From ScreenDaily via our good buddy Paddy Mulholland at ScreenOnScreen
The line-up of the 70th Venice International Film Festival (28th August > 7th September) has been announced. The official selection includes: Venezia 70, Out of Competition, Orizzonti, and Venice Classics. The autonomous and parallel sections include the International Critics’ Week, and the Giornate degli Autori – Venice Days.
The world premiere of Gravity will screen in 3D on August 28th in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema at the Lido, following the opening ceremony. In celebration of the 70th edition of the Venice Film Festival, the Biennale di Venezia has created the special project, Venezia 70 – Future Reloaded. 70 movie directors from all over the world have been invited to make a short film lasting between 60 and 90 seconds.
IN COMPETITION
- Ana Arabia, Amos Gitai (Isr-Fra)
- Child of God, James Franco (US)
- Joe, David Gordon Green (US)
- Kaze Tachinu, Hayao Miyazaki (Jpn)
- L’intrepido, Gianni Amelio (Italy)
- La Jalousie, Philippe Garrel (Fra)
- Miss Violence, Alexandros Avranas (Greece)
- Night Moves, Kelly Reichardt (US)
- Parkland, Peter Landesman (US)
- Philomena, Stephen Frears (UK)
- The Police Officer’s Wife, Philip Groning (Ger)
- The Rooftops, Merzak Allouache (Alg-Fra)
- Sacro Gra, Gianfranco Rosi (It)
- Stray Dogs, Ming-liang Tsai (Chi-Fra)
- Tom a la Ferme, Xavier Dolan (Can-Fra)
- Tracks, John Curran (UK-Aus)
- Under the Skin, Jonathan Glazer
- The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld, Errol Morris (US)
- Via Castellana Bandiera, Emma Dante (It-Switz-Fra)
- The Zero Theorem, Terry Gilliam (UK-US)
OUT OF COMPETITION
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Shinji Aramaki (Jpn)
- Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón (US)
- Mobius, Ki-duk Kim (S Kor)
- Locke, Steven Knight (UK)
- Unforgiven, Sang-il Lee (Jan)
- Wolf Creek 2, Greg McLean (Aus)
- Home From Home – Chronicle of a Vision, Edgar Reitz (Ger)
- Gondola, Paul Rudish, Aaron Springer, Clay Morrow (US)
- The Canyons, Paul Schrader (US)
- Che strano chiamarsi Federico Scola racconta Fellini, Ettore Scola (It)
- Walesa. Man of Hope, Andrzej Wajda and Ewa Brodzka (Pol)
OUT OF COMPETITION: DOCUMENTARIES
- Summer 82 When Zappa Came to Sicily, Salvo Cuccia (It-US)
- Pine Ridge, Anna Eborn (Den)
- The Armstrong Lie, Alex Gibney (US)
- Redemption, Miguel Gomes (Port-Fra-Ger-It)
- Ukraina is not Brothel, Kitty Green (Aus)
- Con il fiato sospeso, Costanza Quatriglio (It)
- Amazonia, Thierry Ragobert (Fra-Bra)
- La voce di Berlinguer, Mario Sesti, Teho Teardo (It)
- ‘Til Madness Do Us Apart, Bing Wang (HK-Chi-Fra-Jpn)
- At Berkeley, Frederick Wiseman (US)
ORIZZONTI
- Je m’appelle Hmmm…, Agnès B. (Fra)
- Little Brother, Serik Aprymov (Kaz)
- Il terzo tempo, Enrico Maria Artale (It)
- Eastern Boys, Robin Campillo (Fra)
- Palo Alto, Gia Coppola (US)
- Ruin, Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Micheal Cody (Aus)
- Fish & Cat, Shahram Mokri (Iran)
- We are the Best!, Lukas Moodysson (Swe-Den)
- Wolfschildren, Rick Ostermann (Ger)
- La vida después, David Pablos (Mex)
- Algunas Chicas, Santiago Palavecino (Arg)
- Medeas, Andrea Pallaoro (US-It)
- Still Life, Uberto Pasolini (UK)
- Piccola Patria, Piccola Patria (It)
- La prima neve, Andrea Serge (It)
- Why Don’t You Play in Hell?, Sono Sion (Jpn)
- The Sacrament, Ti West (US)
ORIZZONTI: SHORT FILMS
- Quello che resta, Valeria Allievi (It)
- Death for a Unicorn, Riccardo Bernasconi, Francesca Reverdito (Switz)
- Kush, Shubhashish Bhutiani (Ind)
- Toutes les belles choses, Cécile Bicler (Fra)
- Un pensiero kalašnikov, Giorgio Bosisio (It-UK)
- Aningaaq, Jonas Cuarón (US)
- Blanco, Ignacio Gatica (Arg)
- The Audition, Michael Haussman (It)
- Hoses with Small Windows, Bülent Öztürk (Bel)
- La Gallina, Manel Raga (Spa)
- Minesh, Shalin Sirkar (S Afr-Ger-Den)
- Stagnant Water, Wang Xiaowei (Chi)
- Cold Snap, Leo Woodhead (NZ)
- Blacone, Lendita Zeqiraj (Kos)
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Ryan Adams, can you make this^ comment a reply to Siegel if at all possible? Thanks!
RE: Forestieri – Perhaps Venice turned down the latest McQueen because they care about art more than empty style, which his “Shame” was a particularly laughable example: the dreary psychologizing of sex (& demonization of gay sex) pegs him as an insufferable hype artist a la von Trier – & anyone who thought “Fog of War” was anything other than a feature-length apologia for a war criminal is truly blinkered.
Other thing. Is quite disapointing to sse a biopic of a man so importante as Lech Walesa, directed by a cinema genius, an artist dedicated to epics and History (with capital “H”) as Andrzej Wadja, out of the competition.
Weeks ago I said that Steve McQueen movie will Venice… did the organization saw “12 Years as A Slave”? Maybe the movie studio attached the work to other cinema event?
“Kaze Tachinu, Hayao Miyazaki (Jap)”.
“Unforgiven, Sang-il Lee (Jan)”.
“’Til Madness Do Us Apart, Bing Wang (HK-Chi-Fra-Jap)”.
“Why Don’t You Play in Hell?, Sono Sion (Jap)”.
Correct me if I’m wrong: I thought JPN was the most common or even official initial used for both Japan and Japanese…. : ) (By the way, isn’t the word “Jap” a racial slur?)
Anyway, I have not seen the Japanese remake of Unforgiven yet, but having seen the original version, as well as […] familiar with most cast members’ performances in this new edition, I couldn’t help but finding the two main roles notably miscast: Ken WATANABE (playing Eastwood’s William Munny equivalent in this version) and the equally — if not more — talented Ko-ichi SATO (Hackman’s Sheriff equivalent; also featured for the time being as the main figure in the top-page picture prior to clicking) should have switched the role….
I guess, while casting, they’ve also had international market factored in as well, not to mention Watanabe himself, post-Oscar nom, understandably might possibly tend to be more careful with his options (reading: probably preferring only protagonist roles in case of domestic productions).
I’m quite relatively new when it comes to international films (at AD level; not an ordinary one); so, by default I’m rooting for Hayao MIYAZAKI film/anime Kaze Tachinu (from Japan).
I lifted the listing from ScreenDaily without noticing that awkward abbreviation. You’re right, Jpn would look better so I’ll fix it. Thanks!
Ryan,
Thank you for taking your time to revise it.
Cheers!
Parkland is a big surprise!
It’s still kind of bugging me that 12 YEARS A SLAVE isn’t here. Upon seeing the film, did the distributors calculate that McQueen had gone too American in his treatment of racial themes on film? And therefore was doomed to a far from “universal acclaim” from the Euro critics? Could they have feared that deflation?
Anyways,
-I’m over the moon about the inclusion of David Gordon Green’s JOE, I don’t think anyone was expecting that. Could the Nick Cage be in line for some recognition? I won’t count on it but it’d be a great surprise.
-As always, I’m pleased with the return of star Zac Efron to the Lido, a prestigious film festival regular now, and deservedly so.
-I had no idea about this Errol Morris doc, but I hope it’s THE FOG OF WAR caliber
-Other than that, excited about PHILOMENA, as I already said, I hope it’s as great as THE QUEEN, and the Actress is as good as she was in NOTES ON A SCANDAL -such underrated film- I obviously don’t even know what the plot is; just going by a hunch and those recent pix that I didn’t expect to like as much as I did.