George Clooney, Robert Pattinson Expected on the Red Carpet at Venice Film Festival
The four-day festival opens the fall awards season with celebrity arrivals and the world premiere of Danny Boyle’s Ink.
- The 83rd Venice Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, with the world premiere of Oscar-winning English director Danny Boyle's "Ink," launching 11 days of screenings, premieres, and awards.
- This festival initiates the autumn race for the Academy Awards, while "Ink" explores the 1969 London media landscape as Rupert Murdoch and editor Larry Lamb launch The Sun newspaper.
- Venetian waterways fill with stars including jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal, Selena Gomez, and George and Amal Clooney, while the competition lineup features "Primetime," "Bunker," "The Echo Chamber," and "Bucking Fastard."
- Following Venice, casts and crews will swarm Colorado for the Telluride Film Festival on September 4, with the Toronto International Film Festival launching September 10.
- This annual four-day fest celebrates the art of film rather than forcing competition, with special guests revealed day-of as attendees hope to one day saunter across the Dolby Theatre stage.
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The 83rd Venice Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday evening on the Italian island of Lido di Venezia. The show, which runs until Saturday, September 12, was opened by Danny Boyle's biopic Ink, about the early years of media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Actor George Clooney received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening ceremony.
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George Clooney honored as Venice Film Festival opens, in photos
VENICE, Italy (AP) — The 83rd Venice Film Festival kicked off with Hollywood stars arriving on the red carpet and Danny Boyle’s “Ink” opening 11 days of screenings, premieres and awards.
The opening of the 83rd edition of the Biennale had everything: from the award of the honorary prize to the actor of The Great Scam for his career to the celebrities who did not want to miss Ink's premiere, Danny Boyle's film
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