Luca Guadagnino will receive the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, where his new documentary Joie de vivre will premiere out of competition on Sept. 8. Guadagnino will receive the award at a ceremony before the documentary’s screening.
Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera said the award recognizes a filmmaker “who has managed to transform his curiosity into a form of creative freedom.”
Guadagnino’s latest narrative feature, Artificial, will not make the trip to the Lido. The film, starring Andrew Garfield as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, was originally set up at Amazon MGM Studios but was dropped shortly after Amazon announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI. Neon subsequently acquired worldwide rights.
As previously reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Artificial will skip the fall festival circuit as Neon has opted for a late December qualifying release before expanding the film in early 2027. Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera told THR the festival had hoped to premiere the movie, but Neon decided against a Venice launch because it wanted additional time to complete international sales.
Guadagnino will instead return to Venice with Joie de vivre, a 7-hour epic documentary on the legendary Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci.
