Venice, Italy (AP) – 10 days and dozens of red carpet premiere, 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival It came to an end on Saturday. The film focuses qualitatively, but the quantitative appearance can tell a unique story. After all, there are many attractive people beyond the variety of celebrities Found on lido.
Let’s take a look at this This year’s Venice Film Festival By numbers.
4,580: Films submitted for consideration
That number includes 1,936 feature films, which cost 200 euros ($234) to submit. The film must have been completed after September 7th, 2024 to be eligible for the selection. The world premiere In Venice. The festival determines which section the selected film is in.
21: Movies performed in the main contest
It’s just over 1% of feature films submitted. The 21 films were award-winning awards like Golden Lion. Jim Jalmuch’s “I’m curious about my father’s sister.” There were also 30 films that had their world premiere in Venice, but they were out of the competition. “After the Hunt” by Luca Guadagnino. 19 films are played in the sidebar of the Horizonti, with unique awards. The Venice Classic sidebar has been repaired for 18 times.
7: Ju judge
The ju apprentices led by American director Alexander Payne included French director Stephen Blisé, Italian director Maura Delpero, Romanian director Christian Mungiu and Iranian director Mohammad Lasorov (he I live in exile (in Germany), Brazilian actor Fernanda Torres and Chinese actor Zhao Tao. They decide the winner in the main competition.
22: Longest subsidized minutes
Film festival applause meters are well known for calibrating different outlets from one outlet to another, but it was clear that the egg shape was revealed. For the “Voice of Hindrajab” It was a record breaking, and it was definitely over 20 minutes. Variety reported that the BBC had it at 22 and 23. Couser’s Ben Chania film easily surpassed last year’s Golden Lion winner Pedro Almodovar’s “Next Room.”
1932: Film Festival was established
Do math, it was definitely over 82 years ago. The festival has been suspended or regularly taken in a variety of forms for many years, including during World War II, but has moved forward. 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
65: Representative country
The selection was widely welcomed in the distance, from the US, France and of course Italy, Ecuador, Slovakia and Taipei.
21-59: The film is a few minutes, which is ineligible
There’s space for short films (less than 20 minutes), and feature films are over 60 minutes, but it’s troubling filmmakers who are making something in between.
156: Longest runtime in minutes of competitive movies
The distinction belongs to Olivia Aeressay’s “The Wizard of the Kremlin.” Jude Law transforms into Vladimir Putin.
90: Shortest runtime in minutes of competitive movies
The longest oval went to the shortest film in the competition, “The Voice of Hind Rajab.” Ben Chania’s film combines the authentic audio of Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl whose day died every day Her desperate call for rescue in Gaza, With an actor who portrayed volunteers in Red Crescent, where the film is set.
10,000: Estimated number of people who participated in the Gaza anti-war march
Israel’s war in Gaza Reverberating through the festival, He asked filmmakers and actors about the high-profile call to ban Gerard Butler and Gal Gadot over the war and the relationship between the indie film company fundraising with the Israeli military. Venice’s aim for August 30th To turn the spotlight From the stars to the war, it is estimated that more than 10,000 organizers have been found.
2: Lifetime Achievement Awards have been announced
Those golden lions went To Kim Nobak, The legendary 92-year-old actor who starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Birthplace,” and prolific 83-year-old German filmmaker Werner Herzog are all inclusive of the documentary where his work was praised. “Small diets need to fly.” To Nicholas Cage Starr’s “EU in Bad: Port of New Orleans.” (He will act again The Mandalorian viewers I can prove it. )
1992: Francis Ford Coppola received his own Lifetime Achievement Award
Coppola was in Venice to present the award to Herzog. Also, Mike Figgis’ film is the subject of the documentary “Megadock.” Production of “Megalopolis.” My daughter Sofia Coppola also made a film at the festival. “Mark by Sofia” About fashion designer Marc Jacobs.
5,370: Cost of one night stay during the festival at Hotel Cipriani, cost in dollars
That’s what the Belmond Hotel is like George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Julia Roberts and other stars stayed during the festival. A separate island from Lido, the place offers a bit of privacy to celebrities.
34: Cost of Boona Knot Cocktail, Cost of Euro
Cocktails were invented by Bartenders Walter Bolsonella and Clooney; At Cipriani’s bar, Gabbiano. The menu describes it as “fresh, fruity, low-alcoholic” and is made with vodka, lime, ginger, cucumbers and cranberries. (For the sake of record, it is not more expensive than the other signature cocktails at the hotel.)
2:3:1: Campari, Prosecco and Soda Water and Ratio of Campari Spritz
That’s the recipe that Italian spirit maker Campari advises when it comes A simple and refreshing cocktail It is a staple at the Venice Film Festival. Usually sold for 4 euros, spritz is ubiquitous around the festival’s headquarters.
4.5: Kilometers between Piazza San Marco and the Palazzo del Cinema
Venice Film Festival It doesn’t happen In the heart of the city, Piazza San Mark will be located. Instead, it is located in Lido, a barrier island across from the Venice lagoon. Featuring three cinemas, the Palazzo del Cinema is the festival’s main headquarters. The journey by Vaporetto, a public water bath, takes 32 minutes. (For a good measure, a slightly intended pun, 4.5km is just under 3 miles.)
71: Minimum Depth of the Venice Lagoon, Depth in the Foot
For decades, There are few attractive tableaus When the film’s stars arrived, they were stylishly disrupted by launching them at the festival. Ferries between Lido, celebrities, journalists, members of the public with pass Crossing the Venice lagoon. If they fall overboard, they will compete for depths of up to 71 feet (21 meters).
1,032: Saragrandé seats
The historic theatre will feature the festival’s biggest screening and awards ceremony. Includes four additional spaces for wheelchair users.
44: We recommend subtitle font size
All the movies shown in Venice Subtitles are required Burns: Non-Italian movies require Italian subtitles, while Italian movies require English subtitles. (All films are exhibited with English subtitles projected off-screen.) The festival’s detailed subtitle guidelines suggest that you choose subtitles on a white screen. And yes, there are favourable fonts at festivals. Just like Microsoft’s old office, it’s Arial.
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Sen reported from New York.
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