Earlier this morning, the Venice Film Festival announced its official lineup for the festival’s 83rd edition. American actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal will serve as Jury President for the main competition. Our very own Ema Sasic & Josh Parham will attend this year on behalf of Next Best Picture. The festival runs from September 2nd-12th, 2026.
Venice Competition
Ink, dir. Danny Boyle (Opening Film)
A Bit of Light, dir. Ali Asgari
Bucking Fastard, dir. Werner Herzog
Bunker, dir. Florian Zeller
Company, dir. Casey Affleck
Dau, dir. Ilya Khrzhanovsky
The Echo Chamber, dir. Andrea Pallaoro
Il Fuoco Che Ti Porti Dentro, dir. Edoardo de Angelis
It Will Happen Tonight, dir. Nanni Moretti
L’Estranea, dir. Paolo Strippoli
Look Back, dir. Hirokazu Koreeda
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?, dir. Shinya Tsukamoto
A Place to Heal, dir. Cedric Kahn
Possible Love, dir. Lee Chang-dong
Primetime, dir. Lance Oppenheim
Ritorno a Buenos Aires, dir. Marco Bechi
Un Bon Petit Soldat, dir. Stephane Brize
Un Peu Avant Minuit, dir. Nicolas Pariser
Wild Horse Nine, dir. Martin McDonagh
Woman Unknown, dir. May el-Toukhy
Venice Spotlight
Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing, dir. Erik Shirai (Opening Film)
Conversation With the Sea, dir Muayad Alayan
Furies, dir. Rami Kodeih
Ground Floor, dir. Gabor Reisz
Guria, dir. Levan Koguashvili
Hombre Al Agua, dir. Gael Garcia Bernal
I Matter, dir. Alina Serban
Serpenti, dir. Roberto de Paolis Maino
Orizzonti Competition
La Ragazza con la Leica, dir. Alina Marazzi (Opening Film)
The Burning Giants, dir. Phuttiphong Aroonpheng Thai
The Color of the Sun, dir. Xavier Tera
A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra, dir. Jacqueline Lentzou
The Difficult Bride, dir. Rubaiyat Hossain
Falling House, dir. Mohsen Gharaei
I Figli Della Scimmia, dir. Tommaso Landucci
La Citta dei Vivi, dir. Edoardo Gabbriellini
La Maison du Vent, dir. Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu
La Moula, dir. Jerome Pierrat
Lovers in the Blue Night, dir. Anuparna Roy
Oasis, dir. Jannis Lenz
Too Much Sugar, dir. Robert Greene
Una Storia, dir. Anna Foglietta
Un Detour par Diane, dir. Ann Sirot, Raphael Balboni
Until the Day Ends, dir. Jelena Maksimovic
What Belongs to Others, dir. Grzegorz Debowski
Venice Open – Films on Film
Intermission, dir. Yonfan
Joie de Vivre, dir. Luca Guadagnino
Juso Per Ferie, dir. Karen di Porto
Nino – Un Film su Nino, dir. Walter Fasano
The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias, dir. Sophie Fiennes
Twist and Shoot Mister Suzuki, dir. Yves Montmayeur
Venice Open – Non Fiction
Be Brave, dir. Francesco Carrozzini
Biografia de Jorge Luis Borges, dir. Mariano Llinas
Boatbilders, dir. Luke Lorentzen
Burgundy, dir. Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
Citizen Osama, dir. Ahmed Hassouna
Dust, dir. Tsai Ming-liang
Everest: The Other Side, dirs. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chan
From Inside Out – The Architecture of Peter Zumthor, dir. Wim Wenders
Holy Wood Dust, dir. Victor Kossakovsky
Imperium, dir. Sergei Loznitsa
Letters from the Silenced Country, dir. Andrei Kutsila
Musk, dir. Alex Gibney
My Undesirable Friends Part II – Exile, dir. Julia Loktev
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, dirs. Dylan Southern, Will Lovelace
Queer Edward II, dir. Theo Rollason
The Road to Jericho, dir. Amos Gitai
Shumei – The Living Legacy of Kabuki, dir. Takashi Miike
Union Town, dir. Barbara Kopple
What Loves Builds, dir. Russell Crowe
Venice Open – Fiction
Arrested Memory, dir. Sabu
The Basics of Philosophy, dir. Paul Schrader
Dio Ride, Giovanni Veronesi (Closing Film)
Father Joe, dir. Barthelemy Grossman
Jupiter, dir. Alexandre Smia
Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors, dir. Lav Diaz
Nessun Dolore, dir. Gianni Amelio
No Paradise if You Are Killed by a Woman, dir. Halkawt Mustafa
Place to Be, dir. Kornel Mundruczo
Scherzetto, dir. Mario Martone
Un Bon Avocat, dir. Tristan Seguela
What do you think of the lineup? Is there anything that jumps out at you as something you want to see? Which film’s inclusion/exclusion surprised you the most? Please let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or on our X account.
