Watch: The best looks from the Venice red carpet so far

Celebrities have donned their best gowns and suits on the red carpet for this year's Venice Film Festival.

The multi-day event, which began on Wednesday, saw actress Julia Roberts beaming as she attended for the first time.

Actor George Clooney missed a press conference for his upcoming movie Jay Kelly due to a sinus infection with the movie's director, Noah Baumbach, joking that "even movie stars get sick".

On Saturday, thousands of pro-Palestine protesters gathered in the Italian city to demonstrate against the war in Gaza.