'The Smashing Machine'

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‘The Smashing Machine’

Kathryn Bigelow’s A House Of Dynamite, Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, and Luca Guadagnino’s After The Hunt are among the films selected for the 82nd Venice Film Festival (August 27 - September 6).

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The first two are among 21 Competition titles, with further Competition entries including Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly starring George Clooney, Olivier Assayas’ The Wizard Of The Kremlin starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin, Mona Fastvold’s The Testament Of Ann Lee, and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi.

The selection was announced by artistic director Alberto Barbera, who said in this morning’s press conference that Amazon Studios requested for Guadagnino’s After The Hunt starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield to play out of competition.

Six of the 21 Competition titles are directed by women.

The Competition lineup features three previous Golden Lion winners: Gianfranco Rosi, who won the award in 2013 for documentary Sacro GRA and returns with Sotto Le Nuvole; Yorgos Lanthimos, who competes this year with Bugonia after winning two years ago with Poor Things; and Mexican filmmaker del Toro, who won in 2017 with The Shape Of Water.

Rosi is making his third appearance in Competition alongside Baumbach, while Lanthimos becomes a four-timer along with French directors Assayas and Francois Ozon.

It’s del Toro’s second time in Venice Competition, along with Bigelow, Fastvold, Ilkido Enyedi, Park Chan-wook, Pietro Marcello, Franco Maresco, Laszlo Nemes, Cai Shangjun and Paolo Sorrentino for opening-night film La Grazia (he won the Silver Lion grand jury prize in 2021 with The Hand Of God).

Kaouther Ben Hania, Jim Jarmusch, Leanardo Di Costanzo and actor/filmmakers Benny Safdie, Shu Qi and Valerie Donzelli all make their Venice Competition debuts.

Barbera also unveiled two new sections as part of the official selection. Spotlight replaces the Horizons Extra strand, and has eight titles including Potsy Ponciroli’s Motor City starring Shailene Woodley.

The festival has also added a film and music strand to its out of competition documentary titles, with films including Robert Gordon’s Newport And The Great Folk Dream, about the 1960s Newport Folk Festival at which Bob Dylan played.

Alexander Payne will preside over the jury, which also includes Mohammad Rasoulof, Fernanda Torres, Stephane Brize, Maura Delpero, Cristian Mungiu and Zhao Tao. Julia Ducournau will chair the Horizons jury.

The Venice Critics’ Week line-up was announced yesterday.

Competition

La Grazia (opening film)
Dir. Paolo Sorrentino

The Wizard Of The Kremlin
Dir. Olivier Assayas

Jay Kelly
Dir. Noah Baumbach

The Voice Of Hind Rajab
Dir. Kaouther Ben Hania

A House Of Dynamite
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow

The Sun Rises On Us All
Dir. Cai Shangjun

Frankenstein
Dir. Guillermo del Toro

Elisa
Dir. Leonardo Di Costanzo

A Pied D’Oeuvre
Dir. Valerie Donzelli

Silent Friend
Dir. Ildiko Enyedi

The Testament Of Ann Lee
Dir. Mona Fastvold

Father Mother Sister Brother
Dir. Jim Jarmusch

Bugonia
Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

Duse
Dir. Pietro Marcello

Un Film Fatto Per Bene
Dir. Franco Maresco

Orphan
Dir. Lazlo Nemes

L’Etranger
Dir. Francois Ozon

No Other Choice
Dir. Park Chan-wook

Sotto Le Nuvole
Dir. Gianfranco Rosi

The Smashing Machine
Dir. Benny Safdie

Girl
Dir. Shu Qi

Out Of Competition - fiction

Chien 51 (closing film)
Dir. Cedric Jimenez

Sermon To The Void
Dir. Hilal Baydarov

L’Isola Di Andrea
Dir. Antonio Capuano

Il Maestro
Dir. Andrea Di Stefano

After The Hunt
Dir. Luca Guadagnino

Hateshinaki Scarlet
Dir. Mamoru Hosoda

The Last Viking
Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen

In The Hand Of Dante
Dir. Julian Schnabel

La Valle Dei Sorrisi
Dir. Paolo Strippoli

Dead Man’s Wire
Dir. Gus Van Sant

Orfeo
Dir. Virgilio Villoresi

Out Of Competition - non-fiction

Kabul, Between Prayers
Dir. Aboozar Amini

Ferdinando Scianna - Il Fotografo Dell’Ombra
Dir. Roberto Ando

Marc By Sofia
Dir. Sofia Coppola

I Diari Di Angela - Noi Due Cineasti. Capitolo Terzo
Dir. Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi

Ghost Elephants
Dir. Werner Herzog

My Father And Qaddafi
Dir. Jihan K

The Tale Of Sylian
Dir. Tamara Kotevska

Nuestra Tierra
Dir. Lucrecia Martel

Remake
Dir. Ross McElwee

Kim Novak’s Vertigo
Dir. Alexandre Philippe

Cover-Up
Dir. Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus

Broken English
Dir. Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth

Notes Of A True Criminal
Dirs. Alexander Rodnyansky, Andriy Alferov

Director’s Diary
Dir. Aleksandr Sokurov

Back Home
Dir. Tsai Ming-liang

Out Of Competition - film and music

Nino. 18 Giorni
Dir. Toni D’Angelo

Piero Pelu. Rumore Dentro
Dir. Francesco Fei

Newport And The Great Folk Dream
Dir. Robert Gordon

Francesco de Gregori Nevergreen
Dir. Stefano Pistolini

Out Of Competition - series

Portobello
Dir. Marco Bellocchio

Un Prophete
Dir. Enrico Maria Artale

Etty
Dir. Hagai Levi

Il Mostro
Dir. Stefano Sollima

Horizons

Mother (opening film)
Dir. Teona Struger Mitevska

Divine Comedy
Dir. Ali Asgari

Hiedra
Dir. Ana Cristina Barragan

The Kidnapping Of Arabella
Dir. Carolina Cavalli

Strange River
Dir. Jaume Claret Muxart

Lost Land
Dir. Akio Fujimoto

Grand Ciel
Dir. Akihiro Hata

Rose Of Nevada
Dir. Mark Jenkin

Late Fame
Dir. Kent Jones

Milk Teeth
Dir. Mihai Mincan

Pin de Fartie
Dir. Alejo Moguillansky

Father
Dir. Tereza Nvotova

En el Camino
Dir. David Pablos

Songs Of Forgotten Teeth
Dir. Anuparna Roy

Un Anno Di Scuola
Dir. Laura Samani

The Souffleur
Dir. Gaston Solnicki

Barrio Triste
Dir. Stillz

Human Resource
Dir. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit

Funeral Casino Blues
Dir. Roderick Warich

Venice Spotlight 

Hijra
Dir. Shahad Ameen

Un Cabo Suelto
Dir. Daniel Hendler

Made In Eu
Dir. Stephan Komandarev

Motor City
Dir. Potsy Ponciroli

La Hija De Le Espanola
Dir. Mariana Rondon, Marite Ugas

A Bras-le-Corps
Dir. Marie-Elsa Sgualdo

Calle Malaga
Dir. Maryam Touzani

Ammazzare Stanca
Dir. Daniele Vicari

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