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Venice Film Festival Is Still on for September, Governor


Annual pageant is about to be held Sept. 2-12

Luca Zaia, governor of the Italian area of Veneto, introduced on Sunday that plans are nonetheless transferring ahead to carry the Venice Film Festival from Sept. 2-12.

The affirmation comes days after the Venice Biennale, which organizes the movie pageant, moved the dates for its 17th International Architecture Exhibition to 2021, however maintained the dates for the movie pageant. Zaia, who can be a board member on the Biennale, mentioned that whereas the pageant will transfer ahead, attendees ought to count on that fewer movies will likely be featured. Cate Blanchett is about to preside over the pageant’s jury.

If it’s held, the Venice Film Festival could be the primary main gathering for the worldwide movie business because the pandemic pressured studios, movie productions and film theaters to close down worldwide, beginning with China in January and spreading throughout the globe by March. The Cannes Film Festival, which might have held its closing ceremony on Sunday, was formally canceled two weeks in the past.

Italy will reopen its borders to worldwide vacationers on June 3, with plans to reopen gyms and public swimming pools on Monday and film theaters on June 15. The nation recorded 119 new deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday, bringing its dying toll to 32,735, the third-highest complete on the earth after the United States and Britain.



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