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2617 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 21/09/2026.

Marco Bechis • Director of Back to Buenos Aires

Interview: Marco Bechis • Director of Back to Buenos Aires

“We live in an era in which survivors are everywhere”

VENICE 2026: The Italian director explains the highly topical reasons that led him to return to the subject of the military dictatorship in Argentina  

15/09 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Woman Unknown scoops Venice’s Golden Lion

Woman Unknown scoops Venice’s Golden Lion

VENICE 2026: The film by Danish director May el-Toukhy has also received the Volpi Cup for lead actress Mathilde Arcel; also among the award winners are Possible Love, Dau and NAZA  

12/09 | Venice 2026 | Awards

Review: Back to Buenos Aires

Review: Back to Buenos Aires

VENICE 2026: Marco Bechis revisits his memories of imprisonment in a clandestine military jail during Argentina’s dictatorship through this taut, cathartic film  

12/09 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Review: A Bit of Light

Review: A Bit of Light

VENICE 2026: The latest feature by Iranian helmer Ali Asgari is an attempt at an existential drama questioning the meaning of life amid the reality of ongoing suffering  

11/09 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Nicolas Pariser • Director of One Minute to Midnight

Interview: Nicolas Pariser • Director of One Minute to Midnight

"I decided to explore a character carrying out an investigation that’s actually an investigation of himself"

VENICE 2026: The French filmmaker explains why he went against prevailing narrative conventions to reflect on male-female relations  

11/09 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Edoardo De Angelis • Director of The Fire Within You

Interview: Edoardo De Angelis • Director of The Fire Within You

“I wanted to assert the primacy of the characters over the plot”

VENICE 2026: The Italian director chats to us about his film, which sees an emotional battlefield take shape on a lively Christmas Eve  

11/09 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Review: NAZA

Review: NAZA

VENICE 2026: Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor help reveal the advanced technological methods used to achieve Israel’s genocide against Gaza  

11/09 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Paolo Strippoli • Director of The Spiral

Interview: Paolo Strippoli • Director of The Spiral

“You can express yourself freely within the codes of horror”

VENICE 2026: The young Italian director tells us how he turned a family drama into a horror flick in order to broach the theme of control  

11/09 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Review: One Minute to Midnight

Review: One Minute to Midnight

VENICE 2026: Nicolas Pariser devises a charming, politically tinged ramble centred on a man in the mirror who wakes up to his past  

10/09 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Ali Asgari • Director of A Bit of Light

Interview: Ali Asgari • Director of A Bit of Light

“Making films is a way of fighting against a system that is trying to control you”

VENICE 2026: The rising Iranian director talks about the resilience that helped him complete his first Lido competition entry and continuing his career amidst geopolitical uncertainty  

10/09 | Venice 2026 | Competition

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