The Venice Film Festival is back on the Lido for its 82nd edition, kicking off August 27-September 6.
Artistic director Alberto Barbera’s programmers have already unveiled a wave of announcements: Alexander Payne heads up the jury, Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia” opens the festival Italian-style, and Werner Herzog and Kim Novak will receive honorary Golden Lions at the opening ceremony to celebrate lifetime achievement.
Based on reasonable deductions from Toronto’s latest lineup announcement, films expected to premiere on the Lido include Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine,” starring Dwayne Johnson; Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” starring Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac; and Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet” with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley. Widely expected to pop up at Venice, as is tradition for such filmmakers, are Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia” and Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt.” Netflix is hoped to have a strong showing with “Frankenstein” as well as Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly” and Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite.” We also already know we’ll see Jim Jarmusch’s “Father Mother Sister Brother,” courtesy Mubi, in Italy.
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As a refresher, last year, Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” won the Golden Lion under the jury led by Isabelle Huppert. Venice is the next major stop on the fall awards season after Cannes’ initial launch, though Venice doesn’t program any Croisette repeats, opting for world premieres that then head to Telluride, TIFF, NYFF, and beyond. Brady Corbet won best director at Venice last year for “The Brutalist,” setting up the film’s Oscar run.
Under jury leader Payne, the rest of the panel of filmmakers and talent (yet to be announced) will decide the Golden Lion winner for the best film, among other awards such as the Silver Lions for Grand Jury Prize and best director, Volpi Cup for best actress and best actor, the screenplay award, the Special Jury Prize, and the Marcello Mastroianni Award for best new young actor or actress.
The lineup is unveiling bright and early (at least domestically speaking) on Tuesday, July 22. Follow along for live updates in each of the sections. You can also watch the live stream below beginning 5 a.m. EST, and watch an English translation of the presentation here.
