Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, Terrence Malick and Mel Gibson are all going to Venice. The film festival which runs from August 31-September 10 will also showcase Denis Vileneuve’s Arrival as well as Jackie which stars Natalie Portman and is directed by Pablo Larrain.
Mel Gibson brings Hacksaw Ridge to Venice and stars Andrew Garfield as an army medic on the front lines evacuating soldiers who have been wounded from behind enemy lines. The first trailer for the World War II film was released earlier today and will open on November 4.
La La Land will open the festival on opening night. La La Land stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as a jazz artist who falls for an aspiring actress. The film is already generating awards buzz thanks to its cast, and Chazelle. Sam Mendes will head the jury.
The closing night film is Antoine Fuqua’s remake of The Magnificent Seven which stars Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, and Ethan Hawke.
The complete line-up is below:
COMPETITION
Ana Lily Amirpour, The Bad Batch
Stephane Brize, Une Vie
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Derek Cianfrance, The Light Between Oceans
Mariano Cohn, Gaston Duprat, El Ciudadono Ilustre
Massimo D’Anolfi, Martina Parenti, Spira Mirabilis
Lav Diaz, The Women Who Left
Amat Escalante, La Region Salvaje
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Roan Johnson, Piuma
Andrei Konchalovsky, Paradise
Martin Koolhoven, Brimstone
Emir Kusturica, On the Milky Road
Pablo Larrain, Jackie
Terrence Malick, Voyage of Time
Christopher Murray, El Cristo Ciego
Francois Ozon, Frantz
Giuseppe Piccioni, Questi Giorni
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Wim Wenders, Les Beaux Jours
OUT OF COMPETITION
Paulo Sorrentino, The Young Pope Episodes 1 & 2
Philippe Falardeau, The Bleeder
Antoine Fuqua, The Magnificent Seven
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Nick Hamm, The Journey
Benoit Jacquot, A Jamais
Yasushi Kawamuya, Gantz:O
Jee Woon Kim, The Age of Shadows
Amir Naderi, Monte
Kim Rossi Stuart, Tommaso
Bruno Chiaravalloti, Claudio Jampaglia, Benedette Argentieri, Our War
Kasper Collin, I Called Him Morgan
Andrew Dominik, One More Time With Feeling (3D)
Sergei Loznitsa, Austerlitz
Francesco Munzi, Assalto al Cielo
Ulrich Seidl, Safari
Charlie Siskel, American Anarchist
