Overview

• The 82nd edition runs Aug. 27–Sept. 6 on the Lido, with 21 films in contention for the Golden Lion.
• Netflix returns to competition with Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’, Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘A House of Dynamite’, and Noah Baumbach’s ‘Jay Kelly’.
• Politically focused entries include Kaouther Ben Hania’s ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ and Olivier Assayas’s ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ with Jude Law as Vladimir Putin.
• Festival director Alberto Barbera rejects calls to bar Israeli participants, describing Venice as an open forum as Lido protests, including an Aug. 30 action, are planned.
• Opening night features Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia’ and a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement for Werner Herzog presented by Francis Ford Coppola.