by As the sun sets over Venice’s magical canals in September, the city transforms into a spectacular stage for the Venice Film Festival, where cinematic excellence meets high fashion. Since its inception, this festival has attracted A-list stars of Hollywood and international filmmaking, all eager to showcase their latest films and sartorial glamour.
The Venice Film Festival, officially known as the Venice International Film Festival, is the oldest film festival in the world, founded in 1932. It takes place as part of the Venice Biennale, which encompasses various art forms. The festival is known for its major awards, including the prestigious Golden Lion, and serves as an important platform for filmmakers to showcase their work and gain international recognition.
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Ahead of the 2024 Venice Film Festival, which runs from Wednesday to September 7, WWD takes a look at the best-dressed red carpet stars in the event’s history.
Zendaya
For the 2021 premiere of “Dune,” Zendaya wore a custom, form-fitting Balmain gown with a thigh-high slit.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Paltrow attended the premiere of “Contagion” in 2011 wearing a pink Prada dress with an oversized bow at the back of the neckline.
Cate Blanchett
Blanchett wore a long black and gold one-sleeve dress from Armani Privé’s fall 2018 collection at the “Suspiria” screening in 2018.
Timothée Chalamet
Chalamet went bold in a custom blood-red Haider Ackermann ensemble for the 2022 “Bones and All” premiere.
Jennifer Lopez
Lopez, along with her ex-husband Ben Affleck, showed up at the premiere of “The Last Duel” in 2021, wearing a Georges Hobeika couture dress from the brand’s fall 2021 collection.
The Venice Film Festival is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy that previews new films from around the world. In 2024, the festival will open with “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” by Tim Burton and there will be a jury led by the actress Isabelle Huppert. The festival aims to promote filmmaking of all kinds and foster dialogue among filmmakers and audiences, making it a key event in the world film calendar.
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Here is the program for the 81st Venice Film Festival:
Competition Venezia 81
The Room Next Door, director: Pedro Almodovar
Campo di Battaglia, director: Gianni Amelio
Leurs Enfants Après Eux, directors: Ludovic Bouherma, Zoran Bouherma
The Brutalist, director: Brady Corbet
The Quiet Son, dirs: Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
Vermiglio, director: Maura Delpero
Sicilian letters, directors: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza
Queer, director: Luca Guadagnino
Love, director: Dag Johan Haugerud
April, dir: Dea Kulumbegashvili
The Order, director: Justin Kurzel
Maria, director: Pablo Larrain
Trois Amies, director: Emmanuel Mouret
Kill the Jockey, director: Luis Ortega
Joker: Folie à Deux, director: Todd Phillips
Child, director: Halina Reijn
I’m still here, director: Walter Salles
Diva Futura, director: Giulia Louise Steigerwalt
Harvest, director: Athina Rachel Tsangari
Youth – Homecoming, director: Wang Bing
Stranger Eyes, director: Yeo Siew Hua
Out of Competition
Fiction
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, director: Tim Burton (First film)
L’Orto Americano, director: Pupi Avati (Final film)
Il Tempo che ci Vuole, director: Francesca Comencini
Phantosmia, director: Lav Diaz
Maldoror, director: Fabrice du Welz
Rage broken, Takeshi Kitano
Baby Invasion, director: Harmony Korine
Cloud, director: Kurosawa Kiyoshi
Finally, dir: Claude Lelouch
Wolfs, director: Jon Watts
See Posso Permetermi Capitolo II, director: Marco Bellocchio (short)
Allégorie Citadine, director: Alice Rohrwacher, JR (short)
Non-fiction
Why War, director: Amos Gitai
2073, director: Asif Kapadia
Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari, directors: Massimo D’Anolfi, Martina Perenti
Apocalypse in the Tropics, dir: Petra Costa
Person to Person: John & Yoko, director: Kevin Macdonald, Sam Rice-Edwards
Separated, director: Errol Morris
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989, director: Goran Hugo Olsson
Russians at War, by: Anastasia Trofimova
TWST/Things We Said Today, dir: Andrei Ujica
Songs on the Slow Burning World, dir: Olha Zhurba
Riefenstahl, director: Andres Veiel
Special Exhibitions
Leopard. Il Poeta Dell’Infinito, director: Sergio Rubini
Master and Commander: West of the World, dir: Peter Weir
Beauty Is not a Sin, dir: Nicolas Winding Refn
Series
Disclaimer, director: Alfonso Cuaron
The New Year, dirs: Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo, Sandra Romero
Families Like Ours, director: Thomas Vinterberg
M – Il Figlio del Secolo, director: Joe Wright
Horizons Extra
September 5, director: Tim Fehlbaum
Vittoria, director: Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman
By Mohican, director: Frederic Farrucci
Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo, director: Khaled Mansour
La Storia del Frank and della Nina, director: Paola Randi
The Witness, director: Nader Saeivar
After Party, director: Vojtech Strakaty
King of Ivory, director: John Swab
Edge of the Night, director: Turker Suer
Visions
Nonostante, director: Valerio Mastandrea
A Quiet Life, director: Alexandros Avranas
Mon Inséparable, director: Anne-Sophie Bailly
Aïcha, dir: Mehdi Barsaoui
Happy Holidays, dir: Scandar Copti
Familia, director: Francesco Costabile
One of Those Days When Hemme Dies, by: Murat Firatoglu
Familiar Touch, director: Sarah Friedland
Marco, director: Jon Garano, Aitor Arregi
Carissa, director: Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar
Wishing on a Star, dir: Peter Kerekes
Mistress Dispeller, director: Elizabeth Lo
The New Year Never Came, dir: Bogdan Muresanu
Pooja, Sir, director: Deepak Rauniyar
Dogs and Men, director: Dani Rosenberg
Pathways, director: Alex Ross Perry
Happyend, dir: Neo Sora
L’Attachment, director: Carine Tardieu
Diciannove, director: Giovanni Tortorici
Classic of Venice
Documentary films about films
Miyazaki, L’Esprit de la Nature
I will take revenge on this Earth by S Paradjanov’s Love
Le Cinéma de Jean-Pierre Léaud
From Darkness to Light
Carlo Mazzacurati – Una Certa Idea di Cinema
Chain Reactions
Maroun returns to Beirut
Volonté – L’Uomo dai Mille Volti
Portabella Constellation
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