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Cinema<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Venice Film Festival: Clooney, conflicts and competition dominate as ceremonies begin <\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/83\/59\/1536x864_cmsv2_a4b07285-26f8-58f8-a37a-9fcd4cba245e-9898359.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Actor George Clooney practices to accept his lifetime achievement award at the 83rd Venice Film Festival, Italy, 2 September 2026\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Actor George Clooney practices to accept his lifetime achievement award at the 83rd Venice Film Festival, Italy, 2 September 2026<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo\/Scott A Garfitt\/Invision<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\/Scott A Garfitt\/Invision\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspTokunbo Salako&amp;nbspwith&amp;nbsp<b>AP <\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1788358648\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-09-02 16:17:28 +02:00\">02\/09\/2026 &#8211; 16:17 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Much of the opening talk at the start of the 83rd Venice Film Festival has revolved around geopolitics, propaganda and the future of cinema.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content c-article-content--culture js-article-content\">\n<p>George Clooney is the undoubted star of the show as the Venice Film Festival opens for its 83rd edition. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the nearly 30 years since he first stepped onto the Lido <em>Out of Sight<\/em>, he\u2019s become something of a staple fixture. It\u2019s a city where he\u2019s enjoyed many significant moments, from his wedding at the Aman Venice to the debut of <em>Good Night, and Good Luck<\/em>, which earned him his first Oscar nomination for best director.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the actor, director and producer is due to receive a lifetime achievement award but when facing the press, he didn&#8217;t appear to want to talk much about the journey that&#8217;s led him to be the centre of the spotlight at the world&#8217;s oldest celebration of cinema. <\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the prize-giving ceremony on Wednesday, the 65-year-old wanted to discuss anything and everything it seemed but his life on or behind the camera.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it was talk of artificial intelligence,climate change, power brokers in Hollywood and beyond and the state of journalism today, Clooney had two cents and more to spend on a range of topics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s a great word, kakistocracy, which is a country run by the least qualified people,\u201d he said. \u201cI think maybe we have a kakistocracy right now. But we\u2019ll get through it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On artificial intelligence, Clooney said that his industry is going to have to find ways to survive, and that he would \u201clike to avoid being in a tampon commercial 20 years after I\u2019m dead.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He also criticised the fact that some of the world&#8217;s richest men own The Washington Post and X and said that the proposed merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. was \u201ca complicated thing because I don\u2019t know how this works out, I don\u2019t know how it goes through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>The state we are in<\/h2>\n<p>Clooney was by no means alone is decrying the state of current affairs. Jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal also made her feelings clear on a variety of subjects including, sexism, politics and conflicts. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, we could say how are we possibly here talking about movies right now when the world is in a state of emergency,\u201d Gyllenhaal said. \u201cTo me the answer has something to do with empathy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/83\/59\/808x454_cmsv2_b3f789c3-35a6-51f4-877b-405618a18049-9898359.jpg\" alt=\"Venice Jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal poses for photographers at the jury photo call during the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival, 3 September 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Venice Jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal poses for photographers at the jury photo call during the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival, 3 September 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Scott A Garfitt\/Invision <\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She also addressed the dearth of female directors in the competition lineup, with only one film directed by a woman. Perhaps in response to critics, just last week, <em>NAZA<\/em> &#8211; a documentary about Gaza co-directed by a woman &#8211; was added to the lineup. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess it\u2019s just finally become clear that men make better movies than women do,\u201d Gyllenhaal joked, before speaking about the systemic issues facing female directors, like financing and preconceived notions about high art.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of 11 days, many stars and celebrities from Hollywood and beyond are expected on the red carpet, from Robert Pattinson to Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis. <\/p>\n<p>The sprawling lineup also includes documentaries about , Elon Musk (<em>Musk<\/em>) and independent Russian journalists covering the war in Ukraine (<em>My Undesirable Friends \u2014 Part II: Exile<\/em>) as well as Palestinian films and a short about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>The festival will open with Danny Boyle&#8217;s <em>Ink<\/em> a competition title featuring Guy Pearce as media baron Rupert Murdoch and Jack O&#8217;Connell as tabloid newspaper editor Larry Lamb. 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