Chapter four - article five
The creative heart
of cinema
The Maison was very proud to continue as Main Sponsor for the 82nd edition of the Venice International Film Festival. The eleven days of cinematic celebration were punctuated by encounters, screenings and events featuring guests and Friends of the Maison.
Gemma Chan wears a Maillon Panthère necklace and ring, both from the Cartier Collection
A unique High Jewelry creation was revealed to the public on the red carpet of the festival. The Cafayate necklace, worn by Riley Keough, took 1460 hours to create.
Red Carpet Debut
The creation explores color harmonies through a duo of spectacular opals - of 5.64 carats and 4.59 carats respectively - that radiate their multicolored iridescence throughout the composition.
Amal Clooney wears Panthère de Cartier earrings and Grain de Café ring
Giacomo Giorgio wears a Tank Louis Cartier watch, a Juste un Clou earring and ring and a LOVE bracelet.
The Masterclass
The Maison sponsored four masterclasses under the theme "The Art and Craft of Cinema," held as part of the official festival program. These encounters brought together Sofia Coppola & Milena Canonero, Sergio Castellitto & Margaret Mazzantini, Alfonso Cuarón & Michael Seresin, and Jane Campion & Tanya Seghatchian.
The Maison sponsored four masterclasses under the theme "The Art and Craft of Cinema," held as part of the official festival program. These encounters brought together Sofia Coppola & Milena Canonero, Sergio Castellitto & Margaret Mazzantini, Alfonso Cuarón & Michael Seresin, and Jane Campion & Tanya Seghatchian.
Each of the creative duos discussed the essential nature of collaboration in bringing a film to life, from the cinematic language of costumes to the importance of light in storytelling. These conversations were moderated by Stéphane Lerouge, expert in film music and curator of record collection Écoutez le cinéma!. By exploring the collective nature of cinema, Cartier celebrates not just a passion for creative singularity, but a world where detail, intuition, and shared expertise give rise to beauty.
The Glory to the
Filmmaker award
Cartier and La Biennale di Venezia paid a joint tribute to American filmmaker Julian Schnabel, awarding him the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award. This prestigious prize aims to celebrate a contemporary figure whose work has left a lasting mark on the cinematic landscape through bold vision and originality. Previous winners include Claude Lelouch (2024), Wes Anderson (2023), Walter Hill (2022) and Ridley Scott (2021). A director, painter and screenwriter, Julian Schnabel is known for his instinctive, poetic approach to storytelling, blending painterly visuals with deeply human narratives. His unique creative voice continues to shape and challenge the boundaries of modern cinema. The trophy, a stylized panther head handcrafted in Cartier’s High Jewelry ateliers in Paris, was presented to him during a special ceremony at the Palazzo del Cinema.
Cartier and La Biennale di Venezia paid a joint tribute to American filmmaker Julian Schnabel, awarding him the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award. This prestigious prize aims to celebrate a contemporary figure whose work has left a lasting mark on the cinematic landscape through bold vision and originality. Previous winners include Claude Lelouch (2024), Wes Anderson (2023), Walter Hill (2022) and Ridley Scott (2021). A director, painter and screenwriter, Julian Schnabel is known for his instinctive, poetic approach to storytelling, blending painterly visuals with deeply human narratives. His unique creative voice continues to shape and challenge the boundaries of modern cinema. The trophy, a stylized panther head handcrafted in Cartier’s High Jewelry ateliers in Paris, was presented to him during a special ceremony at the Palazzo del Cinema.
“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’.”
– Alberto Barbera, Director of the Venice International Film Festival
Julian Schnabel
“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.”
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