Werner Herzog puts Bucking Fastard in Venice 2026 contention

Werner Herzog has Bucking Fastard in contention for the 2026 Venice Film Festival, putting the film into a crowded conversation around what may reach the Lido. The roundup published on May 19 places Herzog’s title among the further candidates while conversations on the Croisette turn toward Venice.

Rooney Mara and Kate Mara

Bucking Fastard is led by Rooney Mara and Kate Mara, giving Herzog’s film two recognizable names in a festival field where casting often signals ambition as much as strategy. For a film being discussed before the lineup is set, that pairing is the clearest public marker attached to the project.

Venice September 2-12

The 2026 Venice Film Festival is scheduled to run September 2-12, which gives this shortlist a defined runway before programmers lock in their selections. Herzog’s film sits inside that window as one of several titles under discussion, and that is enough to keep it in the awards and launch conversation for now.

Croisette to the Lido

The mention of Bucking Fastard alongside other possible Venice titles shows how the festival season starts well before the red carpet is set. For distributors and filmmakers, an early place in that discussion can shape how a title is positioned before Venice programming is made public.

Herzog’s path here is straightforward: if Bucking Fastard stays in the mix, the film remains part of the most closely watched festival speculation of the spring. If it lands in Venice, the project moves from conversation to launch platform, with Rooney Mara and Kate Mara already attached and the September 2-12 dates already fixed.