Venezia 83 to run Sept 2–12, hosts named

La Biennale di Venezia has fixed the dates for the 83rd Venice International Film Festival and named the faces for its two marquee ceremonies. In a notice published July 8, the Biennale said Venezia 83 will run on the Lido di Venezia from Sept. 2 to Sept. 12, 2026, and that Greta Scarano and Nicolas Maupas will host the opening and closing nights. (labiennale.org) The announcement settles two practical points at once: the festival calendar and the presenters for the ceremonies at Sala Grande, the main theater at the Palazzo del Cinema. (labiennale.org) The Biennale’s cinema pages also list ticketing, subscription and accreditation information tied to the 2026 edition. (labiennale.org) ### Which dates are now official for Venezia 83? The 83rd Venice International Film Festival will open on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, and end on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, according to the Biennale’s official festival and news pages. The event is organized by La Biennale di Venezia and will take place on the Lido di Venezia. (labiennale.org) Alberto Barbera is listed by the Biennale as the director of the 2026 festival. The organization’s dates-and-deadlines page also marks Sept. 2 as the opening ceremony and Sept. 12 as the awards ceremony and closing of the festival. (labiennale.org) ### Who will be onstage for the opening and closing nights? Greta Scarano and Nicolas Maupas will jointly host both ceremonies, the Biennale said in its July 8 announcement. The pair will present the inauguration ceremony on the evening of Sept. 2 and return for the closing ceremony on Sept. 12, when the Lions and other official prizes are announced. (labiennale.org) Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido is the named venue for those appearances. The Biennale framed the assignment as covering the festival’s two highest-profile public nights rather than separate presenters for each ceremony. (labiennale.org) ### What exactly happens on those two nights? Sept. 12 is the night when the Lions and the festival’s other official prizes are announced, according to the Biennale’s notice. That makes the closing ceremony the formal endpoint of the competition calendar. (labiennale.org) The Biennale’s regulations page says the Venice festival is officially recognized by the FIAPF, the International Federation of Film Producers Associations. The 2026 edition is the 83rd running of the event. ### Where can attendees find tickets and deadlines? The Biennale Cinema 2026 information page carries the festival’s ticket and subscription section for the Sept. 2-12 event. (labiennale.org) That page says requests for Sala Grande subscriptions were available until June 30, 2026. The dates-and-deadlines page lists additional milestones for industry and press participants, including July 30 as the deadline for Industry Full registration, Aug. 5 as the deadline for Press registration, and Aug. 12 as the deadline for Promotional Card registration and Cinema/Cinema for Students Full registration. (labiennale.org 1) (labiennale.org 2) ### What is the next public milestone before the festival starts? The Biennale’s dates-and-deadlines page says the lineup press conference is scheduled for the last week of July. The same page lists mid-August for the screening schedule and Sept. 3-9 for the Venice Production Bridge and Venice Immersive Market. (labiennale.org) Sept. 2 is the next fixed on-site milestone after those announcements, when Scarano and Maupas are due on the Sala Grande stage for the opening ceremony. The festival then runs through Sept. 12, when the awards are handed out at the closing night ceremony. (labiennale.org) (labiennale.org)