honest i think venice. would have loved to have to look at films like first man with ryan gosling or a star is born superstar lady gaga yeah i mean the line up this year in venice made it even more difficult for the jury under president. to pick this year's winners in particular the golden lion. the venice who are crowned it was an amazing trust the mexican director alfonso cuarón deservedly took the golden lion for the most personal film of his. roma is stark and intense often shark black and white tells a story of his childhood in mexico in the one nine hundred seventy s. . this film is an ode to the women who shaped his mother and his name. they survive all the trials life throws at them and hold the family together. the ground ground grand prize go through the favorite by your vibrant thanh this is a runner up on also a good record with the spotlight on women. the favorite is a bizarre british period drama here it's really. how does the kingdom think you mean and scored three women engage in a nasty da

well we'll see how the film celebrated in venice this year due next year at the oscars because the venice film festival has become a platform for the academy awards ever since films like spotlight birdman or the shape of water premier here and went on to win the oscar for best film won director in venice who already has an oscar is florian henckel fun dawna's mark who won for his very first film the lives of others with his new movie never look away he's trying to make it a two piece and the film is really a cinematic tour de force it's the story of a german family told through three generations and their struggles for life love and the pursuit of artistic freedom. from donna's moccasin penchant for complicated stories his latest film is the only john one competing at the venice film festival thomas mok took seven years to make it an expectation to highlight. the film tells the story of course not. into the heart beats them but i believe it comes back rest must muster the best as i. wished i know their best and. their best that time chilling place the young east german who wants to become

the seventy fifth venice film festival what's hot on the lido asphalt guerrillas are fast paced satire set in the balance of underworld and fact is both a political threat a lot tells the story of anti nuclear protests in the one nine hundred eighty s. . but we begin in the present and in venice at the film festival now seen as the premier oscar launching pad ahead of cat plenty of heavyweight hollywood fire is once again on show wrong side and eagerly awaited movie from a german oscar winning director but first up first man a giant step for ryan gosling. first mind blast off hollywood darling ryan gosling lighting up opening night at the venice film festival it was a terrific start to this year's high octane high end up. costing place neil armstrong the first man on the moon in the one nine hundred sixty s. armstrong achieve the impossible first man takes us on a long journey that led up to the iconic moment armstrong on the scientists who made the space train a reality experienced many setbacks but also took a toll on armstrong's private life. coming back. they want to explore the mo

but we begin in the present and in venice at the film festival now seen as the premier oscar launching pad ahead of cat plenty of heavyweight hollywood is once again on show or off site and eagerly awaited movie from a german oscar winning director but first up first man a giant step for ryan gosling. first man to us off hollywood darling ryan gosling lighting up opening night at the venice film festival it was a terrific start to this year's high octane lineup. guzzling place neil armstrong the first man on the moon in the one nine hundred sixty s. armstrong achieve the impossible first man takes us on a long journey that led up to the iconic moment on strawman the scientist who made the space train reality experienced many setbacks but also took a toll on armstrong's private life. coming back. they want to explore the moon but what they discovered was the earth. it was the first time that humanity had seen itself in in terms of the earth floating in the vastness of space. we'll see here is. some critics felt the film is too conventional and that's treatment of this milestone in the h

well to talk more about the highlights of the venice film festival and joining the studio by d.w. culture editor scott roxboro so it's got all these get to see him so this is a very special win for alfonso quote on who made a very personal film with roma wasn't it yet though very much so it is interesting because corals best known for big hollywood films really gravity children of men but this is completely different said it's a look at his own childhood growing up in mexico city in the one nine hundred seventy s. but what i found really interesting was that instead of telling his own story he decides to focus instead on the two most important women in his life is at the time is his mother and his name me growing up and so in doing so he sort of puts a focus on two women growing up in a very male dominated society and gives them a voice that they probably didn't have then and often women of this kind don't have in cinema today credibly powerful film visually unbelievably stunning shot and amazing black and white it's for me his best film i really loved him as a director and i thin

and a black and white drama when the top prize at the venice film festival. is based on the childhood of its own oscar winning director alfonso caron our film critic what it's all about. thanks for joining us i'm mary and i haven't seen him. people in sweden are preparing to vote in sunday's general election the traditional mainstream parties are facing a strong challenge from the far right sweden democrats they've made migration a key issue in the election as the country counts the cost of the large number of migrants it's accepted in recent years polls suggest no party will win a clear majority. it's shaping up to be one of the most significant election since we don't history the first nationwide vote since the country to get more migrants pair head of population than any other european country back in twenty fifteen at the height of the migration crisis it's just one key issue along with health care education and climate change but in rural communities like here in solve spog migration has become a prism through which everything else is viewed. in strong t

able to ask the architect to plan and build the world around us and who are coming together here in venice for the sixteenth architecture be an olive the main focus here isn't on beauty though but on space on green space which is the title of this year's exhibition. starting off at the british trevelyan we find the remains of an experiment robin-hood gardens in london that was built in the late one nine hundred sixty s. and was intense. it to be ideal social housing but it got consistently bad press it was poorly maintained and eventually demolished the venice be a non-issue is what remains photos are new original section of the buildings and symbols of a social vision. at the other end of the exhibition we find an optimistic look into the future the hong kong pavilion has creative ideas for the city of tomorrow he sees high rises as the only option to gain more free space in hong kong as densely populated territory the architects here's a skyscrapers just need a facelift. think about greenery sustainability can we plan trees in the tower and a lot more public spaces for all the citizens i

a gesture that some say is over due on friday the venice film festival signed an agreement promising greater transparency over how it selects films and gender equality across the organization followed similar moves by rivals like counted. before the festival started the european women's audiovisual network published an open letter to venice denouncing the fact only one film in the main competition here is directed by a woman and demanding changes to what they called a rigged system that favors mainly white males. now it seems change is on its way but for the festival director actual quotas are a step too far quaters is something which he says to me fair and right in politics for example. we can use the quaters in him in art the only katie to talk for us is the quality of their work is. southern marx's presenting her first feature film of venice previously she directed a documentary on the french prison system. along cass is showing outside the main competition it's about a young man looking for support when he comes out of jail his mother played by sort of being born air has severe d

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venice was far short of female acting talent. but only one of the twenty one directors vying for the top prize was a woman director jennifer can't who won the special jury prize for the nightingale called for more women to make films. thank the family the force is the most powerful healing force on the planet so i hope and i'm confident that next year in the year after in the year after seeing more and more women inhabiting this space. now which films from venice is strong line up will make it to the oscars. that's it for now for more you can always had to a website that dot com and you'll also find us on facebook and twitter i knew of his mackinnon in but and thanks so much for joining me. on. earth this. poem is of species. the whole word soup you can. get those are big changes and most start with small steps and became a little interiors tell stories of communities people and innovative projects around the world. like news that country.

trouble. 0bviously huge traffic flow is now in venice. what would you make of that if you were in st mark's square and couldn't put your feet up? it shows the success of tourism in venice but at the same time they have so many rules that even now their own residents are revolting saying how can you refuse to let us sit down? i don't think they will be able to enforce that one. thank you very much for your time. there is plenty more coming up on bbc news. keep your tweets coming in. tell us what you think of the digital assistants and the brave new world of that, and microwaves that you can talk to and they talk back. lots to come on bbc news. so much more to come. hello again. friday is set to be cooler and fresher, with sunshine and blustery showers. before then, storm bronagh has really been packing a punch across england and wales. a good couple of inches of rain in places, producing some flooding and particularly squally winds of 60mph or so. very squally winds on that cold front as it moves away from the south—east. the centre of t

here at venice is industry section business is brisk as people look for a deal to support their films or their ideas more and more of those deals are being struck with online platforms like netflix and amazon which means more fields that the public can choose to see either. the cinema or on devices like their smartphones. but the man heading this part of the festival rejects worries that netflix will make it harder for independent filmmakers to break through i would say mr just lots of tourists choice for them but for some as a project. of course they are more looking to have to make business was it cheats or amazon netflix didn't have anyone for us to talk to in venice but it's clear that in just a few years they've shaken up the industry and the real impact is still being debated. barbara vernice for counting the cost. and that is our show for this week if you want to get in touch with us about anything you've seen on the program you can tweet me i'm at a finnigan on twitter please use the hash tag a j c t c when you can do or you can drop us a line counting the cost at al-jazeera d

moves are still being unbuilt as the germans have been in and venice makes clear. a young chinese woman architect is setting out to revive the countryside in our homeland using simple yet brilliant means she's got two shows running at the moment here at the be an art. and at the same time how work is on the show as it is as you tick through forwarding berlin which is where we caught up with the astonishing search and. this is the region of song young which extends along the river song in a bamboo observation platform the pine park brilliant and a tea house amid plantations. three works by hugh chinatown modest interventions to restore the health of the region. she was shocked at that yes you don't feel it's a tea house every bit you have to go through case by case. and also this at your puncture is not a message surgery into the right because we want this to be a sustainable strike. if you turn turn once to contribute to the revitalization of neglected and remote rural areas in china. working with the local authorities and song young she seems to prove that even ar

venice was far short of female acting talent. but only one of the twenty one directors following for the top prize was a woman director jennifer kent who won the special jury prize for the nightingale called for more women to make films. the feminine force is the most powerful and healing force on the planet so i hope and i'm confident that next year and the year after in the year off to see more and more women inhabiting this space. who lies now on which films from venice is strong line up we'll make it to the oscars. that's all for now thanks so much for joining us. this is something harsh in paris came from jurors who are dealing with a new attorney killed many civilians. from including my father such as i was a struggle because i wanted to build a life for myself like the stockholder ish person my life became relish the kind sob. providing insights global news that matters d. w. me for mine.

out a zero at the venice film festival. this is edge there let's get a roundup of the top stories iraq's prime minister has ordered an investigation into why security forces didn't do more to protect buildings in the southern city of basra joining protests. demonstrators stormed and set fire to the iranian consulate there angry at iranian influence in the region one protester died on friday taking the death toll since monday to twelve. turkey's president and the united nations are warning of a bloodbath if syrian and russian forces push ahead with an offensive to retake the last rebel held province the leaders of turkey iran and russia have been discussing how to prevent a humanitarian crisis in italy the u.s. government is stopping more aid to palestinians the latest cuts affect cancer treatment and other critical care of jerusalem hospitals last week the u.s. an ounce then into funding for the u.n. relief agency that helps palestinian refugees and gallagher has more from washington all together we're looking at half a bil

here at venice is industry section business is brisk as people look for a deal to support their films or their ideas more and more of those deals are being struck with online platforms like netflix and amazon which means more fields that the public can choose to see either at the cinema or on devices like their smartphones. but the man heading this part of the festival rejects worries that netflix will make it harder for independent filmmakers to break through i would say initially just not so for us choice for them but for some us approach. of course. to have to make business was. netflix didn't have anyone for us to talk to in venice but it's clear that in just a few years they've shaken up the industry and the real impact is still being debated. for counting the cost. and that is our show for this week if you want to get in touch with us about anything you've seen on the program you can tweet me i'm at a finnigan on twitter please use the hash tag a j c t c when you can do or you can drop us a line counting the cost at al-jazeera dot net is our e-mail address there is plenty more f

the release of new movies online raises hackles among traditionalists at the venice film festival. iran has reportedly close to us border crossing with the rock after protesters set fire to the iranian consulate in the southern iraqi city of basra the demonstrators are angry at an iranian influence in the region as well as unemployment for services and government corruption and may work as more. it has been a day of tension culminating in the face the iranian consulate on paula after being stormed by a group of protesters they tried to set it alight the day before but were pushed back this time though it was left burning. demonstrators venting their anger about iran's alleged involvement in iraqi politics and its failure as i say to deliver key services to the city people here believe the politicians have turned their backs on that neglecting government corruption has caused a systematic decay of its infrastructure yes. why eleven come to parliament and inside the green zone while we were out here dying of hunger and thirst why are young people in graduate school in the market sell

another project to venture an interval in an venice is still a building site. it's the new headquarters of the spring immediate group. that will stand opposite the original building which are going to have built fifty years ago right next to the bottom or quite a political statement at the time. the new building designed by an courthouse stands directly on the form of deathstroke. the design traces the course of the berlin wall diagonally through the building leaving the area void and creating a large interior atrium. idea through thought that the it's interesting that this design was the only one submitted in the competition that decided to take the berlin wall as its cue for how to define and shape the interior so it's going to be a building that is actually shaped around the wall of one does i only know every dome. the nerve center of the new spring a campus will be the digital nice room. with the use of every like an empty theater with multiple levels it'll be allowed in full of energetic journalists so here on what was once the death strip view of a place

to bother al-jazeera venice. for a time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera brazil's electoral court as part of former president lula da silva from october's election the seven twelve years in jail for corruption people convicted of a crime can't run for the presidency but lose party registered him anyway and says it will fight with all means to make sure he remains accountable. the united nations is urging all countries to donate more money to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees the biggest contributor the u.s. has decided to stop all funding it will end decades of financial support for health education and food aid palestinian president mahmoud abbas says it's a flagrant assault on the palestinian people. the u.s. and canada have missed a deadline to revamp the north american free trade agreement talks ended on friday without a deal resident trump told congress he will press ahead with a new agreement with mexico canada's foreign minister is still optimistic a deal can be reached.

the venice time machine project begun by the city of venice and the a chord pretty technique fitted. the e.p.l. is trying to one through this question. since time machine it up the venice time machine project aims to create new tools for navigating through the thousand years of the nation and european history based on a major digitization of the venice archives the new movies are still there's a huge if the idea is essential is to transform the dozens of kilometers of documents that we have into an open information system on there will be accessible via new navigation interfaces the result of as opposed. by dissociating the document from its medium digitization dispenses with the need to handle paper which is heavy and bulky. in a sense the information is suspended in a digital space. then it can be accessed in an infinite number of ways a word or proper noun can be found nearly instantaneously was in the thousands of scattered documents. digital indexing of documents a lot was not that is to make interconnections that would have been impossible to do before you were able to find all

venice was far short of female acting talent. but only one of the twenty one directors vying for the top prize was a woman directed jennifer kent who won the special jury prize for the nightingale called for more women to make films. the feminine force is the most powerful and healing force on the planet so i hope and i'm confident that next year and the year after in the year off to see more and more women inhabiting this space. to rise now on which films from venice is strong lineup will make it to the oscars. just a quick reminder of asked about the story the voting is underway in sweden's national election which has been dominated by the issue of immigration surveys predict the far right anti immigrant sweden democrats could win as much as a quarter of the vote. make your small team even smaller with your smart. watch and watch what you want to. up to date. extraordinary. you decide what's on. sunday look at the w. jon stewart.

still to come on counting the cost netflix is showing six films at this year's venice film festival but not everyone is happy about it. but first some of the stories catching our eye this week in the stock market valuation hit the trillion dollar mark giving it entry to a club with only one other member apple shares in the online retailer trading at around two hundred seven times current earnings that means that shareholders believe it will stay profitable in the future c.e.o. jeff bezos is now the richest person in modern times if you account for inflation but the company he founded is being criticized by u.s. politician bernie sanders the sellers of claims that amazon doesn't pay its low level employees a fair wage something that amazon says is misleading. worries are growing about weak money laundering controls across the european union a small regional branch of a bank denmark's biggest lender has been setting off alarm bells as much as thirty billion dollars from russia and other former soviet countries flowed through the branch in a single year according to reports the branch in q

able to ask the architect to plan and build the world around us and who are coming together here in venice the sixteenth architecture. starting off with the british for billion we find the remains of an experiment robin hood gardens in london was built in the late one nine hundred sixty s. and was intended to be ideal social r.c. but it got consistently bad press and was poorly maintained and eventually demolished the going to be another issues would. remains photos in original section of the building sand symbols of a social vision nothing. at the other end of the exhibition we find an optimistic look into the future of hong kong brilliant as creative ideas for the city of tomorrow he sees high rises as the only option to gain more free space in hong kong as densely populated territory the architects years as skyscrapers just need a facelift. can we think about greenery sustainability can we plan trees in the tower and a lot more public spaces full the city is at stake share in the tower that need to have a change all regulation technological wise it's definitely possible when power that

venice was far short of female acting talent. but only one of the twenty one directors firing for the top prize was a woman director jennifer kent who won the special jury prize for the nightingale called for more women to make films. the feminine force is the most powerful and healing force on the planet so i hope and i'm confident that next year and the year after in the year off to see more and more women inhabiting this space. who lies now on which films from venice is strong line up we'll make it to the oscars. ok just a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you voting is underway in sweden's national election which has been dominated by the issue of immigration surveys predict the far right anti immigrant sweden democrats could win as much as as much as a quarter of the vote. at places here in d.w. from morehead twelve websites d.w. dot com i mean you could mckinnon in berlin thanks for joining in. line to be our fighters want to start families to become farmers or engineers every one of us a plan for your chi

venice was far short of female acting talent. but only one of the twenty one directors vying for the top prize was a woman directed jennifer can't who won the special jury prize for the nightingale called for more women to make films. the feminine force is the most powerful and healing force on the planet so i hope and i'm confident that next year and the year after in the year off to see more and more women inhabiting this space. who lies now and which films from venice is strong line up will make it to the oscars. and that's the latest here on d w for more head over to our web site that is d w dot com you'll also find us on facebook and twitter i'm also there at helena c humphrey is my handle thanks as ever if your company and see you again very soon. month cheering the city. tomorrow today. w. .

venice was far short of female acting talent. but only one of the twenty one directors vying for the top prize was a woman director jennifer can't who won the special jury prize for the nightingale called for more women to make films. the feminine force is the most powerful and healing force on the planet so i hope and i'm confident that next year and the year after in the year off to see more and more women inhabiting this space. who lies now and which films from venice his strong line up will make it to the oscars. and a reminder now of the top story we're following for you merging is underway in sweden's national election which has long been dominated by the issue of migration surveys predict the far right sweet democrats could win as much as a quarter of the vote. and that's the latest here on t.w. for more do head over to our web site that is d.w. dot com you'll also find us on facebook and twitter on there as well at helena c. humphrey is my hand off my colleague and you can pick my kid and we'll be with you at the top of t

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at the venice film festival. the american coffee giant starbucks is a produce the very first store in italy considered the spiritual home of the expressway hundreds of people queued up for up to an hour to get a cup of coffee undeterred by the comparatively high prices and espresso will cost just over two dollars more than double what italians normally pay one consumer group has already filed a complaint with competition watchdog saying the prices are unfair. and i hope it's better than american coffee the great what have you because this is the first and i mean and this is our business. tesla shares have suffered the biggest drop in two years as controlled as he once again swirls around tesla c.e.o. long musk is perfect it's with a storm off to briefly smoking marijuana joining in live webcast in a tumultuous few months for tesla has stunned investors when he said he was going to take the company private an idea he reversed shortly after. so let's have a recap of the top stories here analogise earth and turkey h

venice was far short of female acting talent. but only one of the twenty one directors firing for the top prize was a woman director jennifer kent who won the special jury prize for the nightingale called for more women to make films. the feminine force is the most powerful and healing force on the planet so i hope and i'm confident that next year and the year after and the year after seeing more and more women inhabiting this space. who lies now and which films from venice has strong line up will make it to the oscars. and that's the latest here on the w. for more do head over to our web site that's d.w. dot com i'm one of three imbalance thanks for your company see we can proceed. as a gentle going on empowering speech issue. don't miss the story of john j. should johnson takes you along on a thrilling and bone chilling journey each week you discover you know you stand looking. to tell your story on instagram.

the venice willing government has said it plans to hold a march on choose day to protest alleged the u.s. meddling in its affairs it follows american media reports that washington was working to topple president nicolas maduro which america has neither confirm nor deny and the u.s. has only responded to the controversy by saying it would like to see a peaceful transition to democracy in venezuela. u.s. policy a preference for a peaceful orderly return to democracy and we knew remains unchanged the united states government hears daily the concerns of the news or aliens from all walks of life be the members of the ruling party the security services elements of civil society or from among the millions of citizens forced by the regime to flee or brought the claims that the us was attempting to organise trade a coup in caracas were published in a new york times article citing officials on both sides it alleged that meetings were held with rebellious then this will in military figures before eventually being halted then this will as foreign minister has cus think it did the us for its alle