The line-up for the 80th edition of the Venice International Film Festival has been revealed. See below for a selection of the films in and out of competition at this year’s festivals, as well as the directors and cinematographers behind their visual splendour.
VENEZIA 80 COMPETITION
Bastarden (The Promised Land)
Dir. Nikolaj Arcel, cin. Rasmus Videbæk
DogMan
Dir. Luc Besson, cin. Colin Wandersman
La Bête
Dir. Bertrand Bonello
Hors-Saison
Dir. Stéphane Brizé
Enea
Dir. Pietro Castellitto, cin. Radek Ladczuk
Maestro
Dir. Bradley Cooper, cin. Matthew Libatique ASC
Priscilla
Dir. Sofia Coppola, cin. Philippe Le Sourd AFC ASC
Finalmente l’alba
Dir. Saverio Costanzo, cin. Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
Comandante
Dir. Edoardo De Angelis, cin. Ferran Paredes
Lubo
Dir. Giorgio Diritti, cin. Benjamin Maier
Origin
Dir. Ava DuVernay, cin. Matthew J. Lloyd ASC
The Killer
Dir. David Fincher, cin. Erik Messerschmidt ASC
Memory
Dir. Michel Franco, cin. Yves Cape AFC SBC
Io Capitano
Dir. Matteo Garrone, cin. Paolo Carnera AIC
Aku wa sonzai shinai (Evil Does Not Exist)
Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi, cin. Yoshio Kitagawa
Zielona Granica (The Green Border)
Dir. Agnieszka Holland, cin. Tomasz Naumiuk PSC
Die Theorie von Allem
Dir. Timm Kröger, cin. Roland Stuprich
Poor Things
Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, cin. Robbie Ryan BSC ISC
El Conde
Dir. Pablo LarraÃn, cin. Edward Lachman ASC
Ferrari
Dir. Michael Mann, cin. Erik Messerschmidt ASC
Adagio
Dir. Stefano Sollima, cin. Paolo Carnera AIC
Kobieta Z… (Woman of)
Dir. Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert
Holly
Dir. Fien Troch, cin. Frank van den Eeden SBC NSC
OUT OF COMPETITION – NARRATIVE
Coup de Chance
Dir. Woody Allen, cin. Vittorio Storaro ASC AIC
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Dir. Wes Anderson, cin. Robert D. Yeoman ASC
The Penitent – A Rational Man
Dir. Luca Barbareschi, Michele D’Attanasio AIC
La Sociedad de la Nieve
Dir. J.A. Bayona, cin. Pedro Luque SCU
L’Ordine del tempo
Dir. Liliana Cavani, cin. Enrico Lucidi AIC
Vivants
Dir. Alix Delaporte
Daaaaaali!
Dir. and cin. Quentin Dupieux
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Dir. William Friedkin
Making Of
Dir. Cédric Kahn, cin. Patrick Ghiringhelli
Aggro Dr1ft
Dir. Harmony Korine
Hit Man
Dir. Richard Linklater, Shane F. Kelly
The Palace
Dir. Roman Polanski, Pawel Edelman PSC
Xue Bao (Snow Leopard)
Dir. Pema Tseden, cin. Matthias Delvaux
OUT OF COMPETITION – NON-FICTION
Amor
Dir. Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri
Frente a Guernica
Dir. Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
Hollywoodgate
Dir. Ibrahim Nash’at
Ryuichi Sakamoto / Opus
Dir. Neo Sora
Enzo Jannacci Vengo Anch’io
Dir. Giorgio Verdelli
Menus Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
Dir. Fred Wiseman
OUT OF COMPETITION – SERIES
Znam Kako Dises (I Know Your Soul) (Episodes 1-2)
Dir. Alen Drljevic, Nermin Hamzagic
D’argent et de sang (Of Money and Blood) (Episodes 1-12)
Dir. Xavier Giannoli, Frédéric Planchon
OUT OF COMPETITION – SHORT FILMS
Welcome to Paradise
Dir. Leonardo Di Constanzo, cin. Luan Amelio
ORIZZONTO
A Cielo Abierto
Dir. Mariana Arriaga, Santiago Arriaga
El Paraiso
Dir. Enrico Maria Artale, cin. Francesco Di Giacomo AIC
Oura El Jbel (Behind The Mountains)
Dir. Mohamed Ben Attia, cin. Frédéric Noirhomme SBC
The Red Suitcase
Dir. Fidel Devkota
Paradiset Brinner (Paradise is Burning)
Dir. Mika Gustafson, cin. Sine Vadstrup Brooker DFF
The Featherweight
Dir. Robert Kolodny, cin. Adam Kolodny
Invelle
Dir. Simone Massi
Hesitation Wound
Dir. Selman Nacar, cin. Tudor Vladimir Panduru RSC
Tatami
Dir. Guy Nattiv, Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Cin. Todd Martin
Sem Coração
Dir. Nara Normande, Tião, cin. Evgenia Alexandrova
Una Sterminata Domenica
Dir. Alain Parroni
Ser Ser Salhi (City of Wind)
Dir. Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, cin. Vasco Viana
Magyarázat mindenre
Dir. Gabor Reisz, cin. Kristóf Becsey
Gasoline Rainbow
Dir. Bill Ross, Turner Ross
En attendant la nuit
Dir. Céline Rouzet, cin. Maxence Lemonnier
Domakinstvo za Pocetnici
Dir. Goran Stolevski, cin. Naum Doksevski
Hokage (House of Fire)
Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto
Yurt (Dormitory)
Dir. Nehir Tuna, cin. Florent Herry
ORRIZONTI – SHORT FILMS
Aitana
Dir. Marina Alberti
Sea Salt
Dir. Leila Basma
A Short Trip
Dir. Erenik Beqiri
Et si le soleil plongeait dans l’océan de nues
Dir. Wissam Charaf
Wander to Wonder
Dir. Nina Gantz
The Meatseller
Dir. Margherita Giusti
Dive
Dir. Aldo Iuliano
Area Boy
Dir. Iggy London
Cross my Heart and Hope to Die
Dir. Sam Manacsa
Dar Saaye Sarv (In the Shadow of the Cypress)
Dir. Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani
Bogotá Story
Dir. Esteban Pedraza
Sentimental Stories
Dir. Xandra Popescu
Duan Pian Gushi (Short Story)
Dir. Lang Wu
For the full line-up, visit: https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2023/lineup
