From fashion dinners to charity galas, here, find Vogue’s roundup of the best and most star-studded parties at the 2026 Venice Film Festival.From fashion dinners to charity galas, here, find Vogue’s roundup of the best and most star-studded parties at the 2026 Venice Film Festival.
It’s September in Venice, which can only mean one thing: the annual film festival, widely regarded as one of the world’s most prestigious, has landed. But alongside the premieres on the Lido and the photo calls at the Hotel Excelsior dock, there’s an equally fundamental part of these celebrations of cinema taking place all over the city: the parties.
Whether it’s fashion and jewelry brand dinners, cocktails hosted by international awards bodies, or charity galas, the evenings at the festival are just as busy as the daytime screenings—and typically take place in one of the historic five-star hotels that dot the Grand Canal for a quintessentially Venetian backdrop.
Here, find Vogue’s roundup of the best parties at the 2026 Venice Film Festival.
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Che bello! On Friday night, a glittering cast of film and fashion talents elegantly made their way onto the dock of the Gritti Palace from an army of grumbling water taxis, ready to celebrate Cartier’s fifth year as main sponsor of the Venice Film Festival—and the launch of the fine jewelry house’s brand-new Cartier Cinema Club, with guests including Emma Corrin, Kate Mara, Orlando Bloom, and Taylor Russell. All eyes, however, were on Amal Clooney, who arrived in a blazing red draped chiffon gown paired with an eye-popping chrysoprase, coral, and diamond Cartier pendant necklace. Before heading to the bar, she stopped to chat with Vogue about her time at the festival with her husband, George Clooney, who received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award on Wednesday night at the opening gala. “Only at the Venice Film Festival can I watch amazing movies, but also be in the most romantic place in the world and relive some incredible moments,” she said. “Just this trip, we went back to the place where we got married. We’re staying in the same room at the hotel where we got married, and it’s a place we come back to time and time again—there’s nowhere like it for us.” The night was also an opportunity for many of the biggest stars whose films are premiering this week, as well as some of the jury members to sit back, sip a negroni, catch up with friends, and watch the reflection of the grand Santa Maria della Salute church on the opposite bank shimmering in the black waters of the Grand Canal. That’s why Venice is often referred to as the most glamorous film festival in the world. —Liam Hess
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Oscar winner Marion Cotillard has swapped her usual red carpet duties for something quieter, and arguably more consequential: mentorship. The actress has signed on as mentor of promotion of the Biennale College Cinema, the Chanel-backed incubator that has spent fifteen years helping first-time directors to finish a film. Founded by festival director Alberto Barbera and Savina Neirotti, who still runs the program, Biennale College has backed 49 feature projects with grants over the past five years. “When Chanel told me about this program, I was very touched,” Cotillard told Vogue. In an industry fixated on box office and algorithms, Cotillard highlighted the importance of giving auteurs from around the world—some of whom lack any production opportunities at home—a chance to be heard. Watching this year’s four selected projects, she was struck by their ambition and passionate urge to tell a story. The finalists were feted at a lunch at the Hotel Quattro Fontane: Italian director Maria Giovanna Cicciari for Demeter in Exile; Chinese director Yinan Song for Gu Shi; American director Daniel Zvereff for Moonfish; and Mexican director Gabriel Gutierrez Morales for Tijuana Todavía. Cotillard, dressed in an off-white denim pantsuit by Matthieu Blazy, also sat down for a conversation that ranged well beyond the program itself, and that touched on the underlying question: what does it actually take to get to make the work you want to make, and to keep making it on your own terms? —Tiziana Cardini
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