By Matt Neglia 

The award winners have been announced for the 78th annual Venice Film Festival. Director Audrey Diwan's French abortion drama "L'événement" (translated to "Happening")won the festival's top price, giving it a huge boost in this year's race for Best International Feature Film.

​Click below to see the list of winners.

By Cody Dericks 
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In just a few days, I'll be flying through the skies on my way to the Venice Film Festival. It'll be my first time at the festival (and my first visit to Italy in general), and to say I'm excited would be an understatement. The collection of films that will be premiering there is varied and intriguing, with a mix of proven creatives and new blood getting a chance to show their work. The following films are the ones I'm currently planning to watch and review, but I may see even more based on word-of-mouth. Unfortunately, due to travel plans, I will be departing before the premieres of "Halloween Kills" and "The Last Duel." Still, the films listed below should provide more than enough cinematic greatness to make the trip well worth it.

By Bianca Garner 

​The world's oldest film festival is set to return one week from today, from September 1st-11th. One of the "Big Three" film festivals, alongside the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival is part of the Venice Biennale (a celebration of art set up by the Venice City Council way back in April 1893). While the festival did occur last year, with restrictions in place, this year, things are pretty much back to normal – Variety reporting that the festival's artistic director Alberto Barbera feels confident that "the situation will be much less complicated than Cannes." There are set to be free COVID tests on-site in different locations, but testing is not mandatory. This could be a sign that some normalcy is returning to the festival circuit. Bearing this in mind, it seems like a good time to revisit the past and explore the complex history of the Venice Film Festival. Beware, however, as the festival's early days aren't exactly pretty.  

By Matt Neglia 

After having last year's festival be a bit watered down by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Venice Film Festival has come roaring back this year with a mighty lineup of world premieres which promises for an exciting return to form for the festival. The full lineup for the 78th edition of the festival has been announced today and can be seen below.

By Matt Neglia 

The award winners have been announced for the 77th Venice Film Festival. Searchlight's "Nomadland" has won the top price while Vanessa Kirby won Best Actress for "Pieces Of A Woman" which was later picked up by Netflix for worldwide distribution in the same day.

​Click below to see the list of winners.

By Cody Dericks 

September is here, which means that the fall film festival season is suddenly upon us. Besides the opportunity to see much-anticipated movies from big-name directors, it also means that it’s the official start to the awards season. The fall festival lineups and awards are often seen as the first important precursor for films that can either be the exciting beginning or the unceremonious end to Oscar prospects. But due to unbelievably obvious reasons, the festivals are a little bit different this year. Many films have been pushed back or removed from festivals, and festivals themselves have a different structure entirely. This means that their position as early awards indicators are inevitably going to be looked at in a different light than previous years. To know what to expect, even in this unusual season, let’s take a look at these festivals’ previous track records for being an early predictor of eventual Oscar success.

By Matt Neglia 

The coronavirus pandemic may have cancelled Cannes and Telluride but Venice will still take place on September 2nd and run until the 12th where some major world premieres are set to take place (including yesterday's announced "Nomadland").

​The full lineup has been announced today and can be seen below.

By Matt Neglia 

​In a big move for the fall film festivals (which are working together this year more than ever), Searchlight Pictures Chairmen Nancy Utley and Steve Gilula made an announcement regarding Chloe Zhao's ("The Rider") Oscar-contender "Nomadland" starring Frances McDormand ("Three Billboards Outside Ebbing MIssouri") and David Strathairn ("Good Night, and Good Luck").

By Melody Lee ​​

​In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Telluride, Toronto, New York, and Venice Film Festivals announced today in a joint statement that they would be collaborating together this fall. This is unprecedented, as typically, the festivals take place all within the span of six weeks and compete in terms of which festivals get the best film slates.

By Matt Neglia 

The 76th Venice Film Festival has ended with its annual prizes handed out by the jury for the best of the festival. There were some very bizarre choices made this year which took the internet by storm, officially kicking off the 2019 awards season with quite a bang.

​Click below to see a partial list of the winners.

By Matt Neglia 

A few days after the Toronto International Film Festival announced their lineup for this year's festival, now we have received the same announcement from the Venice Film Festival. Both lineups mark the beginning of Phase 1 of the awards season, as we look ahead to the films which may or may not be in contention for the Oscars.

Click below to see the lineups for both festivals.

By Matt Neglia 

After yesterday's reactions for "The Favourite" and "Roma," the 2018 Venice Film Festival came back for a big third day with some greatly anticipated premieres including Bradley Cooper's take on "A Star Is Born," the lost Orson Welles film "The Other Side Of The Wind" and the Coen Brothers' Netflix western anthology titled "The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs."
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What were the reactions?

By Matt Neglia 

Nearly 50 years ago, Neil Armstrong landed on the moon and now Damien Chazelle's much anticipated follow up to his Oscar winning films "Whiplash" and "La La Land" has landed at the 2018 Venice Film Festival and the reactions are strong, signaling that this could be a major Oscar contender for the still unbelievably talented and young Oscar winning director.

By Matt Neglia 

​The official lineup for the 75th Venice Film Festival has been announced. There are a few world premieres and a few classics being restored as well. The competition jury will be led by last year's winner for the Golden Lion and eventually the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director, Guillermo del Toro ("The Shape Of Water").

Click below to see which films will be coming to the festival this year.