Berlinale Talents Alumni in 83rd Venice Film Festival

The 83rd Venice International Film Festival is upon us and we are excited to share that there will be an incredible 77 Berlinale Talents alumni heading to the Lido's Palazzo del Cinema! They have ceatively contributed to 47 films across the official selection as well as independent and parallel sections Giornate degli Autori and La Settimana Internazionale della Critica. We are very proud to once again see Berlinale Talents so stongly represented and congratulate all involved!

Explore the full list of films below!

Official Sections

Competition:

“Kami Nour” (A Bit of Light) – writer & director Ali Asgari (BT 2013), producer Milad Khosravi (BT 2024), producer Lorenzo Cioffi (BT 2017), producer Giorgio Giampà (BT 2011)

“Ink” – composer Daniel Pemberton (BT 2009)

“Bucking Fastard” – co-producer Jack Riccobono (BT 2004)

“DAU” – writer, director & producer Ilya Khrzhanovsky (BT 2003), sound designer Elena Gurvich (BT 2008), co-producer Solal Coutard (BT 2026)

“Primetime” – editor Daniel Garber (BT 2023)

“Makikiraan po” (Let us through, dear ancestors) – actor Bong Cabrera (BT 2023), producer Bianca Balbuena (BT 2012)

“Place to Be” – director Kornél Mundruczó (BT 2004), executive producer Viktória Petrányi (BT 2004)

Non Fiction

“Holy Wood Dust” – producer Alba Sotorra (BT 2011), cinematographer Gianmarco Donaggio (BT 2024)

“Listy” (Letters) – writer, director & cinematographer Andrei Kutsila (BT 2015), co-producer Gregor Streiber (BT 2008), co-producer Giedrė Žickytė (BT 2010)

“Biografía de Jorge Luis Borges” – producer Laura Citarella (BT 2009)

“Queer Edward II” – producer Sebastien Rabas (BT 2019)

Film on Films

“The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias” – producer Evan Horan (BT 2022)

Orizzonti

Orizzonti Competition

“Yak mai” (The Burning Giants) – actor Awat Ratanapintha (BT 2025)

“Cudze rzeczy” (What belongs to others) – sound designer Franciszek Kozłowskin (BT 2005)

“Mogragheb” (Falling House) – producer Milad Khosravi (BT 2024), editor Evelyn Rack (BT 2023)

“Too Much Sugar” – producer Bennett Elliott (BT 2025)

“The Difficult Bride” – writer, director & producer Rubaiyat Hossain (BT 2017), producer Joana Niza Braga (BT 2020)

“Mia mera sti zoi tis tzo: kefalaio Faidra” (A day in the life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra) – writer & director Jacqueline Lentzou (BT 2015 & 2019), producer Steffen Goldkamp (BT 2022), actor Ektoras Lygizos (BT 2005), editor Nikos Vavouris (BT 2011)

“Oase” (Oasis) – writer, director & editor Jannis Lenz (BT 2021), actor Neshe Demir (BT 2005)

“Do kraja dana” (Until the day ends) – producer Steffen Goldkamp (BT 2022), associate producer Malin Hüber (BT 2020), associate producer Jasmina Sijercic (BT 2023)

“Un détour par Diane” – executive producer Alice Bloch (BT 2025)

“Huangyan shenghuo” (Big Little Things) – co-producer Clarissa Zhang (BT 2021)

Orizzonti Short Film Competiton

“Una Fortaleza” – writer & director Alba Gaviraghi (BT 2020)

“Tropikos tou thrinountos gkeko” (Tropic of the mourning gecko) – producer Kyveli Short (BT 2023), associate producer Dimitris Tsakaleas (BT 2020), editor Smaro Papaevangelou (BT 2014)

“Paper Plane” – cinematographer Kate McCullough (BT 2006)

Venezia Spotlight

“Hiwar ma’ albahr” (Conversation With The Sea) – writer & director Muayad Alayan (BT 2016), actor Maria Zreik (BT 2024)

“Serpenti” – writer & director Roberto Da Paolis Maino (BT 2016)

“Furies” – writer, director & producer Rami Kodeih (BT 2015)

“Földszint” (Ground floor) – writer & director Gábor Reisz (BT 2014), producer Julia Berkes (BT 2014), producer Carla Fotea (BT 2025), editor Letiția Ștefănescu (BT 2010)

Venice immersive Competition

“Octopocalypse” – director Max Sacker (BT 2008)

Biennale College Cinema

“Tijuana, todavía” – actor & producer Humberto Busto (BT 2004)

“Moonfish” – producer Mireia Vilanova (BT 2024)

Giornate degli Autori

Competition

“A Veces Me Entra Tristeza, Otras Veces Rebelión” (Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion) – cinematographer Ezequiel Salinas (BT 2019), sound designer Federico Disandro (BT 2020), producer Rodrigo Guerrero (BT 2008), associate producer Louise Riousse (BT 2024)

“Agata The Writer” – associate producer Adis Đapo (BT 2008)

“Balcanica” – cinematographer Damjan Radovanović (BT 2005), co-producer Danijel Pek (BT 2015)

“Dear Ajayi” – actor Uzoamaka Power (BT 2023), co-producer May Odeh (BT 2015)

“I Plant My Hand In The Garden” – sound designer Luka Barajević (BT 2025), producer Čarna Vučinić (BT 2024)

Special Events

“Al Baraneya” – producer Frank Hoeve (BT 2010), co-producer Kesmat Elsayed (BT 2023)

“El Fantasma” (The Phantom) – producer Laura Citarella (BT 2009)

Venetian Nights

“Memoria Del Lampo” (Memories of Lightning) – editor Gabriel Gonzalez (BT 2018)

“Uno Si Distrae Al Bivio” (Southern Peasants) – artistic supervision & cinematographer Enrico Masi (BT 2021)

La Settimana Internazionale della Critica

In Competition

“London” – cinematographer Bruno Polidoro (BT 2022), editor Will Domingos (BT 2019)

“Our Share of Sand” – writer & director Shalini Adnani (BT 2018), producer Michael Graf (BT 2024), editor Anna Meller (BT 2014)

SIC Short Italian Cinema @ Settimana Internazionale della Critica

In Competiton

“E-I-E-I-O” – producer Andrea Gatopoulos (BT 2024)

“Gusci” (Eggshells) – writer Zelia Zbogar (BT 2020)

“Se mai le cose“ (If Things Could Ever Talk) – production designer Marta Morandini (BT 2025)

Special Event - Closing Short Film

“Un breve incontro” (A Brief Encounter) – writer, director, production designer, producer & editor Liryc Dela Cruz (BT 2020)