Awards & Red Carpet
Venice Film Festival — 83rd Edition
The world's oldest film festival, held on the Lido di Venezia. Ten days of premieres, Golden Lion competition, and red carpet moments in the most romantic city on earth.
The 83rd Venice International Film Festival runs 2–12 September 2026 at the Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido di Venezia. Founded in 1932, Venice is the oldest film festival in the world — the original prototype for Cannes, Berlin and Toronto.
The festival, directed by Alberto Barbera, presents films from across the world in competition for the Golden Lion — cinema's oldest prize. The Venice Film Festival is renowned for launching Oscar campaigns: recent winners have gone on to receive Academy Award nominations and wins.
For the luxury traveller, Venice Film Festival offers an incomparable combination of high culture and high glamour. The Lido's art deco Hotel Excelsior and Hotel Des Bains have hosted film royalty for nearly a century. Venice itself — canals, gondolas, the Doge's Palace — provides a backdrop of unparalleled romantic beauty.
Why It's Worth the Journey
Venice Film Festival combines the world's oldest film festival with the world's most romantic city at its most magical — September in Venice, when the tourist crowds have thinned, the light is golden, and the entire Lido is electrified by cinema.
Ideal for
Film lovers, culture enthusiasts, couples, luxury travellers seeking extraordinary settings
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