Festival Data:

• Established: 1932
• Genre: General
• Attendance: 50000
• Media Attendance: 3500
• Accredited Industry Attendance: 6000
• Total Number of Films Submitted: 3859
• Total Number of Films Screened: 170
• Total Screenings: 275
• Total National and International Premieres: 75
• # of Shorts Screened: 34
• # of Features Screened: 75
• Accreditations: AMPAS, BAFTA, FIAPF, FIPRESCI

• Competitive
• Has Panels

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Festival Description:

The 67th Venice International Film Festival, directed by Marco Müller and organized by the Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, will be held on the Venice Lido from 1st to 11th September 2010. The world's oldest film festival, Venice has promoted international cinema as art, entertainment and industry since it began in 1932. The festival's highest award, the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, will be awarded to Asian and Hollywood director and producer, John Woo.

The Festival will include the following programs:

3. OFFICIAL SELECTION

3.1 Venezia 66

An international competition comprising a maximum of 20 feature films, presented as world premieres.

3.2 Out of Competition

Some of the most important works of the year, and in particular those by directors already established in past editions of the Festival, will be presented in the non-competing section. A maximum of six Out of Competition films will be screened at around midnight, whose characteristics are particularly suitable for showing at this time of night. Only feature films presented as world premieres will be admitted. Only in exceptional circumstances will derogations from this rule be allowed for films which have not yet been given public screenings outside their country of origin.

3.3 Orizzonti

A section aiming to provide an overview of the new trends in cinema. A maximum of 18 feature films will be presented. This section will also include a maximum of 7 documentary feature films. Only feature films presented as world premieres will be admitted. Only in exceptional circumstances will derogations from this rule be allowed for films which have not yet been given public screenings outside their country of origin. In 2010 the Orizzonti section, created in 2004 and dedicated to new trends in world cinema, is taking a major new step, strengthening and opening itself to all “extra-format” works (including short films), with a broader and more dynamic overview of the new forms adopted by the expressive languages used in cinema. Orizzonti will occupy a new space, also becoming a “laboratory” for different artistic languages.

3.4 Controcampo Italiano

A section aiming to take stock of the latest trends in Italian cinema, comprising a maximum of 7 programmes. Only works presented as a world premiere will be admitted.

3.5 Corto Cortissimo

An international competition for short films, screened here as a world premiere or at least never publicly screened outside their country of origin. The duration of the shorts must not exceed 30 minutes. Only fiction and animation films will be admitted.

5. INDEPENDENT AND PARALLEL SECTIONS

5.1 Settimana Internazionale della Critica (SIC- International Critics’ Week)

A series of 7 or 8 films – debut works – independently organized by a commission nominated by the National Syndicate of Italian Film Critics (SNCCI) in accordance with its own regulations.

5.2 Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days)

A series of 10-12 films independently organized by a commission nominated by the Italian Association of Film-makers (ANAC - Associazione Nazionale Autori Cinematografici) and by the Association of Independent Directors and Producers (API - Associazione Autori e Produttori Indipendenti) in accordance with their own regulations.

As well as all the sections mentioned above, the Festival will include retrospectives and homages to major figures as a contribution towards raising awareness of the history of cinema. The "Industry Office" is set up during the Festival which places screening rooms at the disposal of producers and international sales companies.

Film Submissions:

• Call for Entry: http:/ / www.labiennale.org/ en/ cinema/ festival/ regulations/