What is After the Hunt about? Details explored as the Julia Roberts film premieres at the Venice Festival

After the Hunt is an upcoming film in the psychological thriller genre. Written by Nora Garrett, the film is directed by Luca Guadagnino, who has also produced it with Brian Grazer and Allan Mandelbaum. Its official synopsis, per Letterboxd, is:

A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues, and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.

On August 29, 2025, the film had its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival. Ahead of its theatrical release, let’s find out all the details about the film.

When is After the Hunt releasing?

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After the Hunt premiered out of competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 29, 2025. The film will be released by Amazon MGM Studios in the U.S. on October 10, 2025.

It is shot by Malik Hassan Sayeed, while Marco Costa is the editor. The music is composed by Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor.

Who is starring in After the Hunt

The cast members of After the Hunt include,

Julia Roberts as Alma Imhoff
Christine Dye as Patricia
Ayo Edebiri as Margaret Resnick aka Maggie
Andrew Garfield as Henrik Gibson aka Hank
Michael Stuhlbarg as Frederik Imhoff
Burgess Byrd as Daphne Walgreens
Thaddea Graham as Katie
Chloë Sevigny as Dr. Kim Sayers
Lío Mehiel as Alex
Ariyan Kassam as Peter
Will Price as Arthur

What is the plot of After the Hunt?

After the Hunt focuses on Alma Imhoff, who works as a professor at Yale University. Things take a turn when one of her students levels sexual abuse allegations against one of her colleagues.

At the press conference of the Venice Film Festival, Julia Roberts was asked if the film undermines feminism and its ideas. She said:

“Not to be disagreeable because it’s not in my nature. There’s a lot of old arguments that get rejuvenated in this movie in a way that does create conversation. The best part of your question is you talking about how you all came out of the theater talking about [the film], and that’s how we wanted it to feel — that everybody comes out with all these different feelings, emotions and points of views.”

She adds:

“I just thought there was something magical about the idea that a kind of camera just landed in a place and happened to document what was going on where it landed. That’s how I feel about this movie. We’re not making statements. We are portraying these people in this moment in time, and the camera has fallen from the sky in this particular moment and captures all this. That’s what is sort of incredible about it.”

The film will release on October 10, 2025. While Amazon MGM Studios is releasing the film in the United States, Sony Pictures Releasing International is handling the global release.