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(27 Aug 2025)



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Venice, Italy - 27 August 2025
1. Medium shot Stephane Brize and Mohammad Rasoulof get onto boat to leave Excelsior hotel
2. Cutaway camera operator
3. Medium Maura Delpero on boat, joined by Zhao Tao
4. Medium Fernanda Torres gets onto boat poses for photos, is joined by Alexander Payne - they laugh as he stumbles. Alberto Barbera joins Payne to pose for photos
5. Various, boat leaving hotel pier
6. Wide shot boat arrives at Casino
7. Medium Alberto Barbera alights, followed by Fernanda Torres
8. Pan Fernanda Torres to Zhao Tao and Mohammad Rasoulof, jury gathers for group photo
9. Pan jury - L-R: Alexander Payne, Stephane Brize, Mohammad Rasoulof, Fernanda Torres, Maura Delpero, Zhao Tao and Cristian Mungiu
10. Wide shot jury walks towards Casino


STORYLINE:
US filmmaker Alexander Payne stumbled a little as he stepped onto the boat taking his jury to their press conference at the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival - almost colliding with fellow juror Fernanda Torres, as she posed on deck for photographers.

Smiles and laughter followed, as jury head Payne steadied them both, before travelling by water, to pose for a group photo outside the press conference venue.

Payne and his jury - Stéphane Brizé, Maura Delpero, Cristian Mungiu, Mohammad Rasoulof, Fernanda Torres and Zhao Tao - were accompanied by festival director Alberto Barbera.

The Venice Film Festival begins with the world premiere later on Wednesday of Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia.”

The 82nd edition of glamourous international film festival will be playing host to many Hollywood stars, including George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Dwayne Johnson, and famed auteurs, from Guillermo del Toro to Kathryn Bigelow, who all have films debuting over the next 10 days.

The festival, which takes place on the Lido, chose to open with the newest film from one of Italy’s most revered working filmmakers. “La Grazia” stars Sorrentino’s longtime collaborator Toni Servillo, although the plot has remained under wraps.

Sorrentino, best known for his Oscar-winning film “The Great Beauty,” made his debut at the Venice Film Festival 24 years ago with the film “One Man Up.” He also won the Silver Lion prize in 2021 for “The Hand of God,” which went on to be nominated for an Oscar. Many films that premiere at Venice go on to Oscar nominations and wins.

Before the glitzy world premiere, anti-war protesters held a news conference in front of the famed red carpet to put a spotlight on Gaza. The group Venice4Palestine is planning an anti-war demonstration for one of the festival’s biggest nights, marching
toward the festival Saturday evening, the night of the world premiere on the Lido of Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein.”

“La Grazia” is one of the 21 films playing in the festival’s main competition. Other titles vying for the prestigious Golden Lion prize include del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite,” Yorgos Lanthimos’s “Bugonia,” Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” and Kaouther Ben Hania’s “The Voice of Hind Rajab. ”

The festival runs through Sept. 6.

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