The 79th Venice Film Festival, the oldest film festival, opened last night with Catherine Deneuve as guest of honor and 23 films in competition.
This 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival takes place from August 31 to September 10, and will bring together icons and young shoots of the seventh art. 23 films are competing for the Golden Lion, which will be awarded on September 10, during the festival that assumes its status as a launch pad for the race to the Oscars.
Twenty years after winning the acting award for “Far from Heaven”, Julianne Moore, who walked the carpet in a sumptuous black transparent dress, was chosen to chair the jury, which includes Audrey Diwan, the French director who won the Golden Lion last year.
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