Veteran Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke held a masterclass at the Venice Film Festival, covering a wide swathe of topics, from embracing artif...

If you can’t be in Venice this year, Variety is bringing Venice to you. We’re publishing daily digital editions, running Aug. 29 – Sept. 2,...

Guillermo del Toro‘s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein launches at the Venice Film Festival today and the filmmaker, cast and backer...

With his fourth film, Cornish director Mark Jenkin fuses his previous two outings into a hypnotic study of mental disintegration that, thoug...

Though singer-songwriter and countercultural icon Marianne Faithfull died earlier this year, at the age of 78, this witty, provocative, and...

“By the way, when you edit this, I don’t need to be saying ‘distinctive’ 500 times.” Jeb Brody is describing the ethos behind the upcoming f...

When she approached Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera 13 years ago with a proposal for a market event devoted to films...

Writer and director Amir Azizi’s new film, led by Amirhossein Hosseini, world premieres in Venice’s Giornate Degli Autori, or Venice Days.

With his unique brand of elusive, analog filmmaking, Cornish writer-director Mark Jenkin has cultivated a devoted band of followers, none mo...

Switzerland-based distributor First Hand Films has taken world sales on “Elvira Notari: Beyond Silence,” which reconstructs the overlooked s...

The Danish writer-director reunites with his 'Riders of Justice' star in a crazy dramedy that unites the Beatles, Vikings and identity polit...

Israeli actress Gal Gadot was forced to miss the Venice Film Festival, despite starring in the film "Dante's Hands," due to pressure from Ga...

Taiwan is making waves at the 82nd Venice Film Festival with its most significant presence to date, headlined by Shu Qi’s directorial debut,...

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi are expected at the Venice Film Festival Saturday for the world premiere of Guillermo del...

The Swiss director is premiering his latest feature in the Giornate Degli Autori selection at Venice, tied to the lives of nine Palestinian...