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OUT OF COMPETITION FEATURE FILMS


CHANTAL AKERMAN - LA FOLIE ALMAYER
Belgium, France, 130'
Stanislas Merhar, Marc Barbé, Aurora Marion, Zac Andrianasolo

MARCO BELLOCCHIO - NEL NOME DEL PADRE [GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2011]
Italy, 90'
Yves Beneyton, Renato Scarpa, Laura Betti, Lou Castel

SIU-TUNG CHING - BAISH ECHUANSHUO (THE SORCERER AND THE WHITE SNAKE)
China-Hong Kong, China, 99'
Jet Li, Eva Huang, Raymond Lam, Charlene Choi

ROLANDO COLLA - GIOCHI D’ESTATE
Switzerland, Italy, 101'
Armando Condolucci, Fiorella Campanella, Alessia Barela, Antonio Merone

TAMER EZZAT, AHMAD ABDALLA, AYTEN AMIN, AMR SALAMA - TAHRIR 2011
Egypt, 90'
(documentary)

PHILIPPE FAUCON - LA DÉSINTÉGRATION
Belgium, 80'
Rachid Debbouze, Yassine Azzouz, Perset Ymanol, Mohamed Nachit

MARY HARRON - THE MOTH DIARIES
Canada, Ireland, 85'
Sarah Bolger, Sarah Gadon, Lily Cole, Scott Speedman

TODD HAYNES - MILDRED PIERCE [TRIBUTE TO TODD HAYNES]
USA, 5x60'
Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood, Melissa Leo

MANI KAUL - DUVIDHA [MANI KAUL (25.12.1944-6.7.2011)]
India, 82'
Ravi Menon, Raeesa Padamsi

VICTOR KOSSAKOVSKY - VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS! [OPENING FILM]
Germany, Argentina, Holland, Chile, Russia, 100'
(documentary)

TOMÁS LUNÁK - ALOIS NEBEL
Czech Republic, Germany, 80'
Miroslav Krobot, Marie Ludvikova, Leos Noha, Karel Roden

MADONNA - W.E.
United Kingdom, 115'
Andrea Riseborough, Abbie Cornish, James D’Arcy, Oscar Isaac

KIKE MAILLO - EVA
Spain, France, 94'
Daniel Brühl, Marta Etura, Alberto Ammann, Claudia Vega

FRANCESCO MASELLI, CARLO LIZZANI, UGO GREGORETTI, NINO RUSSO - SCOSSA
Italy, 95'
Amanda Sandrelli, Massimo Ranieri, Paolo Briguglia, Luca Sardo

CLAUDE NURIDSANY, MARIE PERENNOU - LA CLÉ DES CHAMPS
France, 81'
Simon Delagnes, Lindsey Henocque, Jean-Claude Ayrinhac

ERMANNO OLMI - IL VILLAGGIO DI CARTONE
Italy, 87'
Michael Lonsdale, Rutger Hauer, Massimo De Francovich, Alessandro Haber

AL PACINO - WILDE SALOME
USA, 95'
Al Pacino, Jessica Chastain, Kevin Anderson

ALESSANDRO PARIS, SIBYLLE RIGHETTI - QUESTA STORIA QUA [EVENTS]
Italy, 75'
(documentary) Vasco Rossi

NICHOLAS RAY - WE CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN [NEW RECONSTRUCTED AND RESTORED VERSION] [NICHOLAS RAY 1911-2011]
USA, 93'
Nicholas Ray, Tom Farrell, Jill Gannon, Jane Heymann

SUSAN RAY - DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH [NICHOLAS RAY 1911-2011]
USA, 70'
(documentary) Nicholas Ray, Jim Jarmusch, Victor Erice, Tom Farrel

ROBERTO ROSSELLINI - INDIA, MATRI BHUMI [NEW RESTORED VERSION] [ROSSELLINI RITROVATO]
Italy, France, India, 90'
(documentary)

TAKASHI SHIMIZU - TORMENTED
Japan, 83'
Hikari Mitsushima, Teruyuki Kagawa, Takeru Shibuya, Tamaki Ogawa

STEVEN SODERBERGH - CONTAGION
USA, 105'
Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne

WHIT STILLMAN - DAMSELS IN DISTRESS [CLOSING FILM]
USA, 98'
Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Analeigh Tipton

LISA IMMORDINO
VREELAND - DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL [EVENTS]
USA, 92'
(documentary)
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IN COMPETITION - Venecia 68

TOMAS ALFREDSON - TINKER, TAYLOR, SOLDIER, SPY
UK, Germany, 127'
Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt

ANDREA ARNOLD - WUTHERING HEIGHTS
UK, 128'
Kaya Scodelario, Nichola Burley, Steve Evets, Oliver Milburn

AMI CANAAN MANN - TEXAS KILLING FIELDS
USA, 109'
Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

GEORGE CLOONEY - THE IDES OF MARCH [OPENING FILM]
USA, 98'
Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood

CRISTINA COMENCINI - QUANDO LA NOTTE
Italy, 116'
Claudia Pandolfi, Filippo Timi, Michela Cescon, Thomas Trabacchi

EMANUELE CRIALESE - TERRAFERMA
Italy, France, 88'
Filippo Pucillo, Donatella Finocchiaro, Giuseppe Fiorello, Claudio Santamaria

DAVID CRONENBERG - A DANGEROUS METHOD
Germany, Canada, 99'
Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Vincent Cassel

ABEL FERRARA - 4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH
USA, 82'
Willem Dafoe, Shanyn Leigh, Paz de la Huerta

WILLIAM FRIEDKIN - KILLER JOE
USA, 103'
Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon

PHILIPPE GARREL - UN ÉTÉ BRULANT
France, Italy, Switzerland, 95'
Monica Bellucci, Louis Garrel, Céline Sallette, Jérôme Robart

ANN HUI - TAOJIE (A SIMPLE LIFE)
China-Hong Kong, China, 117'
Andy Lau, Deanie Yip, Anthony Wong, Tsui Hark

ERAN KOLIRIN - HAHITHALFUT (THE EXCHANGE)
Israel, Germany, 94'
Rotem Keinan, Sharon Tal, Dov Navon, Shirili Deshe

YORGOS LANTHIMOS - ALPEIS (ALPS)
Greece, 93'
Ariane Labed, Aggeliki Papoulia, Aris Servetalis, Johnny Vekris

STEVE MCQUEEN - SHAME
United Kingdom, 99'
Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge, Nicole Beharie

GIAN ALFONSO PACINOTTI [GIPI] - L'ULTIMO TERRESTRE
Italy, 100'
Gabriele Spinelli, Anna Bellato, Roberto Herlitzka, Teco Celio

ROMAN POLANSKI - CARNAGE
France, Germany, Spain, Poland, 79'
Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly

MARJANE SATRAPI, VINCENT PARONNAUD - POULET AUX PRUNES
France, Belgium, Germany, 90'
Mathieu Amalric, Maria De Medeiros, Golshifteh Farahani, Isabella Rossellini, Chiara Mastroianni

ALEKSANDER SOKUROV - FAUST
Russia, 134'
Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinskiy, Isolda Dychauk, Hanna Schygulla

TODD SOLONDZ - DARK HORSE
USA, 84'
Mia Farrow, Christopher Walken, Justin Bartha, Selma Blair

SION SONO - HIMIZU
Japan, 129'
Shôta Sometani, Fumi Nikaidô, Tetsu Watanabe, Mitsuru Fukikoshi

TE-SHENG WEI - SEEDIQ BALE
China, Taiwan, 135'
Da-Ching, Umin Boya, Landy Wen, Lo Mei-ling
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Orizzonti section line-up announced.

From the Venice FiIm Festival newsletter

ORIZZONTI

Opening Film
Amir NADERI
Cut
Japan
131’

Yves CAUMON
L’Oiseau
France
93’

Amiel COURTIN-WILSON
(debut film)
Hail
Australia
104’

Edgardo COZARINSKY
Nocturnos
Argentina
63’

Pippo DELBONO
Amore carne
Pippo Delbono
Irène Jacob
Marisa Berenson
Italy
Switzerland
75’

Jonathan DEMME
I’m Carolyn Parker: the Good, the Mad and the Beautiful
(documentary)
US
91’

James FRANCO
Sal
James Franco
US
103’

Michael GLAWOGGER
Whores’ Glory
(documentary)
Austria
Germany
119’

Romuald KARMAKAR
Die Herde des Herrn
(documentary)
Germany
90’

KIM Kyungmook
Jultak dongshi
(Stateless Things)
South Korea
115’

Helvécio MARINS JR.
Clarissa CAMPOLINA
(debut film)
Girimunho
(Swirl)
Brazil
Spain
Germany
90’

Ross McELWEE
Photographic Memory
(documentary)
US
84’

Nicolas PROVOST
(debut film)
L’Envahisseur
Belgium
95’

Simon PUMMELL
(second film)
Shock Head Soul
Netherlands
Great Britain
86’

Ben RIVERS
(debut film)
Two Years at Sea
Great Britain
88’

Gurvinder SINGH
(debut film)
Anhey ghorhey da daan
(Aims of the Blind Horse)
India
112’

Tusi TAMASESE
(debut film
O le tulafale
(The Orator)
Samoa
110’

Rirkrit TIRAVANIJA
(debut film)
Lung Neaw Visits His Neighbours
(documentary)
Thailand
Mexico
149’

José Luis TORRES LEIVA
(second film)
Verano
Chile
93’

Shinya TSUKAMOTO
Kotoko
Cocco
Japan
91’

Marina de VAN
Le Petit Poucet
France
82’

Teresa VILLAVERDE
Cisne
(Swan)
Portugal
104’

XU Haofeng
(debut film)
Wokou de zongji
(The Sword Identity)
China
108’

Yolande ZAUBERMAN
Would You Have Sex with an Arab?
(documentary)
France
85’
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This looks promising. I am going to Venice this year. Anyone else going?
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Whit Stillman’s Damsels in Distress to Close Venice Fest, Slate in Focus, Pacino Debuts Wilde Salome

Whit Stillman’s first film in 12 years, Damsels in Distress (Sony Pictures Classics), starring indie darling Greta Gerwig, will close the 68th Venice Film Festival on September 10th, and George Clooney’s The Ides of March, co-starring Clooney and Ryan Gosling, will open the Biennale (as previously announced) on August 31. Marco Bellocchio will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the fest, directed by Marco Müller for perhaps the last time, and actor-director Al Pacino will be given the Jaeger-Le Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award before debuting his third feature-length film out-of-competition, Wilde Salome, starring Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life).

In between, based on the Toronto Film Fest announcement, the non-world premieres there will make their debuts in Venice, including David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method, Todd Solondz’s Dark Horse, William Friedkin’s Killer Joe, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud’s Chicken with Plums and Madonna’s W.E., Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus, Steve McQueen’s Shame, Todd Solondz’s Dark Horse and William Friedkin’s Killer Joe. A smattering of likely Venice films is below:

Variety is also reporting, as is Screen, what is likely to be a large chunk of the fest’s slate: Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights, Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion (Warner Bros.), Roman Polanski’s Carnage (SPC), Jonathan Demme’s documentary I’m Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad and the Beautiful (no U.S. distrib), Alexander Sokurov’s Faust (no U.S> distrib), and Mary Harron’s The Moth Diaries (no U.S. distrib). Variety notes that the latest films from Walter Salles, Wong Kar Wai, Brillante Mendoza and Fatih Akin will not be ready to premiere in Venice. The official announcement comes Thursday.

In Competition:
“Alps,” directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
“A Burning Hot Summer,” directed by Philippe Garrel
“Carnage,” directed by Roman Polanski
“A Dangerous Method,” directed by David Cronenberg
“Dark Horse,” directed by Todd Solondz
“The Exchange,” directed by Eran Kolirin (The Band’s Visit)
“Faust,” directed by Alexander Sokurov
“Himizu,” directed by Sion Sono
“Killer Joe,” directed by William Friedkin
“The Ides of March,” directed by George Clooney (Opening Night)
“Last Day on Earth,” directed by Abel Ferrara
“The Moth Diaries,” directed by Mary Harron
“Poulet aux prunes,” directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
“Quando la notte,” directed by Cristina Comencini
“Seediq Bale,” directed by Wei Te-sheng
“Shame,” directed by Steve McQueen
“Terraferma,” directed by Emanuele Crialese
“Texas Killing Fields” directed by Ami Canaan Mann (daughter of Michael Mann)
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” directed by Tomas Alfredson
“L’ultimo terrestre,” directed by Gipi
“W.E.,” directed by Madonna
“Wuthering Heights,” directed by Andrea Arnold

Out of Competition:
“La folie Almayer,” directed by Chantal Akerman

Horizons section:
“Two Years At Sea” directed by Ben Rivers
“Shock Head Soul,” directed by and Simon Pummell
“I’m Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad and the Beautiful,” directed by Jonathan Demme
“Sal,” directed by James Franco
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