Producer Leland Hayward and James Stewart as Lindbergh with the Spirit replica for the movie "The Spirit of St. Louis".

Producer Leland Hayward and James Stewart as Lindbergh with the Spirit replica for the movie "The Spirit of St. Louis".

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The Venice International Film Festival, inaugurated in 1932, is the world's first film festival. Initially held every two years, it became an annual event and in 1937 the Palazzo del Cinema opened on the Lido. It was interrupted during the war, resuming in 1946 with the introduction of the Golden Lion award.

After 37 years since the start of the International Art Exhibition, in 1932 the Biennale presented the world's first ever film festival: the Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica. Better known as Mostra del Cinema, Festival del Cinema, or Biennale del Cinema.The aim is to make known and spread international cinema in all its forms, organising retrospectives and tributes to important personalities. A different way to experience the Venice Lido, an island not only of sea and beaches but also of culture.It was in 1932 that the first edition of the Mostra del Cinema (International Exhibitio

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