See George Clooney, Emma Stone and More Celebrities at Venice Film Festival 2025
The festival marks the unofficial start of awards season with premieres including George Clooney's Jay Kelly and Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, featuring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi.
- Emma Stone arrived at Venice this year smiling and wearing a baseball cap, reuniting with director Yorgos Lanthimos for their new film Bugonia after dazzling last year in Poor Things.
- With the festival set to begin on Aug. 27, the Venice International Film Festival, launched in 1932, runs through Sept. 6 and marks awards season's informal start, with five of the past 10 Golden Lion winners earning best-picture Oscar nods.
- George and Amal Clooney arrived by boat on August 27 as George Clooney promotes Jay Kelly, joined by co-stars Adam Sandler and Laura Dern who arrived the same day.
- Venice will give a first look at Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, which opens Oct. 17 and heads to Netflix Nov. 7 after the streamer reportedly paid $120 million for the project.
- Some high-profile titles, such as Hamnet, may skip Venice for other debuts, with Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another opening on September 26th and Hamnet likely premiering at Telluride Film Festival.
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Venice Film Festival Red Carpet Photos
The star-studded Venice Film Festival is under way, with numerous stars and renowned filmmakers making the trek to Italy by plane, train and vaporetto. Those expected at the annual celebration on the Lido include Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri for Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt,” George Clooney and Adam Sandler for Noah Baumbach “Jay Kelly,” Emma Stone for Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia,” Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt for Benny S…
Hollywood stars made a remarkable arrival Wednesday in Venice, before the opening of the film festival.
The Venice festival starts on Wednesday with a lot of celebrities, like George Clooney and Emma Stone, while promising very political works.
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