All Competition articles – Page 2
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Reviews‘Bucking Fastard’ review: Kate and Rooney Mara are perfectly in sync in Werner Herzog’s strange tale of sisterly devotion
The director’s absurdist drama premieres in Venice competition
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NewsHow Martin McDonagh’s ‘Wild Horse Nine’ became the second film ever to shoot on Easter Island
“Our idea was ‘leave nothing behind’” said producer Graham Broadbent.
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Reviews‘Ink' review: Jack O’Connell is magnetic as ‘The Sun’ tabloid editor Larry Lamb in Danny Boyle’s feverish Venice opener
Guy Pearce and Claire Foy also star in this seductive, high-energy portrait of ambition and media disruption
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NewsDanny Boyle speaks out against AI proliferation: “It’s insane what we’re doing”
Boyle says he shares “a loathing for the British establishment” with Rupert Murdoch.
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NewsMaggie Gyllenhaal questions male-dominated Venice Competition lineup
Gyllenhaal also says “honest” films are “fundamentally, unavoidably political, as well as a lot of other things.”
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NewsYuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s Venice title ‘NAZA’ boarded for sales
The documentary is directed by the two Israeli filmmakers behind ‘No Other Land’.
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NewsVenice completes Competition lineup with Gaza war documentary from Israeli ‘No Other Land’ duo
Film is produced by UK publication The Guardian and James Wilson.
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News‘Back To Buenos Aires’: first trailer for Marco Bechis’ Venice Competition title
EXCLUSIVE: Historical thriller touches on personal subject of kidnap and imprisonment for Bechis.
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NewsVenice 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.
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News‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ acquired for UK-Ireland cinema release
EXCLUSIVE: Kaouther Ben Hania’s film won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice this month.
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Reviews‘Silent Friend’ review: Hungarian filmmaker Ildiko Enyedi’s paean to nature stars Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Contemplative Venice Competition title weaves three human stories across a German university campus
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Reviews‘Bravo Bene!’ review: Sicily’s Franco Maresco puts himself at the centre of his meta-mockumentary
Surreal Venice Competition title is a layered satire of the director’s own inability to make a film.
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Reviews‘Elisa’ review: Italian prison drama sees a convict with amnesia struggle to recall her crime
Leonardo Di Costanzo’s muted Venice Competiton title stars Barbara Ronchi and Roschdy Zem
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Reviews‘Duse’ review: Italian auteur Pietro Marcello’s ambitious biopic of actress Eleonora Duse
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi and Noémie Merlant star in Marcello’s Venice Competition title
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Reviews‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ review: Kaouther Ben Hania revisits 2024 death of a six-year-old in Gaza
Wrenching Venice competition title blends documentary and drama, and uses real-life emergency services recordings
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NewsKaouther Ben Hania talks high-profile EPs, ethical concerns in ‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’
“When you amplify the voice of Palestinians, you are accused of being exploitative,” said Ben Hania.
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Reviews‘A House of Dynamite’ review: Idris Elba heads Kathryn Bigelow’s ambitious nuclear age thriller
Elba leads a superb cast including Rebecca Ferguson and Jared Harris in the director’s Venice competition title
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Reviews‘The Stranger’ review: Francois Ozon adapts 1940s Algeria-set novella into artful character study
Black-and-white Venice Competition title is adapted from Albert Camus story and stars Benjamin Voisin and Rebecca Marder
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Reviews‘The Smashing Machine’ review: Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt clash in Benny Safdie’s UFC drama
Benny Safdie’s first solo directorial work is based on real life wrestler Mark Kerr. It premieres in Venice competition
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Reviews‘The Testament Of Ann Lee’ review: Amanda Seyfried is 18th-century preacher in audacious musical
Mona Fastvold and co-writer Brady Corbet’s uneven biopic of the eponymous Shaker founder bows in Venice Competition