# George Clooney receives lifetime Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival opening

George Clooney received the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the opening of the 83rd Venice Film Festival.

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George Clooney, 65, received the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the opening gala of the 83rd Venice Film Festival on 2026-09-02. [^1]

George Clooney said in his acceptance speech at the Venice Film Festival on 2026-09-02 that films foster empathy and challenge authoritarian thinking, and that stories are dangerous for people who act with fear. [^2]

Laura Dern, in her laudatio for George Clooney at the Venice Film Festival opening on 2026-09-02, called him an outstanding filmmaker and activist and quoted Brad Pitt as saying Clooney ages like an old Gouda cheese. [^3]

The 83rd Venice Film Festival opened on 2026-09-02 with Danny Boyle's film 'Ink', which depicts how Rupert Murdoch and Larry Lamb reinvented the British tabloid The Sun in the late 1960s. [^4]

Clooney expressed concern that the richest people in the world now own major information outlets like the Washington Post and Twitter. [^5]

Clooney stated that artificial intelligence poses a threat to the idea of truth by poisoning the well of perception. [^6]

Clooney defended his colleague Mark Ruffalo's ability to speak freely and expressed support for his work. [^7]

## What this stands on

1. George Clooney, 65, received the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the opening gala of the 83rd Venice Film Festival on 2026-09-02. (DIE ZEIT, News)
2. George Clooney said in his acceptance speech at the Venice Film Festival on 2026-09-02 that films foster empathy and challenge authoritarian thinking, and that stories are dangerous for people who act with fear. (DIE ZEIT, News)
3. Laura Dern, in her laudatio for George Clooney at the Venice Film Festival opening on 2026-09-02, called him an outstanding filmmaker and activist and quoted Brad Pitt as saying Clooney ages like an old Gouda cheese. (DIE ZEIT, News)
4. The 83rd Venice Film Festival opened on 2026-09-02 with Danny Boyle's film 'Ink', which depicts how Rupert Murdoch and Larry Lamb reinvented the British tabloid The Sun in the late 1960s. (DIE ZEIT, News)
5. Clooney expressed concern that the richest people in the world now own major information outlets like the Washington Post and Twitter. (EL PAÍS English, News)
6. Clooney stated that artificial intelligence poses a threat to the idea of truth by poisoning the well of perception. (EL PAÍS English, News)
7. Clooney defended his colleague Mark Ruffalo's ability to speak freely and expressed support for his work. (EL PAÍS English, News)

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