Interview with Pascal Diot, Director of Venice Production Bridge
Pascal Diot, director of Venice Production Bridge, on its 15th anniversary and new Location Market, at Venice 2026.
Pascal Diot, director of Venice Production Bridge, on its 15th anniversary and new Location Market, at Venice 2026.
Opening Venice's Mostra 2026 with his festival debut, INK, Danny Boyle on the 1969 birth of The Sun, journalism as a pillar of humanity threatened by AI, and his refusal to turn Rupert Murdoch into a monster
Listen Global Critics Venice Voice! Exclusive and thoughtful conversations with leading international film critics, and in-depth analysis of the most anticipated films of the Venice International Film Festival 2026.
Your daily guide to the film market at Venice Production Bridge 2026 — panels, meetings and international guests you can't miss.
Plague: Youssef Chebbi's second feature about twin brothers and a palm tree parasite in Tunisia, selected for Final Cut in Venice 2026.
Madi Makambu: Machérie Ekwa Bahango's second feature explores denied pregnancy in Kinshasa, selected for Final Cut in Venice 2026.
Rula Nasser presents "Occupational Hazards" at the Venice Film Festival 2026, exploring Palestinian family resilience through dark comedy. Click to read!
Discover the intriguing story behind A quarter to Thursday, a surreal film exploring absurdity, politics, and resilience in a world lacking common sense.
Eldorado, the taste of the South explores migration, utopia, and societal critique with humor and depth—discover this powerful, engaging film's story and production journey.
Discover how Mehal Sefari , Ethiopia's first film in 14 years at Venice, highlights a powerful story set during the Red Terror, opening doors for African cinema.
The Oscar-winning co-directors of No Other Land return with a documentary produced by The Guardian, set to screen in Sala Grande on 10 September.
Florin Șerban’s You Don’t Belong Here leads the Locarno Film Festival 2026 palmarès, with major awards also going to Hong Sangsoo, Monica Bellucci, Kim Minhee and Petra Volpe.
Jane Schoenbrun on her new film "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma": post-transition joy, 80s horror, and reclaiming the trans monster.
Atcha Atcha highlights the vibrant African dance scene and its fragile cultural roots, showcasing movement, identity, and the power of local expression.
Giornate degli Autori - Venezia
Twenty-five world premieres, an international competition and a programme dedicated to Giorgio Gosetti define Giornate degli Autori 2026.
Seven debut features, four continents and cinema conceived as resistance: Venice Critics’ Week 2026 announces its complete programme.
The Venice Film Festival announces Danny Boyle's Ink as opening the festival, while Giovanni Veronesi's Dio ride will close the 83rd edition.
Isabelle Tollenaere's Paris Paris balances hardship and inhumanness with lightheartedness, humour, and playfulness
Nader Saeivar's Hijamat explores how everybody, of all generations or ethnicities, builds walls around themselves — made of different materials, but all really tall
Jan-Eric Mack's A Happy Family, starring co-writer Anna Schinz, is the first Swiss film ever to compete for the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary
Oscar-winning actress Ellen Burstyn will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival 2026, joining George Clooney among this year's recipients of the prestigious award.
Miroslav Terzić's 3 Weeks After, winner of the Europa Cinemas Label at Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2026: "It's not just about peer violence, but about a violent society, and we are all in it."
Tonia Mishiali's The Lion at My Back, winner of the Ecumenical Jury Grand Prize at Karlovy Vary 2026, is the second chapter of her trilogy on women living on the sidelines
Ivan Ostrochovský's Only Beautiful Things to Look At tackles forced sterilisation through magnificent visuals: "If the film visually goes against the topic, maybe it is scarier."
Directors Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov on Black Money for White Nights: "Corruption is at the bottom of everything, but not just that of the outer life, also the corruption of the inner life"
In The Guest, where a family reunion is disrupted by a mentally unstable mother played by Trine Dyrholm, Mads Mengel pays close attention to his characters' conflicted feelings
"All Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters were a sort of superheroes for the audience"
Past the Hill of Napoleon’s Hat director Arnas Balčiūnas at Future Frams 2026. On generational trauma, silence within families, and finding an authentic cinematic voice.
Half-moon director Hae-Sup Sin at Future Frames 2026. A short film about adoption, cultural identity and two mothers discovering that love can be shared rather than divided.
Nobody Barks director Júlia Coldwell Serra at Future Frames 2026. A dark comedy about guilt, family bonds and the comforting stories people invent to avoid painful truths.