VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2025 LINEUP: New Titles From Jim Jarmusch, Park Chan-Wook, Kathryn Bigelow, and More

The Venice Film Festival is heading back to the Lido for its 82nd edition. Taking place August 27 – September 6, the in-competition lineup features exciting new titles from an array of auteurs, including Park Chan-wook, Jim Jarmusch, Noah Baumbach, Paolo Sorrentino, Kathryn Bigelow, Guillermo Del Toro, Olivier Assayas, Yorgos Lanthimos, Mona Fastvold, László Nemes, Benny Safdie, Kaouther Ben Hania, Gianfranco Rosi, Ildikó Enyedi and more.

The out-of-competition sections feature new films from Sofia Coppola, Luca Guadagnino, Gus Van Sant, Werner Herzog, Julian Schnabel, Laura Poitras, Tsai Ming-liang, Lucrecia Martel, Anders Thomas Jensen, Aleksandr Sokurov, and Charlie Kaufman (with a new short film).

Alexander Payne heads the competition jury, which also includes Brazilian actress and recent Oscar nominee Fernanda Torres, Chinese actress Zhao Tao, Italian filmmaker Maura Delpero (who won the Grand Jury Prize at last year’s Venice for Vermiglio), French filmmaker Stéphane Brizé, Romanian filmmaker Christian Mungiu, and Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof.

See the full lineup below.

Opening Night Film

“La Grazia,” dir. Paolo Sorrentino* (in competition)

Competition

“The Wizard of the Kremlin,” dir. Olivier Assayas

“Jay Kelly,” dir. Noah Baumbach

“The Voice of Hind Rajab,” dir. Kaouther Ben Hania

“A House of Dynamite,” dir. Kathryn Bigelow

“The Sun Rises on Us All,” dir. Cai Shangjun

“Frankenstein,” dir. Guillermo del Toro

“Elisa,” dir. Leonardo Di Costanzo

“À Pied d’Oeuvre,” dir. Valérie Donzelli

“Silent Friend,” dir. Ildikó Enyedi

“The Testament of Ann Lee,” dir. Mona Fastvold

“Father Mother Sister Brother,” dir. Jim Jarmusch

“Bugonia,” dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

“Duse,” dir. Pietro Marcello

“Un Film Fatto Per Bene,” dir. Franco Maresco

“Orphan,” dir. László Nemes

“L’Étranger,” dir. François Ozon

“No Other Choice,” dir. Park Chan-wook

“Sotto le Nuvole,” dir. Gianfranco Rosi

“The Smashing Machine,” dir. Benny Safdie

“Nühai (Girl),” dir. Shu Qi

Out of Competition — Fiction

“Chien 51,” dir. Cédric Jimenez (closing night)

“Sermon to the Void,” dir. Hilal Baydarov

“L’Isola di Andrea,” dir. Antonio Capuano

“Il Maestro,” dir. Andrea Di Stefano

“After the Hunt,” dir. Luca Guadagnino

“Hateshinaki Scarlet,” dir. Mamoru Hosoda

“The Last Viking,” dir. Anders Thomas Jensen

“In the Hand of Dante,” dir. Julian Schnabel

“La Valle Dei Sorrisi,” dir. Paolo Strippoli

“Dead Man’s Wire,” dir. Gus Van Sant

“Orfeo,” dir. Virgilio Villoresi

Out of Competition — Documentary

“Kabul, Between Prayers” (dir. Aboozar Amini)

“Ferdinando Scianna — Il Fotografo Dell’ombra” (dir. Roberto Andò)

“Marc by Sofia” (dir. Sofia Coppola)

“I Diari di Angela — Noi Due Cineasti. Capitolo Terzo,” dirs. Yervant GIanikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi

“Ghost Elephants,” dir. Werner Herzog

“Baba Wa Al-Qadhafi” (My Father and Qaddafi),” dir. Jihan K

“The Tale of Sylian,” dir. Tamara Kotevska

“Nuestra Tierra,” dir. Lucrecia Martel

“Remake,” dir. Ross McElwee

“Kim Novak’s Vertigo,” dir. Alexandre Philippe

“Cover-Up,” dir. Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus

“Broken English,” dir. Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth

“Notes of a True Criminal,” dir. Alexander Rodnyansky, Andriy Alferov

“Director’s Diary,” dir. Aleksandr Sokurov

“Hui Jia (Back Home),” dir. Tsai Ming-liang

Out of Competition — Series

“Portobello” (Ep. 1-2), dir. Marco Bellocchio

“Un Prophète” (Ep. 1-8), dir. Enrico Maria Artale

“Etty” (Ep. 1-6), dir. Hagai Levi

“Il Mostro” (Ep. 1-4), dir. Stefano Sollima

Out of Competition — Film and Music

“Nino. 18 Giorni,” dir. Toni D’Angelo

“Piero Pelù. Rumore Dentro,” dir. Francesco Fei

“Newport and the Great Folk Dream,” dir. Robert Gordon

“Francesco de Gregori,” dir. Stefano Pistolini

Out of Competition — Short Films

“Origin,” dir. Yann Arthus-Bertrand*

“Boomerang Atomic,” dir. Rachid Bouchareb

“How to Shoot a Ghost,” dir. Charlie Kaufman

Orizzonti (Horizons)

“Mother,” dir. Teona Strugar Mitevska (opening night)

“Komedie Elahi (Divine Comedy),” dir. Ali Asgari

“Hiedra,” dir. Ana Cristina Barragán

“Il Rapimento di Arabella,” dir. Carolina Cavalli

“Estrany Riu (Strange River),” dir. Jaume Claret Muxart

“Harà Watan (Lost Land),” dir. Akio Fujimoto

“Grand Ciel,” dir. Akihiro Hata

“Rose of Nevada,” dir. Mark Jenkin

“Late Fame,” dir. Kent Jones

“Dinți de Lapte (Milk Teeth),” dir. Mihai Mincan

“Pin de Fartie,” dir. Alejo Moguillansky

“Otec (Father),” dir. Tereza Nvotová

“En el Camino,” dir. David Pablos

“Songs of Forgotten Trees,” dir. Anuparna Roy

“Un Anno di Scuola,” dir. Laura Samani

“The Souffleur,” dir. Gastón Solnicki

“Barrio Triste,” dir. Stillz

“Human Resource,” dir. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit

“Funeral Casino Blues,” dir. Roderick Warich

Venice Classics — Documentaries About Cinema

“Mata Hari,” dirs. Joe Beshenkovsky, James Smith

“Elvira Notari: Oltre Il Silenzio,” dir. Valerio Ciriaci

“Louis Malle, Le Révolté,” dir. Claire Duguet

“Megadoc,” dir. Mike Figgis

“Boorman and the Devil,” dir. David Kittredge

“Holofiction,” dir. Michal Kosakowski

“Memoria de los Olivados,” dir. Javier Espada

“Sangre del Toro,” dir. Yves Montmayeur

“The Ozu Diaries,” dir. Daniel Raim

Venice Spotlight

“Hijra,” dir. Shahad Ameen

“Un Cabo Suelto,” dir. Daniel Hendler

“Made in EU,” dir. Stephan Komandarev

“Motor City,” dir. Potsy Ponciroli