As adulthood forces her from the orphanage, a resilient Romani teenager struggles to build a future while confronting prejudice, family and identity. Screening in Venice Spotlight.
Tag "Venice 2026"
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‘I Matter’ Venice Review: A Romani Teen Faces Life Beyond the Orphanage
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‘A Common Story’ Venice Review: Alba Rohrwacher Anchors an Italian Marital Drama
Anna Foglietta’s debut explores an Italian marriage reshaped by empty nest syndrome, blending intimate performances with quietly expressive visual storytelling. In Orizzonti.
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‘No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman’ Venice Review: A One-Woman Mission Through the Ruins of Mosul
A Kurdish sniper returns to ISIS-controlled Iraq to rescue her kidnapped sister in a tense, action-driven war thriller. In Venice Open. Out of Competition.
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‘Arrested Memory’ Venice Review: Sabu Turns Amnesia Into an Absurd Crime Comedy
An amnesiac detective investigates a kidnapping, but his failing memory turns a carefully planned police operation into increasingly absurd farce. Out of Competition.
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‘Children of the Monkey’ Venice Review: A Sensitive Portrait of Parental Conflict
A devoted father of a disabled son grows dangerously attached to his teenage nephew, putting his family and emotional balance at risk. Starring Riccardo Scamarcio.
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‘Hombre al agua’ Venice Review: Gael García Bernal’s Playful, Overloaded Social Satire
After rescuing a Mexican businessman, a Cuban lifeguard enters a powerful family where wealth, manipulation and fiction reshape his life. Starring Gael García Bernal, Esmeralda Pimentel, Natalia Oreiro and Ricky Martin. Venice Spotlight.
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‘Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion’ Venice Review: A Melancholic Meditation on Labor and Migration
Eva is passing through Madrid alone when she meets Dante, an Argentine historian researching labor struggles and the work of Juan Bialet Massé. Also in San Sebastian Film Festival.
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‘Agata the Writer’ Venice Review: Mia Wasikowska Leads a Bold Inquiry Into Art and Responsibility
While researching a novel in Sarajevo, an Australian writer discovers that understanding a city’s past means questioning her own right to tell it. In Venice Days.
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‘Oasis’ Venice Review: An Intimate Portrait of Bullying and Adolescent Rage
Three teenagers facing different forms of school bullying seek refuge in a nearby forest, where they begin to embrace their emotional vulnerability. Screens in Orizzonti.
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‘London’ Venice Review: An Uncompromising Portrait of Independence
Caught between medical expectations and personal freedom, a young man refuses to let disability dictate who he is or how he lives. Venice Critics’ Week.
