Scott Roxborough, “Julian Schnabel to Receive Venice Festival’s Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award” (2025)
“’I first stepped foot in Venice in November of 1976,’ said Schnabel, accepting the honor. ‘At the time, I went to Padua to see the Scrovegni Chapel of Giotto and to see the paintings in Venice. I never dreamed that I would become a filmmaker, let alone be honored with this award, and be included alongside so many filmmakers I admire, because in fact I am a painter. But I guess I am a filmmaker as well. I’ve now shown my films at the Venice Film Festival for almost 30 years, and to receive the Glory to the Filmmaker Award for the world premiere of my new film In the Hand of Dante means so much to me, as tracking Dante and Nick’s trajectory in this film has somehow mirrored my own life. Thank you. I couldn’t be happier about this.’
“Festival director Alberto Barbera praised Schnabel’s originality and artistic vision: ‘Each of Julian Schnabel’s films is a world of its own. None is like the one before or the one after. Yet, it is not a coincidence that most of them are portraits of artists and passionate depictions of the artistic process. As generous as it is wildly imaginative, Schnabel’s cinematic output is a gift to film, articulated through a wholly original language. His new feature, In the Hand of Dante, is his most ambitious project to date. As Martin Scorsese said when asked to describe them, Schnabel’s films are ‘abundant, overflowing and vibrating with life, pulse. There is always more in the frame to see, to experience, and to feel.’'” —Hollywood Reporter (June 30, 2025)
Sighting Citation:
“Scott Roxborough, “Julian Schnabel to Receive Venice Festival’s Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award” (2025).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. July 31, 2025. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/scott-roxborough-julian-schnabel-to-receive-venice-festivals-cartier-glory-to-the-filmmaker-award-2025/.