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Venice Film Festival
Wednesday, 27 August 2025 until Saturday, 06 September 2025
Oscar-Qualifier:
Corto Cortissimo Silver Lion - Best Short Film
Venice Film Festival is the world’s first and most exclusive film festivals. Specializing in world premieres, the festival has been ruled under the tight regime of Marco Müller since 2004, a time in which the festival has witnessed one of its most turbulent times since its incepting years. With the setting up of the Rome Film Festival in 2006, the Venezia has undergone some change, halted its development of the new cinema, and responded to the funding cuts by selling premiere tickets to the ubber rich – which has resulted in a festival even more difficult to attend (as a professional) and, sadly, increasingly catering for the Nikki Beach members (across from the Palace on the Lido) than its core audiences.
2025 films...
OPENING NIGHT FILM:
La Grazia - dir. Paolo Sorrentino
COMPETITION (VENEZIA 82):
The Wizard of the Kremlin - dir. Olivier Assayas
Jay Kelly - dir. Noah Baumbach
The Voice of Hind Rajab - dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
A House of Dynamite - dir. Kathryn Bigelow
The Sun Rises on Us All - dir. Cai Shangjun
Frankenstein - dir. Guillermo del Toro
Elisa - dir. Leonardo Di Costanzo
On the Job (À Pied d'Oeuvre) - dir. Valérie Donzelli
Silent Friend - dir. Ildikó Enyedi
The Testament of Ann Lee - dir. Mona Fastvold
Father Mother Sister Brother - dir. Jim Jarmusch
Bugonia - dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Duse - dir. Pietro Marcello
Un Film Fatto Per Bene - dir. Franco Maresco
Orphan (Árva) - dir. László Nemes
The Stranger (L'Étranger) - dir. François Ozon
No Other Choice - dir. Park Chan-wook
Below The Clouds - dir. Gianfranco Rosi
The Smashing Machine - dir. Benny Safdie
Girl (Nühai) - dir. Shu Qi
OUT OF COMPETITION (FICTION):
After the Hunt - dir. Luca Guadagnino
Dog 51 (Chien 51) - dir. Cédric Jimenez
Sermon to the Void - dir. Hilal Baydarov
L'Isola di Andrea - dir. Antonio Capuano
Il Maestro - dir. Andrea Di Stefano
Scarlet (果てしなきスカーレット) - dir. Mamoru Hosoda
The Last Viking - dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
In the Hand of Dante - dir. Julian Schnabel
La Valle Dei Sorrisi - dir. Paolo Strippoli
Dead Man's Wire - dir. Gus Van Sant
Orfeo - dir. Virgilio Villoresi
OUT OF COMPETITION (NON-FICTION):
Kabul, Between Prayers - dir. Aboozar Amini
Ferdinando Scianna - Il Fotografo Dell'ombra - dir. Roberto Andò
Marc by Sofia - dir. Sofia Coppola
I Diari di Angela — Noi Due Cineasti. Capitolo Terzo - dirs. Yervant GIanikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi
Ghost Elephants - dir. Werner Herzog
My Father and Qaddafi (Baba Wa Al-Qadhafi) - dir. Jihan K
The Tale of Silyan - dir. Tamara Kotevska
Nuestra Tierra - dir. Lucrecia Martel
Remake - dir. Ross McElwee
Kim Novak's Vertigo - dir. Alexandre Philippe
Cover-Up - dirs. Laura Poitras & Mark Obenhaus
Broken English - dirs. Jane Pollard & Iain Forsyth
Notes of a True Criminal - dirs. Alexander Rodnyansky & Andriy Alferov
Director's Diary - dir. Aleksandr Sokurov
Back Home (Hui Jia) - dir. Tsai Ming-liang
OUT OF COMPETITION (SPECIAL):
Nino. 18 Giorni - dir. Toni D'Angelo
Piero Pelù. Rumore Dentro - dir. Francesco Fei
Newport and the Great Folk Dream - dir. Robert Gordon
Francesco de Gregori - dir. Stefano Pistolini
HORIZONS (ORIZZONTI):
Mother - dir. Teona Strugar Mitevska
Divine Comedy (Komedie Elahi) - dir. Ali Asgari
Hiedra - dir. Ana Cristina Barragán
Il Rapimento di Arabella - dir. Carolina Cavalli
Strange River (Estrany Riu) - dir. Jaume Claret Muxart
Lost Land (Harà Watan) - dir. Akio Fujimoto
Grand Ciel - dir. Akihiro Hata
Rose of Nevada - dir. Mark Jenkin
Late Fame - dir. Kent Jones
Milk Teeth (Dinți de Lapte) - dir. Mihai Mincan
Pin de Fartie - dir. Alejo Moguillansky
Father (Otec) - dir. Tereza Nvotová
En el Camino - dir. David Pablos
Songs of Forgotten Trees - dir. Anuparna Roy
Un Anno di Scuola - dir. Laura Samani
The Souffleur - dir. Gastón Solnicki
Barrio Triste - dir. Stillz
Human Resource - dir. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
Funeral Casino Blues - dir. Roderick Warich
VENICE SPOTLIGHT:
Hijra - dir. Shahad Ameen
Un Cabo Suelto - dir. Daniel Hendler
Made in EU - dir. Stephan Komandarev
Motor City - dir. Potsy Ponciroli
La Hija de La Española - dir. Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugas
À Bras-Le-Corps - dir. Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
Calle Malaga - dir. Maryam Touzani
Ammazzare Stanca - dir. Daniele Vicari