Alexander Nanau’s documentary collective / colectiv (a coproduction between Romania and Luxembourg) and Sergei Loznitsa’s doc State Funeral (a Dutch / Lithuanian coproduction) were selected in the Official Selection – Out of Competition.
German / Bulgarian coproduction Pelikanblut directed by Katrin Gebbe, Georgian / Russian coproduction The Criminal Man / Borotmokmedi directed by Dmitry Mamuliya and Italian / Polish coproduction Sole directed by Carlo Sironi will screen in the Orizzonti Competition.
Sh_t Happens, a coproduction between Czech Republic, Slovakia and France directed by David Štumpf and Michaela Mihályi was selected in Orizzonti Short Films Competition.
A new digital copy in 4K of the Czech film Ecstasy / Extase directed by Gustav Machatý and starring Hedy Kiesler (Hedy Lamarr) will be screened at the Pre-opening event of the 76th Venice International Film Festival of the Biennale di Venezia on 27 August 2019.
Polish production Whispers / Szepty by Patryk Jordanowicz and Jacek Nagłowski will be presented out of competition in the Venice Virtual Reality Biennale College Cinema VR.
As for the sidebar sections, Polish/French coproduction Corpus Christi directed by Jan Komasa will screen in the Venice Days – Giornate degli Autori’s competition, while Parthenon / Partenonas by Mantas Kvedaravičius (a Lithuanian / Ukrainian / French coproduction) was selected for the Critics’ Week’s Competition.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Venezia 76 Competition:
The Perfect Candidate (Saudi Arabia, Germany)
Directed by Haifaa Al Mansour
About Endlessness / Om det oändliga (Sweden, Germany, Norway)
Directed by Roy Andersson
Wasp Network (France, Belgium)
Directed by Olivier Assayas
Marriage Story (USA)
Directed by Noah Baumbach
Guest of Honour (Canada)
Directed by Atom Egoyan
Ad Astra (USA)
Directed by James Gray
A Herdade (Portugal, France)
Directed by Tiago Guedes
Gloria Mundi (France, Italy)
Directed by Robert Guédiguian
Waiting for the Barbarians (Italy)
Directed by Ciro Guerra
The Truth / La vérité (France, Japan)
Directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu
Saturday Fiction / Lan xin da ju yuan (China)
Directed by Ye Lou
Ema (Chile)
Directed by Pablo Larraín
Martin Eden (Italy, France)
Directed by Pietro Marcello
La mafia non è più quella di una volta (Italy)
Directed by Franco Maresco
The Painted Bird (Czech Republic, Ukraine, Slovak Republic)
Directed by Václav Marhoul
Produced by Silver Screen
Coproduced by the Czech Television, Directory Films, PubRes and RTVS
Supported by the Czech State Cinematography Fund, Creative Europe – MEDIA, the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Ukrainian State Film Agency
The Mayor of Rione Sanità / Il sindaco del Rione Sanità (Italy)
Directed by Mario Martone
Babyteeth (Australia)
Directed by Shannon Murphy
Joker (USA)
Directed by Todd Phillips
J’accuse (France, Italy)
Directed by Roman Polanski
The Laundromat (USA)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
No. 7 Cherry Lane / Ji Yuan Tai Qi Hao (Hong Kong)
Directed by Yonfan
Out of Competition:
Fiction:
Seberg (USA)
Directed by Benedict Andrews
To Live / Vivere (Italy)
Directed by Francesca Archibugi
The Burnt Orange Heresy (UK, Italy)
Directed by Giuseppe Capotondi
Mosul (USA)
Directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan
Adults in the Room (France, Greece)
Directed by Costa-Gavras
The King (UK, Hungary)
Directed by David Michôd
Tutto il mio folle amore (Italy)
Directed by Gabriele Salvatores
Non-fiction:
Woman (France)
Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Anastasia Mikova
Roger Waters Us + Them (UK)
Directed by Sean Evans, Roger Waters
I diari di Angela - Noi due cineasti. Capitolo secondo (Italy
Directed by Yervant Gianikian
Citizen K (UK, USA)
Directed by Alex Gibney
Citizen Rosi (Italy)
Directed by Didi Gnocchi, Carolina Rosi
The Kingmaker (USA)
Directed by Lauren Greenfeld
State Funeral (the Netherlands, Lithuania)
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Produced by Atoms & Void
Coproduced by Uljana Kim
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre
collective / colectiv (Romania, Luxembourg)
Directed by Alexander Nanau
Produced by Alexander Nanau Production
Coproduced by Samsa Film Luxembourg and HBO Europe
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, Luxemburg Film Fund and Sundance Documentary Fund, with the contribution of RTS Switzerland, YES Docu and MDR Germany
45 Seconds of Laughter (USA)
Directed by Tim Robbins
Il pianeta in mare (Italy)
Directed by Andrea Segre
Special Screenings:
No One Left Behind (Mexico)
Directed by Guillermo Arriaga
Electric Swan (France, Greece, Argentina)
Directed by Konstantina Kotzamani
Irréversible - Inversion intégrale (France)
Directed by Gaspar Noé
Zerozerozero (Italy)
Directed by Stefano Sollima
The New Pope (Italy, France, Spain)
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
Never Just a Dream: Stanley Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut (UK)
Directed by Matt Wells
Eyes Wide Shut (USA, UK)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Orizzonti:
Orrizonti Competition:
Zumiriki (Spain)
Directed by Oskar Alegria
Bik eneich - Un fils (Tunisia, France, Lebanon, Qatar)
Directed by Mehdi M. Barsaoui
Blanco en Blanco (Spain, Chile, France, Germany)
Directed by Theo Court
Mes jours de gloire (France)
Directed by Antoine de Bary
Nevia (Italy)
Directed by Nunzia De Stefano
Pelikanblut (Germany, Bulgaria)
Directed by Katrin Gebbe
Produced by Junafilm
Coproduced by Miramarfilm
Supported by SWR, ARTE, TORINO FILM LAB 2017, Berlin Int. Filmfestival Co-Production Market
Moffie (South Africa, UK)
Directed by Oliver Hermanus
Rialto (Ireland, UK)
Directed by Peter Mackie Burns
The Criminal Man / Borotmokmedi (Georgia, Russia)
Directed by Dmitry Mamuliya
Produced by Millimeter Film
Supported by the Georgian National Film Centre
Revenir (France)
Directed by Jessica Palud
Giants Being Lonely (USA)
Directed by Grear Patterson
Verdict (Philippines)
Directed by Raymund Ribay Gutierrez
Just 6.5 / Metri Shesho Nim (Iran)
Directed by Saeed Roustaee
Shadow of Water / Chola (India)
Directed by Sasidharan Sanal Kumar
Hava, Maryam, Ayesha (Afghanistan)
Directed by Sahraa Karimi
Sole (Italy, Poland)
Directed by Carlo Siron
Produced by Kino Produzioni
Coproduced by Lava Film, in collaboration with RAI Cinema
Supported by MiBAC, Eurimages, Lazio Cinema International and the Polish Film Institute
Madre (Spain, France)
Directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Balloon / Qiqiu (China)
Directed by Pema Tseden
Atlantis (Ukraine)
Directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych
Orizzonti Short Films Competition:
Superheroes without Superpowers / Supereroi senza superpoteri (Italy)
Directed by Beatrice Baldacci
Kingdom Come (UK)
Directed by Sean Robert Dunn
Give Up The Ghost (Jordan, Sweden)
Directed by Zain Duraie
After Two Hours, Ten Minutes Had Passed / Nach zwei Stunden waren zehn Minuten vergangen (Germany)
Directed by Steffen Goldkamp
The Diver (France, Australia)
Directed by Jamie Helmer, Michael Leonard
Roqaia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh)
Directed by Diana Saqeb Jamal
Sand / Morae (South Korea)
Directed by Kyungrae Kim
The Tears Thing / Le coup des larmes (France)
Directed by Clémence Poesy
Delphine (Canada)
Directed by Chloé Robichaud
Darling (Pakistan, USA)
Directed by Saim Sadiq
Sh_t Happens (Czech Republic, Slovakia, France)
Directed by David Štumpf, Michaela Mihályi
Dogs Barking at Birds / Cães que ladram aos pássaros (Portugal)
Directed by Leonor Teles
Austral Fever / Fiebre austral (Chile)
Directed by Thomas Woodroffe
Orizzonti Short Films Out of Competition:
Condor One (USA)
Directed by Kevin Jerome Everson
GUO4 (Hungary)
Directed by Peter Strickland
Venice Classics (Selected):
Ecstasy / Extase (Cehoslovakia)
Directed by Gustav Machatý
Venice Virtual Reality:
Biennale College Cinema VR – Out of Competition (Selected):
Whispers / Szepty (Poland)
Directed by Patryk Jordanowicz, Jacek Nagłowski
VENICE DAYS - GIORNATE DEGLI AUTORI:
Competition:
Only the Animals (France, Germany)
Directed by Dominik Moll
You Will Die At 20 (Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway)
Directed by Amjad Abu Alala
A Bigger World (France, Belgium)
Directed by Fabienne Berthaud
The Weeping Woman (Guatemala, France)
Directed by Jayro Bustamante
The Long Walk (Laos, Spain, Singapore)
Directed by Mattie Do
Beware of Children (Norway, Sweden)
Directed by Dag Johan Haugerud
5 Is the Perfect Number (Italy, Belgium, France)
Directed by Igort
Corpus Christi (Poland, France)
Directed by Jan Komasa
Produced by Aurum Film
Coproduced by WFS Walter Film Studio, Wojewódzki Dom Kultury in Rzeszow, Canal+ , Les Contes Modernes
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Arab Blues (Tunisia, France)
Directed by Manele Labidi
They Say Nothing Stays The Same / Aru Sendo No Hanashi (Japan)
Directed by Jo Odagiri
Lingua Franca (US, Philippines)
Directed by Isabel Sandoval
Out of Competition:
Time of the Untamed (France)
Directed by Bartabas
Miu Miu Women’s Tales:
Shako Mako (Italy, US)
Directed by Hailey Gates
Brigitte (Italy, UK)
Directed by Lynne Ramsay
Special Events:
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs (Italy, Spain)
Directed by Stefano Cipani
House of Cardin (USA)
Directed by P David Ebersole, Todd Hughes
Il prigioniero (Italy)
Directed by Federico Olivetti
Scherza con i fanti (Italy)
Directed by Gianfranco Pannone
Mondo Sexy (Italy)
Directed by Mario Sesti
Burning Cane (USA)
Directed by Phillip Youmans
Venetian Nights:
La legge degli spazi bianchi (Italy)
Directed by Mauro Caputo
Emilio Vedova, dalla parte del naufragio (Italy)
Directed by Tomaso Pessina
The Great Green Wall (UK)
Directed by Jared P Scott
Cercando Valentina (Italy)
Directed by Giancarlo Soldi
Sufficiente (Italy)
Directed by Maddalena Stornaiuolo, Antonio Ruocco
VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS’ WEEK:
Competition:
All This Victory / Jeedar El Sot (Lebanon, France, Qatar)
Directed by Ahmad Ghossein
Parthenon / Partenonas (Lithuania, Ukraine, France)
Directed by Mantas Kvedaravičius
Produced by Studio Uljana Kim
Coproduced by ESSE Production House, Rouge International, Extimacy Films
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre
The Prince / El Principe (Chile, Argentina, Belgium)
Directed by Sebastian Muñoz
Psychosia / Psykosia (Denmark, Finland)
Directed by Marie Grahtø
Rare Beasts (UK)
Directed by Billie Piper
Scales / Sayidat Al Bahr (UAE, Iraq, Saudi Arabia)
Directed by Shahad Ameen
Tony Driver (Italy, Mexico)
Directed by Ascanio Petrini
Special Event Out of Competition – Opening film:
Bombay Rose (UK, India, France)
Directed by Gitanjali Rao
Special Event Out of Competition – Closing film:
Sanctorum (Mexico, Qatar, Dominican Republic)
Directed by Joshua Gil
