Skip to main content

Venice Film Festival · 2026

Venice Film Festival 2026

Giornate degli Autori

Programme

5 films · 3 reviews

Jump to a film

Agata The Writer

A woman gathering information for a war novel in Sarajevo, has her motives called into question.

(Year: 2026; Director: Kuba Dorabialski; Writer: Kuba Dorabialski; Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Vedrana Božinović, Selma Alispahić, Mia Morrissey, Admir Glamočak, Zoran Jevtic, Hatidža Ćorić, Kuba Dorabialski)

Al Baraneya

Review preview for Al Baraneya

Loose and responsive camerawork from cinematographer Douwe Hennink makes his camera feel as though it is part of the family.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Drama focused on a pregnant young woman and her family in a village just outside Cairo.

(Country: The Netherlands, Egypt, Belgium, Saudi Arabia; Year: 2026; Director: Ashgan El-Hamus; Writer: Roelof Jan Minneboo, Ashgan El-Hamus; Stars: Reem Amer, Fatma Ibrahim El-Hamus, Nadia Ahmed El-Hadary, Asmaa Ahmed El-Hadary, Farida Alsayed El-Hamu, Fatma Farahat El-Hadary, Sara Ali El-Hadary, Alsayed Mohamed El-Hamus, Mostafa Noureldin)

Full review See: El-Hamus on casting and working with distant relatives on her debut Al Baraneya

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.

(Country: Germany, Nigeria; Year: 2026; Director: Damilola Orimogunje; Writer: Damilola Orimogunje; Stars: Bimbo Akintola, Tosin Adeyemi, Lanre Hassan, William Benson, Antar Laniyan)

Full review See: Damilola Orimogunje on reflecting and framing reality in Dear Ajayi

I Plant My Hand In The Garden

Review preview for I Plant My Hand In The Garden

The docufictional construction can become meditative to the point of meandering, a tug-of-war between autobiography and fiction that sometimes weighs down the story.

Edin Custo · 3.5 out of 5
A pregnant Iranian woman and a Serbian man longing for fatherhood, both bisexual and living in Germany, marry. Their families, divided by language yet united by affection, come together to celebrate.

(Country: Germany, Serbia, US; Year: 2026; Director: Boris Hadžija, Hoda Taheri; Writer: Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija; Stars: Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija, Branka Hadžija, Jahandokht Taheri, Hadi Khanjanpour)

Full review

Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion

Drama cenring on a tourist in Madrid and a chance meeting.

(Country: Argentina, Spain; Year: 2026; Director: María Aparicio; Writer: María Aparicio; Stars: Eva Bianco, Roger Koza)