François Ozon, Wim Wenders, and Stéphane Brizé will be flying the flag for France at the upcoming Venice Film Festival, which opens its doors on August 31. A total of 12 French feature films (excluding French cinema classics and minority-French productions) and 3 French shorts will be screened during the world's longest-standing film festival until September 10.
Three French films (including majority-French productions) will follow in the footsteps of Courted, which featured in the Official Competition at Venice at the 2015 Venice Film Festival and picked up the Golden Lion Award.
A large delegation of French artists will travel to the Italian city to present their films:
- François Ozon, Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Anton Von Lucker, Marie Gruber, and Ernst Stötzner for Frantz
- Wim Wenders, Reda Kateb, Sophie Semin, and Jens Harzer for The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
- Stéphane Brizé, Judith Chemla, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, and Yolande Moreau for A Woman's Life
- Rebecca Zlotowski, Natalie Portman, Lily-Rose Depp, and Emmanuel Salinger for Planetarium
- Benoit Jacquot and Julia Roy for Never Ever
- Katell Quillévéré, Emmanuelle Seigner, Tahar Rahim, Dominique Blanc, Bruni Lopes, Alice Taglioni, Karim Leklou, Gilles Taurand, and Maylis De Kerangal for Heal the Living
- Claire Simon for The Competition
- Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai, and Rocco Siffredi for Rocco
- Jérôme Reybaud and Fabienne Babe for 4 Days in France
- Valérie Müller and Angelin Preljocaj for Polina
French films at the 2016 Venice Film Festival
Official Competition:
- Frantz by François Ozon
- The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez by Wim Wenders
- A Woman's Life by Stéphane Brizé
- Brimstone by Martin Koolhoven (minority production)
- The Untamed by Amat Escalante (minority production)
- The Blind Christ by Christopher Murray (minority production)
Out of Competition:
- Planetarium by Rebecca Zlotowski
- Never Ever by Benoit Jacquot
- La Montagne by Amir Naderi (minority production)
Venice Days:
Orizzonti Section:
- Heal the Living by Katell Quillévéré
- Bitter Money by Wang Bing
- Dawson City: Frozen Time by Bill Morrison (minority production)
- Saint George by Marco Martins (minority production)
- Liberami by Federica Di Giacomo (minority production)
Short Films - Orizzonti Section:
- All the Rest is the Work of Man by Doria Achour
- What Tears Us Apart by Wei Hu
- The Woodpeckers of Rotha by Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung
Venezia Classici Section:
Critics' Week:
- 4 Days in France by Jérôme Reybaud
- Drum by Keywan Karimi
- Les Dernières choses by Irène Dionisio (minority production)
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