There are few things more glamorous than a red carpet, but the Venice Film Festival 2025 has found a way to level up the whole idea of making an entrance: Do it on a boat.
Held on the barrier island of Lido, just outside Venice proper, stars attending the Venice Film Festival don their finest fashion for red-carpet premieres and then make the most chic entrance imaginable, arriving not in a stretch limo or chauffeured SUV or even on a litter carried by shirtless attendants, but literally gliding into the scene, ferried on a little wooden water taxi or a flashy speedboat.
Stars heading for the carpet are practically set up for a freeze-frame worthy of a Bond movie, thanks to the wind in their hair, the opportunity to wear sunglasses, and the built-in cool points of an aquatic arrival. But some stars, such as Amanda Seyfried, who casually draped herself over her boat’s windscreen in 2019, or Brigitte Bardot, who arrived complete with a scarf to protect her hairdo and a huge smile in 1958, really make a splash.
Ahead, take a look at our very favorite, most fashionable Venice Film Festival entrances through the years.
