A week away from the unveiling of the official selection by Alberto Barbera, we provide an overview of the main French ...

"The Room Next Door" won the Golden Lion best picture prize at Venice Film Festival, while Nicole Kidman earned best actress for "Babygirl." ...

UPDATE: The Venice Film Festival has now handed out its awards, and for the second time ever crowned a documentary as the Golden Lion, while also spreading the love around. Oscar winner Laura ...

In a rare triumph for nonfiction cinema at a major film festival, American docmaker Laura Poitras has taken the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival for “All the Beauty and the ...

More recently, Venice has become more relevant than ever. In the past five years, the films that have won Venice’s top award, The Golden Lion, have proved to a reliable bell weather for the ...

Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton in "The Room Next Door" (El Deseo) Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” won the Golden Lion at the 81st Venice Film Festival. The Spanish auteur’s first ...

Kim Novak, the star of movie classics such as Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo," is scheduled to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Venice film festival.

Australian director Peter Weir, best known for films like "Dead Poets Society" and "The Truman Show" is set to receive recognition for his career at the Venice Film Festival.

Restored movies by Pedro Almodóvar, Stanley Kubrick, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Manoel de Oliveira, Krzysztof Kieślowski and Tsai ...

The top prize at Venice is a Golden Lion (in honor of the iconic lion that is the symbol of the city) and it's one of the top prizes in cinema along with the Palme d'Or.

Pedro Almodóvar's "The Room Next Door" won the Golden Lion at the 81st Venice Film Festival. The Spanish auteur's first feature in English took the top prize at the awards ceremony on Saturday ...

In the past five years, the films that have won Venice’s top award, The Golden Lion, have proved to a reliable bell weather for the Academy Awards, which take place nearly half a year later.