Distribution Watch: Venice 2025

Tracking which titles from Venice 2025 have North American distribution

Barrio Triste

Last updated: January 27, 2026

Titles in bold will have a North American distributor, which I’ll include with a source linked to the distributor’s name. I will probably announce updates on my Twitter account if you’re not following me there already. Programmes dedicated to short films and TV series are not included as it’s too difficult to track (some shorts may be included if they are within programmes dedicated mainly to features).

And if I’m missing anything or need to make any corrections/changes, please comment or reach out to let me know so the list can stay up to date.

Competition

• A House of Dynamite (dir. Kathryn Bigelow) [Netflix]

• At Work (dir. Valérie Donzelli)

• Below the Clouds (dir. Gianfranco Rosi) [MUBI]

• Bravo Bene! (dir. Franco Maresco)

• Bugonia (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos) [Focus Features]

• Duse (dir. Pietro Marcello)

• Elisa (dir. Leonardo Di Costanzo)

• Father Mother Sister Brother (dir. Jim Jarmusch) [MUBI]

• Frankenstein (dir. Guillermo del Toro) [Netflix]

• Girl (dir. Shu Qi)

• Jay Kelly (dir. Noah Baumbach) [Netflix]

• La Grazia (dir. Paolo Sorrentino) [MUBI]

• No Other Choice (dir. Park Chan-wook) [NEON]

• Orphan (dir. László Nemes)

• Silent Friend (dir. Ildikó Enyedi) [1-2 Special]

• The Smashing Machine (dir. Benny Safdie) [A24]

• The Stranger (dir. François Ozon) [Immina Films for Canada; Music Box Films for US]

• The Sun Rises on Us All (dir. Cai Shangjun)

• The Testament of Ann Lee (dir. Mona Fastvold) [Searchlight Pictures]

• The Voice of Hind Rajab (dir. Kaouther Ben Hania) [Willa]

• The Wizard of the Kremlin (dir. Olivier Assayas)

Horizons

• A Year of School (dir. Laura Samani)

• Barrio Triste (dir. Stillz) [Film Movement]

• Divine Comedy (dir. Ali Asgari)

• Father (dir. Tereza Nvotová)

• Funeral Casino Blues (dir. Roderick Warich)

• Grand Ciel (dir. Akihiro Hata)

• Hiedra (dir. Ana Cristina Barragán)

• Human Resource (dir. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit)

• Late Fame (dir. Kent Jones) [Magnolia Pictures]

• Lost Land (dir. Akio Fujimoto)

• Milk Teeth (dir. Mihai Mincan)

• Mother (dir. Teona Strugar Mitevska)

• On the Road (dir. David Pablos) [Strand Releasing]

• Pin de Fartie (dir. Alejo Moguillansky)

• Rose of Nevada (dir. Mark Jenkin) [1-2 Special]

• Songs of Forgotten Trees (dir. Anuparna Roy)

• Strange River (dir. Jaume Claret Muxart)

• The Kidnapping of Arabella (dir. Carolina Cavalli)

• The Souffleur (dir. Gastón Solnicki)

Venice Spotlight

• A Loose End (dir. Daniel Hendler)

• Calle Malaga (dir. Maryam Touzani) [Strand Releasing]

• Hijra (dir. Shahad Ameen)

• It Would Be Night in Caracas (dir. Mariana Rondón & Marité Ugas)

• Made in EU (dir. Stephan Komandarev)

• Motor City (dir. Potsy Ponciroli) [Elevation Pictures for Canada; no US distribution]

• Silent Rebellion (dir. Marie-Elsa Sgualdo)

• Tired of Killing. Autobiography of an Assassin (dir. Daniele Vicari)

Out of Competition - Fiction

• After the Hunt (dir. Luca Guadagnino) [Amazon/MGM]

• Andrea’s Island (dir. Antonio Capuano)

• Chien 51 (dir. Cédric Jimenez)

• Dead Man’s Wire (dir. Gus Van Sant) [Row K Entertainment]

• In the Hand of Dante (dir. Julian Schnabel)

• My Tennis Maestro (dir. Andrea Di Stefano)

• Orfeo (dir. Virgilio Villoresi)

• Scarlet (dir. Mamoru Hosoda) [Sony Pictures Classics]

• Sermon to the Void (dir. Hilal Baydarov)

• The Holy Boy (dir. Paolo Strippoli) [Shudder]

• The Last Viking (dir. Anders Thomas Jensen) [Samuel Goldwyn Films]

Out of Competition - Non-Fiction

• Kabul, Between Prayers (dir. Aboozar Amini)

• Back Home (dir. Tsai Ming-liang)

• Broken English (dir. Jane Pollard & Iain Forsyth)

• Cover-Up (dir. Laura Poitras & Mark Obenhaus) [Netflix]

• Director’s Diary (dir. Aleksandr Sokurov)

• Ferdinando Scianna — Il Fotografo Dell’ombra (dir. Roberto Andò)

• Ghost Elephants (dir. Werner Herzog) [National Geographic]

• I Diari di Angela — Noi Due Cineasti. Capitolo Terzo (dir. Yervant GIanikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi)

• Kim Novak’s Vertigo (dir. Alexandre Philippe)

• Marc by Sofia (dir. Sofia Coppola) [A24]

• My Father and Qaddafi (dir. Jihan K)

• Notes of a True Criminal (dir. Alexander Rodnyansky & Andriy Alferov)

• Nuestra Tierra (dir. Lucrecia Martel)

• Remake (dir. Ross McElwee)

• The Tale of Silyan (dir. Tamara Kotevska) [National Geographic]

Out of Competition - Film & Music

• Nino. 18 Giorni (dir. Toni D’Angelo)

• Piero Pelù. Rumore Dentro (dir. Francesco Fei)

• Newport and the Great Folk Dream (dir. Robert Gordon)

• Francesco de Gregori (dir. Stefano Pistolini)

Venice Classics - Non-Fiction

• The Ozu Diaries (dir. Daniel Raim)

• Sangre del Toro (dir. Yves Montmayeur)

• Memory of the Forgotten (dir. Javier Espada)

• Megadoc (dir. Mike Figgis) [Utopia]

• Mata Hari (dir. Joe Beshenkovsky & James Smith)

• Louis Malle, Le Révolté (dir. Claire Duguet)

• Holofiction (dir. Michal Kosakowski)

• Elvira Notari: Oltre Il Silenzio (dir. Valerio Ciriaci)

• Boorman and the Devil (dir. David Kittredge)

Biennale College Cinema

• Lamb of God (dir. Massimiliano Camaiti)

• Becoming Human (dir. Polen Ly)

• One Woman One Bra (dir. Vincho Nchogu)

• Secret of a Mountain Serpent (dir. Nidhi Saxena)

Giornate degli Autori/Venice Days - Competition

• A Sad and Beautiful World (dir. Cyril Aris)

• Bearcave (dirs. Stergios Dinopoulos & Krysianna B. Papadakis)

• Gioia (dir. Nicoangelo Gelormini)

• Inside Amir (dir. Amir Azizi)

• Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes (dir. Gabriel Azorín)

• Memory (dir. Vladlena Sandu)

• Memory of Princess Mumbi (dir. Damien Hauser)

• Past Future Continuous (dirs. Morteza Ahmadvand & Firouzeh Khosrovani)

• Short Summer (dir. Nastia Korkia)

• Vanilla (dir. Mayra Hermosillo) [Outsider Pictures]

Giornate degli Autori/Venice Days - Out of Competition/Special Events/Venetian Nights

• 6:06 (dir. Tekla Taidelli)

• A Near Thing (dir. Loris G. Nese)

• A State Film (dir. Roland Sejko)

• Be Loved (dir. Elisa Amoruso)

• Confession - How I Found Out I Wouldn’t Make the Revolution (dir. Bonifacio Angius)

• Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t (dir. Dianni Di Gregorio)

• Do You Love Me (dir. Lana Daher)

• Dom (dir. Massimiliano Battistella)

• Full Speed Backward! (dir. Antonio Morabito)

• I Want Her Dead (dir. Gianluca Matarrese)

• Laguna (dir. Sharunas Bartas)

• Life Beyond the Pine Curtain - America the Invisible (dir. Giovanni Troilo)

• Toni, My Father (dir. Anna Negri)

• Who is Still Alive (dir. Nicolas Wadimoff)

• Writing Life - Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students (dir. Claire Simon)

International Critics’ Week

• 100 Nights of Hero (dir. Julia Jackman) [IFC]

• AGON (dir. Giulio Berelli)

• Cotton Queen (dir. Suzanna Mirghani)

• Gorgonà (dir. Evi Kalogiropoulou)

• Ish (dir. Imran Perretta)

• Roqia (dir. Yanis Koussim)

• Straight Circle (dir. Oscar Hudson) [Joint Venture]

• Stereo Girls (dir. Caroline Deruas Peano)

• Waking Hours (dirs. Federico Cammarata & Filippo Foscarini)