83rd Venice Film Festival Announces 19 Restored Classics in Venezia Classici Section
The Venezia Classici lineup for the 83rd Venice International Film Festival has been revealed, showcasing 19 restorations making their world premiere. The festival will kick off with Tinto Brass's "Col cuore in gola," which has been restored by the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Among the Italian restorations are "Lo zio di Brooklyn," "Brutti, sporchi e cattivi," "Viaggio in Italia," and "La lunga notte del '43." Notable international titles include "To Be or Not to Be," "The Wild Angels," "Minnie and Moskowitz," "Ashes and Diamonds," "Cul-de-sac," "Yesterday Girl," "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders," "La ilusión viaja en tranvía," "Los de la mesa 10," "The Catch," "English, August," "Police Story," "The Story of Woo Viet," and "The Blue Eyes of Yonta." This section is curated by Alberto Barbera, with Daniele Vicari leading the student jury for the Venezia Classici Prize.
Key facts
- 19 restored films will premiere at the 83rd Venice Film Festival's Venezia Classici section.
- The section opens with Tinto Brass's 'Col cuore in gola' (1967), restored by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.
- Daniele Vicari chairs the student jury awarding the Venezia Classici Prize.
- The jury includes 24 students from Italian universities, DAMS, and Ca' Foscari.
- Alberto Barbera curates the section with Federico Gironi; it has run since 2012.
- Restorations come from archives like Cineteca di Bologna, Cinecittà, and international partners.
- Films span from Buñuel (1954) to Ning Ying (1995) and represent multiple countries.
- Alexander Kluge, who died recently, won his first Silver Lion at Venice in 1966 with 'Yesterday Girl'.
Entities
Artists
- Alberto Barbera
- Alexander Kluge
- Andrzej Wajda
- Ann Hui
- Aurelio De Laurentiis
- Daniele Vicari
- Dev Benegal
- Ettore Scola
- Federico Gironi
- Flora Gomes
- Florestano Vancini
- Franco Maresco
- Guido Crepax
- Jaromil Jireš
- John Cassavetes
- Leonardo Sciascia
- Luis Buñuel
- Martin Scorsese
- Ning Ying
- Roberto Rossellini
- Roger Corman
- Roman Polanski
- Shinji Sōmai
- Simón Feldman
- Tinto Brass
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Ingrid Bergman
- George Sanders
- Carole Lombard
- Jack Benny
- Gena Rowlands
- Seymour Cassel
- Peter Fonda
- Nancy Sinatra
- Bruce Dern
- Diane Ladd
- Zbigniew Cybulski
- Donald Pleasence
- Françoise Dorléac
- Lionel Stander
- Daniele Ciprì
- Chow Yun-fat
- Lilia Prado
- Carlos Navarro
- Fernando Soto
- Mantequilla
Institutions
- Amazon MGM Studios
- Asociación Amigos Museo del Cine de Buenos Aires
- Ca' Foscari University
- Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
- China Film Archive
- Cinecittà S.p.A.
- Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema
- Cineteca Nacional México
- Compass Film
- DAMS
- Di Factory
- Film Heritage Foundation
- Filmauro
- Fixafilm
- Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna
- Fundación Televisa
- Kairos-Film
- La Biennale di Venezia
- M Plus Museum Limited
- Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino
- Národní filmový archiv
- Shochiku MediaWorX Inc.
- Studiocanal
- Surf Film SRL
- Universal Pictures
- Venice Film Festival
- Venice Classics
- Cinecittà
- Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia–Cineteca Nazionale
- Netflix
- Cineteca di Bologna
- Surf Film
- Cinemateca Portuguesa–Museu do Cinema
- Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
- Revista cultural el Hype
Locations
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Cannes
- China
- Czech Republic
- France
- Germany
- Guinea-Bissau
- Hong Kong
- India
- Italy
- Japan
- Mexico
- Poland
- Portugal
- Rome
- Torino
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Venice
- Turin
- Czechoslovakia
- London