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

[Chris Knipp]

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

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

[Chris Knipp]

Venice Bienale Film Festival: full list (from Deadline)

VENEZIA 79 COMPETITON
Il Signore Delle Formiche, dir: Gianni Amelio
The Whale, dir: Darren Aronofsky
L’Imensita, dir: Emanuel Crialese
Saint Omer, dir: Alice Diop
Blonde, dir: Andrew Dominik
Tar, dir: Todd Field
Love Life, dir: Koji Fukada
Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths, dir: Alejandro G. Inarritu
Athena, dir: Romain Gavras
Bones And All, dir: Luca Guadagnino
The Eternal Daughter, dir: Joanna Hogg
Beyond The Wall, dir: Vahid Jalilvand
The Banshees Of Inisherin, dir: Martin McDonagh
Argentina 1985, dir: Santiago Mitre
Chiara, dir: Susanna Nicchiarelli
Monica, dir: Andrea Pallaoro
No Bears, dir: Jafar Panahi
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed, dir: Laura Poitras
A Couple, dir: Frederick Wiseman
The Son, dir: Florian Zeller
Our Ties, dir: Roschdy Zem
Other People’s Children, dir: Rebecca Zlotowski

OUT OF COMPETITION

Fiction films
The Hanging Sun, dir: Francesco Carrozzini
When The Waves Are Gone, dir: Lav Diaz
Living, dir: Oliver Hermanus
Dead For A Dollar, dir: Walter Hill
Call Of God, dir: Kim Ki-duk
Dreamin’ Wild, dir: Bill Pohlad
Master Gardener, dir: Paul Schrader
Drought, dir: Paolo Virzi
Pearl, dir: Ti West
Don’t Worry Darling, dir: Olivia Wilde

Documentaries
Freedom On Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom, dir: Evgeny Afineevsky
The Matchmaker, dir: Benedetta Argentieri
Gli Ultimi Giorni Dell’Umanita, dirs, Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo
A Compassionate Spy, dir: Steve James
Music For Black Pigeons, dirs, Jorgen Leth, Andreas Koefoed
The Kiev Trial, dir: Sergei Loznitsa
In Viaggio, dir: Gianfranco Rosi
Bobi Wine Ghetto President, dirs, Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo
Nuclear, dir: Oliver Stone

Short Films
Maid, dir: Lucretia Martel
Look At Me, dir: Sally Potter

Series
The Kingdom Exodus, dir: Lars von Trier
Copenhagen Cowboys, dir: Nicolas Winding Refn

HORIZONS EXTRA
Origin Of Evil, dir: Sebastien Mariner
Hanging Gardens, dir: Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
Amanda, dir: Carolina Cavalli
Zapatos Rojos, dir: Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser
Nezhou, dir: Soudade Kaadan
Notte Fantasma, dir: Fulvio Risuleo
Without Her, dir: Arian Vazirdaftari
Valeria Is Getting Married, dir: Michael Vinik
Goliath, dir: Adilkhan Yerzhanov

HORIZONS
Princess, Roberto De Paolis
On The Fringe, dir: Juan Diego Botto
Victim, dir: Michal Blasko
Trenque Lauquen I, dir: Laura Citarella
Trenque Lauquen II, dir: Laura Citarella
Vera, dirs: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Blanquita, dir: Fernando Guzzoni
Pour La France, dir: Rachid Hami
A Man, dir: Kei Ishikawa
Bread And Salt, dir: Damian Kocur
Luxembourg, Luxembourg, dir: Antonio Lukich
Ti Mangio Il Cuore, dir: Pippo Mezzapesa
To The North, dir: Mihai Mincan
Autobiography, Makbul Mubarak
La Syndicaliste, dir: Jean-Paul Salomé
World War III, dir: Houman Seyedi
The Happiest Man In The World, dir: Teona Strugar Mitevska
The Bride, dir: Sergio Tréfaut