Overview
- The 82nd Mostra opens with Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grazia and runs from 27 August to 6 September with Alexander Payne serving as jury president.
- Netflix fronts a strong streamer presence with world premieres of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly and Kathryn Bigelow’s House of Dynamite, each headed to the service after limited theatrical runs.
- Julia Roberts makes her Venice debut with Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt, which screens out of competition at the request of the director and producer Amazon.
- An open letter with about 1,500 signatories calls for disinviting artists who back Israel’s military actions; the festival stresses open societal dialogue and a red‑carpet demonstration is scheduled for Saturday.
- Frankfurter Rundschau reports Gal Gadot and Gerard Butler have canceled plans to attend Julian Schnabel’s In the Hand of Dante, while Werner Herzog and Kim Novak receive lifetime honors and Herzog unveils his documentary Ghost Elephants.