Venice International Film Festival 80th Edition Poster Revealed

This year’s poster image was created by Italian illustrator and artist Lorenzo Mattotti for the sixth consecutive year.

The image chosen for the 2023 poster “is inspired by the tradition of on the road movies,” explains Lorenzo Mattotti, “and in this way seeks to express feelings of freedom, adventure, the discovery of new territories. I played with the graphics to represent new worlds that can be explored through Cinema. We are convinced that there is a great future for Cinema that looks forward and ventures down new paths. Furthermore, the Venice International Film Festival is celebrating its 80th edition this year and we wanted to commemorate that in the number that appears on the license plate of an imagined car. Naturally, many are the films that can be evoked by this image, such as Il sorpasso, Easy Rider or Thelma and Louise. May each of us find our own on the road movie. This is our wish for Cinema, may it go far and sprint towards the future. A future of exploration, in search of new frontiers: a colourful luminous Cinema”.

Lorenzo Mattotti is also responsible for the opening sequence for the Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia. This will be his 5th year to do so.

Venice International Film Festival (La Biennale de Venezia) takes place August 30 – 9 September 2023