2020 Venice Film Festival Lineup Announced – Full List – Deadline

TO UPDATE, more details: As expected, the lineup for the Venice Film Festival 2020 competition is light on studio titles with only Searchligh Nomadic and from Sony The world to come appearing. Both are directed by women (Chloé Zhao and Mona Fastvold, respectively) in what is a much stronger year for filmmakers than in the past. Last year, Venice faced criticism for having only two women in competition, while this year, there are women behind eight of the 18 characteristics. Venice chief Alberto Barbera noted that they were “selected exclusively on the basis of quality and not as a result of gender protocols.”

In acknowledging the effects of COVID in Hollywood, Barbera also said in an introductory note: “Some spectacular movies will be missing, blocked by the blockade that still affects the scheduling of the most anticipated Hollywood releases.” Venice has had great success as a launch pad in recent years, last year it hosted Warner Bros’ jester who won the Golden Lion and topped $ 1B at the worldwide box office. There are no Netflix titles in the mix for 2020 either, despite a welcoming relationship between the broadcaster and the Biennale that launched in 2019. Marriage story, another Oscar nominee for Best Picture along with jester. Barbera commented during this morning’s press conference that Nomadic It has Oscar potential.

Overall, this year, there is a very global / artistic feel to the main lineup for the first major international film gathering since the coronavirus pandemic began. Well-known directors from around the world include French Nicole Garcia with Lovers, Israel Amos Gitai with Laila in Haifa, The English language of Kornel Mundruczo Pieces of a womanand the Italian Gianfranco Rosi with Notturn.

It is not yet clear if the talent will be able to attend, given border restrictions and general concerns. We already know that NomadicZhao and star Frances McDormand will perform virtually. Pieces of a woman and The world to come Star Vanessa Kirby could be as ubiquitous on the Lido as Nicole Kidman has sometimes been at Cannes if she appears for her two competition titles. Pieces of a woman also features Shia LaBeouf and Sarah Snook while The world to come co-stars Casey Affleck.

Although Sofia Coppola’s With ice rumored (and you could still imagine given that Barbera said he will probably add more titles), it is his niece Gia Coppola who returns to Venice with the title Horizons Conventional, starring Andrew Garfield, Maya Hawke, Nat Wolff and Jason Schwartzman.

Unconventional French director Quentin Dupieux makes an out-of-competition appearance with Jaws, directed by Adèle Exarchopoulos while Notting Hill Helmer Roger Michell is also in the Out of Competition section with The Duke. Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, and Fionn Whitehead star in the comedy based on the true story of a 60-year-old taxi driver who stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in 1961.

The out-of-competition non-fiction section also includes some recognizable names, including Call me by your nameLuca Guadagnino with Salvatore, shoemaker of dreams. Alex Gibney and Abel Ferrara also return with Crazy, not crazy and Sportin ‘life, respectively.

Also noticeably running out of competition is Hopper / Welles, an unscripted discussion between Dennis Hopper and Orson Welles that took place in 1970. According to Wellesnet, the footage has been assembled by The other side of the wind producer Filip Jan Rymsza and editor Bob Murawski.

Scroll down to see the full list of Venice titles announced today.

PREVIOUS: The Venice Film Festival presents its programming for the 77th edition this morning in Rome. This will be the first major international film event to take place physically since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and will take place from September 2 to 12 at the Lido. Cate Blanchett is chairman of the main jury for the competition this year. Festival boss Alberto Barbera will be keeping the list in the next hour, so check back for updates as we post the live titles below.

The oldest film festival in the world in recent years has consolidated its status as the fall launch pad for award-seekers, though given the current state of the world this year is expected to be somewhat muted by the lack of The main Hollywood titles available and from The Travel Restrictions could still be in force in early September. On Monday, it was revealed that Searchlight Pictures (which has a strong track record on the Lido) will debut Chloe Zhao worldwide. Nomadic on September 11, simultaneously with Toronto. However, Zhao and star Frances McDormand will virtually attend. Image of the A24 apple by Sofia Coppola With ice It is another American title that has recently been rumored as a potential for the event.

As noted last week, Daniele Luchetti’s Lacci It will open the process, the first for an Italian film in more than a decade. Documentary by Venetian director Andrea Segre Molecole, made in Venice when it was closed, will be screened as the pre-release nighttime movie on September 1.

In early July, Venice organizers described certain changes due to health protocols imposed by the COVID crisis. The total number of films in the official selection has been reduced, while the competitive sections will maintain their usual procedures and formats, as will the Out of Competition and Cinema section of Biennale College, although social distancing will prevail.

Check out the movies released today below:

VENEZIA 77 – COMPETITION
In the midst of death, dir: Hilal Baydarov
Le Sorelle Macaluso, dir: Emma Dante
The world to come, dir: Mona Fastvold
New Order, dir: Michel Franco
Lovers, dir: Nicole Garcia
Laila in Haifa, dir: Amos Gitai
Dear comrades, dir: Andrei Konchalovsky
Wife of a spy, dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Sun Children, dir: Majid Majidi
Pieces of a woman, dir: Kornel Mundruczo
Miss Marx, dir: Susanna Nicchiarelli
Padrenostro, dir: Claudio Noce
Notturno, dir: Gianfranco Rosi
Never Gonna Snow Again, dirs: Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert
The disciple, dir: Chaitanya Tamhane
And tomorrow the whole world, dir: Julia Von Heinz
Quo Vadis, Aida?, Dir: Jasmila Zbanic
Nomadland, dir: Chloé Zhao

Horizons
Apples, dir: Christos Nikou
La Troisième Guerre, dir: Giovanni Aloi
Milestone, dir: Ivan Ayr
The Wasteland, dir: Ahmad Bahrami
The man who sold his skin, dir: Kaouther Ben Hania
I Predatori, dir: Pietro Castellitto
Mainstream, dir: Gia Coppola
Genre Pan, dir: Lav Diaz
Zanka contact, dir: Ismael El Iraki
Guerra E Pace, dirs: Martina Parenti, Massimo D’Anolfi
La Nuit Des Rois, dir: Philippe Lacôte
The oven, dir: Roderick Mackay
Careless Crime, dir: Shahram Mokri
Gaza Mon Amour, dirs: Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser
Jungle Tragic, dir: Yulene Olaizola
Nowhere Special, dir: Uberto Pasolini
Listen, dir: Ana Rocha de Sousa
The best is yet to come, dir: Wang Jing
Yellow cat, dir: Adilkhan Yerzhanov

OUT OF COMPETITION – SPECIAL EXAMS
30 Coins, Episode 1, dir: Alex de la Iglesia
Princesse Europe, dir: Camille Lotteau
Omelia Contadina, dirs: Alice Rohrwacher, JR

OUT OF COMPETITION – FICTION
Lacci, dir: Daniele Lucheti
Lasciami Andare, dir: Stefano Mordini
Mandibules, dir: Quentin Dupieux
Love after love, dir: Ann Hui
Assandira, dir: Salvatore Mereu
The Duke, dir: Roger Michell
Night in paradise, dir: Park Soon-jung
Mosquito status, dir: Filip Jan Rymsza

OUT OF COMPETITION – NO FICTION
Sportin ‘Life, dir: Abel Ferrara
Crazy, not crazy, dir: Alex Gibney
Greta dir: Nathan Grossman
Salvatore, Shoemaker of dreams, dir: Luca Guadagnino
Final account, dir: Luke Holland
La Verita Su La Dolce Vita, dir: Giuseppe Pedersoli
Molecole, dir: Andrea Segre
Narciso Em Ferias, dirs: Renato Terra, Ricardo Calil
Paulo Conte, Via Con Me, dir: Giorgio Verdelli
Hopper / Welles: dir: Orson Welles