77th Venice Film Festival announces line-up

The organizers of the 77th Venice International Film Festival on Tuesday announced the line-up of the films to screen in and out of competition this year.

The 77th edition of the world's oldest film festival runs from Sept. 2-12 under the leadership of Director Alberto Barbera.

The main competition will screen 18 movies from countries including Azerbaijan, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Japan, Israel, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Russia, and the United States.

Chinese filmmaker Ann Hui will be presented with a Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival, setting a record as the first female director to earn this top honor. Her new film Love After Love is also included in the festival's Out of Competition section and will premiere in Venice.

The 77th Venice Film Festival will be the first international festival to be held in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Barbera said in a statement earlier this month when he announced that certain changes had been introduced in this year's edition for health reasons.

Among these changes are that two outdoor arenas will be installed, the Venice Virtual Reality competition will be held online, and the Venice Classics section will run on Aug. 25-31 in the city of Bologna, Barbera said.

Venice Film Festival Full Lineup

In Competition

In Between Dying, Hilal Baydarov (Azerbaijan, U.S.)

Le Sorelle Macaluso, Emma Dante (Italy)

The World to Come, Mona Fastvold (U.S.)

Nuevo Orden, Michel Franco (Mexico, France)

Lovers, Nicole Garcia (France)

Laila in Haifa, Amos Gitai (Israel, France)

Dear Comrades, Andrei Konchalovsky (Russia)

Wife of a Spy, Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Japan)

Sun Children, Majid Majidi (Iran)

Pieces of a Woman, Kornel Mundruczo (Canada, Hungary)

Miss Marx, Susanna Nicchiarelli (Italy, Belgium)

Padrenostro, Claudio Noce (Italy)

Never Gonna Snow Again, Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert (Poland, Germany)

The Disciple, Chaitanya Tamhane (India)

And Tomorrow The Entire World, Julia Von Heinz (Germany, France)

Nomadland, Chloe Zhao (U.S.)

Out of Competition – Fiction

Lacci, Daniele Luchetti (Italy) – Opening Film

Lasciami Andare, Stefano Mordini (Italy) Closing Film

Mandibules, Quentin Dupieux (France, Belgium)

Love After Love, Ann Hui (China)

Assandira, Salvatore Mereu (Italy)

The Duke, Roger Mitchell (U.K.)

Night in Paradise, Park Soon-Jung (South Corea)

Mosquito State, Filip Jan Rymsza (Poland)

Out of Competition – Non-Fiction

Sportin' Life, Abel Ferrara (Italy)

Crazy, Not Insane, Alex Gibney (U.S.)

Greta, Nathan Grossman (Sweeden)

Salvatore – Shoemaker of Dreams, Luca Guadagnino (Italy)

Final Account, Luke Holland (U.K.)

La Verità Su La Dolce Vita, Giuseppe Pedersoli (Italy)

Molecole, Daniele Segre (Italy)

Narciso Em Ferias, Renato Terra, Ricardo Calil (Brazil)

Paolo Conte, Via Con Me, Giorgio Verdelli (Italy)

Hopper/Welles, Orson Welles (U.S.)

City Hall, Frederick Wiseman (U.S.)

OUT OF COMPETITION – Special Screenings

30 Monedas – Episode 1, Alex De La Iglesia (Spain)

Princesse Europe, Camille Lotteau (France)

Omelia Contadina, Alice Rohrwacher, Jr (Italy)

Horizons

Apples, Christos Nikou (Opening Film)

La Troisieme Guerre, Giovanni Aloi (France)

Milestone, Ivan Ayr (India)

The Wasteland, Ahmad Bahrami (Iran)

The Man Who Sold His Skin, Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweeden)

I Predatori, Pietro Castellitto (Italy)

Mainstream, Gia Coppola (U.S.)

Genus Pan, Lav Diaz (Philippines)

Zanka Contact, Ismael El Iraki (France, Morocco, Belgium)

Guerra e Pace, Martina Parenti, Massimo D'Anolfi (Italy, Switzerland)

La Nuit Des Rois, Philippe Lacote (Ivory Coast, France, Canada)

The Furnace, Roderick Mackay (Australia)

Careless Crime, Shahram Mokri (Iran)

Gaza Mon Amour, Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser (Palestine, France, Germany, Portugal, Qatar)

Selva Tragica, Yulene Olaizola (Mexico, France, Colombia)

Nowhere Special, Uberto Pasolini (Italy, Romania, U.K.)

Listen, Ana Rocha De Sousa (U.K., Portugal)

The Best is Yet to Come, Wang Jing (China)

Yellow Cat, Adilkhan Yerzhanov (Kazakhstan, France)

Notturno, Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France, Germany)

Never Gonna Snow Again, Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert (Poland, Germany)

And Tomorrow The Entire World, Julia Von Heinz (Germany, France)

Quo Vadis, Aida?, Jasmila Zbanic (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania, The Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, Norway.