Yorgos Lanthimo’s “Bugonia”, Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly”, Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite”, and Guillermo del Toros “Frankenstein” is on his way to Lido for their world premiere at 82nd Venice International Film Festival.
At a press conference in Venice on Tuesday morning, the announcement was made of these and other titles by Alberto Barbera, director of the film department and Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, chairman of La Biennale di Venezia.
Other films in Venice’s main competition include new work from Paolo Sorrentino (“La Grazia”), Jim Jarmusch (“Father Mother Sister Brother”), Laszlo Nemes (“Orphan”), Park Chan-Wook (“No other choice” and Benny Safdie (“The Smaching Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Mashing Machine
Movies outside the competition include Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt”, which will bring Julia Roberts to the festival for the first time, Gus van Sant’s “Dead Man’s Wire” and Julian Schnabel’s “In the hands of Dante.”
In addition to the large number of new films from acclaimed international author, the Venice range contains an unusually robust group of documentaries, among them Werner Herzog’s “Ghost Elephants”, Sofia Coppola’s “Marc by Sofia”, Lucrecia Martel “Nuestra Tierra” and Laura and Mark Obenhaus’ of Sofus’ of Sofus’ of Sofus. Laura and Mark and Mark Obenhaus’ About Journal “,”, cover “,” Nuestra Tierra “and Laura and Mark Obenhaus’ of Sofia,” Lucrecia Martel’s “Nuestra Tierra” and Laura and Mark Obenhus’ of Sofia, “Lucrecia Martel” Nuura Tierra “and Laura. COVERY.
Another group of documentaries in the Out of Competition movie & Music section includes Robert Gordon’s “Newport and The Great Folk Dream”, a Chronicle of the Newport Folk Festival in the early 1960s depicted in last year’s James Mangold movie “A Complete Unknown.” Another section of Film Documentaries contains films about Guillermo del Toro, John Boorman, Kim Novak, Louis Malle and Holocaust films, among other topics.
The Venice Spotlight section contains new works from Maryam Touzani, Potsy Ponciroli and Stephan Commanderv, while the Orizzonti section is devoted to future directors will open with Teona Strulalar Mitevska’s “Mom”, starring Noomi Rapace as a Mamma Rapace.
As previously announcedAlexander Payne will lead the international jury, which will award the Golden Lion and a number of other awards. Fernanda Torres, Stéphane Brizé, Maura Delperro, Cristian Mungiu, Mohammad Rasoulof and Zhao Tao will also be in the jury.
In April, the festival divided it Werner Herzog would get the golden lion for life span.
Venice is the first of three major autumn festivals to arrive back-T0-back-to-back at the end of August and early September and usually shows many of the films that will be in the price for the rest of the year.
In Recent Years, Films That Premiered in Venice Have Included “The Brutalist,” I’m Still here, “” Maestro, “Poor Things,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Tar, “” The Whale, “The Power of the Dog,” “” Jeker, “” Jeker, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and Oscar Best Picture Winners “Nomadland” and “The Shape of Water.”
The 82nd Venice Film Festival will take place August 27 September 20, 2025. The four-day Telluride Film Festival begins two days later in the Colorado Mountain Town, followed by the larger Toronto International Film Festival the following week.
Here is the Venice lineup. Further information is available at Biennale Cinema 2025 Website.
Competition
“La Grazia,” Paolo Sorrentino
“The Crember’s Magician”, Olivier Assayas
“Jay Kelly,“ Noah Baumbach
“Hind Rajab’s voice,” Kaouther Ben Hania
“A house of dynamite”, Kathryn Bigelow
“The sun rises on all of us,” Cai Shangjun
“Frankenstein,” Guillermo del Toro
“Elisa,” Leonardo di Costanzo
“A Pied d’oeaunt,” Valerie Donzelli
“Silent friend,” Iildikó Enyedi
“Testament of Ann Lee,“ Mona Fastvold
“Father’s mother sister brother,” Jim Jarmusch
“Bugonia,” Yorgos Lanthimos
“Dus,” Pietro Marcello
“A well -made movie”, Franco Maresco
“Orphan,” Laszlo Noble
“L’Etranger,” Francois ozone
“No other choice,“ Park Chan-Wook
“Under the clouds,“ Gianfranco Rosi
“The crushing machine,“ Benny Safdie
“Girl,“ Shu qi
Out of Competition – Fiction
“Chien 51,” Cedric Jimenez (closing movie)
“The sermon to the void,“ Hilal Baydarov
“The island of Andrea,“ Antonio Capuano
“Maestro”, Andrea di Stefano
“After the hunt,“ Luca Guadagnino
“Hateshinaki Scarlet,” Mamoru Hosoda
“The Last Viking,” Anders Thomas Jensen
“In the hand of Dante,“ Julian Schnabel
“Dead Man’s Wire”, Gus van True
“Orpheus,” Virgilio Villari
Out of Competition – Non Fiction
“Kabul, between prayers,“ Aboozar Amini
“Ferdinando Scianna – Shadow photographer,“ Roberto Ando
“Marc by Sofia,” Sofia Coppola
“Angela’s diaries – we two filmmakers. Capitolo third,” Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
“Ghost Elephants,” Werner Herzog
“My father and qaddafi,“ jihan k
“The Tale of SYLIAN,” Tamara Kotevska
“Our country”, Lucrecia Martel
“Remake,” Ross Mcelwee
“Kim Novak’s Vertigo,” Alexandre Philippe
“Cover-up,“ Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus
“Broken English,” Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth
“Notes on a true criminal,“ Alexander Rodnyansky, Andriy Alferov
“Director’s Diary”, Aleksandr Sokurov
“Home,” Tsai Ming Lianb
Out of Competition – Film & Music
“Nino. 18 days”, Toni d’Angelo
“Piero Pelu. Noise inside,” Francesco FEI
“Newport and The Great Folk Dream,” Robert Gordon
“Francesco de Gregori NeverGreen,” Stefano Pistolini
Series Out of Competition – Series
“Portobello” (Ep. 1-2), Marco Bellocchio
“A prophet” (Ep. 1-8), Enrico Maria Artale
“ENY” (EP. 1-6), Hagai Levi
“The Monster” (Ep. 1-4), Stefano Sollima
Horizons
“Mother,“ Teona Struggar Mitevska (opening film)
“Divine Comedy”, Ali Asgari
“Ivy,” Ana Cristina Barragan
“The kidnapping of Arabella,” Carolina Cavalli
“Strange River”, Jaume Claret Muxart
“Lost Land”, Akio Fujimoto
“Grand Cieel,” cheap hate
“Rose of Nevada,” Mark Jenkin
“Late fame,” Kent Jones
“Milk Teeth,“ Mihai Mincan
“Pin de fartie,“ Alejo Moguillansky
“Father”, Tereza Nvotova
“On the road,” David Pablos
“Songs of Forgotten Trees,” Anaparna Roy
“A year in school”, Laura Samani
“Souffler,” Gaston Solnicki
“Sad Barrio,” Stillz
“Human resources”, Napol ThamronGrattanarit
“Burial -in -Blues,” Roderick Warich
Venice Classics – Documentaries About Cinema
“Mata Hari,” Joe Beshenkovsky, James a. Smed
“Elvira Notari: Beyond The Silence,” Valerio Ciriacii
“Louis Malle, Le Revolte,” Claire Duguet
“Memory of the Forgotten,” Javier Espada
“Megadoc,” Mike Fig.
“Boorman and Devil,” David Kittredge
“Holofiction”, Michal Kosakowski
“Bull’s blood,“ Yves Montmayeur
“Ozu diaries,” Daniel Raim
Venice headlights
“Hijra,” Shahad Ameen
“A loose end,” Daniel Hendler
“Made in the EU,“ Stephan Commander
“Motor City”, Poon Ponciroli
“Spanish daughter”, Mariana Rondon, Marite Uugas
“In Bras-Le-Corps,” Marie-Esel Sgualdo
“Calle Malaga,“ Maryam Touzani
“Killing tired,“ Daniele Vicari
