George and Amal Clooney draw attention on Venice Film Festival red carpet
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- George and Amal Clooney attended the opening ceremony of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival at the Sala Grande on Italy’s Lido island.
- The festival honored George Clooney with the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.
- Jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal and the other competition jury members also attended the event.
George and Amal Clooney drew attention on the red carpet at the opening of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.
The couple appeared at the Sala Grande theater on Italy’s Lido island as George Clooney received the festival’s Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. The honor formed part of the opening events of this year’s festival.
Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera attended, along with the members of the main competition jury. Maggie Gyllenhaal chairs the jury, which includes Tunisian director and screenwriter Kaouther Ben Hania, British artist Daniel Blumberg, French director Xavier Giannoli, Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat, Italian professor Francesco Casetti and Hong Kong producer Johnny To.
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Originally published by Al-Masry Al-Youm in Arabic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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