No one tells Mike Leigh what his movie is about. Not financiers, not distributors, not even Netflix, which he says could fund him “without batting an eyelid” but never has. At 83, Leigh is exactly the man he has always been: an artist with integrity. He’s telling this story to prove it. At the Savoy
RAI Cinema International Distribution has acquired world rights to Italian director Edoardo De Angelis‘ dark tragicomedy “The Fire Within You” ahead of its Venice competition launch. De Angelis, a native Neapolitan, broke out on the festival circuit at Venice in 2016 with the Naples-set conjoined twins drama “Indivisible” and subsequently opened the festival in 2023 with
MoreThan Films has acquired Colombian filmmaker Sebastián Múnera‘s film “Meteorite,” which will have its world premiere in Venice Critics’ Week (Sept. 2-12). The film follows Tefa and Nia, who live in a small town near the Magdalena River, where they raise Nia’s young nephew. Nia persuades Tefa to join her in smuggling cellphones into the
Iranian director Ali Asgari, who was in Venice Horizons last year with dark satire “Divine Comedy,” will soon be back — in competition this time — with his new feature “A Bit of Light.” Variety is unveiling a first clip of the timely film, which is being sold internationally by France’s Salaud Morisset and released
Luxbox Films has acquired the worldwide sales rights to Mariano Llinás’ epic five-and-a-half-hour documentary “The Life of Jorge Luis Borges,” which will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the Open – Non-Fiction section. The film is a biography of the Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges, based on an exhaustive
The Venice Film Festival is about to reveal its 2026 line-up, promising a host of exciting titles from international directors. Like Cannes this year, Venice is expected to have a lighter presence in Hollywood than in previous editions. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be a strong list of awards contenders. As previously announced, the