2026 Venice Film Festival Megathread

[u/PointMan528491]

The 83rd annual Venice International Film Festival will be held from 2 to 12 September 2026

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In Competition

• Back to Buenos Aires, Marco Bechis
• A Bit Before Midnight, Nicolas Pariser
• A Bit of Light, Ali Asgari
• Bucking Fastard, Werner Herzog
• Bunker, Florian Zeller
• Company, Casey Affleck
• DAU, Ilya Khrzhanovsky
• The Echo Chamber, Andrea Pallaoro
• The Fire Within You, Edoardo De Angelis
• Good Little Soldier, Stéphane Brizé
• Ink, Danny Boyle
• It Will Happen Tonight, Nanni Moretti
• Look Back, Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?, Shinya Tsukamoto
• NAZA, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
• A Place to Heal, Cédric Kahn
• Possible Love, Lee Chang-dong
• Primetime, Lance Oppenheim
• The Spiral, Paolo Strippoli
• Wild Horse Nine, Martin McDonagh
• Woman Unknown, May el-Toukhy

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Main Competition Jury

• Maggie Gyllenhaal – Jury President
• Kaouther Ben Hania
• Daniel Blumberg
• Francesco Casetti
• Xavier Giannoli
• Shahrbanoo Sadat
• Johnnie To

[u/BunkBed2901]

Hopefully, Ink, Primetime, Possible Love and Wild Horse Nine are as good as they say

[u/Once-bit-1995]

Inklings, tomorrow is the day

[u/Far_Mud_6003 → u/Once-bit-1995]

as an inkling and a member of Jack O nation we need a candle circle or something. I just hope it gets even an okayish reception. Last year I bet on the wrong horse (frankenstein) and it got shredded.

(yes I know I'm bo bo the clown for betting on Frankenstein)

[u/sygrider → u/Far_Mud_6003]

Well, it came back at the awards at least even if it wasn't groundbreaking

[u/Fun_Manufacturer1852 → u/Once-bit-1995]

Big day for BoyleHeads

[u/No_Cabinet_4532 → u/Once-bit-1995]

Monum's new movie

[u/TheFilmManiac]

Less than 24 hours until we learn if Monum could return to the Oscar race or not

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[u/WeastofEden44]

We're here! 😍 I say cleaning my bathroom

[u/A_Howl_In_The_Night → u/WeastofEden44]

Are you okay?

[u/WeastofEden44 → u/A_Howl_In_The_Night]

Yes? 💀

[u/A_Howl_In_The_Night → u/WeastofEden44]

Thank god, I was worried

[u/bbqsauceboi]

Need tomorrow to come fast. Shaking out of my boots for INK

[u/sasliquid]

LETS BUCKING GO

[u/DreamOfV → u/sasliquid]

God imagine if Bucking Fastard is actually an awards player and we get to watch every host or announcer carefully manuever through saying it until someone who didn’t do their homeworks just steamrolls “fucking bastard” on network TV

[u/FixYrHeartsOrDie]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2GjgvS5vA6y08

[u/Far_Mud_6003]

oh my god pleeeease do well Ink 🙏 danny boyle hear my call

[u/darth_vader39]

Finally!

It's so great that both Ink and WHN premiere within 2 days so we don't need to wait too much to find out their reception!

[u/Sakunka33]

Wild Inking Time

[u/Bulky-Scheme-9450 → u/Sakunka33]

Wild Bucking Love Bunker

[u/Duhlorean]

Still no NAZA on award expert but my early predictions before I adjust them as the days go by:

- Golden Lion - WH9

• Grand Jury - Bucking Fastard
  
• Special Jury - NAZA
  
• Director - Lance Oppenheim (Primetime)
  
• Actor - Rodney Hicks (Mr Nelson, Did You Kill People?)
  
• Actress - Alba Rohrwacher (A Good Little Soldier)
  
• Screenplay - A Bit of Light

[u/Choice-Singer-8833]

Didn’t get most of the tickets I wanted and I’m leaving early but I still got Ink thursday and WH9 friday
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[u/ILookAfterThePigs]

Martin McDonagh to win the Golden Lion

[u/Gerwig_2017]

What time are we expecting the Ink reactions around tomorrow?

[u/julescr9 → u/Gerwig_2017]

I assume after the premiere, which it's at 7:00pm Venice time

[u/Bulky-Scheme-9450 → u/julescr9]

Last year embargo lifted essentially when the screening started.

[u/AhsokaBolena]

We are, as they say, so back

[u/HonestIsReality]

Come on Wild Horse Nine. I’m rooting for you.

[u/EaudeAgnes]

Oh Johnnie To as jury, great!

[u/Comic_Book_Reader]

I'll probably sporadically check in on the thread from time to time but, again, manifesting a Golden Lion to Primetime just because that would be about as absurd as Joker winning it back in 2019:

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I mean, I think it'll be significantly better than Joker, so if that's the case and it wins the Golden Lion it won't be THAT absurd.

[u/julescr9]

At what time does Ink screen tomorrow?

[u/PointMan528491 → u/julescr9]

7:00pm Venice time, so 1:00pm Eastern/10:00am Pacific

[u/julescr9 → u/PointMan528491]

Thanks!

[u/Choice-Singer-8833]

only tangentially related but does anybody actually like campari? they’re a sponsor for the festival so figured i’d try a campari spritz instead of the usual aperol and it tasted like fucking paint thinner. i dont really have a problem with liquer in general either but this was disgusting lmao

[u/PurpleSpaceSurfer → u/Choice-Singer-8833]

I've been to Epcot many times having lived in Orlando pretty much my whole life and they have a place you can try soda from around the world for free. The reactions the Beverly gets out of people (which is similar in flavor profile to Campari) is hilarious.

I think it's fine. Just very very bitter. I will say when it comes to cocktails I do prefer the more balanced and complex ones (think Mai Tais, plain Daiquris, Dark 'n' Stormy, etc) over the overly sweet or creamy ones.

[u/Standard_Housing6082 → u/Choice-Singer-8833]

Not really but if I’m at the Venice Film Festival then yes

[u/nayapapaya → u/Choice-Singer-8833]

It's awful. I was really expecting it to be sweet and it is so not. 

[u/Fun_Manufacturer1852]

Pattinson best actor por favor

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But why? There are so many fine actors in the main competition

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Just be cool to see him get that kind of recognition. And that Primetime is the film in competition im most interested in

[u/tsnoj]

In regards to NAZA, where does Gyllenhaal (and the rest of the jury) stand on Palestine?

^{(I, of course, know Ben Hania is an open Palestine supporter, just asking about the rest})

[u/-civictv → u/tsnoj]

Gyllenhaal was wishy washy on the subject back in the day and doesn't speak openly about her position since about 2014 after making The Honorable Woman. That said, her daughter Ramona was arrested during pro-Palestine protests in 2025, so maybe she's more amenable to Palestinian rights than she lets on.

[u/DreamOfV → u/tsnoj]

Maggie Gyllenhaal as far as I can find (and as far as Google search results summaries can find, for whatever that is worth) has never spoken much of substance about the issue. I guess she made a general “I wish for peace in the middle east” statement many years ago.

I think the silence indicates at best that it isn’t a super important issue to her and she won’t push for a NAZA win automatically.

[u/cosmogatsby]

The director of the worst movie of 2026 is the jury president.

[u/Officialnoah → u/cosmogatsby]

TIL Maggie Gyllenhaal directed Melania

[u/tmrtdc3 → u/Officialnoah]

She's also somehow Uwe Boll. A woman of many faces.

[u/cosmogatsby → u/cosmogatsby]

I was talking about The Bride!

[u/A_Howl_In_The_Night → u/cosmogatsby]

Jane Schoenbrun?

[u/Straight_Bed2763 → u/cosmogatsby]

She didn't direct Thrash/Animal Farm/Is God Is

[u/SerKurtWagner → u/Straight_Bed2763]

Not really sure how one of the best films of the year (Is God Is) ended up here…

[u/Advanced_Pen3999 → u/Straight_Bed2763]

Is God Is?

https://giphy.com/gifs/5V4klUqMABklsSy0pL

[u/Vstriker26 → u/Straight_Bed2763]

I think Is God Is is wildly overrated and has a godawful script… and is still a solid film. How is it even in the realm of Animal Farm

[u/No-Condition8561 → u/Straight_Bed2763]

Is God Is isn't even close to being the worst...