Venice Film Festival Reports Increase In Public Admissions And Ticket Sales As Event Passes Halfway Mark
deadline.comTotal admissions to theatres at this year’s Venice Film Festival have hit 114,851, up 18% on last year, according to figures published by the Biennale this week, as the film event passes the midway point.
The admissions report states that 35,496 tickets have been sold to the public, an increase of 9% from 2022, while subscription passes have also seen an increase of +17% from last year, currently sitting at 6,375. “The number of admission tickets sold and of total admissions to the theatres (including accreditations) testifies to the great interest that the public continues to demonstrate towards the Venice Film Festival,” the festival said in a statement accompanying the figures.
Across its first week of operations, Venice has debuted new works by David Fincher, Sofia Coppola, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Roman Polanski, and Woody Allen.
However, the standout title of the festival so far appears to be Poor Things, the new feature by Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos.
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