Venice Film Festival reveals the 2021 line-up
The 2021 edition of the Venice Film Festival has unveiled its official line-up with the likes of Pedro Almodovar, Paul Schrader, Edgar Wright, Ridley Scott and more all featuring.
The programme for the 78th Venice Film Festival, which is due to take place between September 1-11, was announced from Rome by festival president Roberto Cicutto and artistic director Alberto Barbera.
“We were surprised by the average quality [of film submissions] this year,” Barbera said during the announcement. “As if the [COVID-19] pandemic had inspired creativity. So in this way, I can be optimistic about the state of cinema.”
The hotly-anticipated event welcomes back some of the biggest names in Hollywood and, with it, a selection of major blockbusters with the likes of Dune, Last Night in Soho, The Last Duel, Halloween Kills just a short selection of those involved.
Cicutto added: “We are ready, we hope for the whole world, for Italy and for Venice in particular, we hope that infections will slow down so that we can open up more theatres but we will, of course, obey the rules.”
See the full line-up, below.
The 2021 Venice Film Festival line-up:
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. Wilma 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 filmDir. Thomas Kruithof
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