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- Sting-Narrated Documentary About ‘The Godfather,’ ‘La Dolce Vita’ Composer Nino Rota Boarded by Global Constellation (EXCLUSIVE)
- Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, Nobel Prize Winner Annie Ernaux and More Sign Open Letter Calling for Venice Film Festival to Take ‘Concrete Action’ in Support of Palestine
- Who’s Afraid of Film Festivals? After Politics Rattled Berlin and Shook Up Cannes, Venice Braces for Impact
- Sabu Unpacks ‘Arrested Memory’ Ahead of Venice, Toronto Bows as Trailer Debuts (EXCLUSIVE)
- Venice News Today — August 27, 2026
- Sting to Narrate Documentary About ‘The Godfather’ Composer Nino Rota, Premiering at Venice Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
- Venice Horizons Best Director Winner Anuparna Roy’s ‘Lovers in the Blue Night’ Boarded by Parallax (EXCLUSIVE)
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Four Restored Films Acquired by The Match Factory for World Sales
- Venice-Selected ‘Agata the Writer,’ Starring Mia Wasikowska, Boarded by MMM Film Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
- Sanfic Industria and Guadalajara Film Fest Forge Joint Queer Incubator Initiative (EXCLUSIVE)
- George Clooney, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Alexandre Desplat and More Set for Finch & Partners and CAA’s ‘Future of Creativity’ Forum in Venice
- Venice News Today — August 25, 2026
- ‘NAZA’ Documentary From ‘No Other Land’ Directors Acquired by MK2 Films Ahead of Venice Film Festival Premiere
- George Clooney, Ellen Burstyn, Luca Guadagnino and More Set for Venice Masterclasses
- Liza Soberano Joins Jury for Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary, Presented During Venice Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
- Orlando Bloom to Be Honored During Venice Film Festival With Filming Italy Award
- Venice Adds ‘Naza,’ Documentary From ‘No Other Land’ Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, to Competition
- Venice News Today — August 23, 2026
- Venice-Bound ‘Meteorite,’ Debut Feature From Colombia’s Sebastián Múnera, Acquired by MoreThan Films (EXCLUSIVE)
- Chris Hansen Says He Refused to Sign His Life Away to Preview Robert Pattinson’s ‘Primetime,’ So A24 Wouldn’t Screen It for Him
- Chris Hansen Says He Refused to Sign His Rights Away in Order to Screen Robert Pattinson’s ‘Primetime’
- Sundance Prizewinner Luke Lorentzen’s Documentary ‘Boatbuilders’ Boarded by Metfilm Sales Ahead of Venice World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
- Venice Chief Alberto Barbera Defends Selection of Russian Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s ‘DAU’ After Backlash: It’s ‘Not Pro-Putin Propaganda’
- ‘The End of Times’ Acquired by Split Screen Ahead of Venice Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
- Iranian Director Ali Asgari Unveils First Clip From Venice-Bound ‘A Bit of Light’: ‘This Trump Guy Is Threatening to Bomb Here Every Day’ (EXCLUSIVE)
- Locarno: Marco Cavazzin’s ‘Mutrion,’ Set in the Venice Lagoon, Scoops Leopards of Tomorrow Director Award
- Venice: M-Appeal Picks Up Chinese Director Jie Dong’s ‘Zoom In, Zoom Out’ Ahead of Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
- Golden Lion Winner Milcho Manchevski Talks ‘Giving a Voice’ to Pulse Nightclub Survivors With ‘Good People’: ‘Our Job Was to Stay Out of the Way’
- A Female Sniper Battles ISIS in First Teaser for Venice Title ‘No Paradise if You Are Killed by a Woman’ (EXCLUSIVE)
- ‘Primo Viaggio,’ Presented Last Year at Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development, Has Wrapped and Heading for Venice Gap-Financing Market (EXCLUSIVE)
- Kartik Aaryan’s ‘Captain India’ Sets September London Shoot (EXCLUSIVE)
- California Lawmakers Settle on Partial Film Carveout From Tax Credit Cap