Venice Festival 2025, here are all the films scheduled

And so, also this year the Lido is ready to turn into the beating heart of world cinema. From 27 August to 6 September, the Venice International Film Festival returns with its 82nd edition, ready to offer the specialty of the house: a mix of author visions, talent and glamor. To direct the orchestra, the now legendary Alberto Barberaflanked by the new president of the Biennale, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco.

To inaugurate the review will be Grace Of Paolo Sorrentinowith Toni Servillo and Anna Ferzetti, a debut expected on the red carpet that promises poetry and auto -grafts. A piece of Italian cinema in full form assigns the festival a national pride with Five movies In competition: Elisa Of Leonardo di Costanzo, Duse Of Pietro Marcello, A well made movie Of Franco Maresco And Under the clouds Of Gianfranco Rosi.

Out of competition – by the will of the director and producer Amazon – he will warm the spirits After the Hunt Of Luca Guadagninowith Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edibiri – a university thriller with a heart #metoo who marks the Venetian debut of the Diva Roberts.

And in competition, headlights on Bugonia Of Yorgos Lanthimoswith Emma Stone; Frankenstein Of Guillermo del Torowith Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi; Jay Kelly Of Noah Baumbachwith George Clooney, Adam Sandler and Laura Dern; Hamnet Of Chloé zhaowith Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley; The Smashing Machine Of Benny Safdiewith Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt; A House of Dynamite Of Kathryn Bigelowwith Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson; And Father Mother Sister Brother Of Jim Jarmuschwith Cate Blanchett and Adam Driver.

Genres and styles are contaminated: Julian Schnabel will bring In The Hand of Dante with a stellar cast led by Oscar Isaac and Al Pacino, Gus Van Sant announce Dead Man’s Wire With Bill Skarsgård and Colman Domingo, Park Chan-Wook, László nemes And François Ozon They complete the selection with their intense visions.

Between stars and authors, Venice 2025 builds a mosaic of suggestions: a walkway of glamor, political cinema, emotional thrillers and big names, which will culminate with the golden lions to his career for Kim Novak And Werner Herzog and the official jury chaired by Alexander Payne.

Below, the complete list of films scheduled.

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Venice competition 82

Grace – Paolo Sorrentino, with Toni Servillo and Anna Ferzetti

Elisa – Leonardo di Costanzo

Duse – Pietro Marcello

A well made movie – Franco Maresco

Under the clouds – Gianfranco Rosi

The Wizard of the Kremlin – Olivier Assayas

Jay Kelly – Noah Baumbach, with George Clooney, Adam Sandler and Laura Dern

The Voice of Hind Rajab – Kaouther Ben Hania

A House of Dynamite – Kathryn Bigelow, with Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson

Ri Gua Zhong Tian (The Sun Ress On Us All) – Cai Shangjun

Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro, with Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi

Bugonia – Yorgos Lanthimos, with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons

Father Mother Sister Brother – Jim Jarmusch, with Cate Blanchett, Tom Waits and Adam Driver

Silent friend – Ildikó Enyedi, with Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux

The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona FastVold, with Amanda Seyfried

Orphan – László nemes

The étrangger – François Ozon

No Other Choice -Park Chan-Wook

Nühai (Girl) – Shu qi

Out of competition – Fiction

After the Hunt – Luca Guadagnino, with Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edibiri

In The Hand of Dante – Julian Schnabel, with Oscar Isaac, Gal Gadot, Al Pacino and Martin Scorsese

Dead Man’s Wire – Gus Van Sant, with Bill Skarsgård, Colman Domingo and Al Pacino

Chien 51 – Cédric Jimenez

The master – Andrea Di Stefano

Andrea’s island – Antonio Capuano

The Valle dei Sorrisi – Paolo Strippoli

Orpheus – Virgilio Villoresi

Sermon to the void – Hilal Baydarov

Hateshinaki Scarlet – Mamoru Hosoda

The Last Viking – Anders Thomas Jensen

Out of competition – documentaries

Kabul, Bethaneen Prayers – Aboozar Amini

Ferdinando Scianna – The shadow photographer – Roberto Andò

Marc by Sofia – Sofia Coppola

Angela’s diaries – Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi

Ghost Elephants – Werner Herzog

Baba Wa Al -Qadhafi – Jihan K

The Tale of Sylian – Tamara Kotevska

Nuestra Tierra – Lucrecia Martel

Remake – Ross McElwee

Kim Novak’s Vertigo – Alexandre Philippe

Cover -up – Laura Poitras & Mark Obenhaus

Broken English – Jane Pollard & Iin Forsyth

Notes of a True Criminal – Alexander Rodnyansky & Andriy Alferov

Director’s Diary – Aleksandr Sokurov

Hui Jia (back home) – Tsai Ming -Iliang

International Critician Week (Sic)

Agon – Giulio Bertelli

Cotton Queen – Suzannah Mirghani

Gorgonà – Evi Kalogopoulou

ISH – Imran Perretta

Rqia – Yanis Koussim

Straight Circle – Oliver Hudson

Waking Hours – Federico Cammarata & Filippo Foscarini

Les Immortelles – Caroline Deruas Perano

100 Nights of Hero – Julia Jackman

Ark – Lorenzo Quagliozzi

Family party – Nadir Taji

Navy – Paoli De Luca

The bike – Mattia Giampietruzzi

El pütì pèrs – Paolo Baiguera

The pørnøgraphər – Hariel

Holy – Valeria Gaudieri

Corti out of competition

Remain – Fabio Bobbio

Borders, songs – Simone Massi

Horizons – short films in competition

Norheimsund – Ana Alpízar

Merrimundi – Niles Atallah

La Ligne de Vie (The Lifeline) – Hugo Becker

Je Crois Ententre Encore (I Hear It Still) – Constance Bonnot

Kushta Mayn – Nicolò Folin

Praying Mantis – Joe Hsieh & Yonfan

Yòu Jiàn Chuīyān – Viv there

El Origen del Mundo – Jazmin Lopez

The Curfew – Shehrezad Maher

Lion Rock – Nick Mayow & Prisca Bouchet

Saint Simeon – Olubunmi Ogunsola

Utan Kelly (Without Kelly) – Lovisa Sirén

Coyotes – Said Zagha

Nedostupni (unavailable) – Kyrylo Zemljanyj

Cinema and Music – Out of competition

Nino. 18 days – Angel tones

Piero Pelù. Noise – Francesco Fei

Newport and the Great Folk Dream – Robert Gordon

Francesco De Gregori Nevergreen – Stefano Pistolini

TV series (official section)

Portobello (Ep. 1–2) – Marco Bellocchio

A proph and (Ep. 1–8) – Enrico Maria Artale

Etty (Ep. 1–6) – Hagai Levi

The monster (Ep. 1–4) – Stefano Sollima