Venice Film Festival Unveils 2024 Lineup

The Venice Film Festival is unveiling the official lineup for its 81st edition today. You can follow the announcement live on the festival’s website, or on YouTube, Facebook or X.

Long-running festival director Alberto Barbera, who recently extended his contract through 2026, is presenting the Biennale lineup together with Biennale president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, who was appointed last year following the election of Italy’s far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Venice kicks off on Aug. 28 with the world premiere of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton’s hotly-anticipated sequel to his 1988 comedy-horror hit, screening out of competition. The film, which reunites the original Beetlejuice cast, including Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O’Hara, goes out internationally via Warner Bros. beginning Sept. 4 and in North America on Sept. 6.

French star Isabelle Huppert (Elle, The Piano Teacher) will head up this year’s Venice competition jury as president and pick the 2024 Golden Lion winner alongside fellow jury members including directors James Gray, Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Holland, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Abderrahmane Sissako, Giuseppe Tornatore, and Julia von Heinz; and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi.