All Out Of Competition articles
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Reviews‘Union Town’ review: Fifty years after ‘Harlan County, USA’, Barbara Kopple returns to the frontline of America’s labour struggle
The veteran documentarian’s absorbing portrait of the gig economy is the third in her ‘labour rights’ trilogy
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Reviews‘Musk’ review: Alex Gibney presents a gripping if glossy study of controversial billionaire Elon Musk
Gibney’s exhaustive documentary plays Venice ahead of berths in Toronto and London
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News‘Musk’ contributor Ashley St. Clair says she declined $40m from Elon Musk to exit the film
St. Clair says the offer came from Musk, via his business manager.
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Reviews‘Boatbuilders’ review: Luke Lorentzen’s Maine-set boatyard documentary is a finely crafted delight
The ‘Midnight Family’ director slows the pace for this beautifully observed portrait of craftsmanship and community
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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‘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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NewsWhy Oasis film ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ had to be a doc: “No one could play Liam Gallagher”
The Gallagher brothers skipped the Venice press conference for the film.
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Reviews‘Jupiter’ review: Denis Menochet is imposing in blunt, airless French nuclear war drama
Alexandre Smia’s feature debut invites comparisons to Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘House Of Dynamite’
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Reviews‘Queer Edward II’ review: Intimate doc links the making of Derek Jarman’s 1991 feature Edward II and wider LGBTQ+ activism
Theo Rollason’s entertaining Venice out of competition title goes behind the scenes of Jarman’s feature
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News‘Queer Edward II’ team on Derek Jarman’s inclusive sets and why “we can’t protest enough”
“Derek Jarman could talk to somebody sweeping the floor about what the next shot was,” said Sandy Powell.
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Reviews‘My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile’ review: Julia Loktev’s portrait of Russian journalists in exile deepens in its second chapter
The follow-up to 2024’s ’Last Air In Moscow’ proves every bit as compelling, if more intimate
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NewsLuca Guadagnino’s Venice title ‘Joie De Vivre’ acquired for sales
Seven-hour film will play in two parts on the Lido.
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Reviews‘Forsaken’ review: Docudrama about 2020 murder of a French schoolteacher is uneasy retelling of a national trauma
Vincent Garenq’s exploration of the Samuel Paty murder combines careful reconstruction with more heavy-handed flourishes
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NewsVenice documentary winner ‘Remake’ acquired for international sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film began buyer conversations at IDFA this week.
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NewsMarianne Faithfull documentary ‘Broken English’ sells wide including UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Germany, Spain, Scandinavia among further deals.
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NewsVenice title ‘The Last Viking’ starring Mads Mikkelsen sells to US
Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas star in the film.
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Reviews‘Dog 51’ review: Cedric Jimenez’s high-octane thriller is set in a near-future Paris
Adele Exarchopoulos and Gilles Lellouche star in engaging Venice Film Festival closer
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Reviews‘Kim Novak’s Vertigo’ review: Affectionate documentary profiles the Hollywood legend and Hitchcock star
Director Alexandre O’ Philippe joins Novak for a look back at her career, and her most famous role
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Reviews‘My Father And Qaddafi’ review: Libyan filmmaker Jihan explores the 1993 abduction of her politician father
Moving documentary looks at what happened to Mansur Rashid Kikhia, an opponent of Colonel Qaddafi’s brutal regime