Venice Film Festival 2026 - 83rd Venice Film Festival

The 83rd Venice International Film Festival will be held from 26 August to 5 September 2026 at the Lido.

Awards
In Competition
Orizzonti
Classici
Out of Competition
Countries

Golden Lion 2025

The Golden Lion for Best Film was awarded to Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch (United States, Ireland, France)

Prize of the 82th Venice International Film Festival 2025 Mostra 2025 Award

The Jury of the Official Selection Venezia 82 Venice 2025

The members of the Jury for the Venezia 82 selection were:
Alexander Payne – president, Stéphane Brizé, Maura Delpero, Cristian Mungiu, Mohammad Rasoulof, Fernanda Torres, Zhao Tao.

The Orizzonti 82 Venice 2025 Jury

The members of the Orizzonti 82 Jury were:
Julia Ducournau - president, Yuri Ancarani, Soudade Kaadan, Fernando Enrique Juan Lima, Shannon Murphy, RaMell Ross.

Figures of the Mostra 2025

91 films in the official selection

21 Venezia 82 (Competition)
30 Out of Competition (18 are non-fiction films)
19 Orizzonti
8 Venezia Spotlight
9 in Venezia Classici - Documentaries about cinema
4 Biennale College – Cinema

25 New Short Films

3 Out of Competition
15 Orizzonti short films
7 Orizzonti short films, Tribute to AWITO.

TV series

4 TV Series Out of Competition

Venice Classics

19 films restored

65 Countries Represented

69 Venice Immersive Projects

30 projects in Competition
11 projects in Best of Experiences, Out of Competition
23 projects in Best of World, Out of Competition
5 projects in Biennale College Cinema Immersive, Out of Competition

Number of films viewed for the selection:

4,580 films including:
1,936 feature films (including 287 Italian)
2353 short films (including 189 Italian)
102 Restored Classics (including 9 Italian)
189 Immersive Projects (including 9 Italian).

Analysis by Genre