Venice Film Festival lineup announced

The Venice Film Festival is set to host a variety of Hollywood royalty as they all return to the iconic Lido to present their newest films.

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The lineup for the 79th Venice Film Festival has been announced. Noah Baumbach’s White Noise will open the festival, as announced previously. The film stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig (who is busy with her new film Barbie) and is an adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel of the same name. Closing the festival is Francesco Carrozzini’s The Hanging Sun. This year’s jury is helmed by actress Julianne Moore, whilst Catherine Deneuve and Paul Schrader will receive Special Lifetime Achievement Golden Lions at the festival. The competition strand is a doozy. It includes Andrew Dominik’s highly-anticipated film Blonde, in which Ana De Armas stars as Marilyn Monroe. In competition are also Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter, Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale and Koji Fukada’s Love Life.  Also returning to the Lido is Alejandro González Iñárritu with his new film Bardo, which is also part of the official competition lineup. Bardo is the director’s first film since 2015’s The Revenant which finally won Leonardo DiCaprio an Oscar (he only had to eat raw bison liver to gain it…). Laura Poitras, who won an Oscar for Best Documentary for her Edward Snowden doc Citizenfour, is premiering her new film, All The Beauty and The Bloodshed. It will premiere in competition, as will Frederick Wiseman’s new documentary, Un Couple. Other titles for the festival include the premieres for Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling, Oliver Stone’s Nuclear, Oliver Hermanus’ Living as well as Paul Schrader’s new film Master Gardener.  Venice also continues its habit of including one grisly, mainstream horror film in its lineup. Last year, Michael Myers hacked his way through several victims in Halloween Kills and this year, Ti West is bringing his film Pearl, which is a prequel to West’s film X, a slasher released earlier this year. 

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The festival will also see two TV series in its lineup. Lars Von Trier will premiere The Kingdom Exodus and Nicolas Winding Refn will bring Copenhagen Cowboy to the Lido.  Here’s the lineup in its full glory:

VENEZIA 79 COMPETITON

White Noise, dir: Noam Baumbach (opening night film) 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 films The Hanging Sun, dir: Francesco Carrozzini (closing night film) 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 Documentaries 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 The Venice Film Festival runs from August 31 to September 10. The lineup is usually a good indicator of what films will go on to become awards favourites. There’s a high chance our next Best Picture winner is among these films.