Overview
- Festival director Alberto Barbera unveiled the full slate on Thursday, July 23, and confirmed the 83rd Venice Film Festival will run Sept. 2–12 with Danny Boyle’s Ink opening in competition.
- The competition features new films from established auteurs including Martin McDonagh, Werner Herzog, Hirokazu Kore-eda and Florian Zeller, positioning Venice as a platform for director-driven premieres.
- Alex Gibney’s nearly four-hour documentary Musk is programmed out of competition alongside a strong roster of multi-hour and high-profile non-fiction films.
- Maggie Gyllenhaal will chair the competition jury and George Clooney plus Ellen Burstyn will receive Golden Lion lifetime achievement awards.
- Coverage highlights a lighter presence of major U.S. studios and streamers this year and limited gender parity in the main competition, with only one woman director among the 20 films; Venice Days has released a program dedicated to the late founder Giorgio Gosetti.