Venice Film Festival line-up announced

The line-up of the 78th Venice Film Festival (September 1-11) has been announced by festival president Roberto Cicutto and artistic director Alberto Barbera.

View the full line up below:

Competition

Parallel Mothers (Sp) – Opening Film
Dir. Pedro Almodóvar

La Caja (Mex-US)
Dir. Lorenzo Vigas

Reflection (Ukr)
Dir. Valentyn Vasyanovych

The Hand Of God (It)
Dir. Paolo Sorrentino

The Card Counter (US-UK-China)
Dir. Paul Schrader

Captain Volkonogov Escaped (Rus-Est-Fr)
Dirs. Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov

Leave No Traces (Pol-Fr-Czech)
Dir. Jan P. Matuszynski

On The Job: The Missing 8 (Phil)
Dir. Erik Matti

Oui Rido Io (It-Sp)
Dir. Mario Martone

Freaks Out (It-Bel)
Dir. Gabriele Mainetti

Spencer (Ger)
Dir. Pablo Larraín

The Lost Daughter (Greece-US-UK-Isr)
Dir. Maggie Gyllenhaal

Illusions Perdues (Fr)
Dir. Xavier Giannoli

Sundown (Mex-Fr-Swe)
Dir. Michel Franco

Il Buco (It-Fr)
Dir. Michelangelo Frammartino

Official Competition (Sp-Arg)
Dirs. Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn

L’Événement (Fr)
Dir. Audrey Diwan

America Latina (It-Fr)
Dirs. Damian and Fabio D’Innocenzo

Un Autre Monde (Fr)
Dir. Stephane Brize

The Power Of The Dog (Australia-NZ)
Dir. Jane Campion

Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon (USA)
Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour

Out Of Competition – fiction

Last Night In Soho (UK)
Dir. Edgar Wright

The Last Duel (US-UK)
Dir. Ridley Scott

Old Henry (US)
Dir. Potsy Ponciroli

La Scuola Cattolica (It)
Dir. Stefano Mordini

Halloween Kills (US)
Dir. David Gordon Green

Ariaferma (It-Switz)
Dir. Leonardo Di Constanzo

Les Choses Humaines – (Fr)
Dir. Yvan Attal

Il Bambino Nascosto (It-Fr)
Dir. Roberto Ando

Dune (US-Hun-Jor-UAE-Nor-Can)
Dir. Denis Villeneuve

Out Of Competition – non-fiction

Ezio Bosso, Le Cose Che Restano (It)
Dir. Giorgio Verdelli

Django & Django (It)
Dir. Luca Rea

Deandre deandre (It)
Dir. Roberta Lena

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song (US)
Dirs. Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine

Republic Of Silence (Ger-Fr-Syria-Qat)
Dir. Diana El Jeiroudi

Viaggio Nel Crepuscolo (It)
Dir. Augusto Contento

Tranchees (Fr)
Dir. Loup Bureau

Life Of Crime 1984-2020 (US)
Dir. Jon Alpert

Out Of Competition – Special Screenings

La Biennale Di Venezia: Il Cinema Al Tempo Del Covid (It)
Dir. Andrea Segre

Le 7 Giornate Di Bergamo (It)
Dir. Simona Ventura

Out Of Competition – series

Scenes From A Marriage (US)
Creator: Hagai Levi

Horizons

Inu-Oh (Jap-China)
Dir. Yuasa Masaaki

True Things (UK)
Dir. Harry Wootliff

Rhino (Ukr-Pol-Ger) – closing film
Dir. Oleg Sentsov

Once Upon A Time In Calcutta (India-Fr-Nor)
Dir. Aditya Vikram Sengupta

El Gran Movimiento (Bol-Fr-Qat-Switz)
Dir. Kiro Russo

El Otro Tom (Mex-US)
Dirs. Rodrigo Pla, Laura Santullo

Anatomy Of Time (Thai-Fr-Neth-Sing-Ger)
Dir. Jakrawal Nilthamrong

White Building (Camb-Fr-China-Qat)
Dir. Kavich Neang

Vera Dreams Of The Sea (Kosovo-Alb-North Macedonia)
Dir. Kaltrina Krasniqi

107 Mothers (Slovak-Czech-Ukr)
Dir. Peter Kerekes

A Plein Temps (Fr)
Dir. Eric Gravel

Amira (Egy-Jor-UAE-Saudi Arabia)
Dir. Mohamed Diab

El Hoyo En La Cerca (Mex-Pol)
Dir. Joaquin Del Paso

The Falls (Tai)
Dir. Chung Mong-Hong

Il Paradiso Del Pavone (It-Ger)
Dir. Laura Bispuri

Pilgrims (Lithuania)
Dir. Laurynas Bareisa

Atlantide (It-Fr-US-Qat)
Dir. Yuri Ancarani

Miracle (Rom-Czech-Latvia)
Dir. Bogdan George Apetri

Les Promesses (Fr) – Opening film
Dir. Thomas Kruithof

Horizons Extra (new section)

La Macchina Delle Immagini Di Alfredo C. (It)
Dir. Roland Sejko

The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic (Fin)
Dir. Teemu Nikki

7 Prisioneiros (Bra)
Dir. Alexandre Moratto

La Ragazza Ha Volato (It-Slovenia)
Dir. Wilma Labate

Ma Nuit (Fr-Bel)
Dir. Antoinette Boulat

Mama, I’m Home (Rus)
Dir. Vladimir Bitokov

Costa Brava (Leb-Fr-Sp-Swe-Den-Nor-Qat)
Dir. Mounia Akl

Land Of Dreams (US-Ger-Qat)
Dir. Shirin Neshat, Soja Azari