There are some films and directors representing Tuscany in the various sections of the event
The 82nd edition of the Venice Biennale International Film Festival is scheduled to take place from 27 August to 6 September 2025. Tuscany will be represented in the various sections of the Festival by a number of prestigious projects filmed in the region, including a documentary supported by the Tuscany Region’s Cinema Film Fund.
Noah Baumbach’s new film Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler, is in competition. The cast also includes Laura Dern and Alba Rohrwacher.
Jay Kelly. George Clooney as Jay Kelly in Jay Kelly. Cr. Peter Mountain/Netflix © 2025.
The movie, which will be released on Netflix on 5 December, follows the story of two middle-aged friends (Clooney and Sandler) who rediscover their youth during a rather turbulent weekend. Between comical mishaps and moments of intense emotion, the two friends are forced to come to terms with themselves and, finally, to mature and become adults.
Filming also took place in Tuscany in May 2024, lasting two weeks and covering Montecatini Terme (railway station), Arezzo (Teatro Petrarca), Pienza, San Quirico d’Orcia and Pitigliano.
In the Out of Competition – Cinema and Music Special section, there will be a preview screening of the documentary Piero Pelù. Rumore dentro, supported by the Tuscany Region’s Cinema and Audiovisual Call for Proposals. The intimate story, directed by Florentine director Francesco Fei, focuses on a crucial chapter in the life of Italian rock icon Piero Pelù. With a subject and screenplay by Pelù himself, the film is produced by Apnea Film, Nexo Studios and DNA Audiovisivi and will be released in Italian cinemas only on 10, 11 and 12 November.
Also out of competition – TV Series will present the eagerly awaited series Il Mostro by Stefano Sollima, due to be released on 22 October on Netflix, which recounts the brutal murders committed by the Monster of Florence, one of the most famous cases in Italian crime history. Filming took place partly in Tuscany in November 2023, over a period of about ten days. In addition to Florence (Piazza San Firenze, the former Court of Appeal in via San Gallo, and the Trespiano Cemetery), other locations used for filming included Signa, Mercatale Val Di Pesa, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, and Campi Bisenzio.
