Shafaq News- Venice
The 83rd Venice International Film Festival has
unveiled the lineups for its Main Competition and Orizzonti sections, with the
selected films competing for the Golden Lion and Silver Lion awards.
The official program, announced in Rome by Artistic
Director Alberto Barbera, includes films selected for the Main Competition,
Orizzonti, and other sections of the festival. Barbera noted that the lineup
reinforces cinema’s role as a powerful means of understanding the real world,
with the selected works addressing major contemporary challenges.
Barbera called cinema “a living entity capable of
constant reinvention,” despite declining audience numbers, adding that it
continues to create moments of revelation and visual wonder.
Around 4,500 films were reviewed for this year’s
festival, compared with 4,200 submissions last year, reflecting the continued
growth of global film production. The program addresses several major issues,
including war, the climate crisis, migration, and social and family tensions.
Main Competition
The following films were selected for the Main
Competition:
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Company by Casey
Affleck (Canada/Romania/Italy/US/UAE).
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A Bit of Light by
Al Asgari (Iran/Switzerland/Italy/Canada/Turkiye).
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Ritorno a Buenos
Aires by Marco Bechis (Italy/Brazil).
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Ink by Danny Boyle
(UK) – Opening Film.
–
Un bon petit
soldat (A Good Little Soldier) by Stéphane Brizé (France).
–
Il fuoco che ti
porti dentro by Edoardo De Angelis (Italy).
–
Kvinde Ukendt
(Woman Unknown) by May el-Toukhy (Denmark/Sweden).
–
Bucking Fastard by
Werner Herzog (Ireland/US).
–
15/18: A Place to
Heal by Cédric Kahn (France).
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Dau by Ilya
Khrzhanovsky (Germany/France/Sweden).
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Look Back by
Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan).
–
Possible Love by
Lee Chang-dong (South Korea).
–
Wild Horse Nine by
Martin McDonagh (UK/US/Chile).
–
Succederà questa
notte by Nanni Moretti (Italy/France/Spain).
–
Primetime by Lance
Oppenheim (US).
–
The Echo Chamber
by Andrea Pallaoro (Italy/Belgium).
–
Un peu avant minuit by Nicolas Pariser (France).
–
L’estranea by
Paolo Strippoli (Italy/France/Belgium).
–
Mr. Nelson, Did
You Kill People? by Shinya Tsukamoto (Japan/US/Thailand/Vietnam).
–
Bunker by Florian
Zeller (France/Spain).
Orizzonti Competition
The following films were selected for the Orizzonti
Competition:
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The Burning Giants
by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng.
–
What Belongs to
Others by Grzegorz Dębowski.
–
Una Storia by Anna
Foglietta.
–
La Città dei Vivi
by Edoardo Gabbriellini.
–
Falling House by
Mohsen Gharaei (Iran).
–
Too Much Sugar by
Robert Greene.
–
The Difficult
Bride by Rubaiyat Hossain.
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La maison du vent
by Auguste Bernard and Kouemo Yanghu.
–
I figli della
scimmia by Tommaso Landucci.
–
A Day in the Life
of Jo: Chapter Phaedra by Jacqueline Lentzou.
–
Oasis by Jannis
Lenz.
–
Until the Day Ends
by Jelena Maksimović.
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La ragazza con la Leica by Alina Marazzi.
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La Moula by Jérôme Pierrat.
–
Lovers in the Blue
Night by Anuparna Roy.
–
Un détour par
Diane by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni.
–
The Color of the
Sun by Xavier Tera.
–
Eklipse by Manuel
Wetscher.
–
Big Little Things
by Michelle Zhou.
Official Awards
The official awards will be announced during the
closing ceremony on September 12, 2026, at the Palazzo del Cinema on the Venice
Lido.
The International Competition Jury will present the
following prizes:
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Golden Lion for
Best Film.
–
Silver Lion –
Grand Jury Prize.
–
Silver Lion for
Best Director.
–
Coppa Volpi for
Best Actress.
–
Coppa Volpi for
Best Actor.
–
Special Jury
Prize.
–
Best Screenplay.
–
Marcello
Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress.
Festival Overview
The 83rd Venice International Film Festival will run
from September 2 to 12, 2026, in Venice, Italy, under the direction of Alberto
Barbera. The program includes the Main Competition, Orizzonti Competition,
Critics’ Week Competition, Venezia Spotlight, Immersive Competition, Classic
Film Restorations, College Cinema, Best of Experiences, Best of the World,
Cinema and Music Special, Critics’ Week Out of Competition, and workshops and
interviews with cinema figures.
The festival, the world’s oldest film event, will host
prominent auteur filmmakers and international stars, with Italian cinema
strongly represented across the program.
For more info: https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition
Credit: Independent journalist and
reporter Mansour Jahani
