The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the "Big Five" International film festivals worldwide, which include the "Big Three European Film Festivals alongside the Toronto Film Festival in Canada and the Sundance Film Festival in the United States. The Festivals are internationally acclaimed for giving creators the artistic freedom to express themselves through film. In 1951, FIAPF formally accredited the festival.
Gong Li is a Chinese actress. She starred in three of the four Chinese-language films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
Philippe Falardeau is a French-Canadian film director and screenwriter.
Disengagement (Désengagement) is a film directed by Amos Gitai, starring Juliette Binoche, with Jeanne Moreau in a supporting role. The film is a French/Italian/Israeli co-production, and was shot in France, Germany and Israel. It is the third film of Gitai's "Border" or "Frontier" trilogy.
Lavrente Indico Diaz is a Filipino filmmaker and former film critic. Frequently known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, having made several of the longest narrative films on record, Diaz is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary Filipino filmmakers.
Low Life is a 2004 South Korean action film directed by Im Kwon-taek.
Brillante "Dante" Mendoza is a Filipino independent filmmaker.
Amazonia is a 2013 Brazilian-French drama film with animals directed by Thierry Ragobert. It was screened out of competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival and closed the festival. The main character of the film is Sai, a capuchin monkey born and raised in captivity. After a plane crash strands him in the Amazon rainforest, he must find his way amongst the beauty and danger that exists within the Amazon.
Nocturnal Animals is a 2016 American neo-noir psychological thriller film written, produced and directed by Tom Ford in his second feature, based on the 1993 novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright. The film stars Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney, Andrea Riseborough, and Michael Sheen. The plot follows an art gallery owner as she reads the new novel written by her first husband and begins to see the similarities between it and their former relationship.
Courted is a 2015 French drama film directed by Christian Vincent. It was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival where Fabrice Luchini won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. At the 41st César Awards, Sidse Babett Knudsen won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom is a 2015 documentary film directed by Evgeny Afineevsky, written by Den Tolmor about the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine from 21 November 2013 to 23 February 2014.
Toydrum are an English musical duo formed in 2011 by former Unkle band members and record producers Pablo Clements and James Griffith. The pair work out of their Brighton-based studio, The Toyrooms, where they wrote and recorded their debut EP, Distant Focus Vol 1 (2014), and the subsequent Evangelist (2015) with Gavin Clark.
The Event is a 2015 Russian-language Belgian-Dutch documentary film about the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt produced, written and directed by Sergei Loznitsa. It was screened out of competition at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival.
Light Years is a 2015 British indie drama film written and directed by Esther May Campbell. It premiered in the International Critics’ Week section at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival.
The Woman Who Left is a 2016 Philippine drama film written, produced, edited, and directed by Lav Diaz. Filmed entirely in black-and-white, it was selected to compete in the main competition section at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival where it won the Golden Lion. Although it has received a very limited release, the film has received nearly universal acclaim from critics.
Big Big World is a 2016 Turkish drama film directed by Reha Erdem. It was screened in the Horizions section at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.
Worldly Girl is a 2016 Italian drama film co-written and directed by Marco Danieli, at his feature film debut.
King of the Belgians is a 2016 mockumentary comedy film produced, written and directed by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth. It premiered in the Horizons section at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival. It received five nominations at the 8th Magritte Awards, including Best Flemish Film. Its sequel, The Barefoot Emperor, premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
Libera Nos is a 2016 Italian-French documentary film written and directed by Federica Di Giacomo. It won the Horizons competition at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival. It depicts exorcisms of Sicilian Franciscan Father Cataldo Migliazzo.
David Lynch: The Art Life is a 2016 documentary film directed by Jon Nguyen. The film follows director David Lynch's upbringing in Montana, Washington State, and Idaho, his initial move to Philadelphia to pursue a career as a painter, to the beginning of the production of Eraserhead.
