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Celebrate cinema in Venice
14 Jul 2009
Venice will be a popular destination among cinema lovers later this year when it hosts its annual film festival.
Taking place for the 66th time this year, the Venice Film Festival will be held from 2 to 12 September.
The aim of the event is to showcase some of the most interesting new work in international cinema and to promote values of freedom and tolerance in art.
While the full line-up will not be revealed until the end of July, it has been confirmed that there will be a pre-festival screening of The Great War, which won the Golden Lion 50 years ago, at the Arena Campo San Polo on 1 September.
Other events will be held at the Palazzo del Cinema and PalaBiennale.
The Venice Film Festival is part of the cinema section of the 2009 Biennale. Art lovers will be able to visit the Giardini and Arsenale venues to see Making Worlds, the Biennale's main exhibition this year, until 22 November.
Opodo cheap flights, hotels and car hire - let the journey begin!
Taking place for the 66th time this year, the Venice Film Festival will be held from 2 to 12 September.
The aim of the event is to showcase some of the most interesting new work in international cinema and to promote values of freedom and tolerance in art.
While the full line-up will not be revealed until the end of July, it has been confirmed that there will be a pre-festival screening of The Great War, which won the Golden Lion 50 years ago, at the Arena Campo San Polo on 1 September.
Other events will be held at the Palazzo del Cinema and PalaBiennale.
The Venice Film Festival is part of the cinema section of the 2009 Biennale. Art lovers will be able to visit the Giardini and Arsenale venues to see Making Worlds, the Biennale's main exhibition this year, until 22 November.
Opodo cheap flights, hotels and car hire - let the journey begin!
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