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Venice Features
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FeaturesScreen critics’ standout films from Venice and Toronto 2025
From major awards contenders to hidden gems.
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FeaturesHow 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.”
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FeaturesLabina Mitevska reflects on why she believes the world needs her sister Teona Strugar Mitevska’s Venice title ‘Mother’
The Horizons opener stars Noomi Rapace as the Catholic nun Mother Teresa in 1948.
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FeaturesInternational execs ‘optimistic’ about return of young audiences to cinemas
A Venice Film Festival roundtable hosted by Screen International and sponsored by the Saudi Film Commission debated young cinema audience trends.
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Features“We’re evolving,” says Gaumont’s Alexis Cassanet of the company’s shifting strategy
As the world’s oldest studio, Gaumont is celebrating its 130th anniversary in 2025.
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FeaturesMads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Anders Thomas Jensen on ‘The Last Viking’
’The Last Viking’ is the sixth reunion for the trio.
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Features“You are going to get goosebumps”: Can the work showcased at Venice Immersive help draw global audiences?
“When you can sell a lot of tickets for one single show, it starts coming closer to the economic model of cinema.”
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FeaturesHow mk2 is connecting auteurs and audiences, and expanding its slate of English-language arthouse films
”A decade ago, we stopped distributing films and everyone said, ‘You’re crazy.’ But we had a strategic vision, and it is working.”
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Features“You have to carry on pushing”: Good Chaos founder Mike Goodridge reflects on life in the international producer fast lane
The UK producer has ‘Orphan’ and ‘Ballad Of A Small Player’ set for launch at the fall festivals and a first-look deal with Searchlight.
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FeaturesTereza Nvotová on her Venice premiere ‘Father’: “My first instinct was this is too tragic”
Slovakia-born filmmaker’s latest is about a father who forgets his child in a car during a heatwave.
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Features“We will support talent in all genres,” says Fremantle’s Andrea Scrosati on eve of bumper Venice
Production and distribution group has six titles in Venice’s official selection, including Paolo Sorrentino’s opening film La Grazia and Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Emily Mortimer on needing noise to write, what she learned from Noah Baumbach and her love of sausages
The co-writer of Jay Kelly reveals why opening a greasy spoon would be her ideal alternative career.
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FeaturesVenice Production Bridge head Pascal Diot on what’s new for 2025 edition
Venice Production Bridge is adding an extra day to its schedule this year, the latest in a series of additions to the festival’s industry event.
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FeaturesWhich films at the fall festivals could go on to become awards contenders?
“Venice is starting to feel more American in its programming, which plays well for press coverage.”
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FeaturesThe lowdown on all the Venice Film Festival 2025 titles
Screen profiles all the films in the Venice Film Festival’s official selection and parallel sections.
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FeaturesVenice 2025 preview: Screen’s guide to the Competition titles
Includes new films by Kathryn Bigelow, Benny Safdie, Mona Fastvold, Noah Baumbach, Olivier Assayas and Guillermo del Toro.
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FeaturesVenice 2025 preview: Screen’s guide to the Spotlight titles
The Venice Film Festival’s new Spotlight section includes films by Maryam Touzani, Stephan Komandarev and Daniel Hendler.
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FeaturesVenice 2025 preview: Screen’s guide to the Critics’ Week titles
Julia Jackman’s 100 Nights Of Hero starring Emma Corrin and Charli XCX is among the selection for the 40th Venice Critics’ Week.
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FeaturesVenice 2025 preview: Screen’s guide to the Out Of Competition titles
Venice 2025 Out Of Competition titles include films from Luca Guadagnino, Sofia Coppola, Gus Van Sant, Werner Herzog and Laura Poitras.
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FeaturesVenice 2025 preview: Screen’s guide to the Giornate degli Autori titles
Giornate degli Autori competition titles include Damien Hauser’s ‘Memory Of Princess Mumbi’ and ‘Past Future Continuous’, the new documentary from Firouzeh Khosrovani.