Guadagnino to Receive Venice Glory to the Filmmaker Award
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- Luca Guadagnino will receive the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award at this year's Venice Film Festival, honored for making "a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry," per a press release.
- The ceremony is set for Sept. 8, immediately before the world premiere of Guadagnino's seven-hour documentary "Joie de Vivre" about Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci.
- Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera praised Guadagnino for genre versatility — spanning melodrama, horror, coming-of-age, and psychological thriller — while maintaining a "deeply Italian identity."
- Guadagnino last appeared at Venice with "After the Hunt," starring Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield, at the 2024 edition.
- "Artificial," a drama about OpenAI founder Sam Altman also starring Garfield, was dropped by Amazon MGM after the studio struck a deal with OpenAI and subsequently picked up by Neon for an awards-season campaign.
- Guadagnino's other credits include "Challengers," "Bones and All," and "Call Me by Your Name."
Why it matters: The honor positions Guadagnino among Venice's career-celebrated filmmakers while anchoring the tribute around a seven-hour documentary about his predecessor Bernardo Bertolucci. For the festival, pairing the award with a documentary world premiere — rather than a narrative feature — signals Venice's appetite for ambitious, non-fiction programming as a centerpiece of its 2025 slate.
