Deadline: Festival Diaries

View on web

New reader? Subscribe

August 28, 2025

From Netflix To A24 & Actor Buzz: Five Burning Questions As Awards Season Goes Up A Gear At The Venice Film Festival

By Andreas Wiseman

Venice Kicks Off With Paolo Sorrentino's 'La Grazia' & Francis Coppola Presenting Werner Herzog With Lifetime Achievement Award

Venice Kicks-Off With Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia' & Francis Ford Coppola-Introduced Werner Herzog Lifetime Achievement A …

By Melanie Goodfellow and Nada Aboul Kheir

Venice: Gaza March Organizers Reveal Details Of Saturday's Demonstration, "Hundreds" Expected To Participate

Ahead of the Venice Film Festival opening, organizers of a march denouncing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Ba …

By Nancy Tartaglione

Paolo Sorrentino Toasts Late 'La Grazia' & 'The Great Beauty' Collaborator Claudio Vecchio At Venice Presser: "He Was One Of The Best Italian Actors" 

Venice runs until September 6.

By Zac Ntim

Alexander Payne "Unprepared" To Answer Question On Gaza As Political Issues Dominate Venice Opening Press Conference

Venice jury president Alexander Payne, asked about his views on Gaza at the festival's opening press conference, said he was “unprepar …

By Nancy Tartaglione

Paolo Sorrentino's 'La Grazia' Graced With 6 1/2-Minute Ovation On Venice Film Festival Opening Night

Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino returned to the Venice Film Festival, opening the 82nd edition with his latest feature La Grazia.

By Nada Aboul Kheir and Nancy Tartaglione

'La Grazia' Review: Paolo Sorrentino Wistfully Returns To Italian Politics As Toni Servillo's Fictional President Faces A Moral Dilemma - Venice Film Festival

A review of Paolo Sorrentino's La Grazia, the opening-night film of the Venice Film Festival, about the last months of a fictional presidenc …

By Pete Hammond

'Memory' Review: Crimean-Born Director Vladlena Sandu Mourns Innocence Lost In A Harrowing War-Time Memoir - Venice Film Festival

‘Memory’ review: Crimean-born director Vladlena Sandu mourns innocence lost in a harrowing war-time memoir – Venice Film F …

By Damon Wise

Paolo Sorrentino's 'La Grazia' Launches In Venice: What The Critics Are Saying

Toni Servillo stars as an Italian president conflicted about whether he should sign into law a bill that would allow euthanasia in the count …

By Nancy Tartaglione and Andreas Wiseman

'Duse' Clip: Watch Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Bring Stage Legend Eleonora Duse To Life In Venice Golden Lion Contender

‘Duse’ Clip: Watch Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Bring Stage Legend Eleonora Duse To Life In Venice Golden Lion Contender

By Melanie Goodfellow