Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grazia to Open the 82nd Venice International Film Festival
Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia” to open the 82nd Venice Film Festival on August 27, 2025. World premiere with Toni Servillo in competition at Biennale Cinema.
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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Mehmet Can Mertoglu, director of Album from the 2017 Lecce European Film Festival.
Mehmet Can Metroglu represents Turkish cinema in the main competition of the European Film Festival in Lecce, Italy. The young director was present at the celebration of European cinema with Album, his first feature film, which premiered at last year’s Critics’ Week in Cannes.
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