Venice Film Festival 2026

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Conversation With The Sea (Hiwar ma’ albahr) (Country: Palestine, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Qatar; Year: 2026; Director: Muayad Alayan; Stars: Kamel El Basha, Amer Hlehel, Bahira Ablassi, Maria Zreik)
In Jerusalem, Kamal, a 60-year-old Palestinian man, is ordered by an Israeli court to pay a large social security debt allegedly owed by his son Wael. But Wael drowned in the Red Sea decades ago. When no official record of his death can be found, Kamal follows the only remaining lead to uncover what happened to his son.
Furies (Country: Lebanon, Brazil; Year: 2026; Director: Rami Kodeih; Writer: Rami Kodeih, Nora Mariana Salim; Stars: Maria Nakouzi, Rym Mroue, Hasan Akil, Issam Bou Khaled)
Amid Lebanon’s real-life, corruption-induced bank crisis – when depositors were and today still are denied access to their own savings – two women scheme a daring all-night heist to get their own money back and pay for a life-saving surgery.
Ground Floor (Country: Hungary, Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Gábor Reisz; Writer: Gábor Reisz, Éva Schulze; Stars: Ádám Tompa, Rodrigo Crespo, Bettina Józsa, Tünde Bacskó, György Gazsó, Juli Kindl, Éva Tímár, Marcello Fonte)
On the eve of departure for the summer holiday with his wife Vera, Kristóf unexpectedly discovers black mold spreading on the wall behind their closet. Overwhelmed with the situation and convinced it is caused by a water leak somewhere in the building, he begins knocking on his neighbours' doors in search of its origin. It triggers a tragicomic housing revolution.
Guria (Country: Georgia, Norway, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Bulgaria; Year: 2026; Director: Levan Koguashvili; Writer: Boris Frumin, Levan Koguashvili; Stars: Ia Sukhitashvili, ირმა გაჩეჩილაძე, Irakli Kavsadze, Giorgi Kipshidze)
In a Georgian village where the Soviet collapse brought only power cuts and poverty, a stubborn widowed hazelnut farmer holds out for two fair deals: a decent price for his harvest, and a second chance at love.
Hombre Al Agua (Country: Mexico; Year: 2026; Director: Gael García Bernal; Writer: Mariano Pensotti, Gael García Bernal; Stars: Gael García Bernal, Esmeralda Pimentel, Débora Nascimento, Natalia Oreiro, Anna Diaz, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Jorge Salinas, Ricky Martin, Jerry Velazquez, Abraham Sarabia)
Camilo, a Cuban lifeguard, saves Mexican businessman Abel from drowning. Grateful, Abel brings Camilo to Mexico, where he marries Abel's daughter, Juana, and they have a child. But Camilo soon discovers his new life is part of Abel's Machiavellian plan of manipulation and control.
I Matter (Eu Contez) (Country: Romania, Germany, Belgium; Year: 116; Director: Alina Serban; Stars: Denisa Farcas, Sorin Mihai, Angelina Pavel, Vanessa Dancea, Raisa Mihai, Alexandru Stancu, Alina Berzunțeanu, Natalia Călin)
Rebeca, a young Roma girl, is on the verge of being kicked out of her orphanage. She clings to the hope that her father's release from prison will finally give her a family, unaware that growing up will demand more than she ever imagined.
Serpenti (Country: Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Roberto De Paolis; Writer: Fabio D'Innocenzo, Damiano D'Innocenzo, Roberto De Paolis; Stars: Pietro Castellitto, Alessandro Borghi, Leonardo Lidi)
Tragicomedy about a man whose confession of killing his wife is not taken seriously.
Sumo Spirit Weighs Nothing (Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Erik Shirai)
Documentary going behind the curtain of the notoriously private world of sumo wrtestling.
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