Overview

• The Vertigo star appeared at the 82nd Venice Film Festival on Aug. 28 in her first major public outing in about a decade.
• She is slated to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement on Sept. 1 at Venice.
• Kim Novak’s Vertigo will premiere at the festival, produced by longtime manager Sue Cameron and directed by Alexandre Philippe.
• Cameron says the film has been in development for more than 15 years, with Philippe filming inside Novak’s Oregon home soon after joining the project.
• Novak, who left Hollywood decades ago to focus on painting and caring for animals in Oregon, was reportedly moved by the documentary.