# Venice Film Festival film competition

> Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/venice-film-festival-film-competition
> Updated: 2026-09-09T17:30:00.000Z. Sources: 4. Developments: 2.

The 83rd Venice Film Festival features a diverse selection of competitive films ranging from psychological thrillers to social dramas.

Early entries in the festival include psychological thrillers such as ‘Breached’, which explores digital vulnerability and the risks of hyper-connectivity, and ‘L’estranea’, a film utilizing horror elements to examine family dynamics and the fear of loss. 

Subsequent highlights include Edoardo De Angelis’s ‘Il fuoco che ti porti dentro’, a drama focusing on intense family tensions, and Stéphane Brizé’s ‘A Good Little Soldier’, which examines the pressures of corporate capitalism and the struggle to balance professional demands with motherhood.

## Timeline

### 2026-09-09: Venice Film Festival features new works by De Angelis and Brizé

Directors Edoardo De Angelis and Stéphane Brizé present new competition films at the Venice Film Festival, focusing on intense family dynamics and the pressures of corporate life.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/venice-film-festival-features-new-works-by-de-angelis-and-briz

### 2026-09-04: Venice Film Festival showcases new psychological thrillers

New psychological thrillers ‘Breached’ and ‘L’estranea’ are featured at the 83rd Venice Film Festival, exploring themes of digital privacy and obsessive family dynamics.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/venice-film-festival-showcases-new-psychological-thrillers

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