Registration opens today, Monday February 3rd, for the films and immersive projects to be selected for the 82ndVenice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia (27 August – 6 September 2025), directed by Alberto Barbera.
To apply for the selection, the pre-selection entry form must be completed online on or before June 13th 2025, following the instructions in the Regulations of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.
For the Orizzonti Short Films Competition the deadline for registration is May 31st 2025, while for the restored films of Venice Classics is May 5th. For Venice Immersive the deadline is May 8th.
Only works presented as world premieres (or international premieres for the Venice Immersive projects) are eligible for the selection of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, and must meet the following criteria:
The sections of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival will be:
Today we open as well the following Industry Services Form, through which is possible to request the services of the Venice Production Bridge (28 August – 3 September 2025), the film market organized as part of the Venice Film Festival and dedicated to the presentation of unreleased projects or works-in-progress, to advance their development and production.
The Venice Production Bridge offers film industry professionals the following events: the Book Adaptation Rights Market one-on-one meetings between selected editors/literary agents and producers interested in film adaptations of their catalogue; the Venice Gap Financing Market, dedicated to a selection of feature-length films and immersive projects that seek to complete their financing in one-on-one meetings with international professionals; Final Cut Venice, a workshop in which the working copies of the selected films will be proposed to film industry professionals for post-production and to promote their access to the market; Meet the streamers, dedicated to SVOD/VOD platforms; the Venice Immersive Market, addressed to the XR/VR/AR market.
The Venice Production Bridge will also give continuity to the previously developed services: Market Screening, an exhibition area, Industry Gold Club, and a series of international panels and events.
In order to check all the programmes and services of the VPB is possible to download the booklet 2025
It is also possible to register for accreditation at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival for the following categories:
