Venice Film Festival Lineup Announcement — Follow Live

Venice Film Festival head Alberto Barbera will shortly begin a press conference where he will announce the titles set to screen as part of the festival’s 2026 edition. 

The presser begins at 10 am local time. Watch a live stream of the event below. We will also update this post with all confirmed titles. Scroll down to see that list.    

The festival has already announced that this year’s opening title will be Danny Boyle’s Rupert Murdoch biopic Ink. The film, starring Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy, will screen on September 2 in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido. 

Boyle directs the feature from a screenplay written by James Graham (Dear England), based on his Tony-nominated play Ink. O’Connell stars as The Sun newspaper editor Larry Lamb with Pearce as Rupert Murdoch. Claire Foy is Jules Davies. 

Announcing the title earlier this summer, Barbera described the title as an “account of publisher Rupert Murdoch’s acquisition of the daily newspaper The Sun, which he entrusted to the unscrupulous Larry Lamb, turning it into Britain’s best-selling tabloid at the expense of its rival, The Mirror.”

The festival’s closing title will be Dio ride, written and directed by Giovanni Veronesi (The King’s Musketeers). The film will screen out of competition. Pierfrancesco Favino, Silvio Orlando, Alma Noce, Francesco Gheghi, Maurizio Lombardi, Paolo Rossi and Carlo Cecchi star in the film.

George Clooney and Ellen Burstyn will be the recipients of the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion for lifetime achievement this year. Maggie Gyllenhaal will serve as the competition jury president. She will be joined by Kaouther Ben Hania, Daniel Blumberg, Francesco Casetti, Xavier Giannoli, Shahrbanoo Sadat, and Johnnie To.

The festival will run from September 2 – 12.

Orizzonti
La Ragazza Con La Leica
Dir: Alina Marazzi

The Burning Giants
Dir: Phuttiphone Aroonpheng

What Belongs To Others
Dir: Grzegorz Debowski

Una Storia
Dir: Anna Foglietta

La Citta Dei Vivi
Dir: Edoardo Gabbriellini

Moragheb
Dir: Mohsen Gharaei

Too Much Sugar
Dir: Robert Greene

The Difficult Bride
Dir: Rubaiyat Hossain

La Maison Du Vent
Dir: Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu

I Figli Della Scimmia
Dir: Tommasco Landucci

A Day In The Life Of Jo: Chapter Phaedra
Dir: Jacqueline Lentzou

Oasis
Dir: Jannis Lenz

Until The Day Ends
Dir: Jelena Maksimovic

La Moula
Dir: Jerome Pierrat

Lovers In The Blue Night
Dir: Anuparna Roy

Un Détour Par Diane
Dir: Ann Sirot, Raphael Balboni

The Color Of The Sun
Dir: Xavier Tera

Eklipse
Dir: Manuel Wetscher

Big Little Things
Dir: Michelle Zhou

Special Screening
Dai Nostri Inviati
Dir: Giuseppe Giannotti, Enrico Salvatori, Nicoletta Berardi

Venice Open — Out Of Competition, Film on Films
Juso Per Ferie
Dir: Karen Di Porto

Nino — Un Film Su Nino Rota
Dir: Walter Fasano

The Pervert’s Guide To Utopias
Dir: Sophie Fiennes

Joie De Vivre
Dir: Luca Guadagnino

Twist And Shoot Mister Suzuki
Dir: Yves Montmayeur

Intermission
Dir: Yonfan

Venice Open — Out Of Competition, Series
Peccato
Dir: Valerio Vestoso

Venice Open — Out Of Competition, Short Films
Flesh Impact
Dir: Maggie Gyllenhaal

Wild Asparagus
Dir: Avi Mograbi

They’re Here
Dir: Laura Poitras, Rachel Mueller

Venice Spotlight

Sumo: Spirit of Nothing
Director: Erik Shirai

Conversations With The Sea
Dir: Muayad Alayan

Hombre Al Agua
Dir: Gael Garcia Bernal

Serpenti
Dir: Roberto De Paolis Maino

Furies
Dir: Rami Kodeih

Guria
Dir: Levan Koguashvili

Ground Floor
Dir: Gabor Reisz

Eu Contez
Dir: Alina Serban