The best dressed stars at Venice Film Festival 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Spanish indie production powerhouse Mediapro is at San Sebastian Film Festival this year screening two of the buzziest local features in the program: the Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz and Oscar Martinez-starring Official Competition, which arrives from Venice, and the Javier Bardem-fronted The Good Boss, which premieres here.

Marion Cotillard shows off her award after being honored with the Donostia during the 2021 San Sebastian International Film Festival held at the Kursaal Palace on Friday (September 17) in San Sebastian, Spain.

Penelope Cruz took over the red carpet at the 2021 San Sebastian Film Festival on opening day!

Joan Washington was a dialect coach who worked with stars including Penelope Cruz and Jessica Chastain.Washington found her way to working with actors after teaching standard British pronunciation to newcomers to England. When she began working in movies, her first was “Yentl” (1983), starring Barbra Streisand as an Ashkenazi Jewish woman in Poland; Washington taught the movie’s stars an authentic accent.

Venice Film Festival 2021 on Saturday night. And Penelope Cruz was proudly toting her Coppa Volpi award as she headed home following her dazzling appearance at the annual event on Sunday.

Cynthia Erivo looks stunning in her final look at the 2021 Venice Film Festival!

Are you old enough to remember when Netflix was an underdog in international film festivals? When trepidation towards the future of film distribution was enough to keep streaming titles from winning in major film competitions? With all due respect to the Cannes Film Festival, those days certainly seem to be coming to an end. The Venice Film Festival has announced its lineup of winners, and Netflix has made quite a show for itself in the major categories.

Penelope Cruz and Maggie Gyllenhaal are two of the big winners at the 2021 Venice Film Festival!

JURY AWARDSGolden Lion for Best Film: “Happening,” Audrey DiwanSilver Lion (Grand Jury Prize): “The Hand of God,” Paolo SorrentinoSilver Lion for Best Director: Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”Coppa Volpi for Best Actor: John Arcilla, “On the Job: The Missing 8”Coppa Volpi for Best Actress: Penelopé Cruz, “Parallel Mothers”Award for Best Screenplay: “The Lost Daughter,” Maggie Gyllenhaal Special Jury Prize: “Il Buco,” Michelangelo FrammartinoMarcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young

Matt Damon and Penelope Cruz had a run-in in Venice today!

Kate Hudson crouches down on the red carpet to play with director Ana Lily Amirpour‘s dog at the premiere of Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon during the 2021 Venice International Film Festival on Sunday (September 5) in Venice, Italy.

Anya Taylor-Joy is continuing to bring her fashion A-game.

Penelope Cruz is attending another 2021 Venice Film Festival premiere!

There are shades of Ruben Ostlund’s “The Square”, if it were remade to target the film world, in Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat’s crowd-pleasing Spanish comedy “Official Competition” starring Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas. Controlled pacing, visual punchlines, and an insider knowledge of the varied pretensions within filmmaking make this a consistently amusing – if never downright hilarious – vehicle for the well-honed comic sides of two of Spain’s most famous exports.

Official Competition (Competencia Oficial) announces its meta intentions with its very title. Here is a Venice Film Festival competitor about the making of a festival film. Lampooning the very world in which it exists, the Spanish comedy-drama is a highly entertaining entry with winning performances from Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martínez.

th birthday, pharmaceutical magnate/billionaire Humberto Suarez (José Luis Gómez) wants to secure his legacy and his name for perpetuity. Maybe he’ll finance a brilliant art film, or maybe he’ll build a bridge.

Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas are all smiles at the 2021 Venice Film Festival!

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Protagonist Pictures has closed a UK all rights deal with Curzon for Spanish-language pic Official Competition starring Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz and Oscar Martínez.

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