World Venice Film Festival opens with star power and Gaza protesters August 27, 2025 gopalkumarthakur@gmail.com The main event on August 27 evening’s opening ceremony was Francis Ford Coppola awarding a Lifetime Achievement award to German director Werner Herzog (“Grizzly Man”, “Fitzcarraldo”) for his canon of more than 70 films Related posts: Three Republican-led states to send hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington Israel says it has struck Houthi ‘energy infrastructure site’ in Yemen Switzerland, Austria say would host ICC-wanted Putin for peace talks Netanyahu says Israel could withdraw from Lebanon if Hezbollah is disarmed