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Created: 2025-07-22 20:04:55 UTC

Alberto Barbera On This Year’s Stellar Lineup, Oscar Hopefuls & A Final Cut Dispute

The Venice Film Festival boss has again pulled in an impressive mix of Hollywood and arthouse fare for this year’s edition, lofty even by his festival’s standards with star power including George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Idris Elba, Jacob Elordi, Cate Blanchett, Emily Blunt, Tony Leung and Dwayne Johnson.

He sits down post-announcement to discuss his lineup, Oscar hopefuls, tough choices and why so many filmmakers seem to be making longer movies these days. 

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