05/08/2006
Venice events: 63rd Venice International Film Festival
Venice international Film Festival
One of the main attractions of the Venetian summer, the festival has been a great success right from its inception, back in August 1932. The 63rd edtion of this most veteran of film festivals is helmed by Italian producer Marco Müller and organized, as it has always been. by the Venice Biennale organiziation; it follows its traditional format with two main sections - Venezia 63 (films in competitions) and Fuori Concorso (out of competition) - Screening the most important films of the year. The closing ceremony, where the cveted Golden Lion (and other awards) are to be handed out, in scheduled for Saturday, September 9, in the historical Great Hall of Palazzo del Cinema, on Lido (Venice). The president of the international jury is glamour incarnate Catherine Deneuve.
At Palazzo del Cinema in lido Venice's island, from the 30th of August till the 9th of September, The main Italian film festival event. The Venice Film Festival is presented by the Venice Biennale.