73rd Venice International Film Festival

By Alessandra Stefani

12 August 2016

The 73rd Venice International Film Festival, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, will run at the Venice Lido from August 31st to September 10th, 2016.

The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote the various aspects of international cinema in all its forms: as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and dialogue. The Festival also organizes retrospectives and tributes to major figures as a contribution towards a better understanding of the history of cinema.

Article and image from www.labiennale.org

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