Venice Film Festival in September
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The 77th Venice International Film Festival, organised by La Biennale di Venezia and directed by Alberto Barbera, will be held in September this year. It will take place at Venice Lido from 2 – 12 September 2020. The Festival is officially recognised by the FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Association).
Venice Film Festival will go ahead in September – Veneto governor The Venice Film Festival will go ahead as scheduled at the beginning of September, Luca Zaia, the governor of the region around the Italian city said on Sunday as the spread of the new coronavirus in the country slows. Organized by the Biennale di Venezia company, Venice is the world’s longest running film festival. In January it announced that Cate Blanchett would preside over its 77th edition.
The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote 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.
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