The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the “Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica”, the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido, Venice. Screenings take place in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi and in other venues nearby.
The 75th edition, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, will run at Venice Lido from August 29th to September 8th, 2018, directed by Alberto Barbera.
The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote the various aspects of international cinema in all its forms: as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and dialogue. The Festival also organises retrospectives and tributes to major figures as a contribution towards a better understanding of the history of cinema.
For further information: http://www.labiennale.org/it/cinema/2018
Mon - Fri 9/13 - 14/18
Saturday & Sunday - By appointment