The lineup of the 2025 Venice International Film Festival for both competition and out-of-competition films have been announced. A number of films are already scheduled to play the 50th Toronto International Film Festival.

VENEZIA 82

In Competition

(in alphabetical order by director)

LA GRAZIA – OPENING FILM
by PAOLO SORRENTINO
with Toni Servillo, Anna Ferzetti / Italy / 131’

THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN
by OLIVIER ASSAYAS
with Paul Dano, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander, Tom Sturridge, Jeffrey Wright / France / 120’

JAY KELLY
by NOAH BAUMBACH
with George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Wilson, Eve Hewson, Greta Gerwig, Alba Rohrwacher, Josh Hamilton, Lenny Henry, Emily Mortimer, Nicôle Lecky, Thaddea Graham, Isla Fisher / USA, UK, Italy / 132’

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
by KAOUTHER BEN HANIA
with Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, Saja Kilani / Tunisia, France / 89’

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
by KATHRYN BIGELOW
with Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, Jason Clarke / USA / 112’

RI GUA ZHONG TIAN (THE SUN RISES ON US ALL)
by CAI SHANGJUN
con Xin Zhilei, Zhang Songwen, Feng Shaofeng / China / 133’

FRANKENSTEIN
by GUILLERMO DEL TORO
with Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, Charles Dance, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Christian Convery / USA / 149’

ELISA
by LEONARDO DI COSTANZO
with Barbara Ronchi, Roschdy Zem, Diego Ribon, Valeria Golino / Italy, Switzerland / 105’

À PIED D’OEUVRE (AT WORK)
by VALÉRIE DONZELLI
with Bastien Bouillon, André Marcon, Virginie Ledoyen / France / 92’

SILENT FRIEND
by ILDIKÓ ENYEDI
with Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Sylvester Groth, Martin Wuttke, Johannes Hegemann, Rainer Bock, Léa Seydoux / Germany, France, Hungary/ 145’

THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
by MONA FASTVOLD
with Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Stacy Martin, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbott, Matthew Beard, Scott Handy, Jamie Bogyo, Viola Prettejohn, David Cale / UK / 130’

FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER
by JIM JARMUSCH
with Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Sarah Greene, Indya Moore, Luka Sabbat, Françoise Lebrun / USA, Ireland, France / 110’

BUGONIA
by YORGOS LANTHIMOS
with Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone / UK / 117’

DUSE
by PIETRO MARCELLO
with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fanni Wrochna, Noémie Merlant, Fausto Russo Alesi, Edoardo Sorgente, Vincenzo Nemolato, Gaja Masciale, Vincenza Modica, Mimmo Borrelli, Savino Paparella / Italy / 122’

UN FILM FATTO PER BENE (BRAVO BENE!)
with FRANCO MARESCO
Documentary / Italy / 100’

ORPHAN
by LÁSZLÓ NEMES
with Bojtorján Barábas, Andrea Waskovics, Grégory Gadebois, Elíz Szabó, Sándor Soma, Marcin Czarnik / Hungary, UK, Germany, France / 132’

L’ÉTRANGER (THE STRANGER)
by FRANÇOIS OZON
con Benjamin Voisin, Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin, Denis Lavant, Swann Arlaud / France / 120’

EOJJEOL SUGA EOPDA (NO OTHER CHOICE)
by PARK CHAN-WOOK
with Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, Cha Seung-won / South Korea / 139’

SOTTO LE NUVOLE (BELOW THE CLOUDS)
by GIANFRANCO ROSI
Documentary / Italy / 115’

THE SMASHING MACHINE
by BENNY SAFDIE
with Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt / USA / 123’

NÜHAI (GIRL)
by SHU QI
with Roy Chiu, 9m88, Bai Xiao-Ying / Taipei / 124’

OUT OF COMPETITION

(in alphabetical order by director)

FICTION

CHIEN 51 – CLOSING FILM
by CÉDRIC JIMENEZ
with Gilles Lellouche, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Louis Garrel, Romain Duris, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Artus, Lala &ce, Stéphane Bak, Thomas Bangalter / France / 100’

BOŞLUĞA XÜTBƏ (SERMON TO THE VOID)
by HILAL BAYDAROV
with Huseyn Nasirov, Maryam Naghiyeva, Rana Asgarova, Elshan Abbasov, Orkhan Iskandarli / Azerbaijan, Mexico, Turkey / 112’

L’ISOLA DI ANDREA (ANDREA’S ISLAND)
by ANTONIO CAPUANO
with Teresa Saponangelo, Vinicio Marchioni, Andrea Migliucci / Italy / 105’

IL MAESTRO (MY TENNIS MAESTRO)
by ANDREA DI STEFANO
with Pierfrancesco Favino, Tiziano Menichelli, Giovanni Ludeno, Dora Romano, Paolo Briguglia, Valentina Bellè, Edwige Fenech / Italy / 125’

AFTER THE HUNT
by LUCA GUADAGNINO
with Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloë Sevigny / USA / 139’

HATESHINAKI SCARLET
by MAMORU HOSODA
Animation / Japan / 112’

DEN SIDSTE VIKING (THE LAST VIKING)
by ANDERS THOMAS JENSEN
with Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Sofie Gråbøl, Bodil Jørgensen, Lars Brygmann, Søren Malling, Kardo Razzazi, Peter Düring / Denmark, Sweden / 116’

IN THE HAND OF DANTE
by JULIAN SCHNABEL
with Oscar Isaac, Gal Gadot, Gerard Butler, Al Pacino, John Malkovich, Martin Scorsese, Jason Momoa, Louis Cancelmi, Franco Nero, Sabrina Impacciatore, Benjamin Clementine / USA, Italy / 150’

LA VALLE DEI SORRISI (THE HOLY BOY)
by PAOLO STRIPPOLI
with Michele Riondino, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Giulio Feltri, Paolo Pierobon / Italy, Slovenia / 122’

DEAD MAN’S WIRE
by GUS VAN SANT
with Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo, Cary Elwes, Myha’la, Al Pacino / USA / 105’

ORFEO
by VIRGILIO VILLORESI
with Luca Vergoni, Giulia Maenza, Aomi Muyock, Vinicio Marchioni / Italy / 74’

NON-FICTION

KABUL, BETWEEN PRAYERS
by ABOOZAR AMINI
The Netherlands, Belgium / 99’

FERDINANDO SCIANNA – IL FOTOGRAFO DELL’OMBRA (FERDINANDO SCIANNA – THE PHOTOGRAPHER OF SHADOWS)
by ROBERTO ANDÒ
Italy / 86’

MARC BY SOFIA
by SOFIA COPPOLA
USA / 97’

I DIARI DI ANGELA – NOI DUE CINEASTI. CAPITOLO TERZO (ANGELA’S DIARIES – TWO FILMMAKERS – CHAPTER 3)
by YERVANT GIANIKIAN, ANGELA RICCI LUCCHI
Italy / 120’

GHOST ELEPHANTS
by WERNER HERZOG
USA/ 98’

BABA WA AL-QADHAFI (MY FATHER AND QADDAFI)
by JIHAN K
USA, Libya / 88’

THE TALE OF SYLIAN
by TAMARA KOTEVSKA
North Macedonia / 80’

NUESTRA TIERRA (LANDMARKS)
by LUCRECIA MARTEL
with Comunidad Chuschagasta / Argentina, USA, Mexico, France, The Netherlands, Denmark / 119’

REMAKE
by ROSS MCELWEE
USA / 114’

KIM NOVAK’S VERTIGO
by ALEXANDRE PHILIPPE
USA / 76’

COVER-UP
by LAURA POITRAS, MARK OBENHAUS
USA / 115’

BROKEN ENGLISH
by JANE POLLARD, IAIN FORSYTH
UK / 96’

ZAPISKI NASTOYASHEGO PRESTUPNIKA (NOTES OF A TRUE CRIMINAL)
by ALEXANDER RODNYANSKY, ANDRIY ALFEROV
Ukraine, USA / 117’

DIRECTOR’S DIARY
by ALEKSANDR SOKUROV
Russia, Italy / 305’

HUI JIA (BACK HOME)
by TSAI MING-LIANG
Taipei / 67’

OUT OF COMPETITION – FILM & MUSIC

NINO. 18 GIORNI (NINO. 18 DAYS)
by TONI D’ANGELO
Italy / 90’

PIERO PELÙ. RUMORE DENTRO (NOISE INSIDE. DON’T CALL ME A ROCK STAR)
by FRANCESCO FEI
Italy / 82’

NEWPORT AND THE GREAT FOLK DREAM
by ROBERT GORDON, JOE LAURO
USA / 99’

FRANCESCO DE GREGORI NEVERGREEN
by STEFANO PISTOLINI
Italy / 89’

OUT OF COMPETITION – SERIES

UN PROPHÈTE (A PROPHET) (EP. 1-8)
by ENRICO MARIA ARTALE
with Sami Bouajila, Mamadou Sidibé, Ouassini Embarek, Salim Kechiouche, Matthieu Lucci, Naïla Harzoune, Faued Nabba, Hugo Dillon, Rachid Guellaz, Guilaine Londez, Moussa Maaskri / France / 451’

PORTOBELLO (EP. 1-2)
by MARCO BELLOCCHIO
with Fabrizio Gifuni, Lino Musella, Barbora Bobulova, Romana Maggiora Vergano / Italy, France / 120’

ETTY (EP. 1-6)
by HAGAI LEVI
with Julia Windischbauer, Sebastian Koch / France, Germany, The Netherlands / 327’

IL MOSTRO (THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE) (EP. 1-4)
by STEFANO SOLLIMA
with Marco Bullitta, Valentino Mannias, Francesca Olia, Liliana Bottone, Giacomo Fadda, Antonio Tintis, Giordano Mannu / Italy / 217’

OUT OF COMPETITION – SHORT FILMS

ORIGIN
by YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND
France / 30’

BOOMERANG ATOMIC
by RACHID BOUCHAREB
Documentary / France / 21’

HOW TO SHOOT A GHOST
by CHARLIE KAUFMAN
with Jessie Buckley, Josef Akiki / USA, Greece / 27’

ORIZZONTI

MOTHER – OPENING FILM
by TEONA STRUGAR MITEVSKA
with Noomi Rapace, Sylvia Hoeks, Nikola Ristanovski / Belgium, North Macedonia, Sweden, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina / 103’

KOMEDIE ELAHI (DIVINE COMEDY)
by ALI ASGARI
with Bahram Ark, Sadaf Asgari, Hossein Soleimani, Bahman Ark, Mohammad Soori, Amirreza Ranjbaran / Iran, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey / 98’

HIEDRA (THE IVY)
by ANA CRISTINA BARRAGÁN
with Simone Bucio, Francis Eddú Llumiquinga / Ecuador, Mexico, France, Spain / 98’

IL RAPIMENTO DI ARABELLA
by CAROLINA CAVALLI
with Benedetta Porcaroli, Lucrezia Guglielmino, Chris Pine, Marco Bonadei, Eva Robin’s / Italy / 107’

ESTRANY RIU (STRANGE RIVER)
by JAUME CLARET MUXART
with Jan Monter, Nausicaa Bonnín, Francesco Wenz, Jordi Oriol, Bernat Solé, Roc Colell / Spain, Germany / 103’

HARÀ WATAN (LOST LAND)
by AKIO FUJIMOTO
with Muhammad Shofik Rias Uddin, Shomira Rias Uddin/ Japan, France, Malaysia, Germany / 99’

GRAND CIEL (THE SITE)
by AKIHIRO HATA
with Damien Bonnard, Samir Guesmi, Mouna Soualem / France, Luxembourg / 91’

ROSE OF NEVADA
by MARK JENKIN
with George MacKay, Callum Turner, Francis Magee, Edward Rowe, Tina Rosalind, Mary Woodvine / UK / 114’

LATE FAME
by KENT JONES
with Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee, Edmund Donovan / USA / 90’

DINȚI DE LAPTE (MILK TEETH)
by MIHAI MINCAN
with Emma Ioana Mogos, Marina Palii, Igor Babiac, Istvan Teglas / Romania, France, Denmark, Greece, Bulgaria / 104’

PIN DE FARTIE
by ALEJO MOGUILLANSKY
with Santiago Gobernori, Cleo Moguillansky, Laura Paredes, Marcos Ferrante, Luciana Acuña, Maxi Prietto, Laura López Moyano, Fernando Tur, Margarita Fernández, Alejo Moguillansky / Argentina / 106’

OTEC (FATHER)
by TEREZA NVOTOVÁ
with Milan Ondrík, Dominika Morávková, Dominika Zajcz, Martina Sľúková, Aňa Geislerová, Peter Ondrejička, Peter Bebjak, Ingrid Timková, Roman Polák / Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland / 102’

EN EL CAMINO (ON THE ROAD)
by DAVID PABLOS
with Victor Prieto Simental, Osvaldo Sanchez Valenzuela / Mexico, France / 93’

SONGS OF FORGOTTEN TREES
by ANUPARNA ROY
with Naaz Shaikh, Sumi Baghel, Bhusan Shimpi, Ravi S Mann, Pritam Pilania, Lovely Singh / India / 80’

UN ANNO DI SCUOLA (A YEAR OF SCHOOL)
by LAURA SAMANI
with Stella Wendick, Giacomo Covi, Pietro Giustolisi, Samuel Volturno / Italy, France / 102’

THE SOUFFLEUR
by GASTÓN SOLNICKI
with Willem Dafoe, Lilly Lindner, Claus Philip, Stephanie Argerich, Gastón Solnicki / Austria, Argentina / 78’

BARRIO TRISTE
by STILLZ
with Juan Pablo Baena, Samuel Velazquez, Tomas Tinoco Higuita, Bryan Erlin Garcia, Samuel Andres Celis, Brahian Acecedo, Samuel Ruiz, Estiven Salazar, Jose Arley Marin Gonzalez / Colombia, USA / 84’

HUMAN RESOURCE
by NAWAPOL THAMRONGRATTANARIT
with Prapamonton Eiamchan, Paopetch Charoensook, Chanakan Rattana-Udom, Pimmada Chaisaksoen / Thailand / 122’

FUNERAL CASINO BLUES
by RODERICK WARICH
with Jutamat Lamoon, Wason Dokkathum, Jutarat Burinok / Germany / 153’

ORIZZONTI – SHORT FILMS

NORHEIMSUND
by ANA ALPIZAR
with Paula Massó Varela, Yaité Ruiz, Darianis Palenzuela, Kiriam Gutiérrez / Cuba, USA / 12’

MERRIMUNDI
by NILES ATALLAH
Animation / Chile / 21’

LA LIGNE DE VIE (THE LIFELINE)
by HUGO BECKER
with Alexis Manenti, Jeanne Goursaud, Damien Jouillerot, Gilles Cohen, David Talbot / France / 20’

JE CROIS ENTENDRE ENCORE (I HEAR IT STILL)
by CONSTANCE BONNOT
with Viki Assayas, Nathalie Richard / France / 16’

KUSHTA MAYN, LA MIA COSTANTINOPOLI (KUSHTA MAYN, MY CONSTANTINOPLE)
by NICOLÒ FOLIN
with Roberto Citran, Leo Folin, Hlib Tovstoluh / Italy / 19’

PRAYING MANTIS
by JOE HSIEH, YONFAN
Animation / Taipei, Hong Kong SAR / 18’

YOU JIAN CHUI YAN (A SOIL A CULTURE A RIVER A PEOPLE)
by VIV LI
with Zezhi Long / Germany, Belgium, China / 15’

EL ORIGEN DEL MUNDO (THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD)
by JAZMIN LOPEZ
with Leila Loforte / Argentina / 12’

THE CURFEW
by SHEHREZAD MAHER
with Sathya Sridharan, Balinder Johal, Sara Haider, Rajesh Bose, Chris Thorn / USA / 19’

LION ROCK
by NICK MAYOW, PRISCA BOUCHET
with Anton Falstie-Jensen, Mia Blake, Jonno Roberts / New Zeland / 16’

SAINT SIMEON
by OLUBUNMI OGUNSOLA
with Kanayo O. Kanayo, Ego Ihenacho, Victor Obioha / Nigeria / 18’

UTAN KELLY (WITHOUT KELLY)
by LOVISA SIRÉN
with Medea Strid, Truls Carlberg / Sweden / 15’

COYOTES
by SAID ZAGHA
with con Maria Zreik, Ali Suliman, Yumna Marwan, Jamal Meri, Eslam El Awadi / Palestine, France, Jordan, UK / 20’

NEDOSTUPNI (UNAVAILABLE)
by KYRYLO ZEMLYANYI
with Vladyslav Makariuk, Ostap Orest Pasichnyk, Konstiantyn Shamin, Yurii Yevsiukov, Oksana Tsymbal, Serhii Hornyi, lllia Rassokhin / Ukraine, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, The Netherlands / 20’

OUT OF COMPETITION

RUKELI
by ALESSANDRO RAK
Animation / Italy, Sweden / 5’

ORIZZONTI SHORT FILMS – A Tribute to the Film School
“A Wave in the Ocean” (AWITO)

GIRL TIME
by ELEANOR BISHOP
with Amanda Tito, Camille Lane, Rosa Glennie / New Zealand / 12’

THE GIRL NEXT DOOR
by MINGJIAN CUI
with An Ann, Yihan Roxie Pu, Kunxiao Willem Wu, Lila Yu, Thomas Chin / New Zealand / 14’

THE BRIGHTNESS
by FREYA SILAS FINCH
with Emile Boyle, Jodie Rimmer, Gideon T. Smith, Angus Stevens / New Zealand / 13’

IN CONVERSATION WITH JACK MAURER
by HASH
with Kieran Charnock, Te Ao o Hinepehinga, Lucy Wigmore / New Zealand / 14’

SOCKS
by TODD KAREHANA
with Monty Walker, Indy Urban, Billy Cox, Katy Thomas / New Zealand / 12’

KURĪ
by ANA CHAYA SCOTNEY
with Keporah Torrance, Niwa Whatuira, Lachie Oliver-Kerby, Puni Tiakiwai / New Zealand / 13’

A VERY GOOD BOY
by SAMUEL TE KANI
with Simon Leary, Max Currie / New Zealand / 17’

VENICE SPOTLIGHT

HIJRA
by SHAHAD AMEEN
with Lamar Faden, Khairiah Nathmy, Nawaf Al-Dhufairy, Raghad Bokhari, Abdulsalam Alhawiti / Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, UK / 115’

UN CABO SUELTO (A LOOSE END)
by DANIEL HENDLER
with Sergio Prina, Pilar Gamboa, Alberto Wolf / Uruguay, Argentina, Spain / 95’

MADE IN EU
by STEPHAN KOMANDAREV
with Gergana Pletnyova, Todor Kotsev, Gerasim Georgiev, Anastasia Ingilizova, Ivaylo Hristov / Bulgaria, Germay, Czech Republic / 102’

MOTOR CITY
by POTSY PONCIROLI
with Shailene Woodley, Alan Ritchson, Ben Foster, Amar Chadha-Patel, Ben McKenzie, Lionel Boyce / USA / 103’

LA HIJA DE LA ESPAÑOLA (IT WOULD BE NIGHT IN CARACAS)
by MARIANA RONDÓN, MARITÉ UGAS
with Natalia Reyes, Moisés Angola, Sheila Monterola, Edgar Ramírez, Samantha Castillo / Mexico, Venezuela / 97’

À BRAS-LE-CORPS (SILENT REBELLION)
by MARIE-ELSA SGUALDO
with Lila Gueneau, Grégoire Colin, Thomas Doret, Aurélia Petit, Sandrine Blancke, Sasha Gravat Harsch, Tamara Semelet, Cyril Metzger, Lievke Bartel, Aurelien Patouillard, Etienne Fague / Switzerland, France, Belgium / 98’

CALLE MALAGA
by MARYAM TOUZANI
with Carmen Maura, Marta Etura, Ahmed Boulane, María Alfonsa Rosso, La Imèn / Morocco, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium / 116’

AMMAZZARE STANCA (TIRED OF KILLING)
by DANIELE VICARI
with Gabriel Montesi, Vinicio Marchioni, Selene Caramazza, Andrea Fuorto, Thomas Trabacchi, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Rocco Papaleo / Italy / 129’

VENICE CLASSICS

MATADOR
by PEDRO ALMODÓVAR (Spain, 1986, 102’, Colour)
restored by: Video Mercury Films

BASHÚ, GHARIBEH KOUCHAK (BASHU, THE LITTLE STRANGER)
by BAHRAM BEYZAI (Iran, 1986, 120’, Colour)
restored by: Roashana Studios with the support of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (KANOON) – presented by mk2 Films

LE QUAI DES BRUMES (PORT OF SHADOWS)
by MARCEL CARNÉ (France, 1938, 92’, B/W)
restored by: Studiocanal and la Cinémathèque française with the support of the Centre national du Cinéma et de l’image animée and CHANEL

3:10 TO YUMA
by DELMER DAVES (USA, 1957, 92’, B/W)
restored by: Sony Pictures Entertainment

ANIKI-BÓBÓ
by MANOEL DE OLIVEIRA (Portugal, 1942, 72’, B/W)
restored by: Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema

ROMA ORE 11 (ROME 11:00)
by GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS (Italy, 1952, 105’, B/W)
restored by: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Cineteca Nazionale

LO SPETTRO (THE GHOST)
by RICCARDO FREDA (Italy, 1963, 95’, Colour)
restored by: Severin Films

MARK OF THE RENEGADE
by HUGO FREGONESE (USA, 1951, 81’, Colour)
restored by: Universal Pictures

KAGI (ODD OBSESSION)
by KON ICHIKAWA (Japan, 1959, 107’, Colour)
restored by: Kadokawa Corporation

PRZYPADEK (BLIND CHANCE)
by KRZYSZTOF KIEŚLOWSKI (Poland, 1981, 123’, Colour)
restored by: DI Factory

KAIDAN (KWAIDAN)
by MASAKI KOBAYASHI (Japan, 1965, 183’, Colour)
restored by: Toho

LOLITA
by STANLEY KUBRICK (USA, 1962, 153’, B/N)
restored by: The Criterion Collection, Warner Bros.

HOUSE OF STRANGERS
by JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ (USA, 1949, 101’, B/W)
restored by: Walt Disney Studios, The Film Foundation

THE DELICATE DELINQUENT
by DON MCGUIRE (USA, 1957, 101’, B/W)
restored by: Paramount

IL MAGNIFICO CORNUTO (THE MAGNIFICENT CUCKOLD)
by ANTONIO PIETRANGELI (Italy, France, 1964, 124’, B/W)
restored by: Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Compass Film

DO BIGHA ZAMIN (TWO ACRES OF LAND)
by BIMAL ROY (India, 1953, 120’, B/W)
restored by: Film Heritage Foundation – India, The Criterion Collection

TI HO SPOSATO PER ALLEGRIA (I MARRIED YOU FOR FUN)
by LUCIANO SALCE (Italy, 1967, 102’, Colour)
restored by: Cinecittà S.p.A.

AIQING WANSUI (VIVE L’AMOUR)
by TSAI MING-LIANG (Taipei, 1994, 119’, Colour)
restored by: Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute

VENICE CLASSICS – DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT CINEMA

In Competition

MATA HARI
by JOE BESHENKOVSKY, JAMES A. SMITH
USA / 93’

ELVIRA NOTARI: OLTRE IL SILENZIO (ELVIRA NOTARI: BEYOND SILENCE)
by VALERIO CIRIACI
Italy, USA / 90’

LOUIS MALLE, LE RÉVOLTÉ
by CLAIRE DUGUET
France / 65’

MEMORIA DE LOS OLVIDADOS (MEMORY OF THE FORGOTTEN)
by JAVIER ESPADA
Spain, Mexico, USA / 102’

MEGADOC
by MIKE FIGGIS
USA/ 107’

BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL
by DAVID KITTREDGE
USA / 112’

HOLOFICTION
di MICHAL KOSAKOWSKI
Germania, Austria / 102’

SANGRE DEL TORO
by YVES MONTMAYEUR
France, UK / 85’

THE OZU DIARIES
by DANIEL RAIM
USA / 139’

VENICE IMMERSIVE

In Competition

LA MAGIE OPÉRA
by JONATHAN ASTRUC
France, Taipei / 25’ / installation, virtual reality

1968
by ROSE BOND
USA / 9’ / installation, virtual reality

LA TRISTE HISTOIRE DE LA PETITE SOURIS QUI VOULAIT ABSOLUMENT DEVENIR QUELQU’UN (THE SAD STORY OF THE LITTLE MOUSE WHO WANTED TO BECOME SOMEBODY)
by NICOLAS BOURNIQUEL
France, Germany, Belgium / 30’ / virtual reality

CREATION OF THE WORLDS
by KRISTINA BUOŽYTĖ, VITALIJUS ŽUKAS
Lithuania / 28’ / virtual reality

FACE JUMPING
by DANNY CANNIZZARO, SAMANTHA GORMAN
USA / 25’ / virtual reality

JEONYEOK 8SI WA GOYANGI (8PM AND THE CAT)
by MINHYUK CHE
South Korea / 14’ / virtual reality

THE CLOUDS ARE TWO THOUSAND METERS UP
by SINGING CHEN
Taipei, Germany / 50’ / installation, virtual reality

DARK ROOMS
by MADS DAMSBO, LAURITS FLENSTED JENSEN, ANNE SOFIE STEEN SVERDRUP
Denmark, Germany, Taipei / 35’ / installation, virtual reality

THE GREAT ORATOR
by DANIEL ERNST
The Netherlands / 40’ / virtual reality

HEARTBEAT – SON CŒUR A TROUVÉ SA CADENCE DANS LE SILENCE DES RENCONTRES
by FANNY FORTAGE
France / 10’ / immersive installation

THE BIG CUBE
by MENGHUI HUANG
Finland, Belgium, China, Portugal / 7’ / virtual reality

MIRAGE
by NAIMA KARIM, ALEENA HANIF
Saudi Arabia, The Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina / 8’ / virtual reality, haptics

REFLECTIONS OF LITTLE RED DOT
by CHLOÉ LEE
Germany, USA / 40’ / installation, mixed reality

L’OMBRE (THE SHADOW)
by BLANCA LI, EDITH CANAT DE CHIZY
France, Taipei / 60’ / installation, mixed reality, live performance

ASTEROID
by DOUG LIMAN
USA, Canada / 30’ / installation, virtual reality

THE TIME BEFORE
by LEO METCALF, MICHAEL GOLEMBEWSKI
UK / 15’ / virtual reality

DANSE DANSE DANSE – MATISSE (DANCE DANCE DANCE – MATISSE)
by AGNÈS MOLIA, GORDON
France / 10’ / virtual reality

LESS THAN 5GR OF SAFFRON
by NÉGAR MOTEVALYMEIDANSHAH
France / 7’ / virtual reality
EMPATHY CREATURES
by MÉLODIE MOUSSET
Switzerland / 10’ / installation, virtual reality

LA FILLE QUI EXPLOSE VR (THE EXPLODING GIRL VR)
by CAROLINE POGGI, JONATHAN VINEL
France, Greece / 20’ / virtual reality

BLUR
by CRAIG QUINTERO, PHOEBE GREENBERG
Canada, Taipei, Greece / 50’ / installation, mixed reality, live performance

BLACK CATS & CHEQUERED FLAGS
by ELISABETTA ROTOLO, SIOBHAN MCDONNELL
Italy / 20’ / installation, mixed reality, virtual reality

EDDIE AND I
by MAYA SHEKEL
Israel, Germany, France / 25’ / virtual reality

COLLECTIVE BODY
by SARAH SILVERBLATT-BUSER
France, USA / 20’ / installation, virtual reality

ALIEN PERSPECTIVE
by JUNG AH SUH, CRISTINA RAMBALDI
USA, Italy / 15’ / installation, virtual reality

THE GREAT ESCAPE
by JOREN VANDENBROUCKE
Belgium, Luxembourg / 20’ / virtual reality

A LONG GOODBYE
by KATE VOET, VICTOR MAES
Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands / 35’ / installation, virtual reality

IF YOU SEE A CAT
by ATSUSHI WADA
Japan / 37’ / virtual reality

MULAN2125
by MO HUANG
China / 56’ / virtual reality

SENSE OF NOWHERE
by HSIN-HSUAN YEH
Taipei, Finland, Belgium, Portugal, France / 30’ / virtual reality

Out of Competition

(international selection of the best works that have been released or premiered elsewhere since the last edition of the Venice International Film Festival)

Best of Experiences

WALL TOWN WONDERS
by IVES AGEMANS
Belgium / 30’ / mixed reality

ONE TRUE PATH, PART 1
By BALTHAZAR AUXIETRE
France/ 90’ / virtual reality

SUBMERGED
By EDWARD BERGER FOR APPLE
USA/ 17’ / immersive film

GHOST TOWN
by FIREPROOF GAMES
UK / 300’ / virtual reality

ADVENTURE: ICE DIVE
by CHARLOTTE MIKKELBORG FOR APPLE AND ATLANTIC STUDIOS
USA, Iceland / 15’ / immersive film

ANCESTORS
by STEYE HALLEMA
The Netherlands / 70’ / immersive installation

LILI
by NAVID KHONSARI, VASSILIKI KHONSARI
USA, UK, France / 30’ / immersive installation

ON THE OTHER EARTH
by WAYNE MCGREGOR
UK / 50’ / immersive installation, mixed reality

THE MIDNIGHT WALK
by OLOV REDMALM, KLAUS LYNGELED
Sweden, Brazil, India / 360’ / virtual reality

D-DAY: THE CAMERA SOLDIER
by CHLOÉ ROCHEREUIL
France, USA / 22’ / virtual reality

CONSTANTINOPOLIAD
by SISTER SYLVESTER, NADAH EL SHAZLY
UK, Greece / 55’ / immersive installation

Best of Worlds

NATURA’S QUEENDOM by Anders Fray, Starheart
CYBERLOVE ｜ A7 by Artsy Glitch
UNCANNY LOUNGE by Christopher Lane Davis, Rick Treweek
RITUAL by DrMorro
THE COLONY – FLAT 804 by Glory Nya
EXHIBITION ⁄ BACK SEEING by haruki_haru
WHAT IS VIRTUAL ART – VOLUME 1 by Jessien
THE REALITY OF HOPE by Joe Hunting
NEURON by Juice…
YORUTOUGE by mikkabouzu / Kikuo
FLAT EARTH by Niko Lang
EXPERIENCE by NOOTAU
POWDERGAME by Pema Malling
LIGHT AQUARIUM by phi16
BREAK 15˸ ARCANUM by PK / rekluma
VENT. by Premium²
FZMZ POINT ZERO by ReeeznD
SCALE JOURNEY by S_Asagiri
SHINONOME BALLOON by sakanaplus
DRACULA’S CASTLE by Tanner White
MIRAGE by TOKYO WAIYOZ
NEOWORLDS by Widget365
FLASHING WARNING by xlxxl
Biennale College Cinema – Immersive – Out of Competition

RI-LANCIA LUIGI BROGLIO (RE-LAUNCHING LUIGI BROGLIO)
by VINCENZO CAVALLO
Italy / 33’ / installation, virtual reality
Supported by the grant BCC Immersive 9th edition (2024/2025)

OUT OF NOWHERE
by KRIS HOFMANN, ANDREAS WUTHE
Austria, Germany / 10’ / virtual reality

HAPPY SHADOW
by PEI-YING LIN, TING-RUEI SU
Taipei / 25’ / installation, virtual reality

MNEMOSYNE
by WUER
China / 35’ / installation, virtual reality

FIRST VIRTUAL SUIT
by KAZUKI YUHARA
Japan / 35’ / installation, virtual reality

The 82nd Venice International Film Festival runs August 27-September 6, 2025.

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