(L-R) Jason Momoa, Louis Cancelmi, Oscar Isaac, Franco Nero and Duke Nicholson attend the Cartier Glory To The Filmmaker Award 2025 and the “In the Hand of Dante” red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 03, 2025 in Venice, Italy

An Emma Watson appearance is a rare treat, and at Venice Film Festival, it was twice as sweet. In Italy to celebrate the final weekend of cinema’s prestigious celebration, the actress stepped out in not one, but two little shift dresses—a silhouette perfect for the transitional weather of early September.

Italy’s most famous film festival is well underway, and the canals of Venice are filled with celebrities being ferried to the red carpet. Now in its 82nd year, the Venice Film Festival will run until September 6 and showcase a number of hotly anticipated films such as “Bugonia” by the Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos,

South Korea has selected Park Chan-wook's “No Other Choice” as its entry for best international feature film at the 2026 Academy Awards after the film's acclaimed premiere on Aug. 29 at the Venice Film Festival.

Italian director Laura Samani, after making a splash in 2021 with her first feature, the feminist magical realist fable “Small Body,” has just scored a prize at the Venice Film Festival with her new work “A Year of School.

Amanda Seyfried wore Cariuma shoes recently while arriving at and leaving the Venice Film Festival. Her exact white sneakers were Cariuma Oca Lows, which you can get for $119 on sale. Cariuma sneakers

Jason Momoa made headlines during the Venice Film Festival when he shared a playful moment with Oscar Isaac on the red carpet. The actors, who reunited for the premiere of In the Hand of Dante, drew attention after Momoa surprised Isaac with a lighthearted gesture that quickly spread across social media.

Venice Film Festival kicks off awards season and players are bowing on the canals, including 'Bugonia,' 'Jay Kelly,' 'Frankenstein' and 'The Smashing Machine.'