As a seasoned connoisseur of cinema and a frequent attendee at esteemed film festivals around the globe, I can confidently say that the 81st Venice International Film Festival is shaping up to be an unparalleled extravaganza for cinephiles everywhere. The lineup boasts an impressive array of anticipated Hollywood productions and foreign films, with Tim Burton’s highly-anticipated Beetlejuice sequel gracing the big screen on day one.
Starting today, August 28th, the world’s oldest film festival, the 81st Venice International Film Festival, will commence its screenings. A number of highly anticipated Hollywood productions and international films are scheduled to debut at this event, such as Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Horizon: An American Saga—Chapter 2, Wolfs, Joker: Folie à Deux, Maria, Queer, The Room Next Door, and several others.
2024’s Venice Film Festival kicks off with Tim Burton’s comedy horror movie, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, on August 28th. The closing film of the festival, Pupi Avati’s Italian movie titled The American Backyard, will be screened on September 7th.
The celebration is taking place on the Venice Lido, often referred to as Venice’s beach, which is a long, slender island reachable only by water from the Venetian Lagoon.
This year’s awards season kicks off at the Venice Film Festival, a notable event that often showcases films vying for the Oscars. In fact, eight out of the last twelve Oscars for best director have gone to movies premiered at Venice. The film “Poor Things” starring Emma Stone took home the Best Actress Oscar this year. Many renowned celebrities are expected to grace the event with their presence, such as Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Lady Gaga, Joaquin Phoenix, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega, Tilda Swinton, and Adrien Brody. The Lido is where they’ll all be seen.
At the 2024 Venice Film Festival, the chosen movies are categorized in multiple groups, and the coveted Golden Lion prize is awarded to the best among them. From this year’s pool of 21 potential winners, scheduled for viewing, are the finalists listed below:
- Italian-German biographical musical drama Maria, directed by Pablo Larrain, starring Angelina Jolie
- Spanish sports drama film Kill The Jockey (El Jockie) directed by Luis Ortega
- American erotic thriller Babygirl, directed by Halina Reijn, starring Nicole Kidman
- French rom-com Three Friends directed by Emmanuel Mouret
- British historical romantic drama The Brutalist, directed by Brady Corbet, starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn
- French coming-of-age drama film And Their Children After Them directed by Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma
- Italian historical war drama film Battlefield directed by Gianni Amelio
- Canadian crime thriller film The Order, directed by Justin Kurzel, starring Jude Law
- Portuguese film I’m Still Here directed by Walter Salles
- Italian-French-Belgian drama Vermiglio directed by Maura Delpero
- Spanish comedy The Room Next Door, directed by Pedro Almodovar, starring Tilda Swinton and Julliane Moore
- Italian-American historical romance Queer, directed by Luca Guadagnino, starring Daniel Craig
- Harvest (UK-Ger-Gre-Fr-US) directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari
- Joker: Folie A Deux, directed byTodd Phillips, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga
- Italian Diva Futura directed by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt
- French drama The Quiet Son directed by Delphine and Muriel Coulin
- Italian-French crime drama Sicilian Letters directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza
- Chinese mystery thriller Stranger Eyes directed by Yeo Siew Hua
- Norwegian film Love directed by Dag Johan Haugerud
- April (Geo-Fr-It) directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili
- Documentary film Youth (Homecoming) (Fr-Lux-Neth) directed by Wang Bing
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2024-08-29 12:13