UPDATED with film trailer. EXCLUSIVE: International sales and distribution agency Lightdox has acquired Giuseppe Schillaci's documentary Auber 89 ahead of its world premiere at the Giornate degli Autori’s Notti Veneziane (Venetian Nights), a sidebar of the Venice Film Festival. The nonfiction…

Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori (GdA) has unveiled a female focused lineup for its 2026 edition. Hungarian director Lili Horvát's first English-language film My Notes on Mars will open the edition. The sci-fi romance stars Mackenzie Davis as a scientist who vanishes during a hiking…

EXCLUSIVE: Monument Releasing has acquired U.S., Canada, UK and Australia/New Zealand rights to Damien Hauser's ground-breaking Africa sci-fi Memory Of Princess Mumbi. The film made history last year as the first Kenyan picture to debut in the independent Venice parallel section, before going on…

Lebanon has entered Cyril Aris' romantic drama A Sad and Beautiful World as its candidate for Best International Feature Film in the 98th Academy Awards. The feature world premiered in Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori (previously known as Venice Days) in September, where it won the…

Iranian director Amir Azizi's biographical drama has won the top GdA Director's Award at the 22nd edition of Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori, which was previously known as Venice Days. Described as a love letter to Tehran and based loosely on Azizi's own experiences, Inside Amir…

EXCLUSIVE: Damien Hauser's Memory Of Princess Mumbi makes history in Giornate degli Autori this year as the first Kenyan feature to debut in the independent Venice parallel section. Deadline can reveal the trailer for the film, which heads to Toronto after Venice for its North American premiere…

EXCLUSIVE: Italian writer and director Gianni Di Gregorio, who won Venice's Luigi de Laurentiis prize for best first film at the age of 60 in 2008 for breakout comedy Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo di Ferragosto), returns to the Lido this year with his new film. Deadline can reveal the trailer for the…

Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori has unveiled the line-up for its 22nd edition.   The main competition, showcasing 10 features, will open with Ukrainian artist and filmmaker Vladlena Sandu's Memory, a deeply personal work piecing together childhood memories of life in Chechnya’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Georgian Anti-Putin drama The Antique, which had its world premiere at Venice's Giornate degli Autori temporarily suspended after Russian and Croatian producers issued an injunction claiming copyright issues, is back in the courts again. The film's Georgian producer Zurab Magalashvili…

'Alpha' Wins Europa Cinema Prize At Giornate Degli Autori Dutch director Jan-Willem van Ewijk's Alps-set father and son survival drama Alpha has won the Europa Cinemas Label for Best European Film in parallel Venice section Giornate degli Autori. The award comes with promotional and exhibition…

Georgian anti-Putin drama The Antique, which has its Venice debut suspended after a copyright complaint, is now free to screen at this year's festival.  The U-turn was confirmed this afternoon by the festival. The film will screen on September 6. The decision will be discussed tomorrow at a…

EXCLUSIVE:  Egyptian comedy-drama Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo world premieres in Venice’s Horizons Extra line-up this week and Deadline can reveal a first teaser trailer. Essam Omar stars as 30-year-old Hassan who is fighting eviction from the small home he shares with his mother and dog Rambo…