Every major film festival is an island when you’re caught up in it, the outside world only really manifesting itself as pictures on a screen. The Venice film festival, however, really is an island – it takes place on the Lido, across the water from the main city – and the proceedings feel more cosily enclosed than ever, now that the festival buildings are surrounded by an elegant compound of patios and park. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Judi Dench and Ali Fazal in Victoria and Abdul. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Charlie Plummer and Chloe Sevigny at the Venice photocall for Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Shaïn Boumedine in Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno.

Source: The Guardian September 10, 2017 07:32 UTC