Refresh to receive the most recent…:At 11 AM local time, the Venice Film Festival will announce its lineup for the 79th Edition (2 a.m. PST/5 a.m.). ET). The press conference is being held at the Library of the Biennale Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts in Venice with speakers including Roberto Cicutto, President of La Biennale di Venezia, and Alberto Barbera, Artistic Director of the Cinema Department who oversees the Lido fest.
As new films are added, Deadline will update the official list. Among titles that are already confirmed is Noah Baumbach’s Netflix drama White NoiseStarring Greta Gerwig and Adam Driver. The movie, which marks Baumbach’s return to Venice after 2019’s A Story About MarriageThe festival will be open for competition on August 31.
Other films we expect to see on the Lido include Warner Bros’ psychological thriller Don’t Worry DarlingDirector Olivia Wilde. Starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, and Chris Pine. Styles could be doing double duty with Michael Grandage’s My Policeman from Amazon Studios while there is also buzz surrounding Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale from A24, Todd Field’s Cate Blanchett-starrer Tar from Focus, Luca Guadagnino’s All About Bones with Tomothée Chalamet, and Andrew Dominik’s long-gestating BlondeThis Netflix drama features Ana de Armas portraying Marilyn Monroe.
Julianne Moore will be the president of this year’s jury. Paul Schrader and Catherine Deneuve will receive special Lifetime Achievement Golden Lions.
The Venice festival, now in its 90th year, will continue to be held on the Lido, August 31-September 10.
Keep checking back for updates on the film list as it is updated today.
VENEZIA COMPETITON VENEZIA-79
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
Joanna Hogg directs The Eternal Daughter
Beyond the Wall, dir. Vahid Jalilvand
Martin McDonagh directs The Banshees Of Inisherin
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
Florian Zeller, dir.
Our Ties, dir: Roschdy Zem
Other People’s Children, dir: Rebecca Zlotowski
OUT OF CONTEST
Fiction films
Francesco Carrozzini, The Hanging Sun
Lav Diaz, Dir. When The Waves are Gone
Living, dir: Oliver Hermanus
Dead For A Dollar, dir: Walter Hill
Kim Ki-duk, Call Of God
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 Agentieri
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
Sally Potter: Look at Me!
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
Juan Diego Botto directs On The Fringe
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 Syedi
The Happiest Man In The World, Dir: Teona Strugar Mitchellska
The Bride, dir: Sergio Tréfaut