The line-up of the 79th Venice Film Festival (August 31-September 10) has been announced by festival president Roberto Cicutto and artistic director Alberto Barbera.
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The heavyweight competition line-up includes films by Alejandro G. Inarritu, Joanna Hogg, Susanna Nicchiarelli, Darren Aronofsky, Andrew Dominik, Luca Guadagnino, Martin McDonagh and Florian Zeller. As with last year, five female directors were selected in the main competition. Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling is playing out of competition.
As previously announced, Noah Baumbach’s White Noise will open the festival in competition.
Julianne Moore will preside over the competition jury which also includes Audrey Diwan, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Mariano Cohn, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Leila Hatami and Kazuo Ishiguro.
Florent Gouelou’s French drama Three Nights A Week will open this year’s Critics’ Week sidebar. The Giornate degli Autori (formerly Venice Days) line-up will be announced at a later date.
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Competition
White Noise (opening film) (US)
Dir. Noah Baumbach
Il Signore Delle Formiche (It)
Dir. Gianni Amelio
The Whale (US)
Dir. Darren Aronofsky
L’Immensita (It-Fr)
Dir. Emanuele Crialese
Saint Omer (Fr)
Dir. Alice Diop
Blonde (US)
Dir. Andrew Dominik
TÁR (US)
Dir. Todd Field
Love Life (Jap-Fr)
Dir. Koji Fukada
Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths (Mex)
Dir. Alejandro G. Inarritu
Athena (Fr)
Dir. Romain Gavras
Bones And All (US)
Dir. Luca Guadagnino
The Eternal Daughter (UK-US)
Dir. Joanna Hogg
Beyond The Wall (Iran)
Dir. Vahid Jalilvand
The Banshees Of Inisherin (Ire-UK-US)
Dir. Martin McDonagh
Argentina, 1985 (Arg-US)
Dir. Santiago Mitre
Chiara (It-Bel)
Dir. Susanna Nicchiarelli
Monica (US-It)
Dir. Andrea Pallaoro
No Bears (Iran)
Dir. Jafar Panahi
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed (documentary) (US)
Dir. Laura Poitras
A Couple (Fr-US)
Dir. Frederick Wiseman
The Son (UK)
Dir. Florian Zeller
Our Ties (Fr)
Dir. Roschdy Zem
Other People’s Children (Fr)
Dir. Rebecca Zlotowski
Out Of Competition - fiction
The Hanging Sun (closing film)
Dir. Francesco Carrozzini
When The Waves Are Gone
Dir. Lav Diaz
Living (previously at Sundance)
Dir. Oliver Hermanus
Dead For A Dollar
Dir. Walter Hill
Call Of God
Dir. Kim Ki-duk
Dreamin’ Wild
Dir. Bill Pohlad
Master Gardener
Dir. Paul Schrader
Siccita
Dir. Paolo Virzi
Pearl
Dir. Ti West
Don’t Worry Darling
Dir. Olivia Wilde
Out Of Competition - non-fiction
Freedom On Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom
Dir. Evgeny Afineevsky
The Matchmaker
Dir. Benedetta Argentieri
Gli Ultimi Giorni Dell’umanita
Dir. Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo
A Compassionate Spy
Dir. Steve James
Music For Black Pigeons
Dir. Jorgen Leth, Andreas Koefoed
The Kiev Trial
Dir. Sergei Loznitsa
In Viaggio
Dir. Gianfranco Rosi
Bobi Wine Ghetto President
Dir. Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo
Nuclear
Dir. Oliver Stone
Out Of Competition - series
The Kingdom Exodus
Dir. Lars von Trier
Copenhagen Cowboy
Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Horizons
Princess (opening film)
Dir. Roberto De Paolis
Victim
Dir. Michal Blasko
On The Fringe
Dir. Juan Diego Botto
Trenque Lauquen
Dir. Laura Citarella
Vera
Dir. Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Innocence (documentary)
Dir. Guy Davidi
Blanquita
Dir. Fernando Guzzoni
For My Country
Dir. Rachid Hami
A Man
Dir. Kei Ishikawa
Bread And Salt
Dir. Damian Kocur
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Dir. Antonio Lukich
Ti Mangio Il Cuore
Dir. Pippo Mezzapesa
To The North
Dir. Mihai Mincan
Autobiography
Dir. Makbul Mubarak
The Sitting Duck
Dir. Jean-Paul Salome
World War III
Dir. Houman Seyedi
The Happiest Man In The World
Dir. Teona Strugar Mitevska
The Bride
Dir. Sergio Trefaut
Horizons Extra
Origin Of Evil (opening film)
Dir. Sebastien Marnier
Hanging Gardens
Dir. Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
Amanda
Dir. Carolina Cavalli
Red Shoes
Dir. Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser
Nezouh
Dir. Soudade Kaadan
Notte Fantasma
Dir. Fulvio Risuleo
Without Her
Dir. Arian Vazirdaftari
Valeria Is Getting Married
Dir. Michal Vinik
Goliath
Dir. Adilkhan Yerzhanov
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