24/7/2014 - 71st Venice Film Festival programme unveiled
Following the announcements of the programmes of this year's Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori) and International Critics' Week (Settimana Internazionale della Critica) it was time for festival director Alberto Barbera and his crew to unveil this year's Venice Film Festival programme.
The oldest international film festival in the world, the 71st since its existance, has revealed an exciting programme that includes big names and interesting titles. The programme, as per usual, is split up into four sections. All the titles in the main competition are world premieres. Then, there are films in the official selection that will not be part of the competition. The Orizzonti selection aims to represent the latest aesthetic and expressive trends in international cinema. Then there is the Venice Classics section, with restored films and documentaries on cinema.
(Note: the International Critics's Week and Venice Days work as autonomous parallel sections of the Venice Film Festival. This list does not include short films.)
VENEZIA 71 COMPETITION
- THE CUT by Fatih Akin (Germany/France/Italy/Russia/Poland/Turkey)
- A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE by Roy Andersson (Sweden/Germany/Norway/France)
- 99 HOMES by Ramin Bahrani (USA)
- TALES by Rakhshan Bani E'temad (Iran)
- LA RANCON DE LA GLORIE by Xavier Beauvois (France/Belgium/Switzerland)
- HUNGRY HEARTS by Saverio Costanzo (Italy)
- LE DERNIERE COUP DE MARTEAU by Alix Delaporte (France)
- PASOLINI by Abel Ferrara (France/Belgium/Italy)
- MANGLEHORN by David Gordon Green (USA)
- BIRDMAN (OR THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) by Alejandro González Inarritu (USA) - opening film
- 3 COEURS by Benoit Jacquot (France)
- THE POSTMAN'S WHITE NIGHTS by Andrei Konnchalovsky (Russia)
- IL GIOVANE FAVOLOSO by Mario Martone (Italy)
- SIVAS by Kaan Mujdeci (Turkey)
- ANIME NERE by Francesco Munzi (Italy)
- GOOD KILL by Andrew Niccol (USA)
- LOIN DES HOMMES by David Oelhoffen (France)
- THE LOOK OF SILENCE by Joshua Oppenheimer (Denmark/Finland/Indonesia/Norway/UK)
- FIRES ON THE PLAIN by Shinya Tsukamoto (Japan)
- RED AMNESIA by Xiaoshuai Wang (China)
ORIZZONTI
- THEEB by Naji Abu Nowar (Jordan/United Arab Emirates/Qatar/UK)
- LINE OF CREDITS by Salome Alexi (Georgia/Germany/France)
- SENZA NESSUNA PIETÁ by Michele Alhaique (Italy)
- CYMBELINE by Micheal Almereyda (USA)
- LA VITA OSCENA by Renato de Maria (Italy)
- IO STO CON LA SPOSA by Antonio Augugliaro, Gabriele del Grande, Khaled Soliman al Nassiry (Italy/Palestine) - out of competition
- NEAR DETH EXPERIENCE by Beoir Delépine, Gustave Kervern (France)
- RÉALITÉ by Quentin Dupieux (France/Belgium)
- GOODNIGHT MOMMY by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala (Austria)
- HILL OF FREEDOM by Sangsoo Hong (South Korea)
- BYPASS by Duane Hopkins (UK)
- THE PRESIDENT by Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Georgia/France/UK/Germany) - opening film
- YOUR RIGHT MIND by Sharyl Lee (USA)
- BERLUSCONE, UNA STORIA SICILIANA by Franco Maresco (Italy)
- NABAT by Elchin Musaoglu (Azerbaijan)
- HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT by Josh Safdie, Ben Safdie (USA/France)
- THESE ARE THE RULES by Ognjen Svilicic (Croatia/France/Serbia/Macedonia)
- COURT by Chaitanya Tamhane (India)
OUT OF COMPETITION
- WORDS WITH GODS by Guillermo Arriaga, Emir Kusturica, Amos Gitai, Mira Nair, Warwick Thornton, Hector Babenco, Bahman Ghobadi, Hideo Nakata, Álex De la Iglesia (Mexico/USA)
- SHE'S FUNNY THAT WAY by Peter Bogdanovich (USA)
- DEAREST by Peter Ho-Sun Chan (Hong Kong/China)
- OLIVE KITTERIDGE by Lisa Cholodenko (USA)
- BURYING THE EX by Joe Dante (USA)
- PEREZ. by Edoardo de Angelis (Italy)
- LA ZUPPA DEL DEMONIO by Davide Ferrario (Italy)
- THE SOUND AND THE FURY by James Franco (USA)
- TSILI by Amos Gitai
- LA TRATTATIVA by Sabina Guzzanti (Italy)
- THE GOLDEN ERA by Ann Hui (China/Hong Kong) - closing film
- HWAJANG by Kwontaek Im (South Korea)
- THE HUMBLING by Barry Levinson (USA)
- ITALY IN A DAY by Gabriele Salvatores (Italy/UK)
- IN THE BASEMENT by Ulrich Seidel (Austria)
- THE BOXTROLLS by Anthony Stacchi, Annable Graham (UK)
- MYMPHOMANIAC VOLUME II by Lars Von Trier (Denmark/Germany/France/Belgium)
VENICE CLASSICS
- BRIDE by Omer Lufti Akad (Turkey, 1973)
- RED CHAIRS. PARMA AND THE CINEMA by Francesco Barilli (Italy)
- CHINA IS NEAR by Marco Bellocchio (Italy, 1967)
- MOUCHETTE by Robert Bresson (France, 1967)
- THE INNOCENTS by Jack Clayton (UK/USA, 1961)
- WALKING THE STREETS OF MOSCOW by Georgij Daneljia (Soviet Union, 1963)
- UMBERTO D. by Vittorio de Sica (Italy, 1952)
- THE IRON MASK by Allan Dwan (USA, 1929)
- THE AUDIENCE by Marco Ferreri (Italy/France, 1971)
- FLOWERS OF TAIPEI - NEW TAIWAN CINEMA by Chinlin Hsieh (Chinese Taipei)
- NO END by Krzysztof Kielowski (Poland, 1984)
- WITHOUT PITY by Alberto Lattuada (Italy, 1948)
- THE WARRIOR by Luigi Maggi, Luigi Romano Borgnetto (Italy, 1916)
- GUYS AND DOLLS by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (USA, 1955)
- ALTMAN by Ron Mann (Canada)
- THE MAN FROM LARAMIE by Anthony Mann (USA)
- ANIMATED RESISTANCE by Francesco Montagner, Alberto Girotto (Italy)
- TODO MODO by Elio Petri (Italy/France, 1976)
- THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH by Roman Polanski (UK/USA, 1971)
- THE TALES OF HOFFMANN by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger (UK, 1951)
- GIULIO ANDREOTTI. IL CINEMA VISTO DA VICINO by Tatti Sanguineti (Italy)
- A SPECIAL DAY by Ettore Scola (Italy/France, 1977)
- FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER by Rudiger Suchsland (Germany)
- ONLY SHE KNOWS by Osamu Takahashi (Japan, 1960)
- GIAN LUIGI RONDI: VITA, CINEMA, PASSIONE by Giorgio Treves (Italy)
- STOLEN KISSES by Francois Truffaut (France, 1968)
