The Israeli director (“Golda”) new feature is his most personal, drawn from his own grandmother’s real-life entanglement with sinister cult.
Directors 2026: Villeneuve, Denis–“Dune: Part Three” Starring Oscar Nominee Timothee Chalamet
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The director premiered Arrival in competition in 2016 and launched Dune: Part One out of competition on the Lido in 2021.
Directors 2026: Iñárritu, Alejandro G.–“Digger” Starring Tom Cruise
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‘Digger,’ Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu ‘Digger’ movie poster, starring Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise/X With Warner Bros. support, Digger will be this year’s event of the Lido. The studio has dated Iñárritu’s first English-language film since The Revenant for U.S. release on October 2, the same frame that Joker claimed in 2019 weeks after winning Venice’s Golden Lion. Billed […]
Directors: Ford, Tom–“Cry to Heaven”
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Adapted from the Anne Rice novel, Cry to Heaven is about an 18th century Venetian noble and a maestro castrato from Calabria who team up to make it big in the opera world.
Directors 2026: Franco, Michel–“Circles,” Tale of Israel’s Formative Years
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Instead of modern-day Mexico, the Hebrew-language film is set in early-1950s, during the formative years of the State of Israel.
