August 3, 2026
Venice publishes its 2026 competition lineup
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Company
Director Casey Affleck
Main Cast Nick Nolte, Ben Mendelsohn, Adelaide Clemens, Scoot McNairy, Emily Lind, Caylee Cowan, Atticus Affleck, Indiana Affleck / Canada, USA / 92’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/company)
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Kami nour (A bit of light)
Director Ali Asgari
Main Cast Misagh Zareh, Sadaf Asgari, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Ramtin Daghigh, Mina Rahimzadeh / Iran, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Türkiye / 87’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/kami-nour-bit-light)
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Ritorno a Buenos Aires
Director Marco Bechis
Main Cast Adriano Giannini, Ana Celentano, Verónica Gerez, Olivia Nuss, Adrián Fondari, Paula Cohen, Marcelo Chaparro, Marcela Serli, Maria Laila Fernandez / Italy, Brazil / 105’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/ritorno-buenos-aires)
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Ink
Director Danny Boyle
Main Cast Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce, Claire Foy / United Kingdom, France, USA / 116’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/ink)
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Un bon petit soldat
Director Stéphane Brizé
Main Cast Alba Rohrwacher, Vincent Lindon, David Talbot, Sharif Andoura / France / 102’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/un-bon-petit-soldat)
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Il fuoco che ti porti dentro (The Fire Within You)
Director Edoardo De Angelis
Main Cast Vanessa Scalera, Lino Musella, Elena Radonicich, Ivana Lotito, Tommaso Ragno / Italy / 93’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/il-fuoco-che-ti-porti-dentro-fire-within-you)
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Kvinde Ukendt (Woman Unknown)
Director May el-Toukhy
Main Cast Mathilde Arcel, Carsten Bjørnlund, Thorbjørn Hedegaard, Marina Bouras, Mia Plantin, Sofia Nolsøe, Flora Sanders / Denmark, Sweden, Latvia / 124’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/kvinde-ukendt-woman-unknown)
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Bucking Fastard
Director Werner Herzog
Main Cast Kate Mara, Rooney Mara, Orlando Bloom, Domhnall Gleeson / Ireland, USA / 109’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/bucking-fastard)
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15/18 (A Place To Heal)
Director Cédric Kahn
Main Cast Zoé Monpart, Malou Khebizi, Kenji Peyran, Patience Munchenbach, Sophie Guillemin, Cédric Kahn, Antoine de Foucauld, Jennifer Decker / France / 105’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/1518-place-heal)
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Dau
Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Main Cast Teodor Currentzis, Radmila Shchogolieva, Anatoly Vasiliev / Germany, France, Sweden / 195’ + 15’ intermission
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/dau)
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Look Back
Director Hirokazu Koreeda
Main Cast Natsuki Deguchi, Aju Makita, Furi Nanase, Rokka Okada, Masaki Suda, Kankuro Kudo, Kayo Noro / Japan / 100’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/look-back)
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Ga-neung-han sa-rang (Possible love)
Director Lee Chang-dong
Main Cast Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung, Cho Yeo-jeong / South Korea / 164’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/ga-neung-han-sa-rang-possible-love)
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Wild Horse Nine
Director Martin McDonagh
Main Cast John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Mariana Di Girolamo, Ailín Salas, Tom Waits, Parker Posey / UK, USA, Chile / 118’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/wild-horse-nine)
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Succederà questa notte
Director Nanni Moretti
Main Cast Louis Garrel, Jasmine Trinca, Hippolyte Girardot, Angela Finocchiaro, Melina Åkerman, Elena Lietti, Andrea Lattanzi, Antonio De Matteo, Nanni Moretti / Italy, France, Spain / 103’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/succeder%C3%A0-questa-notte)
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Primetime
Director Lance Oppenheim
Main Cast Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Phoebe Bridgers / USA / 110’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/primetime)
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The Echo Chamber
Director Andrea Pallaoro
Main Cast Luca Marinelli, Alicia Vikander, Susan Sarandon / Italy, Belgium / 123’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/echo-chamber)
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Un peu avant minuit
Director Nicolas Pariser
Main Cast Melvil Poupaud, Chiara Mastroianni, Golshifteh Farahani, Léonie Simaga, Clara Pacini, Anaïs Demoustier, Micha Lescot / France / 111’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/un-peu-avant-minuit)
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L’estranea
Director Paolo Strippoli
Main Cast Jasmine Trinca, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Adriano Giannini, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi / Italy, France, Belgium / 115’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/l%E2%80%99estranea)
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Nelson san, anata ha hito wo koroshimashitaka? (Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?)
Director Shinya Tsukamoto
Main Cast Rodney Hicks, Geoffrey Rush, Mark Merphy, Tatyana Ali, Lily Franky / Japan, USA, Thailand, Vietnam / 116’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/nelson-san-anata-ha-hito-wo-koroshimashitaka-mr-nelson-did-you-kill-people)
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Bunker
Director Florian Zeller
Main Cast Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Stephen Graham, Paul Dano, Patrick Schwarzenegger / France, Spain / 126’
](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/venezia-83-competition/bunker)