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NewsGeorge Clooney critiques Paramount merger, calls out authoritarianism at Venice
“Stories are always dangerous to people who peddle in fear,” says Clooney.
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Reviews‘The Girl With The Leica’ review: Gerda Taro biopic struggles to bring its pioneering photojournalist subject into focus
Alina Marazzi’s lively, mannered portrait of the Spanish Civil War photographer opens Venice Horizons
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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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NewsLuca Guadagnino’s Venice title ‘Joie De Vivre’ acquired for sales
Seven-hour film will play in two parts on the Lido.
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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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FeaturesPornographer or auteur? As Venice shows 1967’s ‘Deadly Sweet’ as its ‘pre-opening’ night film, Alberto Barbera defends the legacy of Tinto Brass
To many, Tinto Brass is an ageing satyr of European cinema – but the artistic directors of Venice and Locarno hold a different view
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NewsVenice opening jury press conference to go ahead, individual film conferences to proceed
Festival has resolved “conflicting schedule” that threatened jury session.
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NewsVisionär Films picks up two films for sales including Venice Critics’ Week title
EXCLUSIVE: Berlin-based company also takes on Italian documentary.
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NewsHow Zoe Saldana’s husband Marco Perego became a rare angel investor for arthouse filmmakers
“Who is the auteur we can help to produce?” says Perego of his motivation.
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NewsLuca Guadagnino to receive Venice’s Glory to the Filmmaker Award for 2026
Guadagnino will present 435-minute Bertolucci documentary ‘Joie De Vivre’ at the festival.
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NewsPiperPlay 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.
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NewsVenice 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.
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Reviews‘Ferine’ review: Arresting Italian genre debut is lush modern giallo with feline themes
Andrea Corsini’s first feature world premieres in Fantasia
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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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NewsBiennale 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.
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News‘Dear Ajayi’, first Nigerian film in Giornate degli Autori, boarded for sales
EXCLUSIVE: Damilola Orimogunje’s film stars Bimbo Akintola and Tosin Adeyemi.
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NewsVenice’s Giornate degli Autori lineup includes Lili Horvat, Robert Guediguian films
10 features in competition include five debuts.
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News€1.5m Fondazione Prada Film Fund returns with 2026 call for entries
Fund for independent films from around the world first launched last year.
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NewsTinto Brass’s 1967 pop thriller ‘Deadly Sweet’ to screen as “pre-opening film” at Venice
Jean-Louis Trintignant and Ewa Aulin star in the London-set film by the ‘Caligula’ director.
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NewsBruce LaBruce and Hilal Baydarov projects among 11 selected for Locarno Pro’s Alliance 4 Development
The development programme is aimed at feature-length projects from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland.