Each Venice Film Festival has awarded a Golden Lion (Leone d'Oro) for Best Film since 1934. The Leone d'Oro replaced the Coppa Mussolini after World War II as the award named for the dictator had ...

It's safe to say Alberto Barbera, the long-running director of the Venice Film Festival, pulled off a top-shelf line-up for this year's event (which ran Aug. 28-Sept. 7).

The Venice Film Festival draws to a close this evening with its glamorous awards gala, and though the feeling on the ground was that the 21-title-strong main competition was a touch off the pace ...

The 81st Venice Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday on Lido Island in Venice, Italy, showcasing 21 films competing for the prestigious Golden Lion award. The festival opened with the premiere of ...

The Venice Film Festival has been a reliable Oscars launchpad over the last decade with films like “The Shape of Water,” “Roma,” “Joker,” and “Poor Things,” and individuals such as ...

Tilda Swinton (left) plays a woman with cervical cancer who wants to end her own life with a companion (Julianne Moore) by her side Pro-euthanasia film The Room Next Door has won the Venice Film ...

Happy Holidays, the latest feature from Palestinian Filmmaker Scandar Copti, has taken the top prize at the Thessaloniki Film ...

Angelina Jolie will receive the Maltin Modern Master Award at the 40th annual Santa ... to “Maria,” which premiered at the 2024 Venice film festival to positive reviews, Jolie debuted her ...

Word on the street is Jolie could be up for an acting award. She earned an eight-minute standing ovation at the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Pack your tissues though. The film is ...

Copti’s sophomore feature, his first film since his Oscar-nominated 2009 debut “Ajami,” premiered in the Venice Film Festival’s ... acting categories, the award for best actor went to ...

Venice Has a Lot of Women’s Stories — and Not a Lot of Women StorytellersThere are only eight films directed by women in the official selection, and a lone woman director in this year’s 21 ...