How Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Will Avoid Each Other as Both Attend the Venice Film Festival

Mar. 15, 2025

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty

Angelina JolieandBrad Pittare set to shine at the 2024Venice Film Festival, but don’t expect the exes to cross paths in Italy.The festival’s artistic director Alberto Barbera recently toldVanity Fairthat while Jolie, 49, and Pitt, 60, are each debuting new movies — Jolie’s Maria Callas biopicMariapremieres on Thursday, Aug. 29, while Pitt’s andGeorge Clooneywill arrive Sunday, Sept. 1, for the premiere of their movieWolfs— “of course” their appearances on the red carpet are spread out.“Angelina will be on the first day, on Thursday [Aug.] 29, and she will leave right after with [Mariadirector]Pablo Larraínto go to [the] Telluride [Film Festival],” he told the outlet. “Brad will arrive only on Saturday, to Venice. There is no way that they can cross each other at the Lido.“Joliespoke at a press conference forMariaon Aug. 29before the film’s screening. When asked how she personally related to the real-life opera singer, she told reporters, “There’s a lot I won’t say in this room that you probably know and assume. I related to the part of her that is extremely soft and didn’t have room in the world to be as soft as she truly was and as emotionally open as she truly was. I think I share her vulnerability more than anything.“Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on Nov. 4, 2015.Dimitrios Kambouris/GettyPitt was recently seen spending time in Italy with hisWolfscostar and longtime friend Clooney, 63, asPage Sixreported on Aug. 19. The duo also recently conducted theircover story forGQ’s September issuefromChâteau Miraval, the sprawling villa property in Correns, France, that remains at the center of an ongoing legal battle with Jolie.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Clooney and Pitt are expected to arrive at the film festival early on Sept. 1; they are similarly expected to take part in a press conference forWolfsbefore the movie’s world premiere.Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the Cinema for Peace Gala ceremony at the Konzerthaus Am Gendarmenmarkt during day five of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in 2012.Pascal Le Segretain/GettyMariais screening as part of thein-competition lineupat Venice; Jolie stars as20th-century opera singerMaria Callas, and the new film from filmmaker Pablo Larraín also starsKodi Smit-McPhee, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher and Haluk Bilginer. Netflix acquired the rights to distribute the film.Pitt and Clooney’s Apple Original filmWolfs, meanwhile, will screenout of competition; the movie follows the pair as lone-wolf fixers who are assigned the same job.Jolie is also expected to appear at the 2024Toronto International Film Festivalto debut her new movie as a director,Without Blood; the festival is also honoring her with its Impact Award.Without Bloodmarks Jolie’s first project as a director since 2017.

Angelina JolieandBrad Pittare set to shine at the 2024Venice Film Festival, but don’t expect the exes to cross paths in Italy.

The festival’s artistic director Alberto Barbera recently toldVanity Fairthat while Jolie, 49, and Pitt, 60, are each debuting new movies — Jolie’s Maria Callas biopicMariapremieres on Thursday, Aug. 29, while Pitt’s andGeorge Clooneywill arrive Sunday, Sept. 1, for the premiere of their movieWolfs— “of course” their appearances on the red carpet are spread out.

“Angelina will be on the first day, on Thursday [Aug.] 29, and she will leave right after with [Mariadirector]Pablo Larraínto go to [the] Telluride [Film Festival],” he told the outlet. “Brad will arrive only on Saturday, to Venice. There is no way that they can cross each other at the Lido.”

Joliespoke at a press conference forMariaon Aug. 29before the film’s screening. When asked how she personally related to the real-life opera singer, she told reporters, “There’s a lot I won’t say in this room that you probably know and assume. I related to the part of her that is extremely soft and didn’t have room in the world to be as soft as she truly was and as emotionally open as she truly was. I think I share her vulnerability more than anything.”

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on Nov. 4, 2015.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Pitt was recently seen spending time in Italy with hisWolfscostar and longtime friend Clooney, 63, asPage Sixreported on Aug. 19. The duo also recently conducted theircover story forGQ’s September issuefromChâteau Miraval, the sprawling villa property in Correns, France, that remains at the center of an ongoing legal battle with Jolie.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Clooney and Pitt are expected to arrive at the film festival early on Sept. 1; they are similarly expected to take part in a press conference forWolfsbefore the movie’s world premiere.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the Cinema for Peace Gala ceremony at the Konzerthaus Am Gendarmenmarkt during day five of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in 2012.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty

Mariais screening as part of thein-competition lineupat Venice; Jolie stars as20th-century opera singerMaria Callas, and the new film from filmmaker Pablo Larraín also starsKodi Smit-McPhee, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher and Haluk Bilginer. Netflix acquired the rights to distribute the film.

Pitt and Clooney’s Apple Original filmWolfs, meanwhile, will screenout of competition; the movie follows the pair as lone-wolf fixers who are assigned the same job.

Jolie is also expected to appear at the 2024Toronto International Film Festivalto debut her new movie as a director,Without Blood; the festival is also honoring her with its Impact Award.Without Bloodmarks Jolie’s first project as a director since 2017.

source: people.com