Celebrity Celebrity Relationships Celebrity Breakups Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Won't 'Cross Each Other' at Venice Film Festival, Director Confirms: 'There Is No Way' Jolie's movie 'Maria' will premiere at the festival, while ex Pitt will be there premiering his film 'Wolfs' By Jen Juneau Jen Juneau Jen Juneau is a News and Movies Staff Writer at PEOPLE. She started at the brand in 2016 and has more than 15 years' professional writing experience. People Editorial Guidelines Published on August 16, 2024 11:45AM EDT Close Angelina Jolie in London on Oct. 27, 2021; Brad Pitt in Los Angeles on April 25, 2021. Photo: Mike Marsland/WireImage; Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will not be crossing paths at the upcoming Venice Film Festival. The annual event's artistic director, Alberto Barbera, spoke with Vanity Fair about this year's festival, at which both Jolie's Maria and Pitt's Wolfs will have their world premieres. Asked whether the exes have the potential to run into each other at the star-studded event, Barbera said that "of course" their appearances will be spaced apart. "Angelina will be on the first day, on Thursday [Aug.] 29, and she will leave right after with [Maria director] Pablo Larraín to go to Telluride [Film Festival]," he explained. "Brad will arrive only on Saturday, to Venice." "There is no way that they can cross each other at the Lido," Barbera added of Jolie, 49, and Pitt, 60. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories. Angelina Jolie in Maria (2024); Brad Pitt in Wolfs (2024). Pablo Larrain; Sony Pictures/Youtube Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Both Have Movies Premiering at the 2024 Venice Film Festival Jolie and Pitt's divorce negotiations remain ongoing. After nine years together, the two tied the knot in 2014 and Jolie filed for divorce two years later. The Bullet Train actor and Eternals actress first met on the set of 2005’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith and began dating afterward. They share six children: Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16. They are currently embroiled in a contentious legal battle involving Château Miraval, the French winery they previously co-owned. A source recently told PEOPLE that nearly eight years after their breakup, Pitt and Jolie's settlement is still being hashed out. "Both sides are still talking," the insider close to the pair said of remaining issues in the divorce negotiations, "but it's not done yet." Angelina Jolie in New York City on June 16, 2024; Brad Pitt in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2019. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty How Long Has Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Divorce Been Going On? Inside Their 8-Year Legal Battle As for their most recent projects, Maria is part of the in-competition lineup at Venice and stars Jolie as real-life opera singer Maria Callas. The film also stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher and Haluk Bilginer. Pitt reunites with friend George Clooney for Wolfs, which will show at the festival out of competition. The costars play lone-wolf fixers who get assigned to the same job in the action-thriller directed by John Watts (Spider-Man: No Way Home). The cast also includes Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams and Richard Kind. Other A-listers with projects at the upcoming festival include Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix (Joker: Folie à Deux), Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door), Daniel Craig (Queer), Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and more. The Venice Film Festival runs from Aug. 28 to Sept. 7.