Prakhar Dobhal, Pune
The Venice Film Festival, which begins on Wednesday and ends on September 9 with the awards ceremony, has 23 films vying for the top prize, the Golden Lion.
The 80th edition of the festival’s lineup was unveiled on Tuesday by the organizers. However, if the Hollywood actors and writers strike continues, the picturesque docks and red carpet may not be as glitzy as usual, despite the big names of the films from the year. Actors are prohibited from promoting projects from the studios and streamers with whom the union is negotiating as part of the strike.
At the Venice International Film Festival this autumn, a number of films will have their global premieres, including Ava DuVernay’s Origin, Michael Mann’s Ferrari, David Fincher’s The Killer, and Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley biopic.
Here’s the full list of films that have made it to the prestigious awards:
- BASTARDEN by Nikolaj Arcel, starring Mads Mikkelsen (Denmark)
- DOGMAN by Luc Besson, with Caleb Landry Jones (France)
- THE BEAST by Bertrand Bonello, with Lea Seydoux, George MacKay (France/Canada)
- HORS-SAISON by Stephane Brize with Guillaume Canet, Alba Rohrwacher (France)
- ENEA by Pietro Castellitto with Pietro Castellitto, Giorgio Quarzo Guarascio (Italy)
- MAESTRO by Bradley Cooper, with Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman (USA)
- PRISCILLA by Sofia Coppola with Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi (USA/Italy)
- FINALMENTE L’ALBA by Saverio Costanzo with Lily James, Rebecca Antonaci (Italy)
- COMANDANTE by Edoardo De Angelis with Pierfrancesco Favino (Italy)
- LUBO by Giorgio Diritti with Franz Rogowski (Italy, Switzerland)
- ORIGIN by Ava DuVernay with Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal (USA)
- THE KILLER by David Fincher with Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton (USA)
- MEMORY by Michel Franco with Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard (Mexico, USA)
- IO CAPITANO by Matteo Garrone with Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall (Italy/Belgium)
- EVIL DOES NOT EXIST by Ryusuke Hamaguchi with Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka (Japan)
- GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland with Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska (Poland/France/Czech Rep/Belgium)
- THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kroger with Jan Bulow, Olivia Ross (Germany/Austria/Switzerland)
- POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos with Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe (Britain)
- EL CONDE by Pablo Larrain with Jaime Vadell (Chile)
- FERRARI by Michael Mann with Adam Driver, Penelope Cruz (USA)
- ADAGIO by Stefano Sollima with Pierfrancesco Favino, Toni Servillo (Italy)
- KOBIETA Z… by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert with Malgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Joanna Kulig (Poland/Sweden)
- HOLLY by Fien Troch with Cathalina Geeraerts, Felix Heremans (Belgium/Netherlands/Luxembourg/France)