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Venice Film Festival

One of the three major European film festivals alongside Cannes and Berlin, the annual event in Italy is the world's oldest of its kind and renowned for its selection of films of high artistic quality.

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Venice Film Festival rolls out red carpet for celebrities

The world's oldest film festival welcomes filmstars from around the globe for the 73rd time.
August 31, 2016
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Portman, Gosling to shine at Venice Film Festival

The prestigious Venice Film Festival has announced a lineup of 20 films vying for a Golden Lion.
July 28, 2016
Internationale Filmfestspiele von Venedig 2015 Goldener Löwe

'From Afar' wins at Venice Biennale

The drama explores repressed gay love in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, one of the world's most violent cities.
September 12, 2015
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Stars shine at Venice Film Festival

From Johnny Depp to 'The Danish Girl,' these stars and films are hot in Venice.
September 9, 2015
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Highlights of the Venice Film Festival

Stars on the Lido: DW presents the best of the Venice Film Festival.
CultureSeptember 9, 20159 images

Venice Film Festival

Johnny Depp,Tilda Swinton and Juliette Binoche present their new movies.
CultureSeptember 8, 201504:12 min
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Venice Film Festival opens for 72th time

The Venice Film Festival has begun in Italy with films in and out of competition along with celebrities and stargazers.
September 2, 2015
Venice Film Festival, Copyright: AP Photo/Luigi Costantini

Venice Film Festival opens

Who will be on the red carpet? The Venice Film Festival boasts veteran filmmakers and Hollywood buzz this year.
September 2, 2015
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Venice Film Festival: From icy peaks to red carpets

Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp are among the superstars awaited at the Venice Film Festival.
CultureSeptember 2, 201511 images
Scene from "From Caligari to Hitler" by Rüdiger Suchsland, Copyright: Copyright: 71st Venice International Film Festival

Film predictions

At the Venice Film Festival, a debut film investigates if cinema predicted Hitler's rise to power.
September 4, 2014
Alexandre Desplat

Musical jury chair

Composer Alexandre Desplat is the first musician to lead the jury at the Venice Film Festival.
August 29, 2014
71. Venedig International Film Festival Alejandro Inarritu Roter Teppich Eröffnung

Venice film festival opens

The 71st Venice International Film Festival has begun with a screening of "Birdman." At the festival, two seats will be left symbolically empty in tribute to imprisoned directors from Iran and Ukraine.
August 27, 2014
Italien Filmfestspiele Venedig Goldener Löwe von der Markuskathedrale

Venice Film Festival highlights

Venice rolls out the red carpet for 11 days of films and celebrities.
CultureAugust 27, 201411 images
Golden Lions at the Venice Film Festival, Copyright: AP Photo/Luigi Costantini

Film at the Lido

The 2014 Venice Film Festival opens with 20 directors competing for the Golden Lion.
August 27, 2014
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Culture calendar

Even in peak vacation season, Europe's culture scene is busier than ever in August.
July 25, 2014
Director Gianfranco Rosi kisses the Golden Lion for his film Sacro Gra, during the awards photo call at the 70th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. Photo: AP/Andrew Medichini

Italy film wins Venice Lion

Italian director Gianfranco Rosi has taken the top prize at the Venice Film Festival for his documentary which portrays the lives of real people living in Rome. The world's oldest film festival featured 20 films.
September 7, 2013
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The Venice Film Festival

We're on Lido Island just outside of the main Venetian Lagoon where the Venice Film Festival is celebrating its 70th anniversary. Jury President Bernardo Bertolucci and many top stars are on hand, like George Clooney and Sandra Bullock. We also meet Toto Bergamo Rossi who runs a foundation called the Venetian Heritage which works with celebrities to preserve Venice's cultural riches.
LifestyleAugust 30, 201304:20 min
US actor George Clooney and US actress Sandra Bullock pose during the photocall of the movie "Gravity", which opened the 70th Venice Film Festival on Wednesday. PHOTO: TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images

Venice Film Festival opens

The Venice Film Festival has opened with the new space thriller “Gravity”, starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock. Organizers told cinemagoers to expect a “dark and violent” theme at the 70th run of the festival.
August 28, 2013
South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk

And the award goes to ...

The South Korean film 'Pieta' wins the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.
September 10, 2012
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Venice Film Festival 2012

The Venice Film Festival is not only the oldest film festival in the world, it also always surprises with new innovative approaches. This year, the makers of the film festival are once again breaking new ground: together with YouTube, they want to give talented up-and-coming filmmakers a platform with the "Your Film Festival" competition.
LifestyleSeptember 4, 201204:54 min
A scene from the film from Ibrahim Batout, "Winter of Discontent," starring Amr Waked, Salah al Hanafy and Farah Youssef, which was created during the revolution in Egypt.

Egyptian revolution film

Ibrahim Batout's new film "Winter of Discontent" is celebrating its premiere in Venice.
August 31, 2012
Director Aleksandr Sokurov holds the Golden Lion for best film for Faust, during the award ceremony of the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. (Foto:Andrew Medichini/AP/dapd)

'Faust' wins

A film retelling the German tale of Faust has won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.
September 11, 2011
Director Sofia Coppola with her Golden Lion award for the film Somewhere at Venice Film Festival

Festival favoritism?

Sofia Coppola won the top prize at Venice's film festival, but some wonder if she earned it.
September 12, 2010
Quentin Tarantino

Lions await

The venerated Venice Film Festival opens with US director Quentin Tarantino as head of the jury.
September 1, 2010
German director Fatih Akin

Film awards

German star movie director Fatih Akin is among the winners at this year's Venice Film Festival.
September 13, 2009
Giuseppe Tornatore

Films Galore

The 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival has opened with an Italian epic.
September 2, 2009
A scene from 'Jerichow,' directed by Christian Petzold

German Love Triangle Squares off at Venice Film Festival

"Jerichow," a love triangle by German director Christian Petzold, screened at the Venice Film Festival, the first German entry competing for the Golden Lion since 2004. It faces strong competition from the US and Italy.
August 29, 2008

The 65th Venice International Film Festival opens this Wednesday

Hollywood studios will take a back seat at this year’s Venice Film Festival with the competition line-up highlighting independent U.S. cinema, Italian productions and Japanese animation movies.
August 27, 2008

Venice Film Festival 75 Years

Venice celebrates 75 years of cinema history.
August 6, 2007

Disappointment for Germany at Venice Film Festival

Germany's contribution to this year's Venice Film Festival is respectable enough -- but it could have been so much more.
August 31, 2006