MILAN — Fewer A-list stars will stumble out of parties along the lagoon to be snapped by paparazzi in boats. But organizers of this year’s Venice film festival are promising plenty of movies — on actual screens in front of actual audiences — for the first time since the worldwide pandemic shut showbiz.More than 50 countries will participate in what aims to be the first major in-person film festival of the COVID era, from Sept.
2-12.“We have saved the heart of the festival,” said festival director Alberto Barbera, who presented the line-up at a livestreamed press conference.Temperatures will be checked, every second seat in the cinemas will be left empty, and even accredited film critics will have to reserve their seats in advance.