81st Venice International Film Festival

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81th Venice International Film Festival
Location Venice, Italy
Founded1932
Awards Golden Lion
Hosted by Sveva Alviti
Artistic director Alberto Barbera
Festival date28 August – 7 September 2024
Website www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2024
Venice Film Festival chronology
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The 81st annual Venice International Film Festival will be held from 28 August to 7 September 2024, at Venice Lido in Italy.

Contents

French actress Isabelle Huppert will serve as Jury President for the main competition. [1] Italian actress and model Sveva Alviti will host the opening and closing ceremony. [2]

Australian filmmaker Peter Weir will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival. [3]

Juries

Main Competition (Venezia 81)

Background

Expected world premieres, in competition or in sidebars sections, includes: Steve McQueen’s Blitz , Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, Pablo Larrain’s Maria , Todd Phillips Joker: Folie à Deux , Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths , Walter Salles I’m Still Here , [5] Joshua Oppenheimer's The End , Dea Kulumbegashvili's Those Who Find Me , [6] [7] Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist , Julian Schnabel's In the Hand of Dante, François Ozon’s When Fall Is Coming, Gianni Amelio's Battlefield, Pietro Marcello’s Duse, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cloud, Lucrecia Martel’s Chocobar and Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Harvest. [8]

Official Awards

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

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References

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