Events

1 - 11 September 2010

The 67th Venice International Film Festival, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, will run 1st to 11th September 2010 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 includes retrospectives and homages to major figures as a contribution towards raising awareness of the history of cinema.

Marco Müller is the Director of the 67th edition. He has been heading the Venice Biennale's Cinema section since 2004.

The official line-up of the 67th Festival will be announced during a press conference to be held in Rome on 29th July 2010.

For information and reservation: Venice Intenational Film Festival

Sunday 5th September 2010

The Regata Storica is the main event in the annual "Voga alla Veneta" rowing calendar. This unique sport has been practised in the Venetian lagoon for thousands of years and today it is particularly well-known for the spectacular historical water pageant that precedes the race. Scores of typically 16th century-style boats with gondoliers in period costume carry the Doge, the Doge's wife and all the highest ranking Venetian officials up the Grand Canal in a brightly coloured parade. An unforgettable sight and a true reconstruction of the glorious past of one of most the powerful and influential Maritime Republics in the Mediterranean. The Regata Storica dates back centuries, probably as far back as the mid thirteenth century when the Serenissima needed to train the crews of its huge navy in the art of rowing.
Today there are four races divided in terms of age and type of craft. The best known and most exciting of these is the "Campioni su Gondolini" race, where a series of small, sporting gondolas fly down the Grand Canal to the finishing line at the famous "machina", the spectacular floating stage located in front of the Ca' Foscari palace.

Have a look here: Regata Storica

Sunday 12nd September 2010

In september, usually in the second sunday of the month, along the Riviera del Brenta takes place one of the more pictoresque events of the year: Riviera Fiorita ( 'Riviera in bloom').
Riviera Fiorita re-enacts the meeting between Enrico III King of France and the Doge of Venice in 1574.
The celebration reaches its maximum in villa Pisani - Stra that is the beautiful location where takes place an exchange of gifts between the King and the Doge of Venice at the presence of several courtiers and dames.
To point out the water parade along the Brenta River with a lot of boats: vessels, parade boats and "bissone". After Stra the parade reaches Dolo to continue towards Villa Contarini  dei leoni in Mira and then towards Venice.

 More info here:Riviera Fiorita