The Venice film festival runs from 1-11 September.
Whoever wins the Golden Lion, they will emerge into a film release landscape still vastly changed from pre-pandemic times.
Delphine Lievens, senior box office analyst for film industry data agency Gower Street Analytics, says: “It feels like what we’re looking at now is more of a ‘new normal’.
It’s also pushing the outdated models in the film industry to develop at a rapid rate and we should see this continue into the future.”