drug dealer, Pablo Escobar, and his lover, th...
