Alberto Barbera, the artistic director of the Venice Film Festival, announced the official lineup for the 2025 edition during a press conference a few hours ago. This year’s festival will take place from August 27 to September 6
According to CinemaDrame news agency, After the Hunt, directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stalberg, and Chloe Sevigny, is one of the star-studded films to be screened out of competition.
In the main competition section, Jay Kelly, directed by Noah Baumbach and starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler, will premiere. The film is scheduled for a limited release on November 14, 2024, before launching on Netflix on December 5.
Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac, will screen for the first time in competition alongside A House Of Dynamite by Kathryn Bigelow and Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch.
In The Hand Of Dante, directed by Julian Schnabel and also starring Oscar Isaac, will be shown out of competition. The film features Martin Scorsese, Gerard Butler, and Gal Gadot.
Additionally, the latest works from Werner Herzog, Lucrecia Martel, Laura Poitras, and Sofia Coppola will be screened out of competition. The film Divine Comedy, directed by Ali Asgari, will make its debut in the festival’s Orizzonti (Horizons) section.
In the documentary category, Megadoc, directed by Mike Figgis about the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, will be shown. Charlie Kaufman’s short film How To Shoot A Ghost will also screen out of competition.
It was previously announced that this edition of the festival will open with La Grazia, directed by Paolo Sorrentino, and the Honorary Golden Lion will be awarded to Kim Novak. Alexander Payne will preside over the competition jury, with Mohammad Rasoulof as one of its members.
Complete List of Films at Venice Film Festival 2025
In Competition:
- La Grazia, Paolo Sorrentino
- This Wizard Of The Kremlin, Olivier Assayas
- Jay Kelly, Noah Baumbach
- The Voice Of Hind Rajab, Kaouther Ben Hania
- A House Of Dynamite, Kathryn Bigelow
- The Sun Rises On Us All, Cai Shangjun
- Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro
- Elisa, Leonardo Di Constanzo
- A Pied D’Oeuvre, Valerie Donzelli
- Silent Friend, Ildiko Enyedi
- The Testament of Anne Lee, Mona Fastvold
- Father Mother Sister Brother, Jim Jarmusch
- Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos
- Duse, Pietro Marcello
- Un Film Fatto Per Bene, Franco Maresco
- Orphan, Laszlo Nemes
- L’Etranger, François Ozon
- No Other Choice, Park Chan-Wook
- Sotto Le Nuvole, Gianfranco Rosi
- The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie
- Girl, Shu Qi
Out of Competition:
- Origin, Yann Arthus-Bertrand (Short)
- Boomerang Atomic, Rachid Bouchareb (Short)
- How To Shoot A Ghost, Charlie Kaufman (Short)
- Portobello, Marco Bellocchio (Series)
- Un Prophete, Enrico Maria Artale (Series)
- Etty, Hagai Levi (Series)
- IL Mostro, Stefano Sollima (Series)
- Nino. 18 Giorni, Toni D’ Angelo
- Piero Pelú Rumore Deentro, Francesco Dei
- Newport And The Great Folk Dream, Robert Gordon
- Franceso De Gregori Nevergreen, Stefano Pistolini
- Kabul, Between Prayers, Aboozar Amini
- Ferdinando Scianna — Il Fotografo Dell’Ombra, Roberto Andó
- Marc By Sofia, Sofia Coppola
- I Diari Di Angela — Noi Due Cineasti. Capitolo Terzo, Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi
- Ghost Elephants, Werner Herzog
- Baba Wa Al—Qadhafi (My Father And Qaddafi), 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 and Mark Obenhaus
- Broken English, Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth
- Notes Of A True Criminal, Alexander Rodnyansky and Andriy Alferov
- Director’s Diary, Alexandr Sokurov
- Hui Jia (Back Home), Tsai Ming-Liang
- Chien 51, Cedric Jimenez
- Sermon To The Void, Hilal Baydarov
- L’Isola Di Andrea, Antonio Capuano
- Il 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
- Le Valle Dei Sorrisi, Paolo Strippoli
- Dead Man’s Wire, Gus Van Sant
- Orfeo, Virgilio Villoresi
Orizzonti (Horizons):
- Rose of Nevada, Mark Jenkin
- Divine Comedy, Ali Asgari
- Mother, Teona Strugar Mitevska
- Hiedra, Ana Cristina Barragan
- Il Rapimento di Arabella, Carolina Cavalli
- Strange River, Jaume Claret Muxart
- Lost Land, Akio Fujimoto
- Grand Ciel, Akihiro Hata
Venice Spotlight:
Calle Malaga, Maryam Touzani
Hijra, Shahad Ameen
Un Cabo Suelto, Daniel Hendler
Motor City, Potsy Ponciroli
Made in EU, Stephan Komandarev
Ammazzare Stanca, Daniele Vicari
La Hija de la Española, Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugás
À Bras-Le-Corps, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
