Rome, 1 July (LaPresse) – Emanuela Fanelli will host the opening ceremony of the 82nd Venice Film Festival on the evening of Wednesday 27 August on the stage of the Sala Grande (Palazzo del Cinema al Lido), as well as the closing ceremony on Saturday 6 September, during which the Lions and other official awards of the Festival will be announced.A versatile and profound actress, Emanuela Fanelli is capable of moving naturally from comedy to drama without ever losing her expressive coherence. Her work is appreciated not only for her interpretative skills, but also for her ability to recount, with a personal and profound gaze, the ironies and contradictions of the present. She is the author of her own monologues," reads a statement from the Biennale.

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