Venice 2020: The official selection

The organizers of the Biennale have confirmed that the 77th edition of the Venice International Film Festival will take place from September 2 to 12, with, of course, a strict health protocol. 62 films and 15 short films will be screened in the heart of the historic Palazzo del Cinema, on the lungomare Marconi, in Venice Lido. The first echoes make us think that the international journalists on the spot will be less numerous than usual, and, we ourselves, are not sure this year to be of it …

The official selection was eagerly awaited, especially after the Cannes festival this year hinted at a very special partnership with Venice. But it seems that this wishful thinking has not necessarily been followed up in view of the selection, which promises to be more Venetian than Cannes, if we refer to the headliners.

Here is the official selection:

Competition :

In Between Dying – Hilal Baydarov

The Macaluso Sisters – Emma Dante

The World to Come – Mona Fastvold

with Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Christopher Abbott, Casey Affleck

Nuevo orden – Michel Franco

Lovers – Nicole Garcia

with Pierre Niney, Stacy Martin, Benoit Magimel

Laila in Haifa – Amos Gitai

with Maria Zreik

Dear Comrades – Andrei Konchalovsky

Wife of a Spy – Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Sun Children – Majid Majidi

with Tannaz Tabatabaie, Ali Nasirian, Javad Ezzati

Pieces of a Woman – Kornél Mundruczó

with Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Ellen Burstyn, MOlly PArker, Benny Safdie

Miss Marx – Susanna Nicchiarelli

Padrenostro – Claudio Noce

Notturno – Gianfranco Rosi

Never Gonna Snow Again – Malgorzata Szumowska et Michal Englert

The Disciple – Chaitanya Tamhane

And Tomorrow the Entire World – Julia Von Heinz

Quo Vadis, Aida? – Jasmila Zbanic

Nomadland – Chloé Zhao

with Frances MacDormand, David Strathaim, Linda May

Orizzonti selection:

Apples – Christos Nikou
La troisième guerre – Giovanni Aloi
Milestone – Ivan Ayr
The Wasteland – Ahmad Bahrami
The Man Who Sold His Skin – Kaouther Ben Hania
I predatori – Pietro Castellitto
Mainstream – Gia Coppola
Genus Pan – Lav Diaz
Zanka Contact – Ismaël El Iraki
Guerra e pace – Martina Parenti et Massimo D’Anolfi
La nuit des rois – Philippe Lacôte
The Furnace – Robert Mackay
Careless Crime – Shahram Mokri
Gaza Mon Amour – Tarzan et Arab Nasser
Selva trágica – Yulene Olaizola
Nowhere Special – Uberto Pasolini
Listen – Ana Rocha de Sousa
The Best Is Yet to Come – Wang Jing
Yellow Cat – Adilkhan Yerzhanov

Out of competition :

Les fictions :

The Ties – Daniele Luchetti (film d’ouverture)
Lasciami andare – Stefano Mordini (film de clôture)
Mandibules – Quentin Dupieux
Love After Love – Ann Hui
Assandira – Salvatore Mereu
The Duke – Roger Michell
Night in Paradise – Park Hoon-Jung
Mosquito State – Filip Jan Rymsza
30 Monedas – Álex de la Iglesia (série tv)
Princess Europe – Camille Lotteau
Omelia contadina – Alice Rohrwacher, JR (court métrage)

Documentaries :

Sportin’ Life – Abel Ferrara
Crazy, Not Insane – Alex Gibney
Greta – Nathan Grossman
Salvatore, Shoemaker of Dreams – Luca Guadagnino
Final Account – Luke Holland
La verità su La Dolce Vita – Giuseppe Pedersoli
Molecole – Andrea Segre
Narciso em férias – Renato Terra and Ricardo Calil
Paolo Conte, via con me – Giorgio Verdelli
Hopper/Welles – Orson Welles
City Hall – Frederick Wiseman