82nd Venice International Film Festival Lineup - In Progress

Not much info available yet about the 2025 edition of La Mostra but will start post with all available info.

Kim Novack and Werer Herzog have been honored each with a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, a decision made by the Board of Directors of La Biennale upon recommendation of the Artistic Director of the Festival, Alberto Barbera.

The actress and author Emanuela Fanelli will host the opening and closing nights of the Biennale Cinema.

On August 26th two Pre-Opening films, 1929 Queen Kelly by Erich von Stroheim with music performed by the Syntax Ensemble, film will be shown as world premiere in a new version restored incorporating newly discovered materiasls; and Origin, the Venetian Lagoon by Yann Arthus Bertrand, the famous French photographer, director and environmentalists.

The Official Selection will be announced on Tuesday, July 22 at 11:00am local time.

The Official Selection

#Venezia82 Competition

Opening Film: La Grazia (Grace) by Paolo Sorrentino with Toni Servillo, Italy

Competition Jury
President: Alexander Payne, director, USA

Out of Competition

Orizzonti

Feature Films
Competition

Orizzonti Extra

Short Films
Lineup with world premiere screenings of 14 short films in competition and 1 out of competition from 19 different countries,

Competiton

Coyotes, Said Zagha, Palestine, France. Jordan and UK 20'
El Origen del Mundo (The Origin of the World), Jazmín López, Argentina 12'
Je crois entendre encore (I Hear It Still), Constance Bonnot, France 16'
Kushta Mayn, La Mia Constantinopoli (Kushta Mayn, My Constantinople), Nicolò Folin, Italy 19'
La ligne de vie (The Lifeline), Hugo Becker, France 20'
Lion Rock, Nick Mayow and Prisca Bouchet, New Zealand, 16'
Nedostupni (Unavailable), Kyrylo Zemlyanyi, Ukraine, France, Belgium, Bulgaria and Netherlands 20'
Merrimundi, Niles Atallah, Chile 21' (animation)
Norheimsund, Ana Alpizar, Cuba and USA 12'
螳螂 Praying Mantis, Joe Hsieh and Yonfan, Taipei and Hong Kong 18' (animation)
Saint Simeon, Olubunmi Ogunsola, Nigeria 18'
The Curfew, Shehrezad Maher, USA, 19'
Utan Kelly (Without Kelly), Lovisa Sirén, Sweden 15'
You jian chui yan (A Soil a Culture a River a People), Viv Li, Germany, Belgium and China 15'

Out of Competition
Rukeli, Alessandro Bak, Italy and Sweden, 5' (animation)

Orizzonti Jury

Luigi de Laurentiis Award for Debut Film Jury

Venice Classics
Presents the world premiere screenings of 18 film restorations of masterpieces completed over the past year from film libraries, cultural institution and productions around the world. Film include works by Pedro Almmodovar, Marcel Carné, Krzysztof Kieślowski and many more. The Documentaries about Cinema section films will be announced during the Official Selection press conference, meantime if you wish to learn about the restorations go official site here.

Venice Immersive
The Venice Immersive will present 69 projects from 27 countries with 30 projects in competition, 34 projects out of competition, and 5 projects developed during the Biennale College Cinema - Immersive. To learn about the competition jury and/or read about the projects go official site here.

Final Cut in Venice
8 Work-In-Progress films in the Industry program that has been providing support in the completion of films from all African countries and from xis countries in the Middle East. To read more about the program and learn about each project go to official site here.