The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote all the various aspects of international cinema in all its forms: as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and tolerance. The Festival includes retrospectives and homages to major figures as a contribution towards raising awareness of the history of cinema.

Marco Müller is the Director of the 67th edition. He has been heading the Venice Biennale's Cinema section since 2004.

The official line-up of the 67th Festival includes the following sections: Venezia 67 - Out of Competition - Orizzonti - Controcampo Italiano, Italian Comedy - The State of Things (retrospective section).

The independent and parallel sections include: - International Critics’ Week (A series of 7 films – debut works – independently selected by a commission nominated by the National Syndicate of Italian Film Critics) - Giornate degli Autori - Venice Days (A series of 12 films independently organized by a commission nominated by the Italian Association of Film-makers (ANAC - Associazione Nazionale Autori Cinematografici) and by the Association of Independent Directors and Producers (API - Associazione Autori e Produttori Indipendenti).