The 66th Venice
International Film Festival
is organized by the Venice
Biennale and runs from
September 2nd - 12th 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.