The 72nd Venice International Film Festival will be held on the Lido of Venice from Sept. 2 to12. Venice Film Festival chief Alberto Barbera has announced a lineup for the 72nd running of the event on July 29, Wednesday.
The festival established in 1932 was organized by La Biennale di Venezia and is officially recognized by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF). The lineup includes Drake Doremus' futuristic "Equals" with Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult, Luca Guadagnino's "A Bigger Splash" with Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson and Ralph Fiennes, and Cary Fukunaga's "Beasts of No Nation" starring Idris Elba.
The 72nd Venice festival will open with the world premiere of Baltasar Kormakur's "Everest," starring Gyllenhaal and Robin Wright. On Sept. 12, a jury spearheaded by Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron will award the Golden Lion for best film and other prizes.
The festival will conclude with Guan Hu's film "Mr. Six." Actress and director Elisa Sednaoui will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the festival.
The festival poster featured Nastassja Kinski in front as reminiscent of Wim Wenders's Paris, Texas. Wim Wenders is a German filmmaker, playwright, author, and photographer.
In the backdrop it featured the character of Antoine Doinel portrayed by Jean-Pierre Léaud from François Truffaut's 1959 drama film "The 400 Blows. The character of Antoine Doinel also appeared in 71st Venice International Film Festival poster.
Below is the full list via The Guardian:
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL - IN COMPETITION
"Frenzy," Emin Alper (Turkey, France, Qatar)
"Heart of a Dog," Laurie Anderson (U.S.)
"Blood of My Blood," Marco Bellocchio (Italy)
"Looking for Grace," Sue Brooks (Australia)
"Equals," Drake Doremus (U.S.)
"Remember," Atom Egoyan (Canada, Germany)
"Beasts of No Nation," Cary Fukunaga (U.S.)
"Per amor vostro," Giuseppe M. Gaudino (Italy, France)
"Marguerite," Xavier Giannoli (France, Czech Republic, Belgium)
"Rabin, the Last Day," Amos Gitai (Isreal, France)
"A Bigger Splash," Luca Guadagnino (Italy, France)
"The Endless River," Oliver Hermanus (South Africa, France)
"The Danish Girl," Tom Hooper (U.K., U.S.)
"Anomalisa," Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson (U.S.)
"L'attesa," Piero Messina (Italy)
"11 minutes," Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland)
"Francofonia," Aleksander Sokurov (France, Germany, Netherlands)
"The Clan," Pablo Trapero (Argentina, Spain)
"Desde alla," Lorenzo Vigas (Venezuela, Mexico)
"L'hermine," Christian Vincent (France)
"Behemoth," Zhao Liang (China, France)
OUT OF COMPETITION
"Everest," Baltasar Kormakur (U.S., U.K.) - Opening Film
"Mr. Six," Hu Guan (China) - Closing Film
FICTION
"Go With Me," Daniel Alfredson (U.S., Canada, Sweden)
"Non essere cattivo," Claudio Caligari (Italy)
"Black Mass," Scott Cooper (U.S.)
"Spotlight," Thomas McCarthy (U.S.)
"La calle de la Amargura," Arturo Ripstein (Mexico-Spain)
"The Audition," Martin Scorsese (U.S.)
NON-FICTION
"Winter on Fire," Evgeny Afineevsky (Ukraine)
"De Palma," Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow (U.S.)
"Janis," Amy Berg (U.S.)
"The Event," Sergei Loznitsa (Netherlands, Belgium)
"Gli uomini di questa città io non li conosco," Franco Maresco (Italy)
"L'esercito piu piccolo del mondo," Gianfranco Pannone (Vatican City State)
"Afternoon," Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese Taipei)
"In Jackson Heights," Frederick Wiseman (U.S.)
SPECIAL SCREENING
"Human," Yann Arthus-Bertrand (France)
GOLDEN LION FOR CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
"La vie et rien d'autre," Bertrand Tavernier
HORIZONS
"Madame Courage," Merzak Allouache (Algeria, France, U.A.E.)
"A Copy of My Mind," Joko Anwar (Indonesia, South Korea)
"Pecore in erba," Alberto Caviglia (Italy)
"Tempete," Samuel Collardey (France)
The Childhood of a Leader," Brady Corbet (U.K., Hungary, Belgium, France)
"Italian Gangster," Renato De Maria (Italy)
"Wednesday, May 9," Vahid Jalilvand, Iran
"Mountain," Yaelle Kayam (Israel)
"A War," Tobias Lindholm (Denmark)
"Interrogation," Vetri Maaran (India)
"Free in Deed," Jake Mahaffy (U.S., New Zealand)
"Boi Neon," Gabriel Mascaro (Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands)
"Man Down," Dito Montiel (U.S.)
"Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?," Hadar Morag (Israel, France)
"Un monstruo de mil cabezas," Rodrigo Pla (Mexico)
"Mate-me por favor," Anita Rocha Da Silveira (Brazil, Argentina)
"Taj Mahal," Nicolas Saada (France, Belgium)
"Interruption," Yorgos Zois (Greece, France, Croatia)