Overview

• Roberts presents Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt out of competition at the Sala Grande on August 29, marking her first time bringing a film to Venice.
• The film centers on a Yale philosophy professor confronted with a misconduct allegation against a colleague, with Roberts joined by Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri.
• Park Chan-wook returns in competition with No Other Choice, a workplace-set story featuring Lee Byung-hun and Son Yejin, screening in the evening slot.
• Valérie Donzelli’s À pied d’oeuvre competes with a portrait of a successful photographer who abandons comfort to pursue writing and falls into precarity.
• Sidebars include Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus’s Cover-Up on Seymour M. Hersh, the Critics’ Week debut of Giulio Bertelli’s Agon, and a masterclass with Sofia Coppola and Milena Canonero.