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Date: September 2-12.
JURY
MAIN COMPETITION
Cate Blanchett (Jury President)
Veronika Franz
Joanna Hogg
Nicola Lagiola
Christian Petzold
Cristi Puiu
Ludivine SagnierHORIZONS
Claire Denis (Jury President)
Oskat Alegria
Francesca Comencini
Katriel Schory
Christine VachonLUGUI DE LAURENTIIS AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM
Claudio Giovannesi
Remi Bonhomme
Dora BouchouchaFILM LINEUP
IN COMPETITION
“In Between Dying,” Hilal Baydarov (Azerbaijan, U.S.)
“Le Sorelle Macaluso,” Emma Dante (Italy)
“The World to Come,” Mona Fastvold (U.S.)
“Nuevo Orden,” Michel Franco (Mexico, France)
“Lovers,” Nicole Garcia (France)
“Guest of Honor,” Atom Egoyan (Canada)
“Laila in Haifa,” Amos Gitai (Israel, France)
“Dear Comrades,” Andrei Konchalovsky (Russia)
“Wife of a Spy,” Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Japan)
“Sun Children,” Majid Majidi (Iran)
“Pieces of a Woman,” Kornel Mundruczo (Canada, Hungary)
“Miss Marx,” Susanna Nicchiarelli (Italy, Belgium)
“Padrenostro,” Claudio Noce (Italy)
“Notturno,” Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France, Germany)
“Never Gonna Snow Again,” Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert (Poland, Germany)
“The Disciple,” Chaitanya Tamhane (India)
“And Tomorrow The Entire World,” Julia Von Heinz (Germany, France)
“Quo Vadis, Aida?,” Jasmila Zbanic (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania, The Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, Norway.)
“Nomadland,” Chloe Zhao (U.S.)OUT OF COMPETITION – Fiction
“Lacci,” Daniele Luchetti (Italy) – OPENING FILM
“Lasciami Andare,” Stefano Mordini (Italy) CLOSING FILM
“Mandibules,” Quentin Dupieux (France, Belgium)
“Love After Love,” Ann Hui (China)
“Assandira,” Salvatore Mereu (Italy)
“The Duke,” Roger Mitchell (U.K.)
“Night in Paradise,” Park Soon-Jung (South Korea)
“Mosquito State,” Filip Jan Rymsza (Poland)OUT OF COMPETITION – Non-Fiction
“Sportin’ Life,” Abel Ferrara (Italy)
“Crazy, Not Insane,” Alex Gibney (U.S.)
“Greta,” Nathan Grossman (Sweeden)
“Salvatore – Shoemaker of Dreams,” Luca Guadagnino (Italy)
“Final Account,” Luke Holland (U.K.)
“La Verità Su La Dolce Vita,” Giuseppe Pedersoli (Italy)
“Molecole,” Daniele Segre (Italy) PRE-OPENING TITLE
“Narciso Em Ferias,” Renato Terra, Ricardo Calil (Brazil)
“Paolo Conte, Via Con Me,” Giorgio Verdelli (Italy)
“Hopper/Welles,” Orson Welles (U.S.)
“City Hall,” Frederick Wiseman (U.S.)OUT OF COMPETITION – Special Screenings
“30 Monedas – Episode 1,” Alex De La Iglesia (Spain)
“Princesse Europe,” Camille Lotteau (France)
“Omelia Contadina,” Alice Rohrwacher Jr. (Italy)HORIZONS
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“Apples,” Christos Nikou OPENING FILM
“La Troisieme Guerre,” Giovanni Aloi (France)
“Milestone,” Ivan Ayr (India)
“The Wasteland,” Ahmad Bahrami (Iran)
“The Man Who Sold His Skin,” Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweeden)
“I Predatori,” Pietro Castellitto (Italy)
“Mainstream,” Gia Coppola (U.S.)
“Genus Pan,” Lav Diaz (Philippines)
“Zanka Contact,” Ismael El Iraki (France, Morocco, Belgium)
“La Nuit Des Rois,” Philippe Lacote (Ivory Coast, France, Canada)
“The Furnace,” Roderick Mackay (Australia)
“Careless Crime,” Shahram Mokri (Iran)
“Gaza Mon Amour,” Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser (Palestine, France, Germany, Portugal, Qatar)
“Selva Tragica,” Yulene Olaizola (Mexico, France, Colombia)
“Guerra e Pace,” Martina Parenti, Massimo D’Anolfi (Italy, Switzerland)
“Nowhere Special,” Uberto Pasolini (Italy, Romania, U.K.)
“Listen,” Ana Rocha De Sousa (U.K., Portugal)
“The Best is Yet to Come,” Wang Jing (China)
“Yellow Cat,” Adilkhan Yerzhanov (Kazakhstan, France)Honestly a bit surprised to see this moving forward! Hopefully the Italian authorities have a good handle on public health regarding the event (certainly trust them more than I do those over here).
I’ll echo Marco’s appreciation for Petzold and Puiu, while also hesitating with the Blanchett presidency… She handed us an okay winner at Cannes a couple years back, but pairing her with Venice makes me nervous that we are just going to continue seeing them award the Lion to the next Hollywood industry awards contender.
ReplyCopy URLWell, I read that many safety measures will be taken, garanteeing social distance and so on (for istance, films will be shown not at usual venues but at newly arranged open air ones). Right now, Italy is doing better than many other European countries, although things can quickly change. And, last but not least, Venice is in a region where the situation was treated in a much better way than, say, the one I live in. Let’s keep our fingers crossed!
And for Blanchett and Venice as a vehicle for Hollywood awards contenders… well, that’s the direction the festival is taking, whether we like it or not 🙁
ReplyCopy URLThanks Diego.
This lineup is actually very interesting, I’m not sure whether I should feel ashamed or not but – just looking at Main Competition – there are many directors I don’t know. It’s less prestigious, but more exciting than the usual list. The fact that they were forced to a lighter turn on Hollywood productions might actually turn out good.On a side note, that’s the second consecutive time that they relegate Wiseman to a minor section. Not nice!
ReplyCopy URLThis festivals going to be huge for Nomandland. Very few other US films are in competition and Nomandland will be the big breakout that everyone talks about, like like Joker was last year, Roma was the year before, and The Shape of Water was the year before that. I could even see Nomandland winning the Golden Palm like those three films did. Perhaps predicting Nomandland for major categories like Best Picture isn’t so much of a stretch now, since it will be one of the few smaller films to get major attention from a festival.
ReplyCopy URLI'm back bitches.
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