Venice Film Festival to go ahead as scheduled

The governor of Italy’s Veneto region, Luca Zaia, said Sunday that the Venice Film Festival will go ahead as scheduled in September.
 
Dates are September 2-12 for the Lido event which would mark the first major film industry gathering not recently postponed or canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic, Deadline reports.
 
There has been no official word from the festival itself, though Italy earlier this month set out plans for the easing of its restrictions on travel and businesses including cinemas. 

Zaia, who is on the board of directors of fest organizer the Biennale di Venezia, was quoted by local media as saying there will probably be fewer films at the 77th edition given global production stoppages. The lineup is typically announced in late July. Back in January, it was announced that Cate Blanchett would be president of the main competition jury this year.