UPDATE: The full list of titles scheduled for the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival has been revealed, and it’s another powerful lineup (scroll below to see it).
The venerable 2023 event took place under the cloud of the SAG-AFTRA strike, which prevented many stars from coming to support their films. With the strike resolved and this year’s lineup now formalized, we can expect a wave of talent to descend on the Lido late next month and early September.
Most of the films announced this morning were highly anticipated, including Todd Phillips’ film starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga. Joker: Madness for TwoWarner Bros.’ sequel is arguably the most high-profile film in the competition group, arriving five years after Phillips’ first. Joker won the Golden Lion before going on to earn 11 Oscar nominations, a Best Actor award for Phoenix and more than $1 billion at the global box office.
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Joker 2 marks not only the return of Phillips and Phoenix, but also that of Gaga who had left the Lido breathless in 2018 with her role ultimately nominated for an Oscar in A star is born.
Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, in Pedro Almodovar’s film, will also enhance the glamour of the red carpet. The room next doorThe Spanish maestro’s first English-language feature film follows his earlier English-language shorts, A strange way of life And The human voicewhich premiered at Cannes and Venice, respectively. Sony Pictures Classics and Warner Bros. hold key markets, with WB handling Italy.
Luca Guadagnino, a regular on the Venice screens, is also back this year, after his film with Zendaya. The challengers was withdrawn as the 2023 opener due to strikes. He returns with Weirdbased on the novel by William S Burroughs. The film stars Daniel Craig, Lesley Manville and Jason Schwartzman.
Pablo Larrain continues his series of biopics in Venice with Marriedabout the legendary opera singer played by Angelina Jolie, which is in competition. Nicole Kidman will also be present for Halina Reijn’s film Baby girl from A24 and also starring Antonio Banderas and Jean Reno.
Brady Corbet, whose Childhood of a leader And Vox Lux both created in Venice, will return with The Brutalist with Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce. Australian director Justin Kurzel arrives in the Venice competition with a crime drama The order directed by Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult and Tye Sheridan.
And the famous Brazilian director Walter Salles is in competition with his first major work in several years, I’m still here.
Outside of the competition, and as previously announced, Tim Burton Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will open the festival, with many talents expected to perform, including Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe.
Out of competition, new works by Takeshi Kitano (Broken Anger), Korine Harmonie (Invasion of babies) and Claude Lelouch (Eventually). The most prominent photo on this list is Jon Watts’ Wolves Apple and starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
In the documentary section out of competition, Errol Morris returns with Separated while Asif Kapadia will present himself with 2073a look at some of the biggest challenges facing our future.
In the meantime, four exciting series out of competition will be screened, including Alfonso Cuarón’s psychological thriller. Disclaimer from Apple TV+ and led by Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline and Sacha Baron Cohen; Atonement And Darkest Hour Director Joe Wright Mr. Son of the Century; And Another round Thomas Vinterberg, Oscar winner Families like ours.
PREVIOUS, 1:52AM PT: The list of films for the 81st Venice Film Festival was unveiled this morning by the Historical Archive Library of the Biennale. Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, President of the Biennale, and Alberto Barbera, Artistic Director of the Venice Film Festival, made the announcement. Scroll down to see the full list of films, which will be updated as they are revealed.
After taking place last year in the midst of the SAG-AFTRA strike, Venice is set to be a much more star-studded event this year. Serving as a springboard for awards season and a prime media opportunity for talent, the world’s oldest film festival is set to up its glamour quotient again with rumors pointing to films such as Todd Phillips’ film starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga Joker: Madness for Two from Warner Bros. Phillips’ first film Joker impressed at the festival in 2019, going on to win the Golden Lion.
We might also hear about Pablo Larrain’s biopic on Maria Callas, Marriedwith Angelina Jolie in the role of the legendary singer. Luca Guadagnino could mark his return to the Lido with Weirdbased on the novel by William S Bourroughs and starring Daniel Craig. We also hear the George Clooney/Brad Pitt thriller Wolves Apple’s film has a chance of securing a spot, as does Pedro Almodovar’s first English-language feature, The room next door, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton. There has also been speculation that the film will be directed by Johnny Depp Modiwith Al Pacino.
Already confirmed is that of Tim Burton Beetlejuice Beetlejuice The film will open the out-of-competition proceedings on August 28. The Warner Bros. film is a sequel to Burton’s classic 1988 supernatural comedy and stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux and Monica Bellucci, as well as Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe. The opening films of the Horizons and Horizons Extra sections are also already scheduled. Despite by Valerio Mastandrea and September 5th by Tim Fehlbaum, respectively
Peter Weir and Sigourney Weaver have been selected to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Isabelle Huppert is this year’s jury chair. The festival will run from August 28 to September 7.
Check back regularly for an updated list of films announced today:
VENEZIA 81 COMPETITION
The room next doorsay: Pedro Almodovar
Battlefielddirected by: Gianni Amelio
Their Children After Themdir.: Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma
The BrutalistDir: Brady Corbet
The Silent Sondirs: Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
Vermiliondirected by: Maura Delpero
Sicilian Lettersdirected: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza
WeirdDirected by: Luca Guadagnino
Lovedirector: Dag Johan Haugerud
Aprildirected: Dea Kulumbegashvili
The orderDirected by: Justin Kurzel
MarriedDirected by: Pablo Larrain
Three Friendsdir: Emmanuel Mouret
Kill the jockeysay: Luis Ortega
Joker: Madness for TwoDir: Todd Phillips
Baby girldirected by: Halina Reijn
I’m still heredir: Walter Salles
Future Divadir: Giulia Louise Steigerwalt
HarvestDirected by: Athina Rachel Tsangari
Youth – Back homeDir: Wang Bing
Eyes of strangersDirected by: Yeo Siew Hua
OUT OF COMPETITION
Fiction
Beetlejuice Beetlejuicedir: Tim Burton (Opening Film)
The American Gardendir: Pupi Avati (Closing film)
The necessary timeDirected by: Francesca Comencini
Phantosmiasaid: Lava Diaz
Feeling sickyou: Fabrice du Welz
Broken AngerTakeshi Kitano
Invasion of babiesdirected by: Harmony Korine
Clouddirected by: Kurosawa Kiyoshi
EventuallyDir: Claude Lelouch
Wolvesdir: Jon Watts
If I may Chapter IIdirected by: Marco Bellocchio (short film)
City Allegorydirected by: Alice Rohrwacher, JR (short film)
Non-fiction
Why the war?Directed by: Amos Gitai
2073said: Asif Kapadia
Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidaridirected by Massimo D’Anolfi, Martina Perenti
Apocalypse in the tropicsdirected by: Petra Costa
One-on-one: John and YokoDir.: Kevin Macdonald, Sam Rice-Edwards
SeparatedDir: Errol Morris
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV from 1958 to 1989Dir.: Göran Hugo Olsson
Russians at warDir: Anastasia Trofimova
TWST/What we said todayDirector: Andrei Ujica
The Songs of the Slowly Burning Earthproduction: Look Zhurba
RiefenstahlDirector: Andrés Veiel
Special screenings
Leopards. The poet of infinitydirected by: Sergio Rubini
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the Worlddir: Peter Weir
Beauty is not a sinDir: Nicolas Winding Refn
Series
Disclaimerdirected by: Alfonso Cuaron
The new YearDirected by: Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo, Sandra Romero
Families like oursDirector: Thomas Vinterberg
M – The son of the centuryDir.: Joe Wright
EXTRA HORIZONS
September 5thDirected by: Tim Fehlbaum
VictoriaDirected by: Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman
The Mohicandirected by: Frédéric Farrucci
Seeking refuge for Mr. RamboDir: Khaled Mansour
The Story of Frank and Ninadirected by: Paola Randi
The witnessDirected by: Nader Saeivar
After the partydirector: Vojtech Strakaty
King Ivorydir: John Swab
The edge of the nightyou : Turker Suer
HORIZONS
DespiteDirected by: Valerio Mastandrea
A quiet lifeDirected by: Alexandros Avranas
My InseparableDirected by: Anne-Sophie Bailly
AishaDirected by: Mehdi Barsaoui
Happy HolidaysDirector: Scandar Copti
Familydirector: Francesco Costabile
One of those days when Hemme diesDirected by: Murat Firatoglu
Familiar touchDir: Sarah Friedland
Marcodirected by: Jon Garano, Aitor Arregi
CarissaDirectors: Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar
Make a wish upon a starDirector: Peter Kerekes
Mistress DissipatorDirected by: Elizabeth Lo
The New Year That Never CameDirector: Bogdan Muresanu
Pooja, sirDirected by: Deepak Rauniyar
Dogs and MenDir: Dani Rosenberg
SidewalksDir.: Alex Ross Perry
Happy endingsay: Neo Sora
Attachmentdir: Carine Tardieu
Nineteendirected by: Giovanni Tortorici
VENICE CLASSICS
Documentaries about cinema
Miyazaki, The Spirit of Nature
I will avenge this world with love S Paradjanov
The Cinema of Jean-Pierre Léaud
From Darkness to Light
Carlo Mazzacurati – A Certain Idea of Cinema
Chain reactions
Maroun returns to Beirut
Will – The Man with a Thousand Faces
Portabella constellation