Giorgio Gosetti Dead: Venice Days Founder Was 70

Italian film critic and festival chief Giorgio Gosetti, who founded the Venice Film Festival’s independently-run Venice Days, has died. He was 70.

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Venice Days Top Prize Awarded to Amir Azizi’s ‘Inside Amir’

The jury lauds the film, about a young man in Tehran, Iran, on the verge of emigrating, as "a meditation on everyday life."

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Venice Days Prize Goes to Iranian Director Amir Azizi’s 'Inside Amir'

Venice Days handed out its biggest prize to Iranian director Amir Azizi’s love letter to Tehran, 'Inside Amir.'

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‘Narcos: Mexico’ Star Mayra Hermosillo on Her Feature Directorial Debut ‘Vanilla’ at the Venice Film Festival: ‘It Has Healed So Many Wounds in Me’
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Venice Days’ ‘Vanilla’ is Mayra Hermosillo’s Feature Directorial Debut

Growing up in a household of seven females and no males seemed the most normal thing in the world to ‘Vanilla’ director Mayra Hermosillo.

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Venice Hidden Gem: African Sci-Fi Mockumentary ‘Memory of Princess Mumbi’ Was Shaped by a Personal Loss

Damien Hauser explores finding meaning in a tragic world in his fourth feature, premiering at Venice Days, and used AI with an eye on its limitations: “I tried to make a film which AI couldn't do.”

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Venice: ‘Inside Amir’ Follows a Man in Tehran on the Verge of Emigrating (Exclusive Trailer)

Writer and director Amir Azizi’s new film, led by Amirhossein Hosseini, world premieres in Venice’s Giornate Degli Autori, or Venice Days.

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‘Memory of Princess Mumbi’ Explores Beauty in Small Moments, Loss, and AI (Exclusive Clips)

Swiss-Kenyan filmmaker Damien Hauser's African sci-fi Mockumentary, his fourth feature, world premieres in the Venice Days lineup before screening in Toronto's Centerpiece program.

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Macao Forges Ties With Venice Days to Promote New International Short Film Festival

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Macao Forges Ties With Venice Days to Promote New International Short Film Festival
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Macao Forges Ties With Venice Days to Promote New Festival

The government of Macao and Galaxy Entertainment Group have forged ties with Italy's Venice Days to promote a new festival for short films.

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