Overview

• The 22nd edition of Giornate degli Autori was unveiled on July 24 with ten world premieres from countries including Iran, Lebanon, Kenya and Italy
• The program opens August 27 with Vladlena Sandu’s Memory, an autobiographical documentary revisiting her childhood in war-torn Chechnya
• Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud, whose film Dreams won the Berlin Golden Bear, will preside over the Venice Days jury
• Standout competition titles include Nicolangelo Gelormini’s La Gioia starring Valeria Golino and Jasmine Trinca and Damien Hauser’s dystopian fable Memory of Princess Mumbi
• Artistic director Gaia Furrer emphasizes themes of grief, exile and human connection as driving forces in this year’s selection