Colman Domingo has been introduced because the host of amfAR Venezia, the Basis for AIDS Analysis’s gala on the Venice Movie Pageant. The black-tie occasion, happening Aug. 31 at Arsenale, will characteristic cocktails, dinner and a reside public sale of up to date artworks and unique experiences.

“We’re deeply grateful to Colman Domingo for his dedication to our trigger and for recognizing the significance of amfAR’s work,” amfAR CEO Kevin Robert Frost stated in a press release Monday. “There are nonetheless 40 million individuals dwelling with HIV worldwide, and fundraising occasions like amfAR Venezia that help our efforts to discover a remedy for HIV stay as critically essential as ever.” 

Current honorees of amfAR Venezia have included Antonio Banderas, Richard Gere, Ava DuVernay, Ferzan Ozpetek, Achille Boroli and Mohammed Al Turki. 

This 12 months’s presenting sponsor is World Gold Council. San Clemente Palace Kempinski is the official resort associate. 

The 82nd version of the Venice Movie Pageant runs Aug. 27-Sept. 6.

The official lineup has not been introduced, however as Selection beforehand reported, movies being eyed for the Lido embrace Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine,” that includes Dwayne Johnson as two-time UFC heavyweight champ Mark Kerr and Emily Blunt as his spouse Daybreak; Luca Guadagnino’s #MeToo-themed thriller “After the Hunt” starring Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri; and “Bugonia,” the most recent collaboration between Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone.

Angelina Jolie, after being on the Lido final 12 months with Pablo Larraín’s “Maria,” could possibly be again in Venice with Alice Winocour’s Paris vogue world drama “Couture.”

Netflix seems prone to carry Noah Baumbach’s comedy-drama “Jay Kelly,” starring George Clooney as its enigmatic title character, and likewise Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” a brand new tackle the basic monster film with Jacob Elordi, Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth.

The streamer can also premiere “A Home of Dynamite” a few missile assault on america from Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow with a forged comprising Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Greta Lee, Gabriel Basso and Jared Harris.