It’s the kind of job security that a Berlin Film Festival director can only dream of.
Alberto Barbera, director of the Venice Film Festival, has extended his contract for another two years. Barbera, whose mandate was due to end after this year’s 83rd edition, will remain in office for 2027 and 2028.
The Venice Film Festival’s board of directors, headed by Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, approved the reappointment.
Barbera has been artistic director at Venice since 2012 and previously held the position from 1998 to 2001. He is widely credited with raising the festival’s profile internationally and positioning it as a can’t-miss event for the awards season. The long list of Venice premieres that reached Oscar glory includes Barbera’s reign attractiveness (2013), Highlight (2015), La la land (2016), Favorites (2018), and joker (2019).
Last year’s edition was star-studded, featuring Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein With Jacob Elordi, Benny Safdie Crushing machine Starring Dwayne Johnson, Luca Guadagnino After fishing Starring Julia Roberts and Emma Stone Bugonia. both of them Bugonia and Frankenstein These are the best films in contention at this year’s Academy Awards. Kaouther Ben Hania, winner of the Silver Lion of Venice Hind Rajab’s voice It was nominated in the Best International Film category, and Crushing machine He received one Academy Award nomination in the Make-up and Hairstyling categories.
Announcing the renewal of Barbera’s contract, the Venice Film Festival said the extension had been agreed “in view of the results achieved in the quality of recognized selections, in the discovery and release of new talents on the international stage, in the dissemination and development of cinema culture, and in the broadening of audiences.”
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