Venice Film Festival Industry News & Blogs

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Damsels In Distress Trailer Showcases Its Charming Cast Including Greta Gerwig And Aubrey Plaza -
www.cinemablend.com | Feb 15, 2012
Set in a modern university seemingly overrun by boorish young men, Damsels in Distress centers on four nostalgic gal pals (Greta Gerwig, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, and Carrie MacLemore), who look to lessen the impact of the battle of the sexes through good hygiene, revised expectations,

David Cronenberg: analyse this | Film | The Guardian
www.guardian.co.uk | Feb 5, 2012
Exploding heads, Ballardian pile-ups – and a spot of spanking with Keira Knightley. Does David Cronenberg need therapy? No, he tells Steve Rose: he's just a regular guy

YouTube Plots 'Your Film Festival' for Users
www.backstage.com | Jan 19, 2012
YouTube is launching a film festival that will play out online and ultimately send 10 finalists to the Venice Film Festival.

YouTube partners for global short competition
www.variety.com | Jan 18, 2012
YouTube and the Emirates airline have partnered with the Venice Film Festival and Scott Free to launch Your Film Festival -- a global competition for filmmakers to submit 15-minute videos.. Technology News from the entertainment source: Variety. YouTube partners for global short competition.

Hong Kong Chooses Ann Hui's 'A Simple Life' for Oscar Foreign Language Submission - The Hollywood
www.hollywoodreporter.com | Sep 23, 2011
Director Ann Hui’s award-winning drama "A Simple Life" is selected to represent Hong Kong as the candidate for the 84th Academy Awards best foreign-language film, the Federation of Motion Film Producers announced on Thursday.

Faust Wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival Awards
worldfilm.about.com | Sep 11, 2011
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George Clooney film to open Venice Film Festival < PopMatters
www.popmatters.com | Aug 31, 2011
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Qube Cinema Serving the Venice Film Festival | The Briefing Room
blog.digitalcontentproducer.com | Aug 4, 2011
Four Years of Digital Cinema Support for La Biennale di Venezia Venice: August 4, 2011 ... Qube Cinema has again been selected as the digital cinema technology provider for ...

CBC News - Film - Hong Kong film awards unveil nominees
www.cbc.ca | Feb 8, 2011
Director Tsui Hark's new costume drama, former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh's latest kung fu thriller and Donnie Yen's second biopic of Bruce Lee's kung fu master were the top nominees in the Hong Kong Film Awards short list announced on Tuesday.

Israeli film 'Lebanon' wins highest honor at Venice Film Festival - Zap2it
www.zap2it.com | Sep 12, 2009
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Israeli film ' Lebanon,' about the 1982 conflict in that Middle East country, has won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.