Venice Film Festival

Also known as Venice International Film Festival

annual film festival held in Venice, Italy

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The Venice Film Festival is an annual movie festival held in Venice, Italy, where new films are screened and compete for awards. It is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious film festivals, attracting filmmakers, critics, and cinema enthusiasts from around the globe.

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Official name: Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia
Official website: www.labiennale.org/en/cinema
Image: Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica (Venezia) (4979198162).jpg

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inception: 1932-01-01
Commons category: Venice Film Festival
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The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (Italian: Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the "Big Five" International film festivals worldwide, which include the Big Three European Film Festivals (Venice, Cannes, Berlin), alongside the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada and the Sundance Film Festival in the United States. In 1951, FIAPF formally accredited the festival.

Founded by Giuseppe Volpi, member of the National Fascist Party and grandfather of producer Marina Cicogna, in Venice in August 1932, the festival is part of the Venice Biennale, one of the world's oldest exhibitions of art, created by the Venice City Council on 19 April 1893. The range of work at the Venice Biennale now covers Italian and international art, architecture, dance, music, theatre, and cinema. These works are experienced at separate exhibitions: the International Art Exhibition, the International Festival of Contemporary Music, the International Theatre Festival, the International Architecture Exhibition, the International Festival of Contemporary Dance, the International Kids' Carnival, and the annual Venice Film Festival, which is arguably the best-known of all the events.