Emma Stone Makes Waves at Venice Film Festival with “Bugonia” Premiere

Venice, Italy - On August 29, 2025, Academy Award-winner Emma Stone captivated audiences at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival with the world premiere of her latest collaboration with director Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia, earning a thunderous six-minute standing ovation in the Sala Grande.

The dark comedy-thriller follows Stone as a powerful pharmaceutical CEO who is abducted by two conspiracy theorists convinced she is an extraterrestrial plotting to destroy Earth. In a live, on-camera scene