The 68th Venice Film Festival is currently on & runs from 31 August till 10 September 2011.
It’s the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932, the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido, Venice, Italy.
Screenings take place in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi. The festival’s principal awards are the Leone d’Oro (Golden Lion), for the best film screened at the festival, and the Coppa Volpi (Volpi Cup), awarded to the best actor and actress. In 2002, the San Marco Award was introduced for the best film of the Controcorrente (“Against the stream”) section.
The roll call of celebrities this year includes Clooney, Colin Firth, Keira
Knightley, Matthew McConaughey, Kate Winslet, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and pop superstar Madonna.
Among the most hotly anticipated titles is “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” an adaptation of John Le Carre’s spy novel starring recent Oscar winner Colin Firth and Gary Oldman.
Other standout titles in competition include Briton Andrea Arnold’s take on the Emily Bronte novel “Wuthering Heights,” U.S. director Ami Canaan Mann’s “Texas Killing Fields” and William Friedkin’s “Killer Joe.”
It’s the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932, the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido, Venice, Italy.
Screenings take place in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi. The festival’s principal awards are the Leone d’Oro (Golden Lion), for the best film screened at the festival, and the Coppa Volpi (Volpi Cup), awarded to the best actor and actress. In 2002, the San Marco Award was introduced for the best film of the Controcorrente (“Against the stream”) section.
The roll call of celebrities this year includes Clooney, Colin Firth, Keira
Knightley, Matthew McConaughey, Kate Winslet, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and pop superstar Madonna.
Among the most hotly anticipated titles is “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” an adaptation of John Le Carre’s spy novel starring recent Oscar winner Colin Firth and Gary Oldman.
Other standout titles in competition include Briton Andrea Arnold’s take on the Emily Bronte novel “Wuthering Heights,” U.S. director Ami Canaan Mann’s “Texas Killing Fields” and William Friedkin’s “Killer Joe.”
Madonna puts on a grand entrance in a butterfly gown!
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