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Venice film festival unveils 2021 line-up!

The 78th Venice International Film Festival runs September 1-11, 2021.

The line-up of the 78th Venice Film Festival (September 1-11) has been announced by festival president Roberto Cicutto and artistic director Alberto Barbera.

Among the biggest names heading to the Lido this year will be Pedro Almodovar’s Parallel Mothers which will start off the festival. Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune will definitely occupy the interest of visitors on the second day of the festival. Paolo Sorrentino’s The Hand Of God, Pablo Larrain’s Spencer; and Michel Franco’s Sundown are just a few more names that occupy the attention. The full festival lineup is as follows:

 

Competition

La Caja
Dir. Lorenzo Vigas

Reflection
Dir. Valentyn Vasyanovych

The Hand Of God
Dir. Paolo Sorrentino 

The Card Counter
Dir. Paul Schrader

Captain Volkonogov Escaped
Dirs. Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov

Leave No Traces
Dir. Jan P. Matuszynski

On The Job: The Missing 8
Dir. Erik Matti

Oui Rido Io
Dir. Mario Martone

Freaks Out
Dir. Gabriele Mainetti

Spencer
Dir. Pablo Larraín

The Lost Daughter
Dir. Maggie Gyllenhaal

Illusions Perdues
Dir. Xavier Giannoli

Sundown
Dir. Michel Franco

Il Buco
Dir. Michelangelo Frammartino

Official Competition
Dirs. Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn

L’Événement
Dir. Audrey Diwan

America Latina
Dirs. Damian and Fabio D’Innocenzo

The Power Of The Dog
Dir. Jane Campion

Un Autre Monde
Dir. Stephane Brize

Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon
Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour

Parallel Mothers - Opening Film
Dir. Pedro Almodóvar

 

Out Of Competition - fiction

Last Night In Soho
Dir. Edgar Wright

The Last Duel
Dir. Ridley Scott

Old Henry
Dir. Potsy Ponciroli

La Scuola Cattolica
Dir. Stefano Mordini

Halloween Kills
Dir. David Gordon Green

Ariaferma
Dir. Leonardo Di Constanzo

Les Choses Humaines
Dir. Yvan Attal

Il Bambino Nascosto
Dir. Roberto Ando

Dune
Dir. Denis Villeneuve

 

Out Of Competition - non-fiction

Ezio Bosso, Le Cose Che Restano
Dir. Giorgio Verdelli

Django & Django
Dir. Luca Rea

Deandre#deandre
Dir. Roberta Lena

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song
Dirs. Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine

Republic Of Silence
Dir. Diana El Jeiroudi

Viaggio Nel Crepuscolo
Dir. Augusto Contento

Tranchees
Dir. Loup Bureau

Life Of Crime 1984-2020
Dir. Jon Alpert

 

Out Of Competition - Special Screenings

La Biennale Di Venezia: Il Cinema Al Tempo Del Covid
Dir. Andrea Segre

Le 7 Giornate Di Bergamo
Dir. Simona Ventura

 

Out Of Competition - series

Scenes From A Marriage
Creator: Hagai Levi

 

Horizons Extra (new section)

La Macchina Delle Immagini Di Alfredo C.
Dir. Roland Sejko

The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic
Dir. Teemu Nikki 

7 Prisioneiros
Dir. Alexandre Moratto

La Ragazza Ha Volato
Dir. Wlma Labate

Ma Nuit
Dir. Antoinette Boulat

Mama, I’m Home
Dir. Vladimir Bitokov

Costa Brava
Dir. Mounia Akl

Land Of Dreams
Dir. Shirin Neshat, Soja Azari 

 

Horizons

Inu-Oh
Dir. Yuasa Masaaki

True Things
Dir. Harry Wootliff

Rhino - closing film
Dir. Oleg Sentsov

Once Upon A Time In Calcutta
Dir. Aditya Vikram Sengupta

El Gran Movimiento
Dir. Kiro Russo

El Otro Tom
Dirs. Rodrigo Pla, Laura Santullo

Anatomy Of Time
Dir. Jakrawal Nilthamrong

White Building
Dir. Kavich Neang

Vera Dreams Of The Sea
Dir. Kaltrina Krasniqi

107 Mothers
Dir. Peter Kerekes

A Plein Temps
Dir. Eric Gravel 

Amira
Dir. Mohamed Diab

El Hoyo En La Cerca
Dir. Joaquin Del Paso

The Falls
Dir. Chung Mong-Hong

Il Paradiso Del Pavone
Dir. Laura Bispuri

Pilgrims
Dir. Laurynas Bareisa

Atlantide
Dir. Yuri Ancarani

Miracle
Dir. Bogdan George Apetri

Les Promesses - Opening film
Dir. Thomas Kruithof

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