2025 Venice International Film Festival Lineup

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Written by Mariane Tremlay

The 2025 Venice International Film Festival has just revealed its official programme—and it’s absolutely incredible! We’re beyond excited to be part of the 82nd edition of this legendary event, celebrating some of the most compelling voices and stories in global cinema.

Opening Film

La Grazia, dir. Paolo Sorrentino (Italy) (In competition)

Closing Film

Dog 51, dir. Cedric Jimenez (France)

In Competition 

  • The Wizard of the Kremlin dir. Olivier Assayas (France)
  • Jay Kelly dir. Noah Baumbach (USA, UK, Italy)
  • The Voice of Hind Rajab dir. Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia, France)
  • A House of Dynamite dir. Kathryn Bigelow (USA)
  • Sun Rises on Us All dir. Cai Shangjun (China)
  • Frankenstein dir. Guillermo Del Toro (USA)
  • Elisa dir. Leonardo Di Costanzo (Italy, Switzerland)
  • À pied d’œuvre dir. Valérie Donzelli (France)
  • Silent Friend dir. Ildikó Enyedi (Germany, France, Hungary)
  • The Testament of Ann Lee dir. Mona Fastvold (UK)
  • Father Mother Sister Brother dir. Jim Jarmusch (USA, Ireland, France)
  • Bugonia dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (United Kingdom)
  • Duse dir. Pietro Marcello (Italy)
  • Un film fatto per Bene dir. Franco Maresco (Italy)
  • Orphan dir. László Nemes (Hungary, United Kingdom, Germany, France)
  • The Stranger dir. François Ozon (France)
  • No Other Choice dir. Park Chan-wook (South Korea)
  • Sotto le nuvole dir. Gianfranco Rosi (Italy)
  • The Smashing Machine dir. Benny Safdie (Canada, USA, Japan)
  • Girl dir. Shu Qi (Taipei)
  • La Grazia dir. Paolo Sorrentino (Italy)

Out Competition - Fiction

  • Boşluğa xütbə (Sermon to the Void) dir. Hilal Baydarov (Azerbaijan, Mexico, Turkey)
  • L’isola di Andrea dir. Antonio Capuano (Italy)
  • Il Maestro dir. Andrea Di Stefano (Italy)
  • After the Hunt dir. Luca Guadagnino (USA)
  • Hateshinaki Scarlet dir. Mamoru Hosoda (Japan)
  • The Last Viking dir. Anders Thomas Jensen (Denmark, Sweden)
  • Chien 51 dir. Cédric Jimenez (France)
  • In the Hand of Dante dir. Julian Schnabel (USA, Italy)
  • La valle dei sorrisi dir. Paolo Strippoli (Italy, Slovenia)
  • Dead Man’s Wire dir. Gus Van Sant (USA)
  • Orfeo dir. Virgilio Villoresi (Italy)

Orizzonti - Competition

  • Divine Comedy dir. Ali Asgari (Iran, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey)
  • Hiedra dir. Ana Cristina Barragan (Ecuador, Mexico, France, Spain)
  • Il rapimento di Arabella dir. Carolina Cavalli (Italy)
  • Strange River dir. Jaume Claret Muxart (Spain, Germany)
  • Lost Land dir. Akio Fujimoto (Japan, France, Malaysia, Germany)
  • Grand Ciel dir. Akihiro Hata (France, Luxembourg)
  • Rose of Nevada dir. Mark Jenkin (United Kingdom)
  • Late Fame dir. Kent Jones (USA)
  • Milk Teeth dir. Mihai Mincan (Romania, France, Denmark, Greece, Bulgaria)
  • Pin de Fartie dir. Alejo Moguillansky (Argentina)
  • Father dir. Tereza Nvotová (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland)
  • En el camino dir. David Pablos (Mexico, France)
  • Songs of Forgotten Trees dir. Anuparna Roy (India)
  • Un anno di scuola dir. Laura Samani (Italy, France)
  • The Souffleur dir. Gastón Solnicki (Austria, Argentina)
  • Barrio triste dir. Stillz (Colombia, USA)
  • Mother dir. Teona Strugar Mitevska (Belgium, North Macedonia, Sweden, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • Human Resource dir. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (Thailand)
  • Funeral Casino Blues dir. Roderick Warich (Germany)

Out of Competition (Non-Fiction)

  • Kabul, Between Prayers dir. Aboozar Amini (The Netherlands, Belgium)
  • Ferdinando Scianna – Il fotografo dell’ombra dir. Roberto Andò (Italy)
  • Marc by Sofia dir. Sofia Coppola (USA)
  • I diari di Angela – Noi due cineasti. Capitolo terzo dir. Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi (Italy)
  • Ghost Elephants dir. Werner Herzog (USA)
  • My Father and Qaddafi dir. Jihan K (USA, Libya)
  • The Tale of Sylian dir. Tamara Kotevska (North Macedonia)
  • Nuestra Tierra dir. Lucrecia Martel (Argentina, USA, Mexico, France, The Netherlands, Denmark)
  • Remake dir. Ross McElwee (USA)
  • Kim Novak’s Vertigo dir. Alexandre Philippe (USA)
  • Cover-up dir. Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus (USA)
  • Broken English dir. Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth (United Kingdom)
  • Notes of a True Criminal dir. Alexander Rodnyansky, Andriy Alferov (Ukraine, USA)
  • Director’s Diary dir. Alexandr Sokurov (Russia, Italy)
  • Back Home dir. Tsai Ming-liang (Taipei)

Out of Competition (Series)

  • Un prophète – La série dir. Enrico Maria Artale (France)
  • Portobello dir. Marco Bellocchio (Italy, France)
  • Etty dir. Hagai Levi (France, Germany, The Netherlands)
  • Il mostro dir. Stefano Sollima (Italy)

Out of Competition – Film & Music

  • Nino. 18 giorni dir. Toni D’Angelo (Italy)
  • Piero Pelù. Rumore dentro dir. Francesco Fei (Italy)
  • Newport and The Great Folk Dream dir. Robert Gordon (USA)
  • Francesco De Gregori Nevergreen dir. Stefano Pistolini (Italy)

Out of Competition — Shorts

  • Origin dir. Yann Arthus-Bertrand
  • Boomerang Atomic dir. Rachid Bouchareb
  • How to Shoot a Ghost dir. Charlie Kaufman

Venice Spotlight

  • Hijra dir. Shahad Ameen (Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, United Kingdom)
  • Un cabo suelto (A Loose End) dir. Daniel Hendler (Uruguay, Argentina, Spain)
  • Made in EU dir. Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria, Germany, Czech Republic)
  • Motor City dir. Potsy Ponciroli (USA)
  • It Would Be Night in Caracas dir. Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugás (Mexico, Venezuela)
  • Silent Rebellion dir. Marie-Elsa Sgualdo (Switzerland, France, Belgium)
  • Calle Malaga dir. Maryam Touzani (Morocco, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium)
  • Ammazzare stanca dir. Daniele Vicari (Italy)
Venice Classics – Documentaries about Cinema
  • Boorman and the Devil dir. David Kittredge
  • Elvira Notari: Oltre Il Silenzio dir. Valerio Ciriaci
  • Holofiction dir. Michal Kosakowski
  • Louis Malle, Le Révolté dir. Claire Duguet
  • Mata Hara dirs. Joe Beshenkovsky & James Smith
  • Megadoc dir. Mike Figgis
  • Memoria de los Olivados dir. Javier Espada
  • Sangre del Toro dir. Yves Montmayeur
  • The Ozu Diaries dir. Daniel Raim
The 2025 Venice International Film Festival is scheduled to run from August 27 to September 6. The screening schedule will be released in mid-August.

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