2023
First ever work in competition by woman African-American
Oscar hopefuls and controversial directors
Stars to come
Line-Up
Challengers out of the Festival
Strike may impact the Festival
Damien Chazelle to chair the jury
Ferrari may compete
Challengers to open Festival on August 30
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2022
Dirty Difficult Dangerous
Golden Lion winner, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Blonde
Other People’s Children
The Son
Blonde star felt close to Marilyn Monroe
Don’t Worry Darling
Argentina 1985
Nezouh
Immensity
Master Gardener
Bones And All, all about cannibalism
Festival kicks in with White Noise
Protest for Jafar Panahi’s arrest
Walter Hill to be feted
Blonde in Venice
Blonde ‘will offend everybody’
Complete lineup
White Noise to open
Julianne Moore to head jury
Catherine Deneuve to be honoured
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2021
Once Upon A Time in Calcutta
A delightful Roberto Benigni creates magic at the opening
Festival charmers
Pedro Almodovar’s Parallel Mothers to kick off the Festival
India’s Once Upon A Time In Calcutta
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2020
Venice opens with a plea to save cinemas
Italian film to open the Festival, Indian work in Competition
Stringent safety protocol
Many obstacles to cross during Coronavirus pandemic
Organisers rule out possibility of virtual format
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2019
The Perfect Candidate
You Will Die at 20
Ad Astra
Marriage Story
Beyond prejudice
American Skin
Hava, Maryam, Ayesha
Scales: Powerful critique of male dominance
Shadow of Water/Chola, a predictable climax
Joker, the painted face that hides a bitter truth
Venice prizes
Roman Polanski in Venice
A Son
Nate Parker’s American Skin
Bombay Rose
Kore-eda’s The Truth puts director in uncertain world
Haifaa and The Perfect Candidate
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth
Golden Lion for Pedro Almodovar
Opens with The Truth amid controversies
Golden Lion for Julie Andrews
India showcase
Nate Parker’s American Skin and controversy
Sasidharan and Shadow of Water
The list
Bombay Rose, The Truth
The Truth and Bombay Rose
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2018
Roma
Soni
ISIS Tomorrow: The Lost Souls of Mosul
Steaming giants are running into a storm again
Screwdriver
Golden Lion for Roma
At Eternity’s Gate
The Wedding Singer’s Daughter
Charlie Says
A Star Is Born
First Man
Peterloo
Roma
First Man kick starts the Festival
Curbs on critics
Netflix livid
Lineup
Tumbbad to open Critics’ Week
First Man to open the Festival
Probable movies
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