The Venice Film Festival is the world’s oldest film festival, founded in 1932. Along with the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival , it is part of the “Big Three”, meaning the three most prestigious film festivals in the world.

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The Venice Film Festival was founded in 1932 in Venice, Italy, as part of the Venice Biennale. The Venice Biennale is one of the oldest art exhibitions in the world and was established by the Venice City Council on April 19, 1893. The exhibition content of the Venice Biennale now covers art and architecture, dance, music, drama and film in Italy and internationally. These works have different exhibition experiences: International Art Exhibition, International Contemporary Music Festival, International Theater Festival, International Architecture Exhibition, International Contemporary Dance Festival, International Children's Carnival and the annual Venice Film Festival, and Venice Film Festival is the most famous of these exhibitions.

 

The Venice Film Festival is held every year from late August to early September on Lido Island in the Venetian Lagoon, and the main screening activities are concentrated at the Venice Film Palace on the Lungomare Marconi beach. The Venice Film Festival is still one of the most popular and fastest growing film festivals in the world.