EXCLUSIVE:  Rome-based sales company True Colours has boarded Norwegian-Kurdish director Halkawt Mustafa’s drama No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman ahead of its world premiere Out of Competition at the Venice Film Festival in September. Avan Jamal stars as a female Peshmerga sniper who…

Netflix has confirmed that Possible Love, directed by Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong, will receive a theatrical release in Korea, U.S. and other select territories following its premiere at the Venice and Toronto film festivals.  The film will open in Korean theatres on September 23, followed by…

Six Italian film bodies have hit out at the lack of women in the Venice Film Festival's main film competition this year in an open letter. The tribune, published in Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper over the weekend, follows in the wake of the festival's unveiling of the 2026 Official Selection…

Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera unveiled the lineup for its 83rd edition on Thursday, his 19th selection over two stints in the role, firstly from 1998-2001 and most recently since 2012, with his term extended to 2027 and 2028 earlier this year. He has delivered a varied an…

The Venice Film Festival unveiled the lineup for its 83rd edition at a news conference Thursday in the ornate historical archive of parent body La Biennale. We have another six weeks to pore over the details of the unveiled films ahead of the festival’s opening on September 2, but here are some first…

It's shaping up to be a busy year for Teddy Leifer's documentary-focused production company Rise Films as it marks its 20th anniversary. Having previously conquered Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, IDFA and Tribeca, the London-based company will make its Venice debut in September with Erik Shirai's Sum…

EXCLUSIVE: Paris and Berlin-based sales company Salaud Morisset has boarded worldwide sales rights to A Bit of Light, the new feature from Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari, ahead of its world premiere in Competition at this year's Venice Film Festival. Set in contemporary Iran, A Bit of Light…

EXCLUSIVE: Close to eight years after Bernardo Bertolucci's death in Rome in 2018, his final screenplay The Echo Chamber will debut in competition at the Venice Film Festival in September under the direction of Andrea Pallaoro. Working closely with Bertolucci's co-writers Ilaria Bernardini and…

Hong Kong-based Moebius Entertainment has boarded international sales for Michelle Zhou's Big Little Things, which has been selected to premiere in the Horizons section of this year's Venice Film Festival.  The film follows a woman who returns to her hometown of Harbin after years living in the…

Alberto Barbera presided over a lengthy press conference Thursday morning, during which he announced the stacked lineup for this year's Venice Film Festival, which runs from September 2-12. Scroll down for the full list of titles.  The lineup is expansive, with several big names returning…

Venice Biennale Foundation President Pietrangelo Buttafuoco hit out at the European Commission on Thursday for its move to withdraw funding over Russia's participation in its Art Biennale earlier this year. Speaking in opening remarks of the press conference unveiling the lineup for 83rd edition…

Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori (GdA) has unveiled a female focused lineup for its 2026 edition. Hungarian director Lili Horvát's first English-language film My Notes on Mars will open the edition. The sci-fi romance stars Mackenzie Davis as a scientist who vanishes during a hiking…