Venice Film Festival Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is the oldest film festival in the world and one of the "Big Three" film festivals, alongside the Cannes Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival. These three film festivals are nationally acclaimed, and give creators the artistic freedom to express themselves through film. Founded in Venice, Italy, in August 1932, the festival is part of the Venice Biennale, an exhibition of Italian art founded by the Venice City Council on 19 April 1893. The Venice Biennale, founded
Pigs in the City the City" event was held from May 23 through October 23, 2008, and was called "Power of the Pig." The pigs were also on display during the 25th Anniversary Lexington Barbecue Festival and during the "Official Food Festival of the Piedmont Triad Region of the State of North Carolina," a one-day event that usually draws up to 150,000 visitors from all over the nation to Lexington, a town of about 20,000 residents. Some of the themes for Pigs in the City 4 include "Pigahontas", "Tanya "Cabbage Patch" Burcham", "This Little Piggy went to Market", "Mr. Porkwrench", "Huckleberry Pig" and "Girl