Venice Film Festival, Aug. 31-Sept. 10, 2022

[Chris Knipp]

Venice Film Festival 2022 (Aug. 31-Sept. 10)


HARRY STYLES, FLORENCE PUGH IN DON'T WORRY, DARLING

Julianne Moore is president of the jury this year. Special Lifetime Achievement Golden Lions will be presented to Catherine Deneuve and Paul Schrader.

From Variety.. Films expected:

DON'T WORRY DARLING (Olivia Wilde, Warner Bros.) with Florence Pugh, Harry Styles.
TAR (Todd Field, Focus Features) with Cate Blanchett as a star orchestral conducdor
BLONDE starring Ana de Armas.
WHITE NOISE (Noah Baumbach, adapting Don DeeLillo's novel). With Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Jodie Turner-Smith - Opening Night Film (at the NYFF also)
BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS (Alexander G. Iñárritu)
ATHENA (Romain Gavras, cowritten with LES MISERABLES' Ladj Ly)
BONES AND ALL (Luca Guadagnino) with Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell
1985 (Santiago Mitre, for Amazon studios) about overthrow of Argentina's dictatorsip
MONICA (Andrea Pallaoro) with transgender actor Trace Lysette, Patricia Clarkson
THE MASTER GARDENER (Paul Schrader) with Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver
NO BEARS (Jafar Panahi) - Iran
WALK UP (Hong Sang-soo) - Korea
LOVE LIFE (Koji Fukada)- Japan
OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN/LES ENFANTS DES AUTRES (Rebecca Zlotkowski) with Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem and Chiara Mastroianni, - France
SAINT OMER (Alice Diop, known for her doc NOUS) - France
L'IMMENSITà (Emanuele Crialese) with Peneloope Cruz - Italy
IL SIGNORE DELLE FORMICHE (Gianni Amelio) with Elio Germano, Luigi Lo Cascio - Italy
THE WHALE (Darren Aronofsky) with Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton, Ty Simpkins