Earlier this morning, the Venice Film Festival announced its official lineup for the festival’s 82nd edition. Alexander Paye will be President of the Jury this year, which comprises of Stéphane Brizé, Maura Delpero, Cristian Mungiu, Mohammad Rasoulof, Fernanda Torres, and Zhao Tao. The Horizons (Orizzonti) jury will be led by French director and screenwriter Julia Ducournau. Our very own Cody Dericks & Josh Parham will attend this year on behalf of Next Best Picture. The festival runs from Wednesday, August 27th – Saturday, September 6th, 2025.
COMPETITION
“À Pied d’Oeuvre” – dir. Valérie Donzelli
“Bugonia” – dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
“Duse” – dir. Pietro Marcello
“Elisa” – dir. Leonardo Di Costanzo
“Father Mother Sister Brother” – dir. Jim Jarmusch
“Frankenstein” – dir. Guillermo del Toro
“A House of Dynamite” – dir. Kathryn Bigelow
“Jay Kelly” – dir. Noah Baumbach
“La Grazia” – dir. Paolo Sorrentino (Opening Night)
“L’Étranger” – dir. François Ozon
“No Other Choice” – dir. Park Chan-wook
“Nühai (Girl)” – dir. Shu Qi
“Orphan” – dir. László Nemes
“Silent Friend” – dir. Ildikó Enyedi
“The Smashing Machine” – dir. Benny Safdie
“Sotto le Nuvole” – dir. Gianfranco Rosi
“The Sun Rises on Us All” – dir. Cai Shangjun
“The Testament of Ann Lee” – dir. Mona Fastvold
“Un Film Fatto Per Bene” – dir. Franco Maresco
“The Voice of Hind Rajab” – dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
“The Wizard of the Kremlin” – dir. Olivier Assayas
HORIZONS
“Barrio Triste” – dir. Stillz
“Dinți de Lapte (Milk Teeth)” – dir. Mihai Mincan
“En el Camino” – dir. David Pablos
“Estrany Riu (Strange River)” – dir. Jaume Claret Muxart
“Funeral Casino Blues” – dir. Roderick Warich
“Grand Ciel” – dir. Akihiro Hata
“Harà Watan (Lost Land)” – dir. Akio Fujimoto
“Hiedra” – dir. Ana Cristina Barragán
“Human Resource” – dir. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
“Il Rapimento di Arabella” – dir. Carolina Cavalli
“Komedie Elahi (Divine Comedy)” – dir. Ali Asgari
“Late Fame” – dir. Kent Jones
“Mother” – dir. Teona Strugar Mitevska (Opening Night)
“Otec (Father)” – dir. Tereza Nvotová
“Pin de Fartie” – dir. Alejo Moguillansky
“Rose Of Nevada” – dir. Mark Jenkin
“Songs of Forgotten Trees” – dir. Anuparna Roy
“The Souffleur” – dir. Gastón Solnicki
“Un Anno di Scuola” – dir. Laura Samani
OUT OF COMPETITION – SERIES
“Etty” (Ep. 1-6) – dir. Hagai Levi
“Portobello” (Ep. 1-2) – dir. Marco Bellocchio
“Il Mostro” (Ep. 1-4) – dir. Stefano Sollima
“Un Prophète” (Ep. 1-8) – dir. Enrico Maria Artale
OUT OF COMPETITION – FILM & MUSIC
“Francesco de Gregori” – dir. Stefano Pistolini
“Newport and the Great Folk Dream” – dir. Robert Gordon
“Nino. 18 Giorni” – dir. Toni D’Angelo
“Piero Pelù. Rumore Dentro” – dir. Francesco Fei
OUT OF COMPETITION – FICTION
“After the Hunt” – dir. Luca Guadagnino
“Chien 51” – dir. Cédric Jimenez (Closing Night)
“Dead Man’s Wire” – dir. Gus Van Sant
“Hateshinaki Scarlet” – dir. Mamoru Hosoda
“Il Maestro” – dir. Andrea Di Stefano
“In the Hand of Dante” – dir. Julian Schnabel
“The Last Viking” – dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
“La Valle Dei Sorrisi” – dir. Paolo Strippoli
“L’Isola di Andrea” – dir. Antonio Capuano
“Orfeo” – dir. Virgilio Villoresi
“Sermon to the Void” – dir. Hilal Baydarov
OUT OF COMPETITION – NON-FICTION
“Baba Wa Al-Qadhafi” (My Father and Qaddafi)” – dir. Jihan K
“Broken English” – dir. Jane Pollard & Iain Forsyth
“Cover-Up” – dir. Laura Poitras & Mark Obenhaus
“Director’s Diary” – dir. Aleksandr Sokurov
“Ferninando Scianna — Il Fotografo Dell’ombra” – dir. Roberto Andò
“Ghost Elephants” dir. Werner Herzog
“Hui Jia (Back Home)” – dir. Tsai Ming-liang
“I Diari di Angela — Noi Due Cineasti. Capitolo Terzo” dirs. Yervant GIanikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi
“Kabul, Between Prayers” – dir. Aboozar Amini
“Kim Novak’s Vertigo” – dir. Alexandre Philippe
“Marc by Sofia” – dir. Sofia Coppola
“Notes of a True Criminal” – dir. Alexander Rodnyansky & Andriy Alferov
“Nuestra Tierra” – dir. Lucrecia Martel
“Remake” – dir. Ross McElwee
“The Tale of Sylian” – dir. Tamara Kotevska
OUT OF COMPETITION – SHORT FILMS
“Boomerang Atomic” – dir. Rachid Bouchareb
“How To Shoot A Ghost” – dir. Charlie Kaufman
“Origin” – dir. Yann Arthus-Bertrand*
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
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
What do you think of the lineup? Is there anything that jumps out at you as something you want to see? Which film’s inclusion/exclusion surprised you the most? Please let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or on our X account.
