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Zeller’s labyrinth

From the drama of perception to social metaphor: an auteur’s trajectory
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Heroes in the mirror

Anna Foglietta steps behind the camera to uncover the cracks of everyday life
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Luca Guadagnino, anatomy of sentiment

Bertolucci as an ideal homeland and a cinema in search of Joie de Vivre
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Being Rebeca

Alina Șerban. A Roma story beyond stereotypes
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Martedì, 8 settembre 2026

DAY 7

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by F.D.S.

In the films of Tsai Ming-liang, actors move through the domestic spaces and streets of Taipei with the slowness and inevitability of ghosts. They do not speak, they engage in a biological sexuality closer to beasts than to human beings, they inhabit decaying, often waterlogged interiors – condemned by an isolation that forces them into endless near-crossings without ever truly connecting. They are haunting apparitions, as one character in Goodbye, Dragon Inn puts it: “This theater is haunted.” In that film …

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Daily #7

Look Back_On July 9 of this year, at the Basilica of Maxentius, I attended a concert of Alexandre Desplat's music conducted by the composer himself. The program notes mentioned that, as a child, Desplat had been profoundly influenced by the soundtrack composed by Hikaru Hayashi for the 1960 film The Naked Island, directed by Kaneto Shindō. In the Desplat household, that magical piece played on the Western concert flute...
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Every year, everything becomes more complicated. We live in an increasingly difficult world and within an industry – that of cinema – marked by a structural crisis we now know all too well. There are production, financial, and distribution challenges. Traditional mechanisms have collapsed; major studios are struggling and have yet to figure out a way forward...
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TODAY's RATING

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LOOK BACK

STAMPA ITALIANA
F. Caprara
LA STAMPA
Rated 5 out of 5
IL CORRIERE
DELLA SERA
Rated 3.5 out of 5
A.FINOS
REPUBBLICA
Rated 4.5 out of 5
F. Alò
Il messaggero
Rated 5 out of 5
M. Mancuso
Il Foglio
Rated 3 out of 5
A. De Grandis
Il Gazzettino
Rated 3 out of 5
CORRIERE
DEL VENETO
Rated 4.5 out of 5
LA NUOVA
VENEZIA
Rated 3.5 out of 5
IL FATTO
QUOTIDIANO
Rated 4 out of 5
P. Armocida
IL GIORNALE
Rated 4 out of 5
C. Piccino
IL MANIFESTO
Rated 3 out of 5
F. Ferzetti
L'Espresso
Rated 5 out of 5
G. Bianconi
IL TEMPO
Rated 4.5 out of 5
G. Bianconi
IL TEMPO
Rated 4.5 out of 5
QUOTIDIANO
NAZIONALE
Rated 4 out of 5
T. Marchesi
Domani
Rated 2 out of 5

3.9

INTERNATIONAL CRITICS
SCREEN
INTERNATIONAL
Rated 2.5 out of 5
THE HOLLYWOOD
REPORTER
Rated 3 out of 5
THE FILM
VERDICT
Rated 4 out of 5
B. Bastide
Le Monde
Rated 4.5 out of 5
B. CROLL
THE WRAP
Rated 2 out of 5
E. Fernández-Santos
EL PAIS
Rated 3 out of 5
J.H. L. Ramos
EXPRESSO
Rated 3.5 out of 5
B. HOLLENDER
rzeczpospolita
Rated 2.5 out of 5
FRANKFURTER
RUNDSCHAU
Rated 4 out of 5

3.22

L’ESTRANEA

STAMPA ITALIANA
F. Caprara
LA STAMPA
Rated 3.5 out of 5
IL CORRIERE
DELLA SERA
Rated 2 out of 5
A.FINOS
REPUBBLICA
Rated 4 out of 5
F. Alò
Il messaggero
Rated 3.5 out of 5
M. Mancuso
Il Foglio
Rated 3 out of 5
A. De Grandis
Il Gazzettino
Rated 3.5 out of 5
LA NUOVA
VENEZIA
Rated 3 out of 5
IL FATTO
QUOTIDIANO
Rated 3.5 out of 5
P. Armocida
IL GIORNALE
Rated 3.5 out of 5
C. Piccino
IL MANIFESTO
Rated 2 out of 5
F. Ferzetti
L'Espresso
Rated 1 out of 5
G. Bianconi
IL TEMPO
Rated 3.5 out of 5
G. Bianconi
IL TEMPO
Rated 3.5 out of 5
QUOTIDIANO
NAZIONALE
Rated 2.5 out of 5
T. Marchesi
Domani
Rated 5 out of 5

3.11

INTERNATIONAL CRITICS
SCREEN
INTERNATIONAL
Rated 1.5 out of 5
THE HOLLYWOOD
REPORTER
Rated 3 out of 5
THE FILM
VERDICT
Rated 4 out of 5
B. Bastide
Le Monde
Rated 2 out of 5
E. Fernández-Santos
EL PAIS
Rated 2 out of 5
J.H. L. Ramos
EXPRESSO
Rated 3 out of 5
B. HOLLENDER
rzeczpospolita
Rated 2 out of 5
FRANKFURTER
RUNDSCHAU
Rated 2 out of 5

2.44

TUTTE LE VOTAZIONI | ALL RATINGS

COVER STORY

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BUNKER by Florian Zeller

On Screen

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INTERVIEWS

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Submerged existences

Submerged existences

Mexican actress Nathalia Acevedo’s directorial debut at Giornate degli Autori
Being Rebeca

Being Rebeca

Alina Șerban. A Roma story beyond stereotypes

INSIGHTS

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  • Highlights

Luca Guadagnino, anatomy of sentiment

by Nicola Davide Angerame
Bertolucci as an ideal homeland and a cinema in search of Joie de Vivre
  • Highlights

Zeller’s labyrinth

by Stefano Nardelli
From the drama of perception to social metaphor: an auteur’s trajectory
  • Highlights

Genre fluid

by Riccardo Triolo
Beyond labels, how code hybridization conquered the Competition
  • Focus

Casey Affleck

by Alberto Marzari
The Art of Subtraction: Casey Affleck and the cinema of wounds without salvation
  • Highlights

Documentaries shed light

by Mariachiara Marzari
Archives and collective memory: non-fiction cinema takes the Lido

TODAY

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ARRIVALS

Florian Zeller, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Stephen Graham, Paul Dano, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Casey Affleck, Nick Nolte, Ben Mendelsohn, Adelaide Clemens, Scoot McNairy, Emily Alyn Lind, Catherine Caylee Cowan, Edoardo De Angelis, Vanessa Scalera, Lino Musella, Elena Radonicich, Ivana Lotito, Toni Servillo, Alex Gibney, Ashley St. Clair, Zoe Schiffer, Tsai Ming-liang, Karen Di Porto, Jacqueline Lentzou, Evita Andriopoulou, Eleni Vergeti, Anastasia Gouliamou, Alina Serban, Denisa Farcas, Sorin Mihai, Angelina Pavel, Vanessa Dancea, Raisa Mihai, Aexandru Stancu, Cosimo Messeri, Nathalia Acevedo, Sam Louwyck, Erwan Falé, Riccardo Brun, Viola Ardone, Roberto Cimpanelli, Eduardo Scarpetta, Beatrice Fiorentini, Antonio Bannò, Eva Cela, Rosa Diletta Rossi, Pierluigi Gigante, Romano Talevi, Andrea Sartoretti, Elisabetta Giannini, Carolina De Lillo Magliulo, Sara Scalera, Sebastián Múnera, Luna Gaviria, Angela Cano

PRESS CONFERENCE

palazzo del casinò

11.45 HALAYON (Venice Open – Out of Competition Short Films)
12.30 MUSK (Venice Open – Out of Competition)
13.15 COMPANY (Venezia 83)
14.00 BUNKER (Venezia 83)

Solo accreditati, prenotazione obbligatoria/ Press holders, only upon reservation

TODAY'S AGENDA

MOVIES

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11:00

Sala Corinto

  • Venice Classics

ON THE BEAT

Ning Ying

(101')

11:00

Sala Perla

  • Venice Days

THE MASSACRE

Cosimo Messeri

(94')

13:45

Sala Darsena

  • Orizzonti

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JO: CHAPTER PHAEDRA

Jacqueline Lentzou

(88')

13:45

Sala Perla

  • Film Critics’ Week

METEORITE

Sebastián Múnera

(80')

14:00

Sala Grande

  • Venice Open

MUSK

Alex Gibney

(232')

14:30

Sala Corinto

  • Venice Classics

ILLUSION TRAVELS BY STREETCAR

Luis Buñuel

(83')

15:00

Sala Casino

  • Venice Open

JOIE DE VIVRE

Luca Guadagnino

(435')

16:15

Sala Darsena

  • Orizzonti

UNA STORIA

Anna Foglietta

(106')

16:30

Sala Giardino

  • Venice Open

WEICHEN (DUST)

Tsai Ming-Liang

(80')

16:30

Sala Perla

  • Venice Days

SALÓN DE BELLEZA

Nathalia Acevedo

(110')

17:00

Sala Corinto

  • Venice Open

JUSO PER FERIE

Karen Di Porto

(93')

19:00

Sala Grande

  • Concorso Venezia 83

BUNKER

Florian Zeller

(126')

19:00

Sala Giardino

IL PRIMO DELLA CLASSE

Andrea Ricciotti

(20')

21:00

Sala Giardino

  • Venezia Spotlight

I MATTER

Alina Șerban

(116')

21:00

Sala Laguna

  • Notti Veneziane

THE LEGEND OF THE DESERT

Elisabetta Giannini

(71')

21:45

Sala Grande

  • Concorso Venezia 83

COMPANY

Casey Affleck

(89')

FRONT ROW

PAST CONFERENCE

ANUPARNA ROY
THE FILM DRAWS FROM MY OWN LIFE AS A MIGRANT, WATCHING WORKING-CLASS LIVES SLOWLY DISSOLVE INTO THE RESTLESS PULSE OF THE CITY

ANUPARNA ROY

Rachel Szor
IN A FILM YOU CAN SHOW THINGS THAT ARE MISSING SOMEHOW IN JOURNALISM

Rachel Szor

Marco Bechis
I AM NOT MARIANO. I CHOSE FICTION BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO APPROACH A TRUTH THAT MEMORY ALONE FAILS TO TELL

Marco Bechis

Alba Rohrwacher

THE MECHANISMS OF POWER FRIGHTEN ME, BUT I BELIEVE ART IS CAPABLE OF FINDING INTELLIGENT, ALTERNATIVE, SURPRISING ESCAPE ROUTES

Alba Rohrwacher

NICOLAS PARISER

NOT A LOVE STORY SET IN THE PRESENT, BUT THAT OF A MAN IN 2026 TRYING TO REINTERPRET HIS PAST LOVE LIFE. FOR EVERY POLITICAL REVOLUTION INEVITABLY BRINGS ABOUT A MORAL SHIFT

NICOLAS PARISER

ILYA KHRZHANOVSKY
THE FILM DAU BUILDS ITS WORLD WITH ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRECISION WHILE OBEYING THE FREE LAWS OF ART

ILYA KHRZHANOVSKY

STÉPHANE BRIZÉ
THIS IS WHERE THE RISK OF ARENDT’S BANALITY OF EVIL COMES INTO PLAY: ORDINARY, AMBITIOUS AND ZEALOUS PEOPLE WHO SUBMIT COMPLETELY TO AUTHORITY

STÉPHANE BRIZÉ

Casey Affleck
HOW DO WE MAKE PEACE WITH THE LIVES WE’VE ACTUALLY BEEN GIVEN? THAT’S A QUESTION I’VE BEEN LIVING WITH FOR A LONG TIME

Casey Affleck

Ellen Burstyn

IF A SCRIPT MAKES ME LAUGH, THAT’S GOOD. IF IT MAKES ME CRY, THAT’S GOOD. IF IT MAKES ME LAUGH AND CRY, THAT’S TERRIFIC

Ellen Burstyn

Florian Zeller

WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE BEING INVITED TO WITNESS? A GLIMPSE OF REALITY? FICTION? OR A META-EXAMINATION OF THE TRUTH?

Florian Zeller

SOPHIE FIENNES
AS SLAVOJ SAYS IN THE FILM, “OUR DUTY IS TO SEE THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE, AND TO DO THIS, WE NEED CINEMA.”

SOPHIE FIENNES

Hirokazu Kore-eda
The sound of them DRAWING MANGA, CHANGING OVER TIME, PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN THE FILM AS A NON-VERBAL FORM OF EXPRESSION, ALONGSIDE THE MUSIC

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Ellen Burstyn
I WANTED TO PORTRAY WOMEN AS HEROES BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE

Ellen Burstyn

Jannis Lenz
WE LIVE IN AN AGE THAT WATCHES YOUNG PEOPLE CONSTANTLY, YET RARELY SEES THEM

Jannis Lenz

Nanni Moretti
...QUITE SIMPLY, IN THIRTY YEARS MY FILMS HAVE NEVER BEEN READY IN TIME FOR SUMMER.

Nanni Moretti

Andrea Pallaoro
THE ECHO CHAMBER IS ABOUT THE RESIDUES PEOPLE LEAVE INSIDE ONE ANOTHER – MEMORIES, WOUNDS, DESIRES, DEPENDENCIES – AND THE WAYS RELATIONSHIPS CAN BECOME SPACES OF BOTH REFUGE AND ENTRAPMENT

Andrea Pallaoro

Lee Chang-dong
NO MATTER HOW LABOUR,CAPITAL, OR OTHER FORCES SHAPE OUR LIVES, I BELIEVE WE CAN STILL MOVE TOWARD FREEDOM

Lee Chang-dong

Noel & Liam Gallagher
THE DOCUMENTARY, LIKE THE REUNION AND THE TOUR, TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN. IT IS ULTIMATELY A FILM ABOUT FORGIVENESS AND ACCEPTANCE, AND HOPEFULLY ONE THAT STRIKES A CHORD IN THE TIMES WE ARE LIVING

Noel & Liam Gallagher

Theo Rollason
I THINK DEREK JARMAN SHOWED THAT YOU CAN MAKE FIERCELY POLITICAL ART AND NOT SACRIFICE AN OUNCE OF CREATIVITY

Theo Rollason

Lance Oppenheim
I LIKED THE IDEA OF REVISITING THE MEDIA CULTURE OF THE EARLY 2000s, BEFORE THE NEWS LANDSCAPE FRACTURED, WHEN A “PRIMETIME” SLOT FELT LIKE A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH. FOR SOME, IT WAS

Lance Oppenheim

Nanni Moretti
IT’S A FILM ABOUT FEELINGS AND THE NEED TO NAME THEM: LETTING THEM SURFACE, UNRESERVEDLY ADMITTING THAT WE CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER, TELLING EACH OTHER WITHOUT SHAME THAT WE ARE IN LOVE

Nanni Moretti

JOHN MALKOVICH
I have no intention of retiring. As long as there are stories worth telling and directors worth working with, I'll keep going.

JOHN MALKOVICH

MARTIN MCDONAGH
In my movies I’m always questioning authority or what we have been told

MARTIN MCDONAGH

Takashi Miike

I INVITE YOU TO EXPERIENCE ON SCREEN THE PIERCING GAZE OF A DEMONIC INTENSITY THAT STRIKES THROUGH THE SOUL OF THOSE WHO WISH TO BE FREED FROM SHALLOW WORDS SUCH AS “MOVING”

Takashi Miike

Werner Herzog

IT’S THE SPIRIT OF THE FILM. LIKE OPEN HEART SURGERY, GOING TO THE ESSENTIALS RIGHT AWAY. ONE CAMERA, ONE TAKE (MAYBE TWO, OR THREE). THAT’S IT

Werner Herzog

Shinya Tsukamoto

WHILE IT IS NATURAL TO FEAR BECOMING A VICTIM OF WAR, THIS STORY MAKES US REALISE THAT BECOMING A PERPETRATOR IS JUST AS TERRIFYING

Shinya Tsukamoto

CÉDRIC KAHN

WE WANTED TO LISTEN TO THEIR VOICES. AND IT WAS FROM THOSE VOICES THAT THE SCREENPLAY EMERGED

CÉDRIC KAHN

Gianni Amelio
NESSUN DOLORE comes from a distant need: looking past the chronicle of the exodus in Lamerica, my film from thirty years back, left hanging on a ship in the middle of the Adriatic. What has really changed since? Just who is “the immigrant”?

Gianni Amelio

Alberto Barbera
Watching the two Mara sisters perform is utterly mesmerizing—they are magnificent. How Herzog pulled off keeping them in perfect sync throughout the entire film is beyond me: it’s crazy, borderline pathological.

Alberto Barbera

ALBERTO BARBERA
Wild Horse Nine is a masterclass in narrative intelligence. Equal parts delightful, hilarious, and deeply unsettling, it tackles things we basically already know about the CIA, but renders them completely fresh and utterly gripping

ALBERTO BARBERA

Maggie Gyllenhaal
How can we sit here talking about film right now when the world is falling apart? For me, it all comes down to empathy.

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Jim Jarmush
I don’t really know where the hell the story came from.

Jim Jarmush

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