NEWS DIRECTORS FILMS PROGRAM PRESENTATION REGULATIONS PARTNERS CONTACTS CURRENT EDITION select news "THE LAST DAYS OF EMMA BLANK" WINS VENICE EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL ERIK GANDINI’S “VIDEOCRACY” STIRRING UP HEALTHY CONTROVERSY HARJO’S “BARKING WATER” A POETIC ROAD MOVIE ABOUT COMING HOME HORMANN’S “DESERT FLOWER” BLOOMS ON LIDO VAN WARMERDAM’S BLACK COMEDY “EMMA BLANK” ADAPTATION OF HIS PLAY CAETANO’S “FRANCIA” A MOVING CHILDREN’S FILM WITH ADULT SENSIBILITY THE VISITOR BY JUKKA-PEKKA VALKEAPÄÄ TRIUMPHS AT THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF GÖTEBORG ALLOUACHE BACK IN VENICE WITH FILM ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS I LOVE, THEREFORE I AM: STEFANO CONSIGLIO RECOUNTS THE SIMPLICITY OF EMOTIONS RELEASE - ARGENTINA, COLOMBIA, SWEDEN… AND ITALY ROUND OUT THE PROGRAM NEW DELEGATE GENERAL AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPOINTED PRESS RELEASE - 2009 PROGRAM MONZON’S “CELL 211” TAKES GENRE FILM TO COMPELLING HEIGHTS GANSLANDT RETURNS TO LIDO WITH “THE APE” SUB-TI COMPETITION WINNERS AT THE VENICE DAYS NAVAS DEBUTS “BLOOD AND RAIN” IN SUNNY VENICE THE PROJECT “100+1” MOVES FORWARD FATHER AND SON MILLER TEAM MAKE COMPELLING FAMILY DRAMA LIFE TREMBLES IN PAOLA SANGIOVANNI’S STIRRING DOCUMENTARY CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION DAY FEHNER’S MAKES “SILENT VOICES” HEARD SPADA RETURNS WITH DOC ON POET ANTONIA POZZI NOT JUST FESTIVALS, NOT JUST AWARDS PASKALJEVIC RETURNS WITH NOT-SO-ROMANTIC “HONEYMOONS” SÁNCHEZ-ARÉVALO BACK ON LIDO WITH TOUCHING “FULL-SIZE” COMEDY 2009/2010 SEASON: VENICE DAYS FILMS IN CINEMAS SCOUTING FOR TALENT ON THE CROISETTE TEHRAN MON AMOUR DOCUMENTARY CAPTURES VITTORIO DE SICA’S INDOMITABLE SPIRIT A “HORDE” OF ZOMBIES CREATE BUZZ ON LIDO JALONGO’S DOCUMENTARY FURTHERS POLEMICS AGAINST ITALIAN MEDIA TEHRAN MON AMOUR 10/09/2009 Five Iranian films – four shorts and one medium-length film – will screen tonight at the Filmmakers Villa, giving audiences a chance to reflect upon recent events in Tehran. Below is an introduction to the section by selector Ca ... A “HORDE” OF ZOMBIES CREATE BUZZ ON LIDO 09/09/2009 The world premiere of the first French horror film, La Horde, was, in the best tradition of the genre, received with cheers and applause, both during and after its world premiere in Venice Days. In the story, ... FEHNER’S MAKES “SILENT VOICES” HEARD 09/09/2009 Léa Fehner’s ensemble drama Silent Voices visibly moved audiences at its official screening in Venice Days. The story follows three people whose destinies intertwine in the visiting room of prison. Zorah (Farida ... ALLOUACHE BACK IN VENICE WITH FILM ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS 08/09/2009 Award-winning, veteran filmmaker Merzak Allouache returns to the Lido, in the Venice Days sidebar, with French/Algerian co-production Harragas. The film is a realistic portrayal of brûleurs – literally, those Alger ... JALONGO’S DOCUMENTARY FURTHERS POLEMICS AGAINST ITALIAN MEDIA 07/09/2009 Whatever happened to Italian cinema is the subject of Venice Days documentary What Do You Know About Me, by Valerio Jalongo, whose post-screening Q&A was packed. Jalongo looks at the industry’s trajectory from post-WWII th ...