Venice, Toronto title ‘Conversation With The Sea’ acquired for world sales
EXCLUSIVE: Muayad Alayan’s film plays in Spotlight at Venice before Centrepiece at Toronto.
PiperPlay boards Tommaso Landucci’s Venice Horizons premiere ‘Children Of The Monkey’
EXCLUSIVE: Film’s screenplay previously won the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film Lab grand prize, and is executive produced by James Ivory.
Le Pacte boards Venice-bound ‘Furies’, executive produced by George Clooney
EXCLUSIVE: The company is handling international sales on the debut feature and will also release in France
Filmmaking bodies hit out at “one-dimensional” Venice lineup for lack of female directors
Italian and European film organisations publish open letter decrying festival’s ‘troubling’ 2026 lineup.
Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera on 2026 lineup, lack of female and studio films
Barbera talks Screen through the selection for his 19th edition at the helm of Venice.
Venice Competition thriller ‘Back To Buenos Aires’ acquired for international sales
EXCLUSIVE: Inspired by the director’s own experience, film depicts trial of officers from Argentina’s military dictatorship.
Venice Horizons title ‘Eklipse’ acquired for international sales
EXCLUSIVE: Debut feature is set in Tyrolean Alps during the 1999 full solar eclipse.
Lucky Number to ignite sales on Venice Horizons title ‘The Burning Giants’
EXCLUSIVE: The Thai film is about an ethnic Karen man with bizarre burn marks, who is captured and sent to a quarantine facility.
Biennale president launches extraordinary attack on EU for withdrawing €2m funding over Russian participation
Pietrangelo Buttafuoco was speaking at launch of Venice Film Festival line-up.
Venice film festival reveals 2026 lineup
The competition titles include new films by Martin McDonagh, Florian Zeller, Lee Chang-dong, Hirokazu Koreeda, Werner Herzog and May el-Toukhy.
Venice Horizons title ‘What Belongs To Others’ boarded for sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film is second feature from Polish filmmaker Grzegorz Debowski.
Venice’s Giornate degli Autori lineup includes Lili Horvat, Robert Guediguian films
10 features in competition include five debuts.
Venice Critics’ Week unveils 2026 lineup
Nine features include UK title ‘Our Share Of Sand’, Brazilian fetish disability drama ‘London’.
Six talking points from the Venice 2026 lineup: Studios and female directors go missing
In Competition, just one title out of 20 is directed by a woman.
Screen critics’ standout films from Venice and Toronto 2025
From major awards contenders to hidden gems.
How Julia Jackman’s ‘100 Nights of Hero’ brought together a starry cast including Charli XCX
”We thought we were working through it much more leisurely,” says Jackman. ”Their enthusiasm made it feel real.”
