Venice Chief Alberto Barbera Details ‘Experimental’ Edition, Cannes Solidarity
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variety.comBy Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera is beginning to zero in on the event’s upcoming edition in September, which will necessarily be “experimental,” with far fewer U.S.
talent on the red carpet and a greater European presence. Speaking Tuesday to Italian news agency ANSA — which has become the fest’s unofficial communication tool during the pandemic — Barbera also did not rule out the possibility of “a real collaboration with the Cannes Film Festival.” His comments come a day after Venice Biennale director Roberto Cicutto called Cannes director Thierry Fremaux’s indecision around the French event “disconcerting” in an interview on Monday.
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