At the Library of the Biennale Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts in Venice, the officials of the Venice Film Festival have just announced the full competition line up as well as films that will run outside of the competition. As usual the list is lengthy and full of promising titles in categories such as fiction, documentaries, shorts, series, horizons extra, and horizons. Work from directors like Darren Aronofsky, Susanna Nicchiarelli, and Vahid Jalilvand will appear in competition this year to compete for the coveted Golden Lion.
Though not competing, mega films like the highly anticipated Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling starring Florence Pugh and Harry Styles as well as Scarface writer Oliver Stone’s newest documentary will be featured at the festival. Additionally, television shows like Lars von Trier’s The Kingdom Exodus and Nicolas Winding Refn’s Copenhagen Cowboy will be appearing outside of the competition.
The 79th annual Venice Film Festival is scheduled to run from August 31st to September 10th. You can read the full competitive and non competitive film line up below:
VENEZIA 79 COMPETITON
Il Signore Delle Formiche, dir: Gianni Amelio
The Whale, dir: Darren Aronofsky
L’Imensita, dir: Emanuel Crialese
Saint Omer, dir: Alice Diop
Blonde, dir: Andrew Dominik
Tar, dir: Todd Field
Love Life, dir: Koji Fukada
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, dir: Alejandro G. Inarritu
Athena, dir: Romain Gavras
Bones and All, dir: Luca Guadagnino
The Eternal Daughter, dir: Joanna Hogg
Beyond the Wall, dir: Vahid Jalilvand
The Banshees of Inisherin, dir: Martin McDonagh
Argentina 1985, dir: Santiago Mitre
Chiara, dir: Susanna Nicchiarelli
Monica, dir: Andrea Pallaoro
No Bears, dir: Jafar Panahi
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, dir: Laura Poitras
A Couple, dir: Frederick Wiseman
The Son, dir: Florian Zeller
Our Ties, dir: Roschdy Zem
Other People’s Children, dir: Rebecca Zlotowski
OUT OF COMPETITION
Fiction
The Hanging Sun, dir: Francesco Carrozzini
When the Waves are Gone, dir: Lav Diaz
Living, 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
Drought, dir: Paolo Virzi
Pearl, dir: Ti West
Don’t Worry Darling, dir: Olivia Wilde
Documentary
Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, dir: Evgeny Afineevsky
The Matchmaker, dir: Benedetta Argentieri
Gli Ultimi Giorni Dell’Umanita, dirs: Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo
A Compassionate Spy, dir: Steve James
Music for Black Pigeons, dirs, Jorgen Leth, Andreas Koefoed
The Kiev Trial, dir: Sergei Loznitsa
In Viaggio, dir: Gianfranco Rosi
Bobi Wine Ghetto President, dirs: Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo
Nuclear, dir: Oliver Stone
Short Films
Maid, dir: Lucretia Martel
Look at Me, dir: Sally Potter
Series
The Kingdom Exodus, dir: Lars von Trier
Copenhagen Cowboys, dir: Nicolas Winding Refn
HORIZONS EXTRA
Origin of Evil, dir: Sebastien Mariner
Hanging Gardens, dir: Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
Amanda, dir: Carolina Cavalli
Zapatos Rojos, dir: Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser
Nezhou, dir: Soudade Kaadan
Notte Fantasma, dir: Fulvio Risuleo
Without Her, dir: Arian Vazirdaftari
Valeria is Getting Married, dir: Michael Vinik
Goliath, dir: Adilkhan Yerzhanov
HORIZONS
Princess, Roberto De Paolis
On the Fringe, dir: Juan Diego Botto
Victim, dir: Michal Blasko
Trenque Lauquen I, dir: Laura Citarella
Trenque Lauquen II, dir: Laura Citarella
Vera, dirs: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Blanquita, dir: Fernando Guzzoni
Pour La France, 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, Makbul Mubarak
La Syndicaliste, dir: Jean-Paul Salomé
World War III, dir: Houman Seyedi
The Happiest Man in the World, dir: Teona Strugar Mitevska
The Bride, dir: Sergio Tréfaut
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