More than 50 members of anti-Putin activist group Pussy Riot stormed the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition on Wednesday in their first-ever joint protest with Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN. The action comes amid a backlash against a decision by the Venice…

The jury of Venice Biennale's International Art Exhibition has resigned just days after it announced it would exclude national pavilions representing territories where the leaders are charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court from consideration for the prizes. The…

Maggie Gyllenhaal has been announced as Jury President for the 83rd Venice Film Festival, running from September 2 to 12. The actress and director follows in the wake of Alexander Payne (2025), Isabelle Huppert (2024), Damien Chazelle (2023), Julianne Moore (2022), Bong Joon-ho (2021) and Cate…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Tom Cruise starrer Digger, which wowed at CinemaCon on Tuesday, is unlikely to debut at a fall festival, we can reveal. The film’s October 2 release date has led to speculation, and anticipation, in many quarters that Venice or another…

Despite reports of Fox’s Baywatch reboot being pushed out of Venice Beach, local officials are determined to keep production in Los Angeles County. On Friday, LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath met with city officials, production leaders and agency representatives at Fox Studios, where they…

Venice Film Festival Artistic Director Alberto Barbera, whose current mandate is due to expire after this year's 83nd edition, has been renewed in the role for 2027 and 2028. The festival announced that La Biennale di Venezia's board of directors, chaired by Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, had approved…

The Cannes Film Festival was proven a major Oscar launchpad once again on Thursday as the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were unveiled at the break of dawn in L.A. Six films which premiered in its 2025 edition made it into the final voting round of the awards, garnering a total of 19…

Happy New Year! Goodbye 2025 and hello 2026. As the Deadline team catches its breath before hitting the global film festival circuit again later this month, here is our annual (non-exhaustive) list of U.S. and international movies we believe/hope will make the cut. As in our previous prediction…

EXCLUSIVE: Back in August we unveiled a first clip for Oliver Assayas' drama The Wizard of the Kremlin starring Paul Dano and Jude Law ahead of its Venice debut and now we can reveal the full international trailer. Adapted by Assayas and award-winning screenwriter and novelist Emmanuel Carrère…

Cambodian Oscar-nominated documentarian Rithy Panh will preside over the International Feature Film Competition Jury at Qatar's inaugural Doha Film Festival in November. The The Missing Picture and Everything Will Be Ok director will be joined by Tunisian director and screenwriter Raja Amari (For…

When writer Abdel Raouf Dafri and producer Marco Cherqui come onto Zoom to discuss their series reboot of Jacques Audiard's 2009 classic A Prophet it is hard to get a question in edgeways as they jostle to tell the story. They are joined by co-writer Nicolas Peufaillit, who appears accustomed to…

EXCLUSIVE: Mubi has set a Q1 2026 release for Gianfranco Rosi's Venice Special Jury Prize-winning documentary Below the Clouds in multiple territories, with a qualifying release this fall. The global film distributor, streaming service and production company will release the film in North…