Celebrities at the 2024 Venice Film Festival: PHOTOS
While the world may know the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars as the highest awards actors and filmmakers may receive, others might consider the honor of internationally acclaimed film festivals, including the Cannes and Venice, as even more pristine.
Just this year, the Venice Film Festival (which will run from Aug. 28 to Sept. 7) will see some of the most anticipated movies of the year including Joker: Folie à Deux with Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Babygirl, starring Nicole Kidman and Antonio Banderas.
Judging the impressive lineup of films will be Jury President and legendary French actress Isabelle Huppert, American director and screenwriter James Gray, British director and screenwriter Andrew Haigh, Polish director, screenwriter, and producer Agnieszka Holland, Brazilian director-screenwriter Kleber Mendon?a Filho, Mauritanian director, screenwriter and producer Abderrahmane Sissako, Italian director-screenwriter Giuseppe Tornatore, German director-screenwriter Julia von Heinz and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, per The Hollywood Reporter.
While they judge all the contenders for the Golden Lion for Best Film, the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement has already been chosen: Sigourney Weaver!
“I am truly honored to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement from La Biennale di Venezia,” Weaver said in a statement to the festival. “To be gifted this award is a privilege I share with all the filmmakers and collaborators I have worked with throughout the years. I proudly accept this award in celebration of all who have helped bring these films to life.”
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Michael Polansky & Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga made her long-awaited red carpet debut with her fiancé Michael Polansky at the Joker: Folie à Deux premiere on Sept. 4. While Polansky rocked this classic tux, Gaga looked absolutely incredible in this structured Christian Dior Haute Couture and a matching Philip Treacy headpiece.
Rain & Joaquin Phoenix
Fellow Joker: Folie à Deux star Joaquin Phoenix brought his sister Rain Phoenix as his plus one for the carpet. Both siblings looked cool in sunglasses and ultra-stylish looks. Joaquin wore his classic tux and bowtie while Rain wore this brown velvet mesh gown.
Iris Law
Jude Law’s model daughter Iris Law looked stunning at the premiere in this blue velvet dress with a halter rose detail.
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga attended the Joker: Folie A Deux photocall in style in this a-line Christian Dior midi-dress paired with matching heels and a chic black beret.
Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix kept it casual at the photocall in black pants, a classic white t-shirt and blue Converse sneakers.
Rachel Weisz & Daniel Craig
Hollywood power couple Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig wowed at the Queer premiere. Weisz wowed in this electric blue Atelier Versace strapless dress paired with Boucheron jewelry and red lips while Craig looked dapper in this cream Loewe suit with a white button-down.
Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton looked so chic at the Queer premiere in this white turtleneck Ala?a dress paired with bold red lips and bright blue heels.
Lesley Manville
Lesley Manville looked so regal at the Queer premiere in this asymmetrical custom Loewe dress.
Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig showed off his new longer hairdo at the Queer photocall on Sept. 3 in these classic denim jeans, white button-down and matching sneakers.
Jason Schwartzman
Jason Schwartzman opted for quite a splash in the Queer photocall in this deep orange suit paired with a brown button-down and black chunky shoes.
Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore looked absolutely showstopping at the The Room Next Door premiere in this gold sequined dress by Bottega Veneta.
Brad Pitt & Ines de Ramon
Brad Pitt and his girlfriend Ines de Ramon made their relationship official as they made their red carpet debut at the Wolfs on Sept. 1. Pitt wore this black suit and matching t-shirt while Ramon showed off her lean physique in this ruched white one-shoulder dress.
Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett strutted down the carpet yet again at the Wolfs premiere in this trumpet-style custom Louis Vuitton gown with ruffles along the neckline.
Amal & George Clooney
Amal Clooney proved to be the ultimate plus one to her husband George Clooney in this pastel yellow Atelier Versace gown. George, for his part, looked dapper too in this classic black suit and bowtie.
Amy Ryan
Amy Ryan looked so chic and statuesque at the Wolfs premiere in this light pink Alexis Mabille pleated dress.
Felicity Jones
Felicity Jones attended The Brutalist photocall in a flowing monochromatic dress.
Brad Pitt
For the Wolfs photocall, Brad Pitt arrived in a simple, pastel blue suit.
George Clooney
For the Wolfs photocall, George Clooney also arrived in a clean suit, but his was gray.
Amy Ryan
Amy Ryan looked so stunning in this black and white Giambattista Valli gown for the Wolfs photocall.
Adrien Brody & Georgina Chapman
Lovebirds Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman stunned on the red carpet, with Brody in an all-black suit and Chapman in a beaded blue gown.
Joe Alwyn
Joe Alwyn arrived in style for the screening of The Brutalist, donning a dark plum suit.
Jurnee Smollett
Jurnee Smollett turned heads on the red carpet in this dramatic blue gown from Louis Vuitton (and it’s a custom look as well)!
Jude Law
Jude Law also opted for an all-black suit for The Order!
Stella Maxwell
Stella Maxwell wowed in this mermaidcore-inspire sheer blush gown.
Emily Ratajkowski
Emily Ratajkowski attended the premiere of Battlefield in this vintage, paneled lime green gown from Gucci.
Eva Green
Eva Green looked truly ravishing in this vintage, form-fitting purple dress from Armani Prive.
Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett decidedly turned heads at the premiere of Disclaimer in this Armani Privé black jumpsuit with an open back draped with pearls.
Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett wore another standout look at the Disclaimer photocall in this polka-dot black and white Moschino suit with a white button-down underneath.
Angelina Jolie
At the photocall for her new movie Maria, Angelina Jolie oped for this elegant black Saint Laurent column dress with an open back that perfectly showed off her tattoos.
Angelina Jolie
A few hours earlier, Angelina Jolie started her time at the festival with a bang in this flowy Saint Laurent olive green dress.
Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett looked so statuesque on the red carpet for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on Aug. 28 in this metallic gray Armani Privé dress with pearl detailing.
Taylor Russell
Taylor Russell went into the archives and showed up at the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice premiere in this statement Chanel Couture gown from 1993.
Justin Theroux & Nicole Brydon Bloom
Justin Theroux looked so in love on the red carpet alongside his girlfriend, Nicole Brydon Bloom. The two matched in white looks as Bloom rocked this mockneck Akris dress. Plus, the two even sparked some engagement rumors with the huge rock on her ring finger! Could this have been an announcement?
Catherine O’Hara
Catherine O’Hara was all smiles on the carpet in this intricate black dress by custom Oscar de la Renta.
Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver also opened for a statement black gown in this sequined Chanel dress with a black column skirt.
Isabelle Huppert
Venice Film Festival’s Jury President Isabelle Huppert showed what French sophistication is all about in this bright red custom Balenciaga Haute Couture gon paired with white gloves, diamond bracelets and black sunglasses.
Jenna Ortega
Jenna Ortega also wowed in red in this ruffled heart-shaped Christian Dior dress with a flowy tulle skirt and matching bright red lips.
Tim Burton & Monica Bellucci
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice director Tim Burton was joined by his girlfriend Monica Bellucci on the red carpet. Burton wore this classic black suit and matching sunnies while Belucci stunned in this custom Vivienne Westwood gown with colorful jewels.
Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder gave her twist on a classic suit at the premiere in this cropped Chanel Haute Couture double-breasted jacket, a matching vest, a pleated white button-down and flowy tulle skirt.
Izabel Goulart
Izabel Goulart looked sexy and sophisticated on the carpet in this strapless black gown from Ermanno Scervino with a bejeweled underlayer shining from between the ultra-high slit.
Catherine O’Hara
Earlier in the day, Catherine O’Hara embodied Beetlejuice’s black and white stripes at the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice photocall in this chic Petar Petrov jumpsuit.
Jenna Ortega
Jenna Ortega looked so radiant on the carpet in this dual-toned maroon pantsuit custom from Paul Smith.
Taylor Russell
Speaking of suits, Taylor Russell absolutely wowed at the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film in this 1995 John Galliano blazer and matching skirt.
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert attended the Venezia 81 Jury photocall in this printed layered Balenciaga dress.
Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver attended the “Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement” photocall in this Chanel look comprised off black wide-leg pants, a white button-down and a loose skinny black tie.
Tim Burton & Monica Bellucci
Prior to the beginning of the festival, Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci already wowed in these black and white sophisticated looks.
