Venice Film Festival 2020 Competition Lineup Unveiled

Venice Film Festival 2020 Competition Lineup Unveiled

The Venice Film Festival 2020 competition lineup has been unveiled, marking only two studio titles in the list, including Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland starring Frances McDormand for Searchlight Pictures and Mona Fastvold’s The World to Come for Sony Pictures (via Deadline). You can check out the full list below!

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After facing criticism last year for only having two female filmmakers, this year’s lineup boasts eight of the 18 features having been helmed by women. Venice’s Alberto Barbera also noted that due to the ongoing pandemic, “a few spectacular movies will be missing.”

VENEZIA 77 – COMPETITION

In Between Dying, dir: Hilal Baydarov

Le Sorelle Macaluso, dir: Emma Dante

The World To Come, dir: Mona Fastvold

Nuevo Orden, dir: Michel Franco

Lovers, dir: Nicole Garcia

Laila in Haifa, dir: Amos Gitai

Dear Comrades, dir: Andrei Konchalovsky

Wife Of A Spy, dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Sun Children, dir: Majid Majidi

Pieces Of A Woman, dir: Kornel Mundruczo

Miss Marx, dir: Susanna Nicchiarelli

Padrenostro, dir: Claudio Noce

Notturno, dir: Gianfranco Rosi

Never Gonna Snow Again, dirs: Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert

The Disciple, dir: Chaitanya Tamhane

And Tomorrow The Entire World, dir: Julia Von Heinz

Quo Vadis, Aida?, dir: Jasmila Zbanic

Nomadland, dir: Chloé Zhao

HORIZONS

*Apples, dir: Christos Nikou (Opening film)

*La Troisième Guerre, dir: Giovanni Aloi

Milestone, dir: Ivan Ayr

The Wasteland, dir: Ahmad Bahrami

The Man Who Sold His Skin, dir: Kaouther Ben Hania

*I Predatori, dir: Pietro Castellitto

Mainstream, dir: Gia Coppola

Genus Pan, dir: Lav Diaz

*Zanka Contact, dir: Ismael El Iraki

Guerra E Pace, dirs: Martina Parenti, Massimo D’Anolfi

La Nuit Des Rois, dir: Philippe Lacôte

*The Furnace, dir: Roderick Mackay

Careless Crime, dir: Shahram Mokri

Gaza Mon Amour, dirs: Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser

Selva Tragica, dir: Yulene Olaizola

Nowhere Special, dir: Uberto Pasolini

*Listen, dir: Ana Rocha de Sousa

*The Best Is Yet To Come, dir: Wang Jing

Yellow Cat, dir: Adilkhan Yerzhanov

(*Denotes debut features eligible for the Lion of the Future “Luigi De Laurentiis” Award)

HORIZONS SHORT FILMS – COMPETITION

The Night Train, dir: Jerry Carlsson

The Shift, dir: Laura Carreira

Workshop, dir: Judah Finnigan

Sogni Al Campo, dir: Magda Guidi

What Probably Would Have Happened, If I Hadn’t Stayed At Home, dir: Willy Hans

The Game, dir: Roman Hodel

Places, dir: Vytautas Katkus

Anita, dir: Sushma Khadepaun

A Fleur De Peau, dir: Meriem Mesraoua

Entre Tu Y Milagros, dir: Marina Saffon

Being My Mon, dir: Jasmine Trinca

Live In Cloud Cuckoo Land, dir: Nghia Vu Minh

HORIZONS SHORT FILMS – OUT OF COMPETITION

Si, dir: Luca Ferri

The Return Of Tragedy, dir: Bertrand Mandico

OUT OF COMPETITION – SPECIAL SCREENINGS

30 Monedas, Episode 1, dir: Alex de la Iglesia

Princesse Europe, dir: Camille Lotteau

Omelia Contadina, dirs: Alice Rohrwacher, JR

OUT OF COMPETITION – FICTION

Lacci, dir: Daniele Lucheti (Opening film)

Lasciami Andare, dir: Stefano Mordini (Closing film)

Mandibules, dir: Quentin Dupieux

Love After Love, dir: Ann Hui

Assandira, dir: Salvatore Mereu

The Duke, dir: Roger Michell

Night In Paradise, dir: Park Hoon-jung

Mosquito State, dir: Filip Jan Rymsza

OUT OF COMPETITION – NON-FICTION

Sportin’ Life, dir: Abel Ferrara

Crazy, Not Insane, dir: Alex Gibney

Greta; dir: Nathan Grossman

Salvatore, Shoemaker Of Dreams, dir: Luca Guadagnino

Final Account, dir: Luke Holland

La Verita Su La Dolce Vita, dir: Giuseppe Pedersoli

Molecole, dir: Andrea Segre

Narciso Em Ferias, dirs: Renato Terra, Ricardo Calil

Paulo Conte, Via Con Me, dir: Giorgio Verdelli

Hopper/Welles: dir: Orson Welles

City Hall, dir: Frederick Wiseman

BIENNALE COLLEGE – CINEMA

El Arte De Volver, dir: Pedro Collantes

Fucking With Nobody, dir: Hannaleena Hauru

BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA – VIRTUAL REALITY

Vajont, dir: Iolanda Di Bonaventura

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