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Venice Film Festival grapples with activist demands to exclude Israel-tied films

Venice4Palestine collective, an anti-Israel activist group, published a letter calling on the Venice International Film Festival and the rest of the film industry to condemn Israel.

A general view of the signage at the red carpet area ahead of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2026 in Venice, Italy.
ISRAELI JOURNALIST and filmmaker Yuval Abraham (right) and Palestinian journalist and filmmaker Basel Adra accept the award for Best Documentary Feature for ‘No Other Land’ during the 97th Annual Academy Awards last year.

Documentary about civilian casualties in Gaza to premiere at Venice International Film Festival

Mor Eldar (left), the director of the Sam Spiegel International Film and Series Labs, and Dana Blankstein Cohen, the CEO and executive director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School.

Sam Spiegel Film Lab to take part in Venice Film Festival, will present 10 projects

Image of the Nabatele installation at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia

Venice art installation grapples with its Jewish history at 61st International Art Exhibition


Art exhibit showcases Tel Aviv in Turin and Venice Biennale


What made Venice's waters turn bright green?

The Venice prefect has called an emergency meeting of police forces to understand what happened and study possible countermeasures

Venice's waters turn green due to an unknown substance near the Rialto Bridge, in Venice, Italy in this handout image released May 28, 2023.

Between the present and the past: Ilit Azoulay at the Israeli pavilion, Venice Art Biennale

 La Biennale di Venezia 59th International Art Exhibition Israeli Pavilion 202

Venice’s 500-year-old Jewish Ghetto is planning a renaissance

Stepping into Venice’s Jewish Ghetto feels a bit like traveling back in time.

An empty canal is seen after the spread of coronavirus has caused a decline in the number of tourists in Venice, Italy, March 1, 2020

AI can help historians unravel ancient texts

The new algorithm will assist in solving historic mysteries, as its ability to date and locate has been proved to be very accurate.

Artificial intelligence

Welcoming Rosh Hashanah in the Venice Ghetto

In the Ghetto Vecchio, many of the 500 members of the Jewish community of Venice gathered in the Spanish Synagogue and the Levantine Synagogue to celebrate the High Holidays.

 A VIEW OF the Spanish synagogue

Hagai Levi’s 40-year journey to ‘Scenes from a Marriage’

A sexy meme of Isaac kissing Chastain’s arm on the red carpet has gone viral, earning more than seven million views.

 HAGAI LEVI

How to run a film festival during a pandemic

In sleek motorboats and designer fashions, the stars return in full force to the Venice Film Festival.

 SCENES FROM the Venice Film Festival.

Flying boats may just be the answer to stop Venice sinking into the water

This Swedish tech company hope to provide Venice with emission-free, silent, and harmless waterborne transport at a low cost, preventing further erosion to the city's structure.

An empty canal is seen after the spread of coronavirus has caused a decline in the number of tourists in Venice, Italy, March 1, 2020

Venice deploys flood barrier for first time as storm drives up tide

Some experts worry the flood defense system will be overwhelmed by the rising seas that recent climate-change models have predicted.

An empty canal is seen after the spread of coronavirus has caused a decline in the number of tourists in Venice, Italy, March 1, 2020