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PublishedSeptember 1, 2026UpdatedSeptember 1, 202607:19pm 3 min Comments By Add BRecorder as a trusted source on Google

The Venice Film Festival used to be the place where the awards season put on its best tuxedo. This year, it looks more like a war room, with politics and political cinema set to dominate the red carpet. 

Between Hollywood and Silicon Valley, the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival will serve as a showcase for cinema in the age of artificial intelligence (Venice International Film Festival)

Doha Film Institute (DFI) celebrates another major milestone with eight Institute-supported films selected for the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, reaffirming its commitment to championing independent filmmakers and bringing distinctive voices from the Arab world and beyond to the global stage.

Ahead of film festivals, press conferences are an unusual sight for juries, but this time in Venice it appears that would not be the case.

Venice Film Festival’s industry event Venice Production Bridge (VPB, September 3-9) has expanded steadily since launching 15 years ago.

Clockwise from top left: ‘Meteorite’, ‘Father Joe’, ‘The Difficult Bride’, ‘My Notes On Mars’, ‘Ink’, ‘Guria’

Belarusian filmmaker Andrei Kutsila’s “Letters From the Silenced Country,” a DW, ZDF/Arte and TVP co-production, will have its world premiere at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival – a first for DW.

ROME, Aug 24 (Reuters) – A documentary examining Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza was added to the Venice Film Festival line-up on Monday, the second year running that a highly charged work about the conflict has competed for the prestigious Golden Lion.

Russian journalist Ksenia Mironova in the film My Undesirable Friends: Part One. Part Two is at the Venice film festival in September. Photograph: Julia LoktevRussian journalist Ksenia Mironova in the film My Undesirable Friends: Part One. Part Two is at the Venice film festival in September. Photograph: Julia Loktev