Published: 28/08/2019 By The Abode Team
The 76th Venice Film Festival sometimes called Venice International Film Festival starts today. It's the oldest film festival in the world and one of the three biggest film events of the year along with Cannes and the Berlin Film Festival.Founded in Venice, Italy, in August 1932, the festival is part of the Venice Biennale, an exhibition of Italian art founded by the Venice City Council on 19 April 1893. The range of work at the Venice Biennale now covers Italian and international art, architecture, dance, music, theatre, and cinema. These works are experienced at separate exhibitions: the International Art Exhibition, the International Festival of Contemporary Music, the International Theatre Festival, the International Architecture Exhibition, the International Festival of Contemporary Dance, the International Kids' Carnival, and the annual Venice Film Festival, which is arguably the best-known of all the events.
Screenings take place in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi. The festival continues to be one of the world's most popular and fastest-growing.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice_Film_Festival
To find out what's on, here's the link: https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2019
Wish we were going!