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 SÁNCHEZ-ARÉVALO BACK ON LIDO WITH TOUCHING “FULL-SIZE” COMEDY 07/09/2009 Three years after Daniel Sánchez-Arévalo launched his feature debut DarkBlueAlmostBlack in Venice Days, he returns to the section with Gordos. The smart, witty ensemble comedy received a lengthy standing ovation at ... HORMANN’S “DESERT FLOWER” BLOOMS ON LIDO 06/09/2009 A long standing ovation and tears followed the official screening of Sherry Hormann’s Desert Flower, a crowd-pleaser with a very important and timely message. The film tells the incredible life story of Waris Dirie ... PASKALJEVIC RETURNS WITH NOT-SO-ROMANTIC “HONEYMOONS” 05/09/2009 Serbian director Goran Paskaljevic returns to Venice after his highly acclaimed The Powder Keg, which screened in the festival in 1998. This time, with the first-ever Albanian-Serbian co-production Honeymoons, selected in ... MONZON’S “CELL 211” TAKES GENRE FILM TO COMPELLING HEIGHTS 04/09/2009 A standing ovation followed the Venice Days screening of Cell 211 by Spanish director Daniel Monzon. The prison drama was presented by the director and a large part of its powerful cast: Luis Tosar, newcomer Al ... ERIK GANDINI’S “VIDEOCRACY” STIRRING UP HEALTHY CONTROVERSY 04/09/2009 Italian-born Swedish transplant Erik Gandini has made a splash on the Lido with his investigative documentary Videocracy, on the media empire that Italian president Silvio Berlusconi created, which in turn fed the Berlusconi p ...