True Colours takes on sales for Franco Maresco’s Venice competition title ‘Bravo Bene!’
EXCLUSIVE: Italian director was previously in Venice competition with Mafia Is Not What It Used To Be (2019)
Venice-bound ‘Cotton Queen’ lands MENA distribution deal
EXCLUSIVE: Marks the feature directorial debut of Sudanese-Russian filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani.
UK and Irish producers and actors enjoy strong showing in Venice competition lineup
UK and Ireland producers are involved in films including ‘Jay Kelly’, ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’, ‘Bugonia’ and ‘Rose Of Nevada’.
Intramovies acquires Tereza Nvotová’s Venice Horizons premiere ‘Father’
EXCLUSIVE: Father won the Screen International award last year at MIA Market’s work-in-progress programme C EU Soon.
Films Boutique snaps up Catalan road movie ‘Strange River’, debuting in Venice Horizons
EXCLUSIVE: Catalan director Jaume Claret Muxart’s debut film is a queer coming-of-age road movie.
Celluloid Dreams boards Venice Critics’ Week coming-of-age drama ‘Stereo Girls’
EXCLUSIVE: Caroline Deruas Peano’s film is about the enduring friendship between two 17-year-olds.
Carolina Cavalli’s Venice premiere ‘The Kidnapping Of Arabella’ boarded for sales
EXCLUSIVE: The film starring Benedetta Porcaroli and Chris Pine will premiere in Venice Horizons.
Venice Film Festival unveils 2025 lineup
Selection includes new films by Kathryn Bigelow, Benny Safdie, Luca Guadagnino, Mona Fastvold and Olivier Assayas.
Venice Critics’ Week line-up includes ‘100 Nights Of Hero’ with Emma Corrin, Charli XCX
Further UK features ‘Ish’ and ‘Straight Circle’ also among selection.
Mohammad Rasoulof, Fernanda Torres among Venice competition jury members
Julia Ducournau, Charlotte Wells to chair Horizons, debut film juries.
Doug Liman, Edward Berger works among Venice Immersive 2025 selection
Liman’s ‘Asteroid’ will launch in the Immersive competition.
Saeed Taji Farouky project among eight Final Cut in Venice titles
Farouky will present Egypt-UK co-production ‘Standing At The Ruins’.
‘Lolita’, ‘Matador’, ‘Rome 11:00’ among Venice Classics 2025 line-up
Bahram Beyzai’s ’Bashu, The Little Stranger’ and Bimal Roy’s ’Two Acres Of Land’ are also in the line-up.
Venice head Alberto Barbera talks monsters, managing protests and the one that got away
Screen spoke to Barbera about his approach to selecting films, his future at the festival, and whether he is concerned about political protests this year.
Eight talking points from the Venice 2025 line-up
Long films, up to 305 minutes; starry nights, with Julia Roberts, George Clooney set to attend; political topics.
Why the role of festival manager has become more significant for a successful film launch
Competition for festival slots is becoming fiercer than ever as filmmakers look to secure distribution.
