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Gaza documentary ‘NAZA’ gets 25-minute Venice ovation, reveals secret systems Israel used in mass killings of Palestinian civilians

"A politically disruptive and cinematically interesting work."

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Scherzetto review – Toni Servillo brings gravitas to a dithering Neapolitan ghost story

The Venice fixture plays an illustrator haunted by his boyhood in Mario Martone’s part spooky, part sentimental oddity

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Guardian documentary, Tesztpálya (Test Track), to premiere at the Venice Film Festival

Guardian Documentary, Tesztpálya (Test Track), will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival as part of the prestigious Orizzonti Short Films International Competition on 11 September. The selection presents the world premiere screenings of 13 short films, competing for the Orizzonti Award.

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Pamela Anderson reflects on hepatitis C diagnosis in emotional Venice speech

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Venice Film Festival heats up with McDonagh’s 'Wild Horse Nine' and Herzog’s 'Bucking Fastard'

The Venice Film Festival is showcasing the world premieres of “Wild Horse Nine” and Werner Herzog’s “Bucking Fastard” Thursday

The Independent UK

Murdoch and Musk in the crosshairs at Venice film festival

Danny Boyle’s drama about the acquisition of the Sun and a four-hour Elon Musk documentary will premiere alongside new films from Martin McDonagh and Werner Herzog – but only one female director has a movie in competition

The Guardian - UK

Steven Knight’s Oasis documentary to premiere at Venice Film Festival

Don’t Look Back In Anger follows Noel and Liam Gallagher as they undertake their Live ’25 tour.

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Venice Biennale Russian pavilion: EU Commission confirms funding withdrawal

The reasons given by the Biennale were deemed insufficient, and the Commission has moved to withdraw funding over the reopening of the Russian pavilion, drawing harsh criticism in Brussels from the League.

Euronews

Venice Film Festival to honour George Clooney with Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

US actor, director and producer George Clooney is to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the upcoming Venice International Film Festival (2-12 September).

Euronews

OPINION - The posturing over the inclusion of Russia and Israel is a betrayal of Venice’s vision

It feels wrong to cancel artists because you disapprove of what their countries are up to, writes Melanie McDonagh

Evening Standard

What Iran’s absence from the Venice Biennale reveals about art and politics

Just days before the opening of the 2026 Venice Biennale, organisers announced that Iran would no longer participate.

The Conversation

From Eurovision to the Venice Biennale, culture contests are being overshadowed by politics

The Venice Biennale, Eurovision and Cannes are framed as artists representing their nations. But in a fractured world national identity seems increasingly futile

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‘The doorbell went at 5am. Six masked men were outside’: Belarus Free Theatre bring totalitarian terror to the Venice Biennale

They’ve been imprisoned, tortured and spied upon. Now dissidents from Europe’s last dictatorship are bringing the sights, sounds, smells and even tastes of brutal repression to the world’s biggest festival of art

The Guardian - UK

Reopening of the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale: EU threatens to cut funding

In a letter addressed to the president of the Venice Biennale, the European Commission has threatened to freeze €2 million to the cultural institution in response to the reopening of the Russian pavilion.

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Who Is Federica Polidoro? Reporter Who Asked Awkward #MeToo and #BLM Question at Venice Film Festival

Italian journalist Federica Polidoro went viral after excluding Ayo Edebiri from a #MeToo and #BLM question at Venice. Who is she and what's her background?

The Guardian - UK

The Voice of Hind Rajab was better than the film which won Venice. But that result wasn’t a cop-out

Many felt Kaouther Ben Hania’s Gaza docufiction was robbed when Jim Jarmusch’s latest took the top prize. Yet accusations of moral cowardice on the part of the jury are naive and unfair

International Business Times

Indie Favorite Jarmusch Beats Out Gaza War Film For Venice Top Prize

A gentle study of dysfunctional families by veteran American director Jim Jarmusch clinched top prize at the Venice Film Festival Saturday, while a harrowing docu-drama about the Gaza war took second.

The Guardian - UK

Move over fashion week: Chanel and Dior soft launch creations at Venice film festival

Big brands use red carpets and gondolas in Italian city to show looks from newly installed designers

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The Independent UK

Venice Film Festival draws to a close and will announce its awards, which can give an Oscars boost

The 82nd Venice Film Festival is wrapping up as juries decide on the awards Saturday

The Guardian - UK

‘Humanity is facing a reckoning’: Venice film festival shrugs off the glamour to take aim at politics

Stars waved as usual from the city’s water taxis, but there was a repeated focus on films that help audiences interpret a chaotic world

The Guardian - UK

Meet your descendants – and your future self! A trip to Venice film festival’s extended reality island

A flourishing lineup of immersive storytelling experiments are taking visitors into novels, nightclubs and outer space

Evening Standard

Jason Momoa disguises his 'ugly' feet with bright pink nail polish at In the Hand of Dante premiere

The US actor, 46, wore a light pink suit on the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

The Voice of Hind Rajab gets 23-minute ovation at Venice film festival

Film about five-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza leaves much of audience and many journalists sobbing

The Independent UK

In the shattering ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab,’ the story of a 6-year-old killed in Gaza

Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania's” The Voice of Hind Rajab” is debuting at the Venice Film Festival Wednesday

Inverse

The Wildest Social Thriller Of The Year Is Nothing Short Of Spectacular

Park Chan-wook’s zany social thriller plays like a reverse 'Parasite' — and it's a hoot. Read our Venice Film Festival review of 'No Other Choice.'

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