In the Orizzonti competition Under the Tree, directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson, an Icelandic production in coproduction with Denmark, Poland and Germany flies the flag for Poland in Venice. The film was coproduced by Poland’s Madants Film www.madants .pl and supported by the Polish Film Institute.
The Czech National Film Archives continues its run of successes with its restored collection of classic Czech films with Black Peter / Cerny Petr (Czechoslovakia, 1963), directed by Milos Forman and screening in the Venice Classics section.
Venice Days will offer a chance to see the three LUX prize finalists in special selection along with its usual lineup of art house fare. The Bulgarian coproduction Western (Germany, Bulgaria), directed by Valeska Griseback, is one of the three that made the final cut.
The Venice Production Bridge headed by Pascal Diot has selected 47 projects for the Venice Gap-Financing Market including feature film projects Brighton 4 directed by Georgian director Levan Koguashvili (Georgia, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia) and Cook, Fuck, Kill directed by Mira Fornay (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia). Doc projects include When the War Comes / Až Přijde Válka directed by Jan Gebert (Czech Republic, Croatia), while the cutting edge Virtual Reality projects section includes Bloody Sunday / Kruvinasis Sekmadienis directed by Andrius Lekavicius (Lithuania).
TV Series are also part of the lineup this year with Father’s Day / Deniat na Bashtata directed by Pavel Vesnakov (Bulgaria) and Trauma directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska and Miłosz Sakowski (Poland). The Biennale College VR includes Monument / Spomenik directed by Ivan Knezevic (Serbia).
Click HERE for the full catalogue of Projects of the Venice Gap-Financing Market
MAIN COMPETITION:
Human Flow (Germany, USA)
Directed by Ai Weiwei
Mother! (USA)
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Suburbicon (USA)
Directed by George Clooney
The Shape of Water (USA)
Directed by Guillermo Del Toro
L’Insulte (France, Lebanon)
Directed by Ziad Doueiri
La Villa (France)
Directed by Robert Guédiguian
Lean on Pete (UK)
Directed by Andrew Haigh
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (France)
Directed by Abdéllatif Kechiche
The Third Murder (Japan)
Directed by Koreada Hirkazu
Jusqu’a La Garde (France)
Directed by Xavier Legrand
Amore e Malavita (Italy)
Directed Manetto Bros
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri (UK)
Directed by Martin McDonagh
Hannah (Italy, Belgium, France)
Directed by Andrea Pallaoro
Downsizing (USA)
Directed by Alexander Payne
Angels Wear White (China, France)
Directed by Vivian Qu
Una Famiglia (Italy)
Directed by Sebastiano Risio
First Reformed (USA)
Directed by Paul Schrader
Sweet Country (Australia)
Directed by Warwick Thornton
The Leisure Seeker (Italy)
Directed by Paolo Virzì
Ex Libris – The New York Public Library (USA)
Directed by Frederick Wiseman
ORIZZONTI:
Disappearance (Iran, Qatar)
Directed by Ali Asgari
Espèces Menaces (France, Belgium)
Directed by Gilles Bourdos
The Rape of Recy Taylor (USA)
Directed by Nancy Buirski
Caniba (France)
Directed by Lucian Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel
Les Bienheureux (France, Belgium)
Directed by Sofia Djama
Marvin (France)
Directed by Anne Fontaine
Invisibile (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Germany)
Directed by Pablo Giorgelli
Brutti e Cattivi (Italy, France)
Directed by Cosimo Gomez
The Cousin (Israel)
Directed by Tzahi Grad
Reparer les vivants (France, Belgium)
Directed by Katell Quillevere
The Testament (Israel, Austria)
Directed by Amichai Greenberg
No Date, No Signature (Iran)
Directed by Vahid Jalilvand
Los Versos Del Olvido (France, Germany, Netherlands, Chile)
Directed by Alireza Khatami
Nico, 1988 (Italy)
Directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli
Krieg (Germany)
Directed by Rick Ostermann, Barbara Auer
West of Sunshine (Australia)
Directed by Jason Raftopoulos
Gotta Cenerentola (Italy)
Directed by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone
Under the Tree (Iceland, Denmark, Poland, Germany)
Directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson
Produced by Netop Films (Iceland), Madants (Poland) and Profile Pictures (Denmark)
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
La Vita in Comune (Italy)
Directed by Edoardo Winspeare
CRITICS WEEK:
Il Cratere (Italy)
Directed by Luca Bellino, Silvia Luzi
Team Hurricane (Denmark)
Directed by Annika Berg
Temporada De Caza (Argentina, USA, Germany, France, Qatar)
Directed by Natalia Garagiola
Les Garçons Sauvages (France)
Directed by Bertrand Mandico
Drift (Germany)
Directed by Helena Wittmann
Un Loup Garou (Switzerland, Germany)
Directed by Katharina Wyss, Sarah Joue
The Gulf (Turkey, Germany, Greece)
Directed by Emre Yeksan
VENICE DAYS:
Volubilis (Morocco, France)
Directed by Faouzi Bensaidi
Il Contagio (Italy)
Directed by Matteo Botrugno, Daniele Coluccini
M (France)
Directed by Sara Forestier
Ga’Agua / Longing (Israel)
Directed by Savi Gabizon
Candelaria (Colombia, Germany, Norway, Argentina)
Directed by Johnny Hendrix Hinestroza
Life Guidance (Austria)
Directed by Ruth Mader
L’Equilibrio (Italy)
Directed by Vincenzo Marra
Looking for Oum Kulthum (Germany, Austria, Italy)
Directed by Shirin Neshat
Eye on Juliet (Canada)
Directed by Kim Nguyen
Dove Cadono Le Ombre (Italy)
Directed by Valentian Pedicini
The Taste of Rice Flower / Mi Hua Zhi Wei (China)
Directed by Pengfei
Samui Song / Mai Mee Samui Samrab Ter (Thailand, Germany, Norway)
Directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
LUX FILM PRIZE FINALISTS (Special Screenings Out of Competition):
Western (Germany, Bulgaria)
Directed by Valeska Griseback
Produced by Komplizen Film Production
Coproduced by Chouchkov Brothers, Coop99, KNM, ZDF-Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, ARTE
120 Battements Par Minute (France)
Directed by Robin Campillo
Sami Blood (Sweden, Denmark, Norway)
Directed by Amanda Kernell-Kernell
VENICE CLASSICS:
Red Desert / Il Deserto Rosso (Italy)
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
1900 (Italy)
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
The Third Lover / L’Oeil Du Malin (France)
Directed by Claude Chabrol
Batch’81 (Philippines)
Directed by Mike De Leon
Under the Olive Tree / Non C’e Pace Tra Gli Ulivi (Italy)
Directed by Giuseppe De Santis
The Ape Woman / La Donna Scimmia (Italy, France)
Directed by Marco Ferreri
Black Peter / Cerny Petr (Czechoslovakia)
Directed by Milos Forman
Two Or Three Things That I Know About Her / Deux Ou Trois Choses Que Je Sais D’Elle (France)
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Dainah La Metisse (France)
Directed by Jean Gremillon
Wanderers of The Desert / Les Baliseurs Du Desert (Tunisia, France)
Directed by Nacer Khemir
