MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL

Italy Venice Film Festival 2021 Closing Ceremony Audrey Diwan holds the Golden Lion award for 'Happening' onstage at the closing ceremony during the 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Zhao’s “Nomadland” won the prize last year and went on to win best picture, best director and best actor at the Oscars. Zhao’s trajectory was the second time in four years that the Golden Lion winner has won best picture. Venice’s 2019 winner, “Joker,” simply went on to get a best picture nomination (and ten other nods as well). In the Horizons section, “Pilgrims” by Laurynas Bareisa won best picture.

Italy Venice Film Festival 2021 Closing Ceremony Audrey Diwan holds the Golden Lion award for 'Happening' onstage at the closing ceremony during the 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis) (Domenico Stinellis)Audrey Diwan’s “L’Evenement” (“Happening”) has won the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. Zhao’s “Nomadland” won the prize last year and went on to win best picture, best director and best actor at the Oscars. Zhao’s trajectory was the second time in four years that the Golden Lion winner has won best picture. Venice’s 2019 winner, “Joker,” simply went on to get a best picture nomination (and ten other nods as well).

The French abortion drama “Happening” has won the Golden Lion at the 78th International Film Festival, while Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God” won runner up.

The fall movie season -- usually a reliable rhythm and cozy autumn comfort — is this year, like much of the past 18 months, a little disorienting.

Movies from 77 countries will screen at the 2021 London Film Festival, as Britain’s leading cinema showcase welcomes mass audiences back to movie theaters after a pandemic-disrupted year.

Hope for the future of cinema was front of mind for many as the Venice International Film Festival kicked off Wednesday on the Lido.

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The Venice Film Festival has unveiled a starry lineup of world premieres for September including Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer,” starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana and Ridley Scott’s medieval drama “The Last Duel,” featuring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Adam Driver.

APTOPIX France Cannes 2021 Opening Ceremony Red Carpet Jury president Spike Lee, second from left, poses with jury members Maggie Gyllenhaal, from left, Melanie Laurent and Jessica Hausner at the premiere of the film 'Annette' and the opening ceremony of the 74th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, July 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Brynn Anderson)The 74th Cannes Film Festival will on Saturday award its top honor, the Palme d'Or, as selected by a jury headed by Spike Lee. Cannes' closing ceremony caps 12 days of red-carpet premieres, regular COVID-19 testing for many attendees and the first major film festival to be held since the pandemic began in almost its usual form. With smaller crowds and mandated mask-wearing in theaters, Cannes pushed forward with an ambitious slate of global cinema. Lee is the first Black jury president at Cannes.

“Titane” has won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making Julia Ducournau the second female filmmaker to win the festival’s top honor in its 74 year history.

The Cannes Film Festival rolled out the red carpet for the first time in more than two years, launching the French Riviera spectacular on Tuesday with the introduction of Spike Lee’s jury, the premiere of Leos Carax’ musical “Annette” and high hopes of shrugging off the pandemic

The Cannes Film Festival rolled out the red carpet for the first time in more than two years on Tuesday, launching the French Riviera spectacular with the premiere of Leos Carax’s “Annette,” the introduction of Spike Lee’s jury, and with high hopes for shrugging off a punishing pandemic year for cinema.