"Is everyone ready to get your clap on? Venice International Film Festival 2025 began on August 27, and with it comes breathless reportage of just how long the applause lasts for each premiere. Since nothing can capture the magic of cinema quite like an Excel spreadsheet, we take the reported timesand average them together. Why? Because we're meanies (math pun). And because the times can vary wildly outlet to outlet; Variety is stingiest with its times, while Deadline is often quite generous."
"Although not as claphappy as the Cannes Film Festival, Venice still has quite the history of showing appreciation. But does it actually translate to wider acclaim post-festival season? Last year, Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Doorbroke Venice's record (previously held by The Banshees of Inisherin) with 17.5 minutes, but the movie wasn't even in the awards conversation for that long. However, the second-most-applauded film of Venice 2024 was The Brutalist, for which Adrien Brody ultimately won the Best Actor Oscar."
The Venice International Film Festival opened on August 27, 2025, and applause durations for each premiere are reported and averaged across outlets to create a Standing-O-Meter. Different outlets report different times, with Variety generally giving the shortest figures and Deadline the longest. Historical records show long ovations do not guarantee awards-season momentum: a 17.5-minute standing ovation did not translate to awards contention, while the second-most-applauded title corresponded with a Best Actor Oscar for Adrien Brody. Individual premiere ovations include La Grazia (~5.17 minutes), After the Hunt (~5.75 minutes), Bugonia (~6.28 minutes), and several films in the five-to-six-minute range.
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