Rob-B-Hood at Venice Film Festival

We are happy to report that Jackie's recently completed Hong Kong film, Rob-B-Hood, will be screened at the prestigious Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy next month. The 63rd Venice Film Festival will be held this year from August 30th to September 9th on the Venice Lido. The festival is organized by the Venice Biennale and aims "to encourage the awareness and the promotion of all the various aspects of international cinema as art, entertainment and industry, in a spirit of freedom and tolerance," according to La Biennale di Venezia's website.

Official selections include Venezia 63 - In Competition, Venezia 63 - Out of Competition, Orizzonti, and Corto Cortissimo. Rob-B-Hood will screen on September 8th in the Out of Competition section.

Four international juries will assign the awards of the Mostra: the Venezia 63 jury will award the Golden Lion for best film; the Corto Cortissimo jury will award the Corto Cortissimo Lion for best short film; the Orizzonti jury will award the Orizzonti prize; the “Luigi De Laurentiis” jury will award the Lion of the Future, for which all the debut full-length films presented in the various sections of the Festival are eligible. (Source: La Biennale di Venezia)