The Venice Film Festival, founded by Giuseppe Volpi and first held in August 1932, is the world's oldest film festival and one of the industry's Big Five international festivals. It opened on the night of August 6, 1932 with a screening of the American film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the Excelsior Palace Hotel, with nine participating nations, and closed on August 21.
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Venice and Berlin are two of the three leading European competitive film festivals.
Venice and Cannes are two of the three leading European competitive film festivals.
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The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (Italian: Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, lit. 'International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale'; informally Mostra del Cinema di Venezia) is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy.
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- Founding Year: 1932
- Headquarters: Venice, Italy
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The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (Italian: Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, lit. 'International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale'; informally Mostra del Cinema di Venezia) is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy.
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Venice, Italy
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Founded by Giuseppe Volpi, member of the National Fascist Party and grandfather of producer Marina Cicogna, in Venice in August 1932, the festival is part of the Venice Biennale, one of the world's oldest exhibitions of art, created by the Venice City Council on 19 April 1893.
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