06-08-2015

FNE at Venice Biennale FF 2015: Poland’s Skolimowski Scores Slot in Competition

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    VENICE: Poland’s Jerzy Skolimowski has scored a slot in the competition line-up of the The 72nd Venice Biennale Film Festival (2-12 September 2015) with the Polish Irish coproduction 11 Minutes.

    The film, a thriller starring Richard Dormer, is produced by Skopia Film and supported by the Polish Film Institute.  This is Skolimowski’s fourth film to screen in competition in Venice.

    The Czech Republic is represented in the main competition by Marguerite a France, Czech, Belgian coproduction directed by Xavier Giannoli.  The period drama about an opera singer was coproduced by Czech production outfit Sirena Film  and shot in the Czech Republic.

    In the Orizzonti section the Interruption a Greek, French and Croatian coproduction directed by Yorgos Zois will screen. The film was coproduced in Croatia by JDP in association with  Nukleus Film  and supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre  .

    Romania and Bulgaria weigh in as coproducers of the Venice Critics Week Competition entry Banat/Il Viaggio an Italian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian coproduction directed by Adriano Valerio. The film is coproduced in Romania by Ada Solomon’s Parada Film and ARS Digital Studio  in Bulgaria.

    COMPETITION

    Abluka/Frenzy (Turkey, France, Qatar)
    Directed by Emin Alper

    Heart of a Dog (USA)
    Directed by Laurie Anderson

    Sangue del mio sangue (Italy, France, Switzerland)
    Directed by Marco Bellocchio

    Looking for Grace (Australia)
    Directed by Sue Brooks

    Equals (USA)
    Directed by Drake Doremus

    Remember (Canada, Germany)
    Directed by Atom Egoyan

    Beasts of No Nation (USA)
    Directed by Cary Fukunaga

    Per amor vostro (Italy, France)
    Directed by Giuseppe M Gaudino

    Marguerite (France, Czech Republic, Belguim)
    Directed by Xavier Giannoli
    Coproduction: Sirena Film 

    Rabin, the Last Day (Israel, France)
    Directed by Amos Gitai

    A Bigger Splash (Italy, France)
    Directed by Luca Guadagnino

    The Endless River (South Africa, France)
    Directed by Oliver Hermanus

    The Danish Girl (UK, USA)
    Directed by Tom Hooper

    Anomalisa (USA)
    Directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson

    L’attesa (Italy, France)
    Directed by Piero Messina

    11 minut/ 11 Minutes (Poland, Ireland)
    Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
    Produced by Skopia Film and Element Film
    Supported by Polish Film Institute 

    Francofonia (France, Germany, Netherlands)
    Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov

    El Clan (Argentina, Spain)
    Directed by Pablo Trapero

    Desde Alla/ From Afar (Venezuela)
    Directed by Lorenzo Vigas

    L’hermine (France)
    Directed by Christian Vincent

    Behemoth (China, France)
    Directed by Zhao Liang

    ORIZZONTI

    Madame Courage (Algeria, France, United Arab Emirates, Qatar)
    Directed by Merzak Allouache

    A Copy of My Mind (Indonesia, South Korea)
    Directed by Joko Anwar

    Pecore in erba (Italy)
    Directed by Alberto Caviglia

    Interruption (Greece, France, Croatia)
    Directed by Yorgos Zois
    Coproduction in Croatia with JDP in association with Nukleus Film
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC).

    Tempete (France)
    Directed by Samuel Collardey

    The Childhood of a Leader (United Kingdom, Hungary, Belgium, France)
    Directed by Brady Corbet

    Italian Gangster (Italy)
    Directed by Renato De Maria

    Wednesday (Iran)
    Directed by Vahid Jalilvand

    Mountain (Israel, Denmark)
    Directed by Yaelle Kayam

    A War (Denmark)
    Directed by Tobias Lindholm

    Interrogation (India)
    Directed by Vetri Maaran

    Free in Deed (USA, New Zealand)
    Directed byJake Mahaffy

    Boi Neon (Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands)
    Directed by Gabriel Mascaro

    Man Down (USA)
    Directed by Dito Montiel

    Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (Israel, France)
    Directed by Hadar Morag

    Un monstruo de mil cabezas/A Monster With 1000 Heads (Mexico)
    Directed by Rodrigo Pla

    Mate-me por favour (Brazil, Argentina)
    Directed by Anita Rocha Da Silveira

    Taj Mahal (France, Belguim)
    Directed by Nicolas Saada

    Interruption (Greece, France, Croatia)
    Directed by Yorgos Zois


    VENICE CRITICS WEEK COMPETITION

    Ana yurdu/ Motherland (Turkey, Greece)
    Directed by Senem Tuzen

    Banat/Il viaggio (Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia)
    Directed by Adriano Valerio
    Coproduced by Parada Film and ARS Digital Studio 

    Kalo Pothi/ The Black Hen (Nepal, France, Germany)
    Directed by Min Bahadur Bham

    Light Years (UK)
    Directed by Esther May Campbell

    Montanha (Portugal, France)
    Directed by João Salaviza

    The Return (Singapore)
    Directed by Green Zeng

    Tanna (Australia, Vanuatu)
    Directed by Martin Butler and Bentley Dean

    Banat/Il viaggio (Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia)
    Directed by Adriano Valerio
    Coproduced by Parada Film and ARS Digital Studio 
    Supported bythe Romanian National Film Centre, the Bulgarian National Film Cente