Alberto Barbera presided over a lengthy press conference Thursday morning, during which he announced the stacked lineup for this year's Venice Film Festival, which runs from 2-12 September. Scroll down for the full list of titles.

EXCLUSIVE: Paris and Berlin-based sales company Salaud Morisset has boarded worldwide sales rights to A Bit of Light, the new feature from Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari, ahead of its world premiere in

The Hong Kong-US collaboration follows a woman who returns to her hometown of Harbin after years living in the US.

Michelle Zhou’s debut feature “Big Little Things” has landed backing from Hong Kong-based Moebius Entertainment, which will handle worldwide sales and festival representation after the Hong Kong-U.S.

By Crispian Balmer ROME, July 23 (Reuters) - Hollywood is taking a step back at this year's Venice film festival, with organisers on Thursday unveiling a more independent-minded line-up that promotes auteur cinema over the studio-heavy rosters of recent editions.

Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori (GdA) has unveiled a female focused lineup for its 2026 edition. Drawn from 1,036 submissions from 114 countries, the lineup features 25 world premieres,

The Venice Film Festival has suffered its steepest decline in female representation in five years, with just one woman director selected for this edition's main competition. It marks a dramatic fall from the six female filmmakers in last year's edition,