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Venice Film Festival

2 September – 12 September 2026

Paper Planes is among films on Festival Scope's Sala Web
Paper Planes is among films on Festival Scope's Sala Web

The 83rd Venice Film Festival will run from September 2 to 12. It will open with the world premiere of Danny Boyle's Ink, which charts the acquisition and relaunch of The Sun newspaper by Rupert Murdoch. It stars Jack O'Connell, Clare Foy and Guy Pearce.

You can also watch a selection of short films for free at Festival Scope's Sala Web, including Saorise Ronan's Paper Planes.

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Latest reviews

  • The Spiral
    Review preview for The Spiral

    Up until the end laced with cheap pseudo-biblical references, this horror-drama serves as a fun and thrilling ride.

    Marko Stojiljkovic · 3 out of 5
    A woman unexpectedly shows up at her daughter’s home to reveal the truth about their family.
  • Musk
    Review preview for Musk

    In endeavouring to provide real insights about the man, Gibney has to dig through a weight of illusion and affectation

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A detailed look at the tech billionnaire.
  • Wild Horse Nine
    Review preview for Wild Horse Nine

    Malkovich and Rockwell are magnetic.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Rapa Nui.
  • What Belongs To Others
    Review preview for What Belongs To Others

    In his modern world of apartment blocks and estranged family members, even comfort is cold.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Kasia earns her living by breaking into other people's homes. One day on the job she finds a dead body of a man and decides to move into his apartment and find out who he was. As she starts to piece together his memories, relationships and secrets, it awakens in her a dream of another life and gives her strength to make changes in her own.
  • Everest: The Other Side
    Review preview for Everest: The Other Side

    While there are undeniably parts built for the big screen spectacle, which are juxtaposed with an emotional weight, the film's rudimentary form is the enemy within.

    Paul Risker · 3 out of 5
    Follows two mountaineers as they attempt to climb and ski the direct North Face of Mount Everest.
  • Ink
    Review preview for Ink

    Danny Boyle brings his customary energy to James Graham’s adaptation of his own stage play, which flies along quicker than paper through a printing press.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Drama charting Rupert Murdoch's acquisition of The Sun newspaper and its upturning of the landscape under editor Larry Lamb in 1969.
  • Moonfish
    Review preview for Moonfish

    Simplicity is the name of the game, and he makes a virtue of it

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A grieving astronaut trying to make a mining quota, finds his grip on reality start to slide.
  • Diane In The Loop
    Review preview for Diane In The Loop

    Unexpectedly playful given the weight of the subject

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    When a woman discovers her mum was raped some years before she was born, she plans vengeance, but her mother has other ideas. Things become complicated.
  • Dear Ajayi
    Review preview for Dear Ajayi

    Orimogunje captures the way that generating pain can be seen as a way to ameliorate your own suffering

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    In 1990s Nigeria, two estranged sisters forced to live under the same roof while caring for their paralysed mother navigate grief, ambition, love, and the fragile bonds of family.
  • Bucking Fastard
    Review preview for Bucking Fastard

    For all the strangeness of the premise there’s not a lot of meat on the bones of this story.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    The adventures of a pair of twins whose speech is synchronised and lives co-dependent.

A–Z of Venice Film Festival 2026 reviews

Features

  • Keeping it real
    Damilola Orimogunje on reflecting and framing reality in Dear Ajayi
  • A family affair
    Ashgan El-Hamus on casting and working with distant relatives on her debut Al Baraneya

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