The Venice International Film Festival, founded in 1932, is the world’s oldest film festival. Held annually on the Lido, it showcases work from both established and emerging filmmakers and is renowned for premiering major international productions. Irish films screened there include The Butcher Boy (1997), Michael Collins (1996), which won the Golden Lion, The Lobster (2015), winner of the Jury Prize, The Wonder (2022) and That They May Face the Rising Sun (2023).
In this special Film Ireland Podcast with Cork International Film Festival, we chat with Festival Director Aurélie Godet and filmmakers Brendan Canty (Gealtra) and David Kittredge (Boorman and the Devil).
In this review, Shane McKevitt is possessed to write about filmmaking documentary Boorman and the Devil.
On the ground in Venice, Shane McKevitt takes the measure of 'After the Hunt'.
On the ground in Venice, Shane McKevitt sets the scene in his review of 'Jay Kelly'.
Reporting on the ground in Venice, Shane McKevitt electrifies in his review of 'Frankenstein'.
Venice Correspondent Shane McKevitt makes a beeline for Bugonia.