70th Venice Film Festival: Official Programme

The films for this year's festival were announced yesterday, I am very excited about many films, but, especially, about the big names that are going to play a part in the Festival. It will certainly be a great honour just to see their work.

Starting from the opening night Alfonso Cuarón will come back with his first film after 7 years, Gravity, starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock. 

The films in competition are:

MERZAK ALLOUACHE - ES-STOUH (LES TERRASSES)

Algeria, Francia, 94'

GIANNI AMELIO - L’INTREPIDO

Italia, 104'

ALEXANDROS AVRANAS - MISS VIOLENCE

Grecia, 99'

JOHN CURRAN - TRACKS

Regno Unito, Australia, 107'

EMMA DANTE - VIA CASTELLANA BANDIERA

Italia, Svizzera, Francia, 90'

XAVIER DOLAN - TOM À LA FERME

Canada, Francia, 105'

JAMES FRANCO - CHILD OF GOD

Usa, 104'

STEPHEN FREARS - PHILOMENA

Regno Unito, 94'

PHILIPPE GARREL - LA JALOUSIE

Francia, 77'

TERRY GILLIAM - THE ZERO THEOREM

Regno Unito, Usa, 107'

AMOS GITAI - ANA ARABIA

Israele, Francia, 84'

JONATHAN GLAZER - UNDER THE SKIN

Regno Unito, Usa, 107'

DAVID GORDON GREEN - JOE

Usa, 117'

PHILIP GRÖNING - DIE FRAU DES POLIZISTEN

Germania, 175'

PETER LANDESMAN - PARKLAND

Usa, 92'

HAYAO MIYAZAKI - KAZE TACHINU

Giappone, 126'

ERROL MORRIS - THE UNKNOWN KNOWN

Usa, 105'

KELLY REICHARDT - NIGHT MOVES

Usa, 112'

GIANFRANCO ROSI - SACRO GRA

Italia, 87'

MING-LIANG TSAI - JIAOYOU (STRAY DOGS)

Taipei cinese, Francia, 138'

Among the films out of competion, I am very curious to see The Canyons by Paul Schrader, Che Strano chiamarsi Federico - Scola racconta Fellini by Ettore Scola, At Berkeley by Frederick Wiseman, Sorcerer by William Friedkin (restored), My Darling Clementine by John Ford (restored), Le Mani sulla Città by Francesco Rosi (restored), La Bête Humaine by Jean Renoir (restored). I can't wait to see these restored classics on the big screen.

Moreover, screened at two independent sections of the Festival I would love to see some of the films independently chosen by the Italian Filmmakers Associations, and 100 Authors, and the 7 films (all debut films) chosen by a selected group of scholars. 

Here's the link to Alberto Barbera's (Director of the 70th Festival) introduction: 

http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/70th-festival/70/barbera.html

"Thus, the past and the future of cinema symbolically join hands, in an edition of the Festival that looks to the future, in the conviction that its mission is far from over."

Alberto Barbera