The Venice Mostra highlights French cinema

The official selection is unveiled: five French films, three of which are in competition, will be presented this year at the Cité des Doges.

The veil is lifted: 21 feature films will be in the running to win the Golden Lion for the best film. It is Alberto Barberathe artistic director of the Mostra, who broke the mystery by revealing the names of the lucky elected officials during the press conference.

The moviegoer meeting will start with the new Paolo Sorrentinotitled La Graziain which we will find without much surprise Toni Servillo in the main role. Projector also on the Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Torowho will present the long -awaited Frankenstein And its parade of stars on the screen. On the Lido red carpet, it will also be an opportunity to meet Julia Roberts For After the Hunt (in out-competition), the new thriller of Luca Guadagnino. The event of the city of Doges will be held From August 27 to Tuesday September 9, 2025.

Accused of sexual assault, Alexander Payne will chair the jury for this new edition. This is completed by the director Stéphane Brizé (Market law),, Mohammad Rasoulof (The seeds of the wild fig),, Maura Delpero (Vermiglio), the director Cristian Mungiu (Four months, three weeks, two days), the actress Zhao Tao (Wild lights) And Fernanda Torres (I’m still there).

On the French cinema side, five films make their way among the official selection, including three in competition. We will find the adaptation of the classic of Camus literature, Foreignerdirected by François Ozon (with Benjamin Voisin) and that of the novel by Giuliano Da Empoli, The Mage du Kremlin,, imagined by Olivier Assayas (with Paul Dano). A filmmaker is also honored, it is a question of Valérie Donzelli with At worka film in which appear Bastien Bouillon And Virginie Ledoyenand which follows the story of “A successful photographer who abandons everything to devote himself to writing and discovers poverty“.

To close the Mostra, Cédric Jimenez will present Dog 51,, a dystopia that features a casting of French stars made up of Gilles Lellouche,, Roman Duris And Adèle Exarchopoulos. Another French film, Tall sky From Akihiro Hata, with Damien Bonnard, Samir Guesmi and Mouna Soualem, was retained in the Orizzonti section, the Venetian equivalent of a certain look.

A first photo and a date for the abroad with Benjamin Voisin