Overview
- The 82nd edition runs Aug. 27–Sept. 6 on the Lido and opens with Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grazia.
- Twenty-one films vie for the top prize, with high-profile entries from Yorgos Lanthimos, Guillermo del Toro, Kathryn Bigelow, Olivier Assayas and Jim Jarmusch.
- Netflix returns to main competition with three titles: Frankenstein, A House of Dynamite and Jay Kelly.
- Red-carpet arrivals are set to include Julia Roberts making her Venice debut, George Clooney, Emma Stone, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Sandler and Idris Elba.
- Festival organizers face protest calls from Venice4Palestine as Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab brings the Gaza war into competition, and director Alberto Barbera rejects boycotts while welcoming debate.