which makes Cannes and Venice unlikely. The Cannes Film Festival lineup is officially revealed in mid-April. The festival has already set Juliette Binoche as Competition jury president.

Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata, left, hands the Volpi Cup to British film director David Lean who accepted the award on ...

The history of any important film ... for Venice, the Alberto Barbera era of the past 15 years has been the time of the festival’s greatest success as a launchpad for major awards season films ...