Lav Diaz & Brillante Mendoza included in the Venice Film Fest's "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded"

The 70th anniversary of the Venice International Film Festival will be held in Italy this Aug. 28, 2013 to Sept. 7, 2013. Filipino filmmakers Brillante Mendoza (Kinatay, Serbis, Lola) and Lav Diaz (Batang West Side, Melancholia) are set to join in on the Festival's “Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded” program which features 70 Directors and their short films. Lav Diaz's short film “The Firefly” (which runs 83 seconds short) and Brillante Mendoza's short "Kamera" (which runs 90 seconds) are included in the "Venezia 70"
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The Biennale di Venezia (which is the Art Exhibition in which the Venice Film Festival is part of) has created "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded" a special feature for this year's Filmfest, in order to invite 70 movie directors from all over the world to make a short film lasting between 60 and 90 seconds, with total creative freedom.

The invitation has been accepted by great maestros, well-known directors, and young filmmakers with recognized talent. All have participated at the Venice Film Festival at least once over the past twenty years. Bernardo Bertolucci, Paul Schrader, Shekhar Kapur, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Abbas Kiarostami, Monte Hellman and Walter Salles are among the other directors included in the Venezia 70.