Venice Film Festival 2026
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Venice 2026: A day in the life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra (dir. Jacqueline Lentzou) | Review
Jacqueline Lentzou ventures into the consciousness through perceptive filmmaking, reaching the inner depths of the psyche and cinematic form in…
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Venice 2026: Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion (dir. María Aparicio) | Review
Winning the top prize at this year’s Giornate delgli Autori, María Aparicio’s pensive film explores the labor history from a…
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Venice 2026: Lovers in the Blue Night (dir. Anuparna Roy) | Review
The tranquil blue that veils tenderness in the middle of Mumbai’s progression gets exposed in Anuparna Roy’s meticulous approach to…
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Venice 2026: Big Little Things (dir. Michelle Zhou) | Review
Two roses, close and wounded — their thorns catching at each other. Director Michelle Zhou holds us close to the…
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Venice 2026: Dear Ajayi (dir. Damilola Orimogunje) | Review
In Nigeria and across much of Africa, the path to womanhood is often placed at two opposite ends of the…
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Venice 2026: One Minute to Midnight (dir. Nicolas Pariser) | Review
Director Nicolas Pariser invites you to find out: a walkabout of structured opinions, self-reflection, and principles of decisions and choices…
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Venice 2026: What Belongs to Others (dir. Grzegorz Dębowski) | Review
Director Grzegorz Dębowski bolds the quote “Every fortune feeds on a fracture” through "What Belongs to Others" — a deceptive…
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Venice 2026: A Common Story (dir. Anna Foglietta) | Review
In "A Common Story," Anna Foglietta carries out a sharp dissection of marriage that is dark, justified, and unflinching –…
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Venice 2026: No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman (dir. Halkawt Mustafa) | Review
Kurdish Wonder Woman with a sniper makes a dazzling entry to Venice that brings women warfighters’ dignity and resilience to…
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Venice 2026: Children of the Monkey (dir. Tommaso Landucci) | Review
Riccardo Scamarcio’s spot-on performance is both devastating and uplifting in Tommaso Landucci’s fairly dangerous gameplay of intentions versus reality, all…
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