Around twenty French films (of all formats and including coproductions) will make their world premiere at the upcoming 77th edition of the world's oldest film festival, which will be held outdoors and in public from September 2 to 12, 2020. This year it will be Nicole Garcia who will represent France in the Official Competition with Lovers, her ninth feature film. She will be accompanied at the event by Amos Gitaï, whose film Laila in Haifa is a majority-French coproduction.
In addition to Lovers and Laila in Haifa, six films produced or coproduced by France will be showcased at the festival. They include the new film by Quentin Dupieux, Mandibles, presented out of competition, and Princesse Europe by Camille Lotteau, to be shown in a special screening. The competitive Orizzonti section features four majority-French films (by Philippe Lacôte, Kaouther Ben Hania, Giovanni Aloi, and Tarzan Nasser), and as many minority-French coproductions.
Three French short films are also among titles selected at this year's festival, including the latest film by Bertrand Mandico, The Return of Tragedy, not to mention six French VR works in and out of competition in the 4th edition of Venice VR.
In the Giornate degli Autori section, director Kamir Aïnouz will present her debut feature Honey Cigar.
France is also strongly represented in the juries this year, with Ludivine Sagnier a member of the Official Competition led by Cate Blanchett and Claire Denis president of the Orizzonti jury.
Due to the current Covid pandemic, this year's festival will present a reduced slate of films that will be screened to the public in accordance with strict social distancing protocols.
They will be in Venice :
- Nicole Garcia, Pierre Niney, Stacy Martin & Benoît Magimel for Lovers
- Kamir Aïnouz, Amira Casar, Zoé Adjani & Lyes Salem for Honey Cigar
- Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser, Hiam Abbass & Salim Daw for Gaza mon amour
- Philippe Lacôte, Steve Tientcheu & Denis Lavant for Night of the Kings
- Giovanni Aloi, Anthony Bajon & Karim Leklou for The Third War
- Quentin Dupieux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, David Marsais & Grégoire Ludig pour Mandibles
- Camille Lotteau for Princesse Europe
All the French Films at the 77th Venice Film Festival
Official Selection - In Competition
- Lovers by Nicole Garcia
- Laila in Haifa by Amos Gitaï
- Notturno by Gianfranco Rosi (minority-French coproduction)
- And Tomorrow the Entire World by Julia Von Heinz (minority coproduction)
- Quo Vadis, Aida? by Jasmila Žbanić (minority coproduction)
- New Order by Michel Franco (minority coproduction)
Official Selection - Out of Competition
- Mandibles by Quentin Dupieux
- Princesse Europe by Camille Lotteau
- Omelia Contadina by Alba Rohrwacher & JR (short film)
Orizzonti Section
- Gaza mon amour by Tarzan Nasser & Arab Nasser
- The man who sold his skin by Kaouther Ben Hania
- Night of the Kings by Philippe Lacôte
- The Third War by Giovanni Aloi
- Yellow Cat by Adilkhan Yerzhanov (minority coproduction)
- Tragic Jungle by Yulene Olaizola (minority coproduction)
- Zanka Contact, de Ismaël El Iraki (minority coproduction)
Orizzonti Section - Short Films
- Sogni al campo by Magda Guidi, Mara Cerri
- Under Her Skin by Meriem Mesraoua
- The Return of Tragedy by Bertrand Mandico
Venice VR
- Minimum Mass by Raqi Syed, Areito Echevarria
- Dreamin'Zone by Fabienne Giezendanner
- Mirror: The Signal by Pierre Zandrowicz
- The Hangman at Home - VR (Single User) by Michelle Kranot & Uri Kranot
- Goodbye Mr. Octopus by Amaury Campion
- Recoding Entropia, by François Vautier
Giornate degli Autori
- Honey Cigar by Kamir Aïnouz
- Una promessa by Gianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De Serio (minority coproduction)
- Oasis by Ivan Ikic (minority coproduction)
Critics' Week
- Ghosts by Azra Deniz Okyay (minority coproduction)
