The 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival is the first major in-person film fest to be held in the wake of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Attendees have to follow strict safety measures like mandatory face masks indoors, temperature scanners, and socially distanced screenings to reduce the risk of infection. The public is barred from the red carpet, and big stars are expected to be largely absent this year. The 77th edition of the festival runs from 02 to 12 September 2020.
PHOTO PACKAGE: Venice Film Festival Opens Amid Pandemic
ATTENTION EDITORS: This gallery is not language edited, photos have original agency captions. It is filed at internal TheHub site in GDB Pangea for your usage, to be copied/adapted to your sites.
13
British actress Tilda Swinton poses on the red carpet after she received a Golden Lion award for Lifetime Achievement during the opening ceremony on the opening day of the 77th Venice Film Festival, on September 2, 2020 at Venice Lido, during the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus.
14
Spectators at the new film by director Andrea Segre screening, the docufilm 'Molecole', made in the Venice during lockdown for the coronavirus presented in the Sala Darsena and at the PalaBiennale at the 77th annual Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, 01 September 2020.
15
A security officer wearing a face mask checks the body temperature of a woman at the entrance of the 77th annual Venice International Film Festival area, Venice, Italy, 02 September 2020. The festival runs from 02 to 12 September 2020.
16
A fan wears a face mask depicting actor Cate Blanchett, the day before the start of the 77th Venice International Film Festival, the first major international film festival held since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Venice, Italy, September 1, 2020.