The 74th Venice International Film Festival is organised by La Biennale di Venezia, and took place at Venice Lido from August 30th to September 9th, 2017. The Festival is officially recognised by the FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Association).
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.
Guillermo del Toro (Golden Lion for Best Film)
Samuel Maoz (Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize)
Xavier Legrand (Silver Lion - Award for Best Director)
Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz (Loving Pablo)
Sam Neill (Sweet Country)
Manetti Bros. (Ammore e malavita)
Jim Carrey (Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond)
Michael Caine (My Generation)
Martin McDonagh, Sam Rockwell, Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson
(Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Kirsten Dunst (Woodshock)
Micaela Ramazzotti and Patrick Bruel
(Una famiglia)
Stephen Frears: Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker award
Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland, Paolo Virzì
(The Leisure Seeker)
Robert Redford & Jane Fonda: Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement
George Clooney (Suburbicon)
Matt Damon (Downsizing / Suburbicon)
Amanda Seyfried, Paul Schrader, Ethan Hawke (First Reformed)
Venice Virtual Reality
The second edition focuses in particular on the presentation and exchange of original projects for films and works in progress.
The 3-day Venice Gap-Financing Market event will present 47 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding.
A concrete assistance in the completion of films from all African countries and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria,
18 feature films from the Official Selection available in streaming mode
