Latest Venice news
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News‘Woman Unknown’ wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival 2026
Other winners included ‘NAZA’ and ‘Possible Love’.
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NewsTommaso Usberti’s ‘Before The War’ takes top prize in Venice Critics’ Week 2026
Venice sidebar unveils winners of 41st edition.
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NewsVenice’s Giornate degli Autori sidebar unveils 2026 winners
Argentinian director María Aparicio’s Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion takes director’s award
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NewsFirst trailer for Ali Asgari’s Venice competition title ‘A Bit Of Light’
Misagh Zareh plays a disillusioned doctor who loses faith in the future after being arrested and having his medical practice shut down.
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News‘NAZA’ producers talk protecting whistleblowers, journalism as cinema at Venice
‘NAZA’ was selected late for Venice so the film team could finish anonymising its sources.
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News‘Paper Tiger’, ‘Furies’ producer Rodrigo Teixeira of RT Features talks new Brazilian, James Gray projects
EXCLUSIVE: Slate includes previously-announced TIFF selections Glaxo, Furies
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NewsStephen Graham on UK re-gentrification: “The cost of living has gone through the roof”
“If you can’t afford to live where you grew up, where do you go?” asks Graham in Venice.
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NewsEllen Burstyn on working in her nineties: “It’s not some man’s life I’m helping out with”
Burstyn was first on the call sheet for Kornel Mundruczo’s Venice title ‘Place To Be’.
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NewsIsrael’s Sam Spiegel lab awards $70,000 in prizes at Venice Production Bridge
Lab saw 10 projects pitched to jury including Christian J. Vesper, Gabor Greiner.
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News‘Musk’ contributor Ashley St. Clair says she declined $40m from Elon Musk to exit the film
St. Clair says the offer came from Musk, via his business manager.
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NewsVenice day 6: The early frontrunners for the Golden Lion - The Screen Podcast
Host Wendy Mitchell is joined by Screen’s senior US critic Tim Grierson, who reveals a trio of titles that have impressed him so far on the Lido.
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NewsSusan Sarandon says she has had “movies taken away recently” due to Palestine support
Sarandon notes greater awareness of issue, but those in ”positions of power” still stopping her getting jobs.
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NewsMay el-Toukhy says #MeToo advances have rolled back amid Venice gender imbalance
“I’ve never read an article where a female director is promoted as a genius,” said el-Toukhy.
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NewsLack of recognition for producers is ‘systemic’ issue that needs fixing, says Venice panel
Venice Production Bridge panel said issue needs addressing by festivals, award ceremonies, critics and film journalists
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NewsWim Wenders stands by Berlin politics comments: “Filmmakers are the opposite of politicians”
“Filmmakers are not working with the mindset of politicians,” said Wenders.
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NewsAda Solomon on producing ‘I Matter’, one of the first films by a female Roma director
Alina Șerban’s Venice Spotlight premiere I Matter, is the first fiction film by a female Roma director to play at an ‘A’ list festival
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NewsWhy Oasis film ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ had to be a doc: “No one could play Liam Gallagher”
The Gallagher brothers skipped the Venice press conference for the film.
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NewsGeorge Clooney, Maggie Gyllenhaal warn of risks to film industry from AI
Stars were among a raft of creatives and execs speaking at a Venice Film Festival symposium devoted to the technology.
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News‘Queer Edward II’ team on Derek Jarman’s inclusive sets and why “we can’t protest enough”
“Derek Jarman could talk to somebody sweeping the floor about what the next shot was,” said Sandy Powell.
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NewsWerner Herzog on cutting short rehearsals for Venice title ‘Bucking Fastard’
“The first time in my life that there was enough funds for existential rehearsals.”