This morning came the announcement of the 2014 Venice Film Festival lineup and we already knew Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu‘s Birdman would serve as the opening night film and for the most part a lot of the more recognizable entries are those we already discussed as part of the Toronto Film Festival lineup. This includes Ramin Bahrani‘s 99 Homes, David Gordon Green‘s Manglehorn starring Al Pacino, Abel Ferrera‘s Pasolini, Barry Levinson‘s The Humbling and Andrew Niccol‘s The Good Kill.
There are, however, some titles worthy of note such as the latest film from The Act of Killing director Joshua Oppenheimer, The Lord of Silence, Fatih Akin‘s The Cut, She’s Funny that Way from Peter Bogdanovich, Lisa Cholodenko‘s Olive Kitteredge and a new film from James Franco in The Sound and the Fury based on Faulkner’s novel.
Joe Dante shows up with a new horror-comedy in Burying the Ex, Laika’s The BoxTrolls will screen as will Lars von Trier‘s director’s cut of Nymphomaniac: Vol. II along with new film sfrom Quentin Dupieux, Hong Sang-Soo and the latest film from Ami Canaan Mann.
You can browse the complete lineup below, the fest runs from August 27 – September 6.
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
- Three Hearts (dir. Benoit Jacquot)
- Le Rancon De Glory (dir. Xavier Beauvois)
- Le dernier coup de marteau (dir. Alix Delaporte)
- Loin des hommes (dir. David Oelhoffen)
- Birdman (dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu) [OPENING NIGHT FILM]
- 99 Homes (dir. Ramin Bahrani)
- The Good Kill (dir. Andrew Niccol)
- Manglehorn (dir. David Gordon Green)
- Pasolini (dir. Abel Ferrera)
- Il giovane favoloso (dir. Mario Martone)
- Anime nere (dir. Francesco Munzi)
- Hungry Hearts (dir. Saverio Costanzo)
- The Cut (dir. Fatih Akin)
- A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting On Existence (dir. Roy Andersson)
- The Look of Silence (dir. Joshua Oppenheimer)
- The Postman’s White Nights (dir. Andrej Konchalovsky)
- Fires on the Plain (dir. Shinya Tsukamoto)
- Red Amnesia (dir. Wang Xioshuai)
- Tales (dir. Rakhshan Bani-Eternad)
- Sivas (dir. Kaan Mujdeci)
OUT OF COMPETITION
- Words with Gods (dir. Guillermo Arriaga, Emir Kusturica, Amos Gitai, Mira Nair, Warwick Thornton, Hector Babenco, Bahman Ghobadi, Hideo Nakata, Alex De La Iglesia)
- She’s Funny that Way (dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
- Dearest (dir. Peter Ho-Sun Chan)
- Olive Kitteredge (dir. Lisa Cholodenko)
- Burying the Ex (dir. Joe Dante)
- Perez (dir. Edoardo De Angelis)
- La Zuppa del Demonio (dir. Davide Ferrario)
- The Sound and the Fury (dir. James Franco)
- Tsili (dir. Amos Gitai)
- La Trattavita (dir. Sabina Guzzanti)
- Make-Up (dir. Kwontaek Im)
- The Golden Era (dir. Ann Hui) [CLOSING NIGHT FILM]
- The Humbling (dir. Barry Levinson)
- The Old Man of Belem (dir. Manoel De Oliviera)
- Italy in a Day (dir. Gabriele Salvatores)
- In the Basement (dir. Ulrich Seidl)
- The Boxtrolls (dir. Anthony Stacchi, Annable Graham)
- Nymphomaniac Volume 2: Director’s Cut (dir. Lars Von Trier)
ORRIZONTI
- Theeb (dir. Naji Abu Nowar)
- Line of Credit (dir. Salome Alexi)
- Senza Nessuna Pieta (dir. Michele Alhaique)
- Cymbeline (dir. Michael Almereyda)
- Io Sto con la Sposa (dir. Antonio Augugliaro, Gabriele Del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry)
- La Vita Oscena (dir. Renato De Maria)
- Near Death Experience (dir. Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern)
- Realite (dir. Quentin Dupieux)
- Goodnight Mommy (dir. Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala)
- Hill of Freedom (dir. Hong Sang-Soo)
- Bypass (dir. Duane Hopkins)
- the President (dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
- Your Right Mind (dir. Ami Canaan Mann)
- Belluscone, Una Storia Siciliana (dir. Franco Maresco)
- Nabat (dir. Elchin Musaoglu)
- Heaven Knows What (dir. Josh & Ben Safdie)
- These are the Rules (dir. Ognjen Svilicic)
- Court (dir. Chaitanya Tamhane)
