venice film festival opens, zhang ziyi serves as judge for main competition
2024-08-30
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our special correspondent lu ke
the 81st venice international film festival was held from august 28 to september 7 on the lido island in venice, italy.a total of 21 films from all over the world competed for the highest honor, the san marco golden lion award, and the main competition jury included chinese actress zhang ziyi.
zhang ziyi appeared on the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the venice film festival. source: sina film
the opening film of this year's venice film festival is "betelgeux 2", a fantasy horror comedy directed by tim burton.among the many films shortlisted for the main competition, there are many new works by world-renowned directors, so lido island is also seen as an important indicator of the upcoming awards season and next year's oscars.
todd phillips, who won the golden lion award for "joker" five years ago, once again teamed up with leading actor joaquin phoenix and popular singer lady gaga to bring the sequel "joker 2: double delusion". both the joker and harley quinn will appear, and it is considered one of the favorites of this year's venice.
movie poster of joker 2: double delusion
in the first english-language film "the next room" by spanish film master pedro almodóvar, tilda swinton, julianne moore and other talented actresses participated in a story about mother and daughter. italian director luca guadagnino brought his new work "queer", angelina jolie played the legendary soprano maria callas in "maria", and there was also "little darling" directed by halina regin and starring nicole kidman, and "i'm still here" by brazilian director walter salles.
the chinese films that are expected to compete for the golden lion in this year's venice film festival include "silent vision" by singaporean chinese director yeung siew wah.the film tells a suspense story revolving around surveillance equipment: a detective who is about to retire is responsible for investigating a young man who is engaged in fraud. in the process of surveillance and counter-surveillance, both of them are at a dead end.
movie poster of "silent vision"
corresponding to the nominees, most of the jury members this year are experienced filmmakers.the chairperson of the jury is isabelle huppert, a veteran french actress who has won two venice film festival best actress trophies; giuseppe tornatore, a famous italian director who has directed "cinema paradiso" and "malala's secret life"; james gray, an independent american director who won the venice silver lion award for "little odessa"; and brazilian director kleber mendoza jr.
global times, august 29, 2024, page 12
