The official line-up for the 64th Venice International Film Festival has been unveiled. 22 films will be vying for the coveted Golden Lion, including two French productions.
The Palazzo del Cinema will be hosting the festival from August 29 through September 8.
Feature Films in Competition:
Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon by Eric Rohmer
La Graine et le mulet by Abdellatif Kechiche
Le Chaos by Youssef Chahine (majority French co-production with Egypt)
Dans la ville de Sylvia by Jose Luis Guerin (minority co-production with Spain)
Nessuta Qualità agli eroi by Paolo Franchi (minority co-production with Italy)
Nightwatching by Peter Greenaway (minority co-production with the Netherlands and Great Britain)
Feature Films presented Out of Competition:
La Fille coupée en deux by Claude Chabrol
Cristóvão Colombo - O Enigma by Manuel de Oliveira (co-production with Portugal)
Far North by Asif Kapadia (minority co-production with Great Britain)
Nocturna by Adrian Garcia and Victor Maldonado (minority co-production with Spain)
Orizzonti Section:
L'Histoire de Richard O. by Damien Odoul
L'Aimée by Arnaud Desplechin
Geomen Tangyi Sonyeo Oi by Jeon Soo-Il (co-production with South Korea)
Miracle by Tonino De Bernardi (co-production with Italy)
Critics' Week:
24 Mesures by Jalil Lespert
Venice Days:
La Pluie des prunes by Frédéric Fisbach
Un baiser s’il vous plait by Emmanuel Mouret
Andalucia by Alain Gomis (majority French co-production with Spain)
Short Films in Competition:
Tony Zoreil by Valentin Potier
Dans la peau by Zoltan Horvath (co-production with Switzerland)
Corto Cortissimo Section:
Lahna lalhih by Rachid Boutounes
