The line-up of the 77th Venice Film Festival (September 2-12) has been announced.
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The big talking points from this year’s selection include an improved gender split, with eight women selected for the competition section (compared to two last year), and a lack of major US projects. Venice will be one of the first major film festivals to take place as a physical event following the Covid-19 outbreak.
Among the big-name auteurs selected are Chloe Zhao (Nomadland), Michel Franco (Nuevo Orden), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Wife Of A Spy), Andrei Konchalovsky (Dear Comrades), Gianfranco Rosi (Notturno) and Malgorzata Szumowska (Never Gonna Snow Again, co-dircted by Michal Englert).
UK projects include Roger Michell’s The Duke, starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren; and Luke Holland documentary Final Account, both playing out of competition. There are also two UK co-pros playing in the Horizons section: UK/Portugal title Listen, from Portuguese director Ana Rocha de Sousa; and Uberto Pasolini’s Italy/Romania/UK project Nowhere Special starring James Norton.
As previously announced, Daniele Luchetti’s Lacci will open the festival out of competition. Nomadland, as part of a ’festival alliance’, will also play at Toronto, New York and a special drive-in screening organised by Telluride.
Cate Blanchett will preside over the Competition jury that also includes Joanna Hogg and Christian Petzold.
At the press conference, festival director Alberto Barbera said more titles may be added closer to the festival.
Competition
Nomadland (US)
Dir. Chloe Zhao
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bos & Her-Austria-Rom-Neth-Ger-Pol-Fr-Nor)
Dir. Jasmila Zbanic
And Tomorrow The Entire World (Ger-Fr)
Dir. Julia Von Heinz
The Disciple (India)
Dir. Chaitanya Tamhane
Never Gonna Snow Again (Pol-Ger)
Dir. Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert
Notturno (It-Fr-Ger)
Dir. Gianfranco Rosi
Padrenostro (It)
Dir. Claudio Noce
Miss Marx (It-Bel)
Dir. Susanna Nicchiarelli
Pieces Of A Woman (Can-Hun)
Dir. Kornel Mandruczo
Sun Children (Iran)
Dir. Majid Majidi
Wife Of A Spy (Jap)
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Dear Comrades (Rus)
Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Laila In Haifa (Isr-Fr)
Dir. Amos Gitai
Lovers (Fr)
Dir. Nicole Garcia
Nuevo Orden (Mex-Fr)
Dir. Michel Franco
The World To Come (US)
Dir. Mona Fastvold
Le Sorelle Macaluso (It)
Dir. Emma Dante
In Between Dying (Az-US)
Dir. Hilal Baydarov
Out Of Competition - fiction
Lacci (It) - Opening Film
Dir. Daniele Luchetti
Mosquito State (Pol)
Dir. Filip Jan Rymsza
Night In Paradise (S Kor)
Dir. Park Hoon-Jung
The Duke (UK)
Dir. Roger Michell
Assandira (It)
Dir. Salvatore Mereu
Love After Love (China)
Dir. Ann Hui
Mandibules (Fr-Bel)
Dir. Quentin Dupieux
Lasciami Andare (It) - Closing Film
Dir. Stafano Mordini
Out Of Competition - non-fiction
Sportin’ Life (It)
Dir. Abel Ferrara
Crazy, Not Insane (US)
Dir. Alex Gibney
Greta (Swe)
Dir. Nathan Grossman
Salvatore - Shoemaker of Dreams (It)
Dir. Luca Guadagnino
Final Account (UK)
Dir. Luke Holland
La Verita Su La Dolce Vita (It)
Dir. Giuseppe Pedersoli
Molecole (It)
Dir. Andrea Segre
Paolo Conte, Via Con Me (It)
Dir. Giorgio Verdelli
Narciso Em Ferias (Bra)
Dirs. Renato Terra, Ricardo Calil
Hopper/Welles (USA)
Dir. Orson Welles
City Hall (USA)
Dir. Frederick Wiseman
Out Of Competition - Special Screenings
Princesse Europe (Fra)
Dir. Camille Lotteau
30 Monedas - episode 1 (Spa) - series
Dir. Alex De La Iglesia
Horizons
Apples (Greece-Pol-Slovenia) - Opening Film
Dir. Christos Nikou
La Troisième Guerre (Fra)
Dir. Giovanni Aloi
Milestone (India)
Dir. Ivan Ayr
The Wasteland (Iran)
Dir. Ahmad Bahrami
The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia-Fr-Ger-Bel-Swe)
Dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
I Predatori (It)
Dir. Pietro Castellitto
Mainstream (USA)
Dir. Gia Coppola
Genus Pan (Phil)
Dir. Lav Diaz
Zanka Contact (Fr-Mor-Bel)
Dir. Ismael El Iraki
Guerra E Pace (It-Switz)
Dirs. Martina Parenti, Massimo D’Anolfi
La Buit Des Rois (Ivory Coast-Fr-Can)
Dir. Philippe Lacote
The Furnace (Aus)
Dir. Roderick Mackay
Careless Crime (Iran)
Dir. Shahram Mokri
Gaza Mon Amour (Palestine-Fr-Ger-Port-Qat)
Dirs. Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser
Selva Tragica (Mex-Fr-Ger)
Dir. Yulene Olaizola
Nowhere Special (It-Rom-UK)
Dir. Uberto Pasolini
Listen (UK-Port)
Dir. Ana Rocha De Sousa
The Best Is Yet To Come (China)
Dir. Wang Jing
Yellow Cat (Kazakhstan-Fr)
Dir. Adilkhan Yerzhanov
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