August 27 - September 6, 2008 The 65th Venice International Film Festival, organised by the Venice Biennale, will take place on the Venice Lido from 27th August to 6th September 2008. The aim of the Festival is to encourage the awareness and the promotion of all the various aspects of international cinema as art, entertainment and industry, in a spirit of freedom and tolerance. Marco Müller will be the director of the next edition, continuing the work he began in 2004.
64th Venice Film Festival
The names of the members of the Selection Committee and the Correspondents who will assist Director Marco Müller are now final. Along with Enrico Magrelli, the Director’s right hand for cultural programming, fifteen people will participate in the selection and search process for the 65th Venice Film Festival.
The 2008 Selection Committee will include: Violetta Bellocchio, Paolo Bertolin, Marie-Pierre Duhamel, Claudio Masenza and Alberto Pezzotta.
The Consultants/Correspondents around the world will be: Maria Barbieri and Maria Ruggieri (China), Luciano Barisone (South and Central America), Dora Bouchoucha (Africa and the Arab world), Cecilia Cossio (India), Fabio Fumagalli (Austria, Benelux, Portugal, Switzerland), Eleonora Granata Jenkinson (North America), Babak Karimi (Iran), Alëna Shumakova (Balkans, Eastern Europe and the territories of the former Soviet Union), and Mikiko Tomita (Japan).
Venice Biennale - Cinema Section The Director of the Cinema section, Marco Müller, continues the work he began in 2004, which has led to a Festival that is increasingly present on the international stage, responsive to emerging film industries and to new talents and at the same time can exploit a solid and constant relationship with the best film production of the world. The 65th International Venice Film Festival will be held from August 27th - September 6th, 2008. |
