2 -12 September 2009 66th Venice Film Festival
The 66th Venice International Film Festival is organized by the Venice Biennale and will run 2nd to 12th September 2009 at Venice Lido.
The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote all the various aspects of international cinema in all its forms: as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and tolerance. The Festival will include retrospectives and homages to major figures as a contribution towards raising awareness of the history of cinema.
Marco Müller is the Director of the 66th edition. He has been heading the Venice Biennale's Cinema section since 2004.