Overview

• The 82nd edition opens Aug. 27 with Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grazia and runs through Sept. 6.
• Twenty-one films compete for the Golden Lion under jury president Alexander Payne, with awards announced Sept. 6.
• Netflix returns to the main competition with Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite and Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly.
• A-listers expected on the Lido include Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Emma Stone, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Sandler and Idris Elba, alongside premieres from Jim Jarmusch, Yorgos Lanthimos and Olivier Assayas.
• Festival leaders expect demonstrations linked to Gaza after a Venice4Palestine appeal; director Alberto Barbera rejects calls for boycotts as politically resonant entries such as The Voice of Hind Rajab and The Wizard of the Kremlin draw scrutiny.