{"id":562499,"date":"2026-07-22T12:28:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/562499\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:28:25","slug":"mia-wasikowska-catherine-deneuve-rupert-friend-in-2026-venice-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/562499\/","title":{"rendered":"Mia Wasikowska, Catherine Deneuve, Rupert Friend in 2026 Venice Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tVenice Days<\/a>, the independent sidebar of the Venice International Film Festival<\/a>, has unveiled the lineup for its 23rd edition, the first since the death in March of section founder and longtime head Giorgio Gosetti. This year\u2019s Venice Days, running Sept. 2-12 alongside the 83rd Venice Festival, is dedicated to his memory.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe sidebar, and its accompanying Italian cinema section Venice Nights, includes 25 world premieres, more than half of which (14) are directed by women. <\/p>\n

\n\tMy Notes on Mars from Hungarian director Lili Horv\u00e1t (Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time) will open Venice Days, screening in competition. Horv\u00e1t\u2019s English-language debut stars Mackenzie Davis and Rupert Friend in the story of a young scientist who mysteriously disappears only to show up weeks later at her own memorial service with no memory of what happened.<\/p>\n

\n\tKuba Dorabialski\u2019s Agata the Writer, starring Mia Wasikowska as an Australian author in Sarajevo, will also premiere in competition, alongside Pauline Julier and Nicolas Chapoulier\u2019s period drama The Indies; Boris Had\u017eija and Hoda Taheri\u2019s hybrid fiction-documentary I Plant My Hand in the Garden; and Nicola Sorcinelli\u2019s debut Balcanica, the only Italian title in competition, about an Afghan father and son who, after music is banned in their country, try to flee to Europe. <\/p>\n

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\n\tOther highlights include Mar\u00eda Aparicio\u2019s Sadness Sometimes, Other Times Revolt, a drama centered on two Argentines in Madrid; Mykyta Gibalenko\u2019s debut Camouflage, about a young Ukrainian in Germany whose separation from home is transformed by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine; a Damilola Orimogunje\u2019s family melodrama Dear Ajayi, which will be the first Nigerian movie to screen in Venice Days competition.<\/p>\n

\n\tL\u00e9a Domenach\u2019s Man\u2019s Skin, a queer feminist musical comedy set in the Italian Renaissance and featuring Catherine Deneuve, will close Venice Days, screening out of competition.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAn all-woman jury, headed by Spanish filmmaker Carla Sim\u00f3n (Alcarr\u00e0s<\/a>, Summer 1993<\/a>) with Italian director Sara Fgaier (Weightless), and Hania Mrou\u00e9, director of Beirut\u2019s Metropolis Cinema, will pick the winner of the GdA Director\u2019s Award, which carries a \u20ac20,000 ($23,000) cash prize to be split between the director and the film\u2019s international<\/a> distributor. The Lido audience will vote for the Audience Award, while the Europa Cinemas jury will choose the Europa Cinemas Label from the European films in the lineup.<\/p>\n

\n\tRoberta Torre\u2019s Scarpe rotte will open Venetian Nights, the sidebar\u2019s Italian cinema program. The film, starring Barbara Ronchi, is freely inspired by the life of Natalia Ginzburg and is set in wartime Rome. <\/p>\n

\n\tMiu Miu Women\u2019s Tales, a short film anthology series created by fashion brand Miu Miu, returns to Venice Days with Discipline, a new short from Mona Fastvold (The Testament of Ann Lee<\/a>) and Avec Kim, from French auteur Claire Denis (Beau Travail), the latter starring Suzanne Lindon and Kim Gordon.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe 2026 Venice Days will also include talks, industry events and public programs at the Casa degli Autori and Sala Laguna. Among them are the return of #confronti, the fourth edition of the Declaration of Filmmakers, a soundtracks event organized with ACMF, the second edition of Africa Chiama, and a new collaboration with Venezia CULT that will bring cartoonists Leo Ortolani and Dave McKean to the Lido.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Venice Film Festival<\/a> will announce its competition lineup on Thursday, July 23. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe full 2026 Venice Days lineup: <\/p>\n

\n\tIN COMPETITION<\/p>\n

\n\tSadness Sometimes, Other Times Revolt, dir: Mar\u00eda Aparicio (Argentina, Spain)<\/p>\n

\n\tAgata the Writer, dir: Kuba Dorabialski (Australia)<\/p>\n

\n\tBalcanica, dir: Nicola Sorcinelli (Italy, Serbia, Croatia)<\/p>\n

\n\tCamouflage, dir: Mykyta Gibalenko (Germany)<\/p>\n

\n\tDear Ajayi, dir: Damilola Orimogunje (Nigeria, Germany)<\/p>\n

\n\tI Plant My Hand in the Garden, dirs.: Boris Had\u017eija, Hoda Taheri (Germany, Serbia, USA)<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Indies, dirs.: Pauline Julier, Nicolas Chapoulier (Switzerland, Spain)<\/p>\n

\n\tMy Notes on Mars, dir: Lili Horv\u00e1t (Hungary, Austria)<\/p>\n

\n\tSal\u00f3n de Belleza, dir: Nathalia Acevedo (Mexico, France)<\/p>\n

\n\tA Woman Today, dir: Robert Gu\u00e9diguian (France, Italy)<\/p>\n

\n\tOUT OF COMPETITION<\/p>\n

\n\tMan\u2019s Skin, dir: L\u00e9a Domenach (France) Closing Film<\/p>\n

\n\tSPECIAL EVENTS<\/p>\n

\n\tAl Baraneya, dir: Ashgan El-Hamus (Netherlands, Egypt, Belgium, Saudi Arabia)<\/p>\n

\n\tCarla Lonzi, A Feminist Story, dir: Francesca Archibugi (Italy)<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Phantom, dirs.: Ignacio Masllorens, David Lamelas (Argentina)<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Massacre, dir: Cosimo Messeri (Italy)<\/p>\n

\n\tEven If Hell Came, dir: Samuele Rossi (Italy)<\/p>\n

\n\tVENICE NIGHTS<\/p>\n

\n\tAnatomia di un ritratto, dirs.: Francesco Clerici, Mattia Colombo (Italy, Switzerland)<\/p>\n

\n\tAuber 89, dir: Giuseppe Schillaci (France, Italy)<\/p>\n

\n\tDomenica capitale \u2013 Genere domenicale, dir: Giovanna Giuliani (Italy)<\/p>\n

\n\tLa leggenda del deserto, dir: Elisabetta Giannini (Italy)<\/p>\n

\n\tMemoria del lampo, dir: Riccardo Giacconi (Italy)<\/p>\n

\n\tIl mestiere, dir: Beppe Tufarulo (Italy, Belgium, France)<\/p>\n

\n\tScarpe rotte, dir: Roberta Torre (Italy) Opening Film<\/p>\n

\n\tSi sveglia e sbadiglia, il gatto; poi l\u2019amore, dirs.: Federico Francioni, Samuele Sestieri (Italy)<\/p>\n

\n\tUno si distrae al bivio, dir: Alessandra Lancellotti (Italy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Venice Days, the independent sidebar of the Venice International Film Festival, has unveiled the lineup for its 23rd…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,1042,60,237624,237625,802],"class_list":["post-562499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-international","tag-ireland","tag-venice-2026","tag-venice-days","tag-venice-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}