Elisabetta A. Villa/Getty Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach appeared together at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, Aug. 28 The husband-and-wife duo are longtime collaborators and were there to attend the world premiere ofJay Kelly, written and directed by Baumbach Gerwig is among the actors in the buzzy film, which stars George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern and more Greta GerwigandNoah Baumbachare having aVenice International Film Festivaldate night. The husband-and-wife filmmakers stepped out on Thursday, Aug. 28, at the Lido di Venezia to celebrate the premiere of theGeorge Clooney-led movieJay Kelly, written and directed by Baumbach, 55. Gerwig, 42, returned to Venice in a black dress with a sheer black overlay speckled with glittering flowers. She finished the look with swept-back hair and a chain-like silver necklace. Her husband kept it classic in a black tuxedo with a bowtie. Daniele Venturelli/WireImage Jay Kellymarks the first time that Clooney, 64, has worked with Baumbach. The actor — whowalked the carpet with wife Amal, after skipping previous festival events due to ill health — plays the titular character, a famous movie star on a journey throughout Europe. The movie — which Baumbach co-wrote with actressEmily Mortimer— costarsAdam Sandler,Laura Dern,Billy Crudup, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach,Riley Keough, Isla Fisher,Patrick Wilson,Eve Hewson, Alba Rohrwacher and Gerwig herself. Gerwig and Baumbach, who have been together since 2011,tied the knotin 2023 and sharetwo sons. They last appeared at the Venice festival together in 2022 for the premiere ofWhite Noise, which was written and directed by Baumbach and starred Gerwig. The pair has collaborated on multiple films together since 2012'sFrances Ha, includingMargot Robbie's 2023 hitBarbie. Sandler, Dern, Keough, Crudup, Rohrwacher, Hewson and Mortimer were among the other attendees at theJay Kellypremiere. Baumbach also posed for photos alongside his son Rohmer, who he shares with ex-wifeJennifer Jason Leigh. STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The 2025 Venice International Film Festival runs Aug. 27 to Sept. 6.Jay Kellyis in theaters on Nov. 14 and streams on Netflix Dec. 5. Among Gerwig's upcoming projects is a screenadaptationof C. S. Lewis'The Chronicles of Narnianovels. Read the original article onPeople
