The 70th Venice International Film Festival, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, will be held on the Lido of Venice from 28th August to 7th September 2013, directed by Alberto Barbera.

The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote the various aspects of international cinema in all its forms: as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and dialogue. The Festival also organizes retrospectives and tributes to major figures as a contribution towards a better understanding of the history of cinema.

The line-up of the Festival will be announced during the official press conference to be held at the end of July in Rome.