https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A timely film about illegal abortions in 1960s France won the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion on Saturday, capping a festival featuring numerous female-focused themes. https://www.thelocal.it/20210912/french-abortion-film-wins-female-focused-venice-film-festival Sun, 12 Sep 2021 11:16:10 +0200 french-abortion-film-wins-female-focused-venice-film-festival Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron won the Golden Lion top prize at the Venice film festival Saturday for "Roma", which critics called not merely a movie but "a vision". https://www.thelocal.it/20180909/cuarons-mexican-masterpiece-wins-venice-film-festival Sun, 09 Sep 2018 05:07:17 +0200 cuarons-mexican-masterpiece-wins-venice-film-festival A film that follows two friends through four nightmarish years of the Syrian civil war has lifted some of the top prizes at the Venice film festival, which ends Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180908/syrian-war-documentary-wins-top-venice-prizes Sat, 08 Sep 2018 17:40:44 +0200 syrian-war-documentary-wins-top-venice-prizes Director Guillermo del Toro, whose latest film The Shape of Water is tipped to win big at the Oscars, will chair the Venice Film Festival jury, organizers announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180212/guillermo-del-toro-venice-film-festival Mon, 12 Feb 2018 18:56:55 +0100 guillermo-del-toro-venice-film-festival The oldest film festival in the world is going big on nail-biters this year with thrillers dominating the race for Venice's coveted Golden Lion award, organisers said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170728/thrillers-to-terrorise-venice-in-golden-lion-bid Fri, 28 Jul 2017 10:54:51 +0200 thrillers-to-terrorise-venice-in-golden-lion-bid The Venice film festival kicks off on Wednesday with the arrival of stars by water taxi, while the next generation of cinema talent for the first time takes part in a gap-financing initiative. https://www.thelocal.it/20140827/new-talent-gets-fresh-finance-at-venice-film-festival Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:10:00 +0200 new-talent-gets-fresh-finance-at-venice-film-festival Hollywood's prima-donna stars have been revamping Italian food culture by ordering spaghetti for breakfast at Venice film festival, one chef has revealed. Meanwhile, others have been delighting fans with fancy dress, karaoke parties and even an engagement. https://www.thelocal.it/20130906/film-stars-stun-venice-with-spaghetti-breakfasts Fri, 06 Sep 2013 11:19:00 +0200 film-stars-stun-venice-with-spaghetti-breakfasts Seven bare-breasted women from Ukraine's Femen group took to the red carpet at the Venice film festival on Wednesday to spread the message that "Ukraine is not a brothel". https://www.thelocal.it/20130905/topless-activists-steal-the-show-in-venice Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:51:00 +0200 topless-activists-steal-the-show-in-venice A besotted Mickey Mouse brought light relief to a crisis-themed Venice film festival Tuesday as a gondolier who is rowing up the Grand Canal in the floating city when he is smitten by young signorina Minnie. https://www.thelocal.it/20130903/o-sole-minnie-captures-romance-of-venice Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:21:00 +0200 o-sole-minnie-captures-romance-of-venice Hollywood honchos and aspiring stars will be boating into Venice for a dark, crisis-themed film festival from Wednesday, with British and American films dominating the race for the coveted Golden Lion award. https://www.thelocal.it/20130823/film-stars-vie-for-top-spot-at-venice-festival Fri, 23 Aug 2013 11:51:08 +0200 film-stars-vie-for-top-spot-at-venice-festival Tales of crises, terror and abuse will reign at the Venice film festival this year, with the lack of Hollywood stars made up for by the screening of a series of intriguing wild cards. https://www.thelocal.it/20130726/venice-film-festival-struck-by-austerity Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:59:00 +0200 venice-film-festival-struck-by-austerity