STORY: Julia Roberts walked the red carpet in Venice for the first time on Friday (August 29) as she brought "After the Hunt" to the film festival.

Co-stars Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri, Chloe Sevigny, Michael Stuhlbarg and Italian director Luca Guadagnino joined the American actor for the out-of-competition premiere.

Garfield waved guests along the red carpet as they packed in, after delays caused by a sudden downpour on the Venice Lido.

"After the Hunt" sees Roberts as Alma Olsson, a Yale philosophy professor whose life is upended when her longtime friend and colleague is accused by one of her favourite students of sexual assault.

The drama probes how supposedly liberal academics wrestle with questions of loyalty, power and identity when confronted with generational fault lines.

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SHOWS: VENICE, ITALY (AUGUST 29, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF ACTOR, JULIA ROBERTS ARRIVING ON VENICE FILM FESTIVAL RED CARPET FOR PREMIERE OF "AFTER THE HUNT"

2. PHOTOGRAPHERS

3. ROBERTS POSING FOR PHOTOS

4. ROBERTS WAVING AND WALKING AWAY

5. VARIOUS OF CAST MEMBER, ANDREW GARFIELD ON RED CARPET WAVING PEOPLE ALONG AS THEY WALK IN FRONT OF HIM

6. VARIOUS OF GARFIELD POSING ON RED CARPET

7. PHOTOGRAPHERS

8. GARFIELD POSING

9. VARIOUS OF CAST MEMBER, AYO EDEBIRI POSING FOR PHOTOS ON RED CARPET

10. VARIOUS OF "AFTER THE HUNT" DIRECTOR, LUCA GUADAGNINO ON RED CARPET

11. ROBERTS WALKING OVER TO SCREAMING FANS AND SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS

12. VARIOUS OF ROBERTS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AND HAVING SELFIE TAKEN

13. VARIOUS OF CAST MEMBER, CHLOE SEVIGNY WALKING RED CARPET

14. CAST MEMBER, MICHAEL STUHLBARG (L) POSING WITH HIS WIFE, MAI-LINH LOFGREN

15. GARFIELD WALKING OVER TO FANS AND SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS

16. EDEBIRI HAVING SELFIE TAKEN AND SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS

17. GARFIELD SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS

18. SEVIGNY SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS

19. ACTOR, MONICA BARBARO POSING ON RED CARPET

20. "AFTER THE HUNT" SCREENWRITER, NORA GARRETT POSING

21. ROBERTS WALKING IN FRONT OF PALAZZO DEL CINEMA

22. FANS LOOKING ON

23. GARFIELD AND GUADAGNINO EMBRACING

24. EDEBIRI AND GARFIELD WALKING TOWARD PALAZZO DEL CINEMA, WITH REST OF FILM TEAM

25. GARFIELD, GUADAGNINO AND ROBERTS STANDING TOGETHER