The film marks the 50th anniversary of Aardman, founded in Bristol in 1976 by Peter Lord and David Sproxton who went to school together and used to make models on a kitchen table.
Hundreds of style-setting creations from the late designer Pierre Cardin will fill his Venice palazzo later this month in a new museum celebrating the cutting-edge vision of fashion's futurist.
George Clooney handed his lifetime achievement award to AFP photographer Tiziana Fabi and took a turn with her camera in a humorous exchange at the Venice film festival.