Venice News & Updates

Venice Film Festival Reveals 2026 Lineup

See all the films debuting this year at the Venice Film Festival - which, as previously announced, o...

Jul 23, 2026 • IndieWire on MSN

Venice Chief Alberto Barbera on Hollywood’s Festival Retreat, Gender Parity Backslide and the AI Question

The festival director unpacks his starry but studio-light 83rd Biennale lineup, explains why Luca Gu...

Jul 23, 2026 • The Hollywood Reporter

Venice Film Festival 2026 Lineup

Alberto Barbera presided over a lengthy press conference Thursday morning, during which he announced...

Jul 23, 2026 • Deadline on MSN

Robert Pattinson, Penélope Cruz, Alicia Vikander and Oasis Lead All-Star Venice Lineup

New films from Martin McDonagh, Florian Zeller, Werner Herzog, and Danny Boyle are among the competi...

Jul 23, 2026 • Yahoo

Venice Film Fest to screen Robert Pattinson, Casey Affleck projects

The Venice Film Festival will screen new projects from Robert Pattinson, Casey Affleck, Kate Mara, S...

Jul 23, 2026 • UPI on MSN

Venice Sees Drop in Female Directors With Only One in Competition

The Venice Film Festival has suffered its steepest decline in female representation in five years, w...

Jul 23, 2026 • Variety on MSN

Michelle Zhou’s Venice Horizons Title ‘Big Little Things’ Boarded By Moebius Entertainment For Sales

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

Jul 22, 2026 • Deadline

83rd Venice Film Festival Selection - Affleck, Herzog, Gibney, Zeller

The Venice Film Festival, known officially in Italian as Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografic...

Jul 23, 2026 • FirstShowing.net

Venice Film Festival Lineup to Include Martin McDonagh, Werner Herzog – and a 4-Hour Elon Musk Documentary

New films from Martin McDonagh, Florian Zeller, Casey Affleck , Paul Schrader and Werner Herzog will...

Jul 23, 2026 • TheWrap on MSN

Mia Wasikowska, Catherine Denueve, Rupert Friend in 2026 Venice Days

The Venice independent sidebar unveiled its 2026 lineup on Wednesday....

Jul 22, 2026 • The Hollywood Reporter on MSN

Venice Days lineup: Lili Horvát's 'My Notes on Mars' to open

Hungarian filmmaker Lili Horvát's first English-language feature, "My Notes on Mars," starring Mack...

Jul 22, 2026 • Variety on MSN

Venice Giornate Degli Autori Unveils 2026 Selection

Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori (GdA) has unveiled a female focused lineup for its 202...

Jul 22, 2026 • Deadline on MSN

Venice Biennale seeks to challenge EU decision to suspend funding over Russia's return

The Venice Biennale has said it will challenge the European Union's decision to withdraw a €2 mill...

Jul 22, 2026 • Yahoo

My 5 Favorite Places for Art in Venice

Venice has struck visitors for centuries as otherworldly, a city of memory floating in a lagoon — ...

Jul 17, 2026 • The New York Times

Venice Critics' Week Lineup: Shalini Adnani's 'Our Share of Sand,' More

London-based Chilean-Indian director Shalini Adnani's debut feature “Our Share of Sand,” about a...

Jul 20, 2026 • Variety on MSN

Venice protesters clash with police as Trump envoy’s mega yacht crashes their party

Around 300 protesters clashed with riot police in Venice on Friday evening over the arrival of US am...

Jul 18, 2026 • CNN on MSN

Trump envoy faces protesters in Venice

Several hundred protesters marched Friday against the arrival in Venice of the American ambassador's...

Jul 18, 2026 • Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Trump's envoy greeted by protests in Venice on latest stop of super yacht diplomacy tour

U.S. ambassador Tilman Fertitta's arrival in Venice aboard his luxury yacht was greeted by protests ...

Jul 17, 2026 • Los Angeles Times on MSN

Go To Venice At Your Own Risk In Season, But Find A Whole New Side Of The City In Winter

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the world’s best hot...

Nov 27, 2024 • Forbes

Venice International Critics' Week Unveils 2026 Selection

Venice parallel sidebar Settimana Internazionale della Critica (International Critics' Week) has unv...

Jul 20, 2026 • Deadline on MSN

Venice really is sinking — and the city built 78 underwater gates to fight the sea

Every traveler who loves Venice has heard the warning, usually delivered with a sigh:...

Jul 19, 2026 • Travel and Tannins on MSN

VC Investors Just Valued This Company at $1 Billion. Does That Make Venice (VVV) the Best AI Crypto to Buy Right Now?

The Venice crypto token has soared in value based on a compelling new narrative around privacy-focus...

Jul 18, 2026 • The Motley Fool on MSN

Trump's envoy faces protests in Venice on latest stop of super yacht diplomacy tour

U.S. ambassador Tilman Fertitta’s arrival in Venice aboard his luxury yacht was greeted by protest...

Jul 17, 2026 • The Washington Post

So Close to Venice, So Far From the Crowds: 3 Great Trips Nearby

There is more to the northeastern Italian region of Veneto than its famous capital. We explore the a...

Jul 14, 2026 • The New York Times

Venice protests greet U.S. Ambassador Fertitta's arrival on superyacht

By Manuel Silvestri VENICE, July 17 (Reuters) - A few hundred people in Venice protested on Friday a...

Jul 17, 2026 • Reuters on MSN

Venice Film Festival 2026 to Close With Giovanni Veronesi's 'Dio Ride'

A synopsis for the film, loosely based on real events in the mid-1600s, reads: "While the Church pre...

Jul 17, 2026 • The Hollywood Reporter on MSN

Venice tests 5-euro entry fee for day-trippers as the city grapples with over-tourism

VENICE, Italy — Under the gaze of the world’s media, the fragile lagoon city of Venice launched ...

Apr 25, 2024 • Los Angeles Times

Giovanni Veronesi's ‘Dio Ride' To Close Venice Film Festival

Dio ride, written and directed by Giovanni Veronesi (The King’s Musketeers), will close this year'...

Jul 17, 2026 • Deadline on MSN

Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’ To Open Venice Film Festival

Danny Boyle’s Rupert Murdoch biopic Ink will open the Venice Film Festival. The film, starring Jac...

Jul 15, 2026 • Deadline

Venice To Fete Ellen Burstyn & Screen New Maggie Gyllenhaal Short

The Venice Film Festival is to celebrate Ellen Burstyn with a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. ...

Jul 14, 2026 • Deadline on MSN