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Louise Talbot

Venice Film Festival 2022: Spits and squabbles, standing ovations and a dazzling red carpet

Florence Pugh's Valentino gown should have been enough to steal the show. Photo: Getty

The 79th Venice Film Festival is shaping up as an occasion of high drama as celebrities from across the world gather for the 10-day festival known for celebrating cinema in ‘‘all its forms’’.

‘‘The aim of the festival is to raise awareness and promote international cinema in all its forms as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and dialogue,’’ the official La Biennale Di Venezia website says.

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