Venice International Film Festival 2026

Ashgan El-Hamus
Venice 2026: In Conversation with Ashgan El-Hamus on Making the Case for Small, Collective Living in Debut Feature, “Al Baraneya”

“We’ve lost the capacity, I think, to just spend time together without doing anything, and…

African cinema
African Cinema Secures Wins at Venice 2026

African films shared in the spotlight with wins at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival…

Al Baraneya
Venice 2026: Ashgan El-Hamus’ “Al Baraneya” Captures the Tensions Between Simple Living and Urban Aspirations as a Young Woman Comes of Age

A film about the pleasures and pressures of simple, communal living, Al Baraneya is underlined…

La Maison du Vent
Venice 2026: “La Maison du Vent (House of the Wind)” Studies the Tragic Cost of Migration and the Loneliness of Old Age

In La Maison du Vent, Cameroonian writer-director Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu captures both the tragic…