Venice Chief Alberto Barbera On This Year's Oscar Hopefuls, A Movie Dispute & Why Films Are Too Long These Days.

After losing Oscar ground to Cannes, Venice roars back with a star-packed, politically-charged selection led by Netflix, ...

The Venice Film Festival is expertly poised for film awards season, as Variety's Elsa Keslassy and Nick Vivarelli explain on ...

Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera, on Tuesday unveiled one of the richest Venice Film Festival lineups in recent ...

The acclaimed artist and filmmaker will screen his new feature, 'In the Hand of Dante' out of competition in Venice.

EXCLUSIVE: As Venice ticks past its halfway point we sat down with festival head Alberto Barbera to reflect on what has been a buzzy, starry festival so far, as well as on some of the tensions ...

Barbera’s mandate at Venice has been extended through 2026 by new Biennale president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, a right-wing journalist and author appointed by Italy’s ruling coalition.

The Venice Film Festival’s board of directors on Friday approved the appointment of Alberto Barbera as artistic director for the years 2025 and 2026, extending his tenure with the organization ...

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Venice chief Alberto Barbera on the dip in women directors, trying to secure 'Nightmare Alley' and Hollywood being back in full force.

Venice Film Festival Artistic Director Alberto Barbera is in an enviable position. The lineup he unveiled today includes a host of titles that will likely figure in the awards-season conversation ...