Vanity Fair Magazines Europe Launch Ambitious Plans for Venice Film Festival

Vanity Fair celebrates the 78th Venice International Film Festival, unites Italy, France and Spain for a special issue dedicated to the women who are changing European cinema.

The three covers of the editions of Vanity Fair Italy, France and Spain stand as a portrait of the greatest actresses who, in Europe today, are revolutionizing the history of cinema between the big and small screens.

Within the three issues, the chorus of voices of these women aims to tell the story of great local artistic heritage on a global level, creating a new and unique European platform.

On the cover of the Italian edition, on newsstands from 1 September 2021, there are 10 leading performers: Claudia Gerini, Valentina Cervi, Matilde Gioli, Daniela Scattolin, Lina Sastri, Virginia Diop, Beatrice Bruschi, Euridice Axen, Angela Fontana and Emanuela Postacchini .

For Vanity Fair France's latest issue, Lyna Khoudri, Jeanne Balibar, Angèle, Zita Hanrot, Vicky Krieps, Agathe Rousselle, Julia Ducournau are the stars.

Vanity Fair Spain's issue shines the spotlights on Abril Zamora, Ingrid García-Jonsson, Mina el Hammani, Marta Nieto and Maribel Verdú.

During the film festival, Vanity Fair Italia is also hosting a multimedia exhibition to tell the story of the past, present and future of Vanity Fair. "A Festival within the Festival," the special program of events sees 11 talks with 11 leading protagonists who have made history at the Venice Film Festival. A digital event, "Venice Stories" will be open to the public and streamed across the vanityfair.it website and the brand's social channels.

Anna Foglietta , Paolo Virzì , Kasia Smutniak , Stefano Accorsi , Silvio Orlando , Maria Grazia Cucinotta , Pierfrancesco Favino , Eva Riccobono , Michele Riondino, Elisa Sednaoui , Stefania Rocca are the faces and voices that will guide users and readers on an unprecedented journey.

Campari shares creative input with Vanity Fair as a Main Sponsor of the Venice Film Festival.

Vanity Fair US breaks ranks with the woman focus, turning their attention to Asghar Farhadi, director behind Oscar winners ‘A Separation’ and ‘The Salesman’. The Iranian speaks in a global language, writes David Canfield.

Farhadi finds his own movies resonating everywhere and has come to understand why. “People all around the world, their similarities are way more than their differences,” he tells Canfield over Zoom, through a translator. “It’s because our basis in cinema is the human emotion.”

The director isn’t likely to be inspired by Iranian or even regional politics. His desire is to explore themes that are more universal and embraced by a far-reaching audience. One might say that Farhadi seeks to unify rather than segment by geography, politics or religion.

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