All Festivals articles
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NewsTokyo film festival adds new awards and Southeast Asia focus
The awards include a fresh honour for women in cinema.
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Reviews‘Hombre Al Agua’ review: Gael Garcia Bernal’s class satire proves disjointed and underpowered
Garcia Bernal directs, co-writes and stars in this Venice Spotlight premiere
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Reviews‘Woman Unknown’ review: May el-Toukhy’s Venice competition title is formal yet ferocious post-war Danish drama
Mathilde Arcel puts in a terrific lead performance in the director’s follow-up to Long Story Short and Queen Of Hearts
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Reviews‘The Echo Chamber’ review: Andrea Pallaoro turns Bernardo Bertolucci’s final script into precise, somewhat odd study of love and dependency
Alicia Vikander, Luca Marinelli and Susan Sarandon star in London-set Venice competition title
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NewsSusan Sarandon says she has had “movies taken away recently” due to Palestine support
Sarandon notes greater awareness of issue, but those in ”positions of power” still stopping her getting jobs.
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FeaturesGael Garcia Bernal on co-writing, directing and starring in Venice premiere ‘Hombre Al Agua’
Hombre Al Agua is the Mexican star’s third feature as a director and premieres in Venice before journeying on to TIFF
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NewsMay el-Toukhy says #MeToo advances have rolled back amid Venice gender imbalance
“I’ve never read an article where a female director is promoted as a genius,” said el-Toukhy.
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Reviews‘Holy Wood Dust’ review: Victor Kossakovsky’s study of trees lacks the revelatory magic of his best works
The Russian documentarist’s follow-up to Trillion and Architecton premieres out of competition in Venice
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Reviews‘Possible Love’ review: Lee Chang-dong explores class, desire and exploitation in powerful Venice competition return
The ‘Burning’ director reunites with star Sul Kyung-gu for an enigmatic drama about two married couples divided by wealth
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NewsFocus on auteur directors has led to “systemic” lack of recognition for producers
Venice Production Bridge panel said issue needs addressing by festivals, award ceremonies, critics and film journalists
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Reviews‘The Difficult Bride’ review: A fairytale Bangladeshi wedding turns into a nightmare in sharp feminist body horror
Rubaiyat Hossain’s latest work becomes the first Bangladeshi film to play in Venice
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Reviews‘Citizen Osama’ review: A Palestinian journalist balances war reportage with family life in harrowing Gaza doc
Ahmed Hassouna’s Venice out of competition title has been selected as Palestine’s official Oscar submission
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NewsWim Wenders stands by Berlin politics comments: “Filmmakers are the opposite of politicians”
“Filmmakers are not working with the mindset of politicians,” said Wenders.
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News2026 film festivals and markets calendar: latest dates
Bookmark this page to keep track of all the latest festival dates.
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NewsAda Solomon on producing ‘I Matter’, one of the first films by a female Roma director
Alina Șerban’s Venice Spotlight premiere I Matter, is the first fiction film by a female Roma director to play at an ‘A’ list festival
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Reviews‘Father Joe’ review: Kiefer Sutherland takes holy orders in Luc Besson’s violent action romp
Al Pacino adds marquee heft to Barthélémy Grossmann’s knowingly trashy action thriller
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Reviews‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger’ review: Sentimental doc about UK band’s reunion plays best when it focuses on the music
Directors Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace chart Oasis’s 2025 tour in Venice out of competition title
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Reviews‘It Will Happen Tonight’ review: Nanni Moretti’s latest is unashamedly melodramatic Italian romance
Louis Garrel and Jasmine Trinca star in the director’s sprawling drama which premieres in Venice competition
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Reviews‘Primetime’ review: Robert Pattinson is ‘To Catch A Predator’ host Chris Hansen in visually striking, dramatically contrived thriller
Merritt Wever is also memorable in Lance Oppenheim’s feature debut, which bows in Venice competition
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Reviews'Diane In the Loop’ review: Quirky Belgian drama confronts the legacy of sexual violence
Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni’s funny, compassionate third feature is produced by the Dardenne brothers