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Venice was the world’s first A-list festival to launch a VR competition, debuting the section in 2017, and its Venice Immersive remains the top global platform for immersive and XR works.

A class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that people held at the immigrant-detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz are being prevented from having access to lawyers and “effectively ...

The Venice Film Festival has unveiled the 18 recently restored movies that will be showcased in its Venice Classics sidebar at upcoming 82nd edition. The line-up features Delmer Daves’ 1957 ...

U.S. Director Eliza McNitt will head jury of Venice Film Festival's Immersive Competition, which includes Doug Liman's XR Thriller 'Asteroid.' ...