Overview

• The Golden Lion competition pits Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein alongside new films from Yorgos Lanthimos, Kathryn Bigelow, Noah Baumbach and Jim Jarmusch.
• Paolo Sorrentino’s La grazia will inaugurate the festival on August 27.
• Career Golden Lions have been awarded to Kim Novak and Werner Herzog.
• The lineup underscores a strong Latin American representation with films by Lucrecia Martel, Ana Cristina Barragán and David Pablos.
• Netflix returns to Venice with Frankenstein marking its first festival premiere since 2024.