Venice Film Festival

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At Venice 2026, Cinematographers Kept Choosing Noise and Grain Over Clean Digital

September 29, 2026

The ARRI Alexa 35 was the default camera at the 2026 Venice Film Festival, showing up in 14 of the 39 films in official selection, according to a camera-by-camera survey…

Be Brave director Francesco Carrozzini, Diesel founder Renzo Rosso, and producer Lorenzo Mieli pose with the film's team at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival photocall

Be Brave Premiered at Venice as an AI Documentary, and Its Director Says No Frame of His Subject Was Real

September 26, 2026

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Be Brave, the documentary about Diesel founder Renzo Rosso that premiered out of competition at the 2026 Venice Film Festival, is being described by its own director as something closer…

The Hotel Excelsior on the Venice Lido, the historic venue at the center of Venice Film Festival week, where the Reply AI Film Festival holds its ceremony

Hollywood Directors Are Judging an AI Film Festival Steps From Venice, and One Filmmaker Got Death Threats for Winning

September 21, 2026

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While the actual Venice Film Festival ran its usual red carpets, a second, stranger festival was happening a short walk down the Lido: the Reply AI Film Festival, now in…

Close-up of the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P dual-lens camera head, showing the 1-inch wide lens and 3x telephoto lens

Isabelle Huppert Shot a Short Film Entirely on the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P, Which Americans Still Can’t Buy

September 20, 2026

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DJI put its new Osmo Pocket 4P in front of real filmmakers this month, and the most striking name on the resulting slate isn’t a working cinematographer. It’s Isabelle Huppert,…

Maggie Gyllenhaal, director of the AI-tested short film Flesh Impact, portrait

Maggie Gyllenhaal Tried Putting Marilyn Monroe’s AI Face on Dakota Johnson for Flesh Impact, Then Cut It

September 19, 2026

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Maggie Gyllenhaal tried using AI to put Marilyn Monroe’s face onto Dakota Johnson for her short film Flesh Impact, and then threw the result away. She said so herself at…

Film crew gathered around a cinema camera on a production set

Producers Say Auteur Theory Erased Them. A Venice Panel Just Made the Case Formal.

September 11, 2026

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A panel at this year’s Venice Production Bridge put a name to something a lot of below-the-line crew have felt for decades: the industry’s obsession with the director as sole…

Venice Film Festival

At Venice 2026, Cinematographers Kept Choosing Noise and Grain Over Clean Digital

Be Brave Premiered at Venice as an AI Documentary, and Its Director Says No Frame of His Subject Was Real

Hollywood Directors Are Judging an AI Film Festival Steps From Venice, and One Filmmaker Got Death Threats for Winning

Isabelle Huppert Shot a Short Film Entirely on the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P, Which Americans Still Can’t Buy

Maggie Gyllenhaal Tried Putting Marilyn Monroe’s AI Face on Dakota Johnson for Flesh Impact, Then Cut It

Producers Say Auteur Theory Erased Them. A Venice Panel Just Made the Case Formal.

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