2018 Venice Film Festival!

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2018 Venice Film Festival! Jul 19, 2018 20:41:45 GMT RedSparrow, mortimer605, and 1 more like this

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The official Website Is Here.

The 75th Venice International Film Festival is organised by La Biennale di Venezia, and will take place at Venice Lido from August 29th to September 8th, 2018. The Festival is officially recognised by the FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Association).

The line-up of the 75th Venice International Film Festival will be announced during the press conference that will take place at the Cinema Moderno in Rome on Wednesday 25th July at 11:00 am. There will be a live streaming of the press conference available on the official website, www.labiennale.org (see above link) More info about sections is a posted below.

The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote international cinema in all its forms as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and dialogue. The Festival also organises retrospectives and tributes to major figures as a contribution towards a better understanding of the history of cinema.

Venice has been the start as I recall for a number of big winners La La Land and 3 Billboards come to mind. So it is a festival that bears watching.

Also a shoot out to LaraQ, Sethan and Mortimer who woke me up with posts on the last years 2017 thread. I will try to incorporate their comments here once I figure out how to do it.

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Here are the sections that will be included:

The 75th Venice International Film Festival will include the following sections:

Venezia 75

An international competition comprising a maximum of 20 feature-length films, presented as world premieres.

Out of Competition

Some of the most important works of the year will be presented in the non-competing section, for a maximum of 18 films. They may include the works of established authors who have participated in Competition in previous editions of the Venice Film Festival, documentaries or films in which the spectacular dimension is accompanied by forms of expressive or narrative originality. Some films Out of Competition may be screened during the midnight slot, if their characteristics make them particularly suitable for showing at this time of night. Only feature films presented as world premieres at the Venice Film Festival will be admitted to the selection.

Orizzonti

An international competition reserved for a maximum of 18 films, dedicated to films that represent the latest aesthetic and expressive trends in international cinema, with special attention to debut films, young talents who are not yet firmly established, indie features and lesser-known cinema, as well as works that address specific genres and current production, with the aim of innovating and demonstrating creative originality. The Orizzonti section features a selection of competing short films lasting a maximum of 20 minutes, selected on the basis of criteria such as quality and originality of language and expression. Only feature-length and short films presented as world premieres at the Venice Film Festival will be admitted to the selection.

Venice Classics

This section features the world premiere screenings of a selection of the finest restorations of classic films carried out over the past year by film libraries, cultural institutions and productions around the world, committed to the preservation and cultivation of the cinematographic heritage and the rediscovery of neglected or undervalued works of the past. The section may be completed with the presentation of documentaries about cinema or individual authors of yesteryear or today, that can offer innovative elements for historical and critical assessment.

Sconfini

This non-competitive section features a selection of a maximum of 10 works of different genres, lengths and targets. The Sconfini section may include art-house and genre movies, experimental and artists’ films, TV series and crossover productions, which may be preceded or accompanied by public encounters and conversations with the directors, actors and personalities from the world of art and culture. Only films presented as world premieres at the Venice Film Festival will be admitted to the selection.

Venice Virtual Reality

The Festival will present works in competition and out of competition. A maximum of 30 world-premieres or international premieres of VR Immersive Stories of any length and of any VR format (Samsung Gear, Google Cardboard, HTC Vive, Oculus, SONY Playstation, haptic devices, AR , MR; any other format needs to be discussed with the Director of the Venice Film Festival). The works of the teams participating in the second edition of the Biennale College Cinema-VR, and the previous films of the Venice Production Bridge invited project teams are presented Out of Competition.

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2018 Venice Film Festival! Jul 20, 2018 12:04:29 GMT mortimer605 likes this

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Makes sense that ROMA and Suspiria will both debut at Venice.Really looking forward to seeing what the reception for Beautiful Boy,A Star Is Born and The Sister Brothers is like too,if as predicted, they screen there.Hearing rumblings that ASIB may be a major awards player in pretty much all the major categories including Best Actress for Lady Gaga.

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Charles Moderator Posts: 316	2018 Venice Film Festival! Jul 20, 2018 14:53:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Charles on Jul 20, 2018 14:53:10 GMT Thanks Lara, for your comments. C
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sethan Moderator Posts: 3,588	2018 Venice Film Festival! Jul 21, 2018 21:46:30 GMT Charles likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sethan on Jul 21, 2018 21:46:30 GMT Vox Lux!!!!!
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mortimer605 Lord Protector Posts: 2,203	2018 Venice Film Festival! Jul 21, 2018 22:13:53 GMT Charles likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mortimer605 on Jul 21, 2018 22:13:53 GMT Jul 21, 2018 21:46:30 GMT sethan said: Vox Lux!!!!! :shrug2:

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Jul 21, 2018 22:13:53 GMT mortimer605 said:

Jul 21, 2018 21:46:30 GMT sethan said:

Vox Lux!!!!! :crting:

:shrug: :shrug2:

Part of me wants to see it, because I like Natalie and Corbet. The other part of me wants it to be a disaster. Sorry not sorry:)

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Jul 21, 2018 22:42:30 GMT sethan said:

Jul 21, 2018 22:13:53 GMT mortimer605 said:

:shrug: :shrug2:

Part of me wants to see it, because I like Natalie and Corbet. The other part of me wants it to be a disaster. Sorry not sorry:)

I'm conflicted as well. Hate situations like this. Wish all the best to Natalie.

Charles Moderator Posts: 316	2018 Venice Film Festival! Jul 22, 2018 19:37:21 GMT sethan likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Charles on Jul 22, 2018 19:37:21 GMT Note that the webcast of the Press Conference on Wednesday (07/27/18) at 11:00am Italy time will be available at the official website, link at the on the original post and HERE. Charles
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LaraQ God Posts: 1,116	2018 Venice Film Festival! Jul 22, 2018 20:38:28 GMT Charles likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by LaraQ on Jul 22, 2018 20:38:28 GMT Jul 21, 2018 21:46:30 GMT sethan said: Vox Lux!!!!! Rooney will kick herself forever if this turns out to be great.

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2018 Venice Film Festival! Jul 24, 2018 15:55:18 GMT

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Jul 24, 2018 13:16:39 GMT sethan said:

Here is an english translation for those of us that are multi-language challenged.

The 33rd International Critics' Week: the 2018 selection

The International Critics' Week (SIC) is an autonomous and parallel section organized by the Italian National Film Critics Union (SNCCI) within the 75th Venice Film Festival (August 29th - September 8th 2018) and composed of the Venice Biennale from a selection of seven first works in competition and two special events , all presented in world premiere. The selection is curated by the General Delegate of the SIC Giona A. Nazzaro with the members of the selection committee Luigi Abiusi, Alberto Anile, Beatrice Fiorentino and Massimo Tria.

In competition

A kasha / The Roundup of Hajooj Kuka (Sudan, South Africa, Qatar, Germany)

Adam und Evelyn / Adam & Evelyn by Andreas Goldstein (Germany)

Bêtes blondes / Blonde Animals by Alexia Walther, Maxime Matray (France)

Lissa ammetsajjel / Still Recording by Saaed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub (Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, France)

M by Anna Eriksson (Finland)

We will be young and beautiful / Let's Be Young and Beautiful by Letizia Lamartire (Italy)

Ti imaš noć / You Have the Night by Ivan Salatic (Montenegro, Serbia, Qatar)

Special event out of competition - Opening film

Tumbbad by Rahi Anil Barve, Adesh Prasad (India, Sweden)

Special event out of competition - closing film

Dachra by Abdelhamid Bouchnak (Tunisia)

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From Deadline: Complete Article Link

Here’s the lit of titles announced today:

VENEZIA 75 (COMPETITION)

First Man, dir: Damien Chazelle

The Mountain, dir: Rick Alverson

Doubles Vies, dir: Olivier Assayas

The Sisters Brothers, dir: Jacques Audiard

The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, dirs: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Vox Lux, dir: Brady Corbet

22 July, dir: Paul Greengrass

Roma, dir: Alfonso Cuaron

Suspiria, dir: Luca Guadagnino

Werk Ohne Autor, dir: Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck

The Nightingale, dir: Jennifer Kent

The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthiomos

Peterloo, dir: Mike Leigh

Capri-Revolution, dir: Mario Martone

What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire?, dir: Roberto Minervini

Sunset, dir: Laszlo Nemes

Frères Ennemis, dir: David Oelhoffen

Nuestro Tiempo, dir: Carlos Reygadas

At Eternity’s Gate, dir: Julian Schnabel

Acusada, dir: Gonzalo Tobal

Killing, dir: Shinya Tsukamoto

OUT OF COMPETITION

A Star Is Born, dir: Bradley Cooper

Mi Obra Maestra, dir: Gaston Duprat

Un Peuple Et Son Roi, dir: Pierre Schoeller

A Tramway In Jerusalem, dir: Amos Gitai

La Quietud, dir: Pablo Trapero

Shadow, dir: Zhang Yimou

Dragged Across Concrete, dir: S Craig Zahler

OUT OF COMPETITION – SPECIAL EVENT

The Other Side Of The Wind, dir: Orson Welles

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead, dir: Morgan Neville

OUT OF COMPETITION – SPECIAL SCREENINGS

L’Amica Geniale, dir: Saverio Costanza

Il Diario Di Angela – Noi Due Cineasti, dir: Yervant Gianikian

OUT OF COMPETITION – NON-FICTION

A Letter To A Friend In Gaza, dir: Amos Gitai

Aquarela, dir: Victor Kossakovsky

El Pepe, Una Vida Suprema, dir: Emir Kusturica

Process, dir: Sergei Loznitsa

Carmine Street Guitars, dir: Ron Mann

Isis, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls Of Mosul., dirs: Francesca Mannocchi, Alessio Romenzi

American Dharma, dir: Errol Morris

Introduzione All’Oscuro, dir: Gaston Solnicki

Your Face, dir: Tsai Ming-Liang

1938 Diversi, dir: Giorgi Treves

Monrovia, Indiana, dir: Frederick Wiseman

Una Storia Senza Nome, dir: Roberto Ando

Les Estivants, dir: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

HORIZONS

Sulla Mia Pelle, dir: Alessio Cremonini (opening film)

Manta Ray, dir: Phuttiphong Aroonpheng

Soni, dir: Ivan Ayr

The River, dir: Emir Baigazin

La Noche De 12 Anos, dir: Alvaro Brechner

Deslembro, dir: Flavia Castro

The Announcement, dir: Mahmut Fazil Coskun

Un Giorno All’Improvviso, dir: Ciro D’Emilio

Charlie Says, dir: Mary Harron

Amanda, dir: Mikhael Hers

The Day I Lost My Shadow, dir: Soudade Kaadan

L’Enkas, dir: Sarah Marx

The Man Who Surprised Everyone, dirs: Natasha Merkulova, Aleksy Chupov

Memories Of My Body, dir: Garin Nugroho

As I Lay Dying, dir: Mostafa Sayyari

La Profezia Dell’Armadillo, dir: Emanuele Scaringi

Tel Aviv On Fire, dir: Sameh Zoabi

Jinpa, dir: Pema Tseden

Stripped, dir: Yaron Shani

SCONFINI (formerly Cinema in the Garden)

The Tree Of Life (Extended Cut), dir: Terrence Malick

Arrivederci Saigon, dir: Wilma Labate

Il Ragazzo Piu Felice Del Mondon, dir: Gipi

Il Banchiere Anarchio, dir: Giulio Base

Blood Kin, dir: Ramin Bahrani

Magic Lantern, dir: Amir Naderi

L’Heure De La Sortie, dir: Sebastien Marnier

Camorra, dir: Francesco Patierno

VENICE CLASSICS

They Live, dir: John Carpenter

The Night Porter, dir: Liliana Cavani

The Naked City, dir: Jules Dassin

Brick And Mirror, dir: Ebrahim Golestan

Street Of Shame, dir: Kenji Mizoguchi

Il Posto, dir: Ermanno Olmi

Last Year At Marienbad, dir: Alain Resnais

The Place Without Limits, dir: Arturo Ripstein

Adieu Philippine, dir: Jacques Rozier

The Ascent, dir: Larisa Shepitko

The Killers, dir: Don Siegel

The Killers, dir: Robert Siodmark

The Night Of The Shooting Stars, dirs: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow AKA The Mad Fox, dir: Toma Uchida

Death In Venice, dir: Luchino Visconti

The Golem – How He Came Into The World, dir: Paul Wegener

Nothing Sacred, dir: William A Wellman

Some Like It Hot, dir: Billy Wilder

VENICE CLASSICS – DOCUMENTARIES

The Great Buster, dir: Peter Bogdanovich

Women Making Films: A New Road Movie Through Cinema, dir: Mark Cousins

Humberto Mauro, dir: André Di Mauro

Living The Light – Robby Muller, dir: Claire Pijman

24/25 Il Fotogramma In Piu, dirs: Giancarlo Rolandi, Federico Pontiggia

Nice Girls Don’t Stay For Breakfast, dir: Bruce Weber

Friedkin Uncut, dir: Francesco Zippel

VENICE VIRTUAL REALITY (In Competition – Interactive)

Make Noise, dir: May Abdalla

The Unknown Patient, dir: Michael Beets

Buddy VR, dir: Chuck Chae

Umami, dir: Landia Egal

Eclipse, dir: Astruc Jonathan, Favre Aymeric

The Horrifically Virtual Reality, dir: Marie Jourdren

Spheres, dir: Eliza McNitt

A Discovery of Witches – Hiding in Plain Sight, dir: Kim-Leigh Pontin

The Roaming – Wetlands, dir: Mathieu Pradat

Kobold, dirs: Max Sacker, Ioulia Isserlis

Awavena, dir: Lynette Wallworth

VENICE VIRTUAL REALITY (In Competition – Linear)

Even In The Rain, dir: Lindsay Branham

Trail Of Angels, dir: Kristina Buozyte

X-Ray Fashion, dir: Francesco Carrozzini

Half Life VR – Short Version, dir: Robert Connor

Crow: The Legend, dir: Eric Darnell

Age Of Sail, dir: John Kahrs

Mindpalace, dirs: Carl Krause, Dominik Stockhausen

Ballavita, dir: Gerda Leopold

Borderline, dir: Assaf Machnes

Shennong: Taste Of Illusion, dirs: Mi Li, Wang Zheng

The Great C, dir: Steve Miller

L’Ile Des Morts, dir: Benjamin Nuel

Home After War, dirs: Gayatri Parameswaran, Felix Gaedtke

Made This Way: Redefining Masculinity, dirs: Elli Raynai, Irem Harnak

Lucid, dir: Pete Short

The Last One Standing VR, dirs: Wang Jiwen, Liu Yang

Fresh Out, dirs: Wey Sam, Tao Fangchao

1943: Berlin Blitz, dir: David Whelan

Rooms, dir: Christian Zipfel

OUT OF COMPETITION – BEST OF VR (Interactive)

VR_I, dirs: Gilles Jobin, Caecilia Charbonnier, Sylvain Chagué

OUT OF COMPETITION – BEST OF VR (Linear)

Battlescar, dirs: Nico Casavecchia, Martin Allias

Arden’s Wake: Tide’s Fall, dir: Eugene YK Chung

Ghost In The Shell: Virtual Reality Diver, dir: Higashi Hiroaki

Isle Of Dogs: Behind The Scenes (In Virtual Reality), dirs: Paul Raphael, Felix Lajeunesse

Tales Of Wedding Rings VR, dir: Sou Kaei

OUT OF COMPETITION – BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA – VR (Linear)

In The Cave, dir: Ivan Gergolet

Elegy, dir: Marc Guidoni

Metro Veinte: Cita Ciega, dir: Maria Belen Poncio

Floodplain, dir: Deniz Tortum

BIENNALE COLLEGE

Zen Sul Ghiaccio Sottile, dir: Margherita Ferri

Deva, dir: Petra Szöcs

Yuva, dir: Emre Yeksan

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2018 Venice Film Festival! Jul 25, 2018 20:03:13 GMT Charles likes this

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Post by LaraQ on Jul 25, 2018 20:03:13 GMT

An article in THR said that both Beautiful Boy and If Beale Street Could Talk were 'snubbed' by Venice which is interesting if true.IBSCT would probably be considered a big Oscar prospect given that it`s Jenkin's follow up to Moonlight, so I don`t know if this is a reflection of it's quality. :shrug: